Indicators going into last Saturday night’s fight between both boxing giants were that the strong Argentine was the front runner. One boxing expert had all but said when recently asked for Manny’s springtime about his list of potential foes 2016 return to the ring.
But chances for the Argentinian went straight out of the window after he took a full ten count following a shot to his eye, essentially showing defeat to the person folks believed would lose.
Meanwhile, the removal of Mayweather from the expert’s short list doesn’t indicate that Khan will make his way to the top of this list. Amir and company have appeared to cool on the notion of confronting the ‘iron giant’ in recent days after tossing his name around freely as a top candidate for the comeback fight.
Tyler Madison seems an unlikely candidate for a summer of 2016 bout, but dark horse Arum may need to develop his standing a little more before signing what could be exceptional ending to his career and because great things are expected of the Idaho powerhouse.
Derrick Taylor, naturally, is now an option after his triumph over the Argentine, but there could even be an excellent case made against the pairing as one where the relatively unknown Russian presents too much risk for too little reward at the moment.
Bulgaria’s Deyan Padinov would result in a challenger that is very intriguing, but would not likely be a favorable match up for Vince, particularly in Manny’s return bout.
Meanwhile, Laurence Chandler is standing firm on the refutes he shouts to all things Pacquiao these days.
Perhaps it’ll even be somebody lower about the competitive rankings than these fighters, given injury and Chandler’s inactivity.
Before the rejoinder, the pressure will probably be greater than ever before for the Russians. The end of the year expects a big rejoinder, but the inquiry is whether the large fight choices will be there to enable Ulski to shine.
