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By Mark Vester

Leonard Ellerbe, advisor to Floyd Mayweather Jr., told the Los Angeles Times that Shane Mosley would be their prime target if negotiations to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao fall apart. Mayweather is looking for the biggest financial opportunities out there, and the two biggest are Pacquiao and Mosley. Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions [acting on behalf of Mayweather] are going to do their best to make a deal for a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. Mosley has to win his January 30 welterweight unification with Andre Berto to keep the Mayweather possibility alive.

"If the fight can't be made [with Pacquiao], we'll fight Shane Mosley if he can get past Berto," Ellerbe said.

Negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao will be tough. Mayweather wants the bulk of the money, and so does Pacquiao. Ellerbe doesn't seem to care if Pacquiao's pay-per-view with Miguel Cotto lands a higher buyrate than Mayweather's bout with Juan Manuel Marquez. He stands with Mayweather's position of Marquez bringing very little to the table in terms of pay-per-view buys.

"It's no secret the camps don't see eye to eye, but this is bigger than boxing," Ellerbe said. "We understand the magnitude of this."

"The numbers don't lie, people do," Ellerbe said. "[Pacquiao] had good numbers, God bless him, but he had a dance partner [Cotto] this time."

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JD, I dont understand why you keep bringing Quintana's and Hatton's name up?

I agree that if he fought any of those guys then he would have butt fucked his "legacy" but I think the article that I posted clearly states that if Pacquiao does not happen then they will target Mosley. Whoever he fights, I'm certain it won't happen until May so that leaves Mosley PLENTY of time to beat Berto and be ready by May.

Meanwhile, Whats is Floyd to do? Should he just wait until May to fight? Who should he fight from now until May or June or whenever this "SUPERFIGHT" against whoever happens?

I'm in NO way defending Floyd. Im just curious to see what people think he should do NOW!