We have a long time out to Floyd Mayweather's next bout, but after "Money" elevated himself into a new realm of celebrity with his Sept. 14 win over Canelo Alvarez, it's never too early to obsess over who the 36-year-old pugilist-specialist will tangle with on May 3, his next slated date.
I queried Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy promotions, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on Wednesday to see if he'd part with at least a hint about Floyd's next opponent.
"We're having some conversations as we always do, talking about what's next," he told me. "I'd expect before the end of the holidays we should know which direction Floyd would like to go."
And is Amir Khan option A, as many have supposed?
At New York (HBO): Gennady Golovkin vs. Curtis Stevens, 12 rounds, for Golovkin's WBA middleweight title; Mike Perez vs. Magomed Abdusalamov, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Ola Afolabi vs. Lukasz Janik, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Dusty Hernandez-Harrison vs. Josh Torres, 10 rounds, welterweights; Joel Diaz Jr. vs. Bryne Green, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Isa Akbarbayev vs. Brian Clookey, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
At Hermosillo, Mexico (UniMas): Hernan "Tyson" Marquez vs. Giovani Segura, 12 rounds, WBO flyweight eliminator; David Sanchez vs. Jean Piero Perez, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights; Gilberto Parra vs. Martin Tecuapetla, 10 rounds, flyweights; Miguel Berchelt vs. Omar Estrella, 8 rounds, lightweights; Jocelyn Arroyo vs. Paulina Cardona, 6 rounds, female flyweights
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