Mayweather can do something spectacular in this bout, or he can do something ordinary. We all know he can outpoint any fighter in the world, but can he outfight any fighter? Can he brawl with the best? This is something he never has had to find out. He usually just dances to victory, making his opponent look slow, while giving the judges what they need.

    Does he have the ability to stand toe to toe with Oscar De La Hoya? Most experts think no, and I am in agreement. De La Hoya is older and slower, but he hits very hard, and he knows how to close a show. Floyd Mayweather seems to be looking at legacy in this match up. If that is the case, he may want to prove something to the boxing world, but most importantly, he may want to prove something to himself. I know he talks a good game, but I think he knows in the back of his mind, he is not the draw in this fight. De La Hoya holds that honor, and Mayweather will have to take it away with a brawl.

    If I were Mayweather, I would come out in round one, and attack. Go toe to toe with the gold standard of boxing. When De La Hoya fought Hopkins, I called it a joke. That was until I watched the fight. De La Hoya looked like a boy fighting a man. He stood in the box and went toe to toe, with arguably the greatest counter puncher in the game. He took his knockout from a man that had superior power. He could have fought a different fight. He could have danced to a victory. He was smaller and faster than Hopkins. That would have been too hard for him. That is the difference between Mayweather and De La Hoya. His machismo will not allow him that kind of victory. Opportunities like this fight come along once in a lifetime for Mayweather. This is his test. I am not saying he should allow himself to get hit or knocked out, but maybe he should allow us all to see the greatness he exults on a daily basis.