By Glen Findlay: Legendary fights between legendary fighters can always be made…if both parties share a similar immense desire to consummate into stirring conflict. Both parties. If not, superfights will fall by the wayside, boxing once again suffers, the sport looks a mockery & legions of followers of both sides are left picking up the mess, blaming each other.

Floyd Mayweather & Manny Pacquiao are polar opposites in just about every aspect of their legendary existences. Mayweather is not an overly-offensive fighter; he does not have an aggressive style, he does not fight toe-to-toe…he does not engage in risk-taking. Defensive minded, protect his vulnerable chin at all costs & out-think opponents & styles in & outside the ring. That is the man’s prerogative & that is the man’s choice. His mindset inside the ring is not to sporadically engage; but to out-manouver his opponents offense with slick reflexes & just as slick mentality….to pick & choose when he attacks, to pick & choose who he fights & to wear his opponents down over 12 rounds into such a mental state of anguish, they begin questioning themselves inside the ring when they should attack him. In its own negative stance; it is genius. Ask yourself…why would this kind of defensive, elusive mindset act any differently outside the ring?

Manny Pacquioa is one of the greatest offensive boxers of all time. His style of perpetual motion speed & movement, combined with TKO power in both hands is like that of a human typhoon mixed with a volcanic eruption in the midst of a high-octane explosion. He willingly fights “toe-to-toe”, has always been willing to fight just about any boxer thrown his way…has jumped weight classes like they fail to exist & destroyed more-than worthy champions. He wears his opponents down with his endless stamina, incredibly destructive power & most importantly….his rock-iron granite chin that allows him to take risks against more natural-heavier opponents & be hit….but this will open up opportunities for him to un-leash his naturally supreme power. Read his autobiography; he wished from an early age to create a war in the ring…to hit at force & at times willing to be hit with force in order to entertain his adoring public. Why then; would this kind of offensive mentality to face all-comers differ outside the ring?

Assessing both fighters before the “inevitable” talks broke down; I would have come to the conclusion that if negotiations were to disparage…Mayweather would be the culprit putting obstacles in the way. Pacquioa is Mayweathers nemesis; no human boxer alive including Floyd has the reflexes to withstand or avoid a two-handed fighter with seemingly rubiks-cube inter-locking angles of four & five punch accurate combinations, of speed, immense precision & power. Pacquioa has everything in his arsenal to un-lock any defence. Any human defence including Mayweathers. His cast-iron chin would allow him to walk through Floyds counter-punching style, allowing him to swarm Floyd like no other boxer alive with flurry after flurry after flurry for a relentless 12 full rounds. Uncle Roger realizes this; Floyd Snr understands this, Floyd Jnr himself comprehends this & from the start these three have set out……never to fight Manny Pacquiao.

Low & behold; talks inevitably broke down due to Floyd un-willing to co-operate with commission state boxing rules, immediately putting in the obstacle of “random testing” up to the day of the fight. Ask yourself; why put an immediate obstacle in the way in the first place? Why not be willing as a self-proclaimed true warrior to agree with commissioning laws & have tests immediately after the fight? This is a coward’s insistence. Even more cowardly is the trash-talking libelous smear campaign of Pacquiao. Let me just add; I train seven days a week & when I once gave blood…I was weakened for three whole days. It does affect people in different ways. Pacquioa has publicly stated before his loss to Morales he gave blood days before the fight. Re-watch that fight & you will hear HBO commentary state how Pacquiao looks tired after only five or six rounds when we all know Pacquioa has the greatest stamina of any fighter of any generation witnessed. Something was amiss in that fight & if you don’t believe me, watch it again. Remember, boxing is all about “ego’s”…why the hell would Manny Pacquioa accept Floyds demand, in effect giving him round one, weakening his body & succumbing to Mayweathers ego? Would Floyd? No chance. Look through the smokescreen & mirrors & see that it’s another clear “obstacle” by Floyd designed to restrict the signing of contracts; this from a guy that should be the one desperate to defeat the official “P4P King” & for a boxer whos love of money outstrips the game itself; make upwards of $50 million from this fight alone.

On the day Manny Pacquioa TKO Ricky Hatton; Floyd Mayweather stood on a podium claiming to be the greatest. Why didn’t he wait one more day to do it when Pacquiao was contractually free?…because Floyd has always been willing to make these kind of outlandish statements once Pacquiao is contractually tied in other fights. Making these boasts when Manny is looking to negotiate his next fight would lead Pacquiao into his path & that is a predicament Floyd Mayweather cannot have remember? Whilst Manny is currently meeting the President; Floyd is battering women; posting photos of himself with George Bush & twittering about Mannys three defeats whilst boasting about his precious “0” record (at the co-incidental time that Manny had signed up to fight Mosley). When Pacquiao was contractually free; did we hear Floyd’s boasts then…no. He announced he had co-incidentally retired. By ranting on twitter about Pacquiao’s losses; he reminds me of the kid at school who would tell all & sundry how hard he was…then run away at the moment of truth. Only then to re-appear, telling any fool who listens how hard he was. Mayweathers had numerous chance to walk the walk but chooses (as cowards do) to just talk the talk…egged on by his legions of naive, deluded followers. The fragile ego is boosted, his lies are swallowed by his gullible followers & the idea of this super-fight ever taking place is in reality; the furthest thought from his mind.