Is Floyd is afraid of Pacquiao?
April 24th, 2011
By Elgato: The most insulting label that could be conferred on a boxer, in this most brutal of sports, is cowardice!
I believe that this both a simplistic and lazy accusation and does not stand up when you look at the history and DNA of this fighter, psychologically and emotionally.
Firstly a quick reflection. I have noticed that the cowardice tag in the history of boxing has at times all to easily been given to the technician rather than the brawler. So at various times boxers like Ali and Ray Leonard were accused of being scared. In reality both were amongst the bravest out there.
Floyd’s opponents have included some monstrous tasks in different ways. Tasks no less daunting than facing Manny and arguably in some cases, going into those fights, more daunting. Floyd faced down 2 monsters in their prime at LW in Corrales and Castillo. How many people would have viewed them as walks in the park after their heroic contest. Fighters with intensity and true KO potential. Floyd might have out-boxed Castillo in the 2nd fight but how about the brave decision to pretty much fight the bigger punching Corrales in the pocket for a lot of the fight! I would also like to mention the Oscar fight. Now people talk a lot of rubbish in hindsight about this fight. Let’s be clear the contention going into that fight was that Oscar had enough left and was fresh enough to kill Floyd. His motivation enhanced by serious trash talking and baiting by Floyd. Crucially why ignore the brave decision to fight Oscar at light middle!? No weight drained Oscar here and no catch weights in sight. Why is that not brought forward as the decision making of a brave and confident fighter?
Fast forward and to the Mosley fight. The main consensus from man was that if Shane stood a chance than it was in the early rounds. Well I for one would have told Floyd to box for the first half and turn it up later like he did against another fast and powerful puncher he faced, Judah. Floyd instead fights arguably the biggest puncher in that division in the pocket, unusually very static and in the centre of the ring. As a tactician I thought it was way to brave and unnecessary. And he got caught!
Floyd gets caught flush by 2 haymaker punches in the same round!!! Well is this not the true test of a boxers’ bravery? I bet if I had asked many of his detractors before the fight how Floyd would react in this circumstance they would have said stereotypical stuff like ‘he would run like a chicken’. I have to say that 2 things were obvious , firstly the amazing powers of recovery and shockingly the decision to go into round 3 and stand his ground well within Shame’s range and seek to exact retribution. High risk and brave!
So to the contention that in the negotiations for the fight with Manny he is running scared. There is nothing in what we know about Floyd that points to a fighter that is scared by anything he faces in the ring.
The drug testing I believe was a something that just developed. Floyd senior started off with it and they saw it as a chance to play some mind games. I think they were shocked as were many by Manny’s initial strong reaction against the testing. I think the more they pushed the more an initial stunt started to spook them more than a little bit. Bob Arum in my opinion mismanaged this situation. Floyd’s biggest weakness is his arrogance and now it became about who dictates to who.
The present situation, I think one thing Floyd’s detractors are underplaying is his current state of mind. The distractions in his private life are big. Not the altercation with security guards but the events with his ex. Floyd is a dedicated father and in his way very close and focused on his kids. The altercation (caused by his own stupidity I might add) drew in his kids and has caused a major rift. This I believe is like a dagger in the heart for Floyd who himself had many unresolved issues from his childhood between his parents. He is not in the state of mind for boxing I believe based on those particular set of circumstances.
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I don’t believe Mayweather is afraid of Pacquiao, as so many Pacquiao sycophants insist. I do believe, however, that he despises Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum so much that he is willing to skip the fight in order to keep Arum from profiting from what would be the most lucrative fight in boxing history.
well done. love this article.
MbfromPhilly says:
April 25, 2011 at 3:11 pm
@Ryan Dunn
Most knowledgeable boxing fans IMO know it’s the steroid test ALONE that has stopped this fight from happening! Manny, Freddie and Bob Arum were all onboard with this fight until RBT was mentioned! Then Manny started looking and sounding stupid in the public’s eye…so Uncle Bob pulled the plug and terminated negotiations before Manny suffered any further embarrassment! Who else would file a $75k lawsuit to avoid a 40million dollar fight!?? Pacfans just hate the fact that Pacquiao got his skirt pulled up with the drug test request! And for almost 2 years now the P4P champion, FOTD, honored congressman, alleged 8 division title winner….refuses to submit a teaspoon of blood!
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PBF is dead cold scared!!! From steroid to A-side accusation, to 14…7…days cut-off, to denying negotiation ever took place. He announced his retirement twice and now demanding $10M. Just how many excuses does this guy have. P#ssy Boy Floyd doesn’t want no part of Pacquiao, simple.
What does $100 million mean to you? You got that right baby…I don’t want no part of Pacquiao, too risky for me and I love my ’0′.
Hey guys,did you watched the Ortiz vs Berto fight? Floyd jr was there..and you know what? It’s only Ortiz and Berto,who didn’t booooeed Floyd jr bcoz they were focusing on the fight.What a shame for Floyd jr.Bwahahahaahhaha!
You said PBF a tactician no, He’s the Director, those fight PBF against Mosley Its The same script that you said in PBF vs Naz
I wanna see maidana vs Floyd !!
@MbfromPhilly
Hundreds of fights happened in the U.S,within the first quarter of 2011 alone,they do have a test. You forgot to mention the RBT that Floyd demanded but I assume thats what you are trying to imply, So I’ll say this….RBT is not necessary to make a fight. If thats Floyd goal to clean up the sport of boxing he should lobby for it to the commission and it should be ACROSS THE BOARD and not just for the fight that he is in. He really looks bad doing that,needless to say the word that most Pacquiao
fans likes to call on Floyd.
I want to see martinez,… I want to see martinez vs klitzko and not martinez vs floyd or pacquiao, martinez is to big, if he is good let him fight bernard hopkin
If I had the amazing skills of PBF, I would not be afraid to box any man my size. Floyd is not scared, but he knows how to work the angles of negotiations and he chooses his fights well. (For that matter, Pacquiao isn’t scared either.) This time, he tried to get Pacquiao to submit to another of his hardline negotiation planks, and Manny said no. Also, the belief that either man ‘needs’ the other is nonsense. Both make tens of millions everytime they fight, no matter who the opponent is. It’s true that Floyd is in danger of becoming less and less important the longer he stays out of the ring, but he still has a lot of cache because of his undefeated record and assinine behavior.
the Mayweather’s are not afraid they are just terrified
First of all Elgato Mayweather is a coward and it has nothing to due with his boxing style just his lack of using it against in their prime quality boxers. Who has he fought in his prime and quality besides castilo and hatton. Both he was sure to beat and he almost lsot to castilo the first time because castilo could hit and he didn’t like it ok Elgato. secondly you are a writer whose main job is to write and entertain us through your writings. When we the reading public want a opinion on champion heart we will ask a real chmpion not soem guy writing his opinion ok. Quit beign basis or writng something to make a name just write the truth and the public will respect you. The truth is Mayweather is reluctant to fight quality boxer be it pacquaio or paul williams, or anyone on their level. Is it becasue he’s scared I do not know but the signs point to yes. Remember when you was kid and or dad or what ever male figue asked you to do something hard, little kids would say I can’t it’s not possible, why becasue they were afraid and the task was hard. Well mayweather is saying pacquaio can’t be clean, he to small to have that kind of stamina and power it’s impossible. Well you tell me what that sounds like, sounds like fear to me.
Floyd who!?
@Ryan Dunn
Most knowledgeable boxing fans IMO know it’s the steroid test ALONE that has stopped this fight from happening! Manny, Freddie and Bob Arum were all onboard with this fight until RBT was mentioned! Then Manny started looking and sounding stupid in the public’s eye…so Uncle Bob pulled the plug and terminated negotiations before Manny suffered any further embarrassment! Who else would file a $75k lawsuit to avoid a 40million dollar fight!?? Pacfans just hate the fact that Pacquiao got his skirt pulled up with the drug test request! And for almost 2 years now the P4P champion, FOTD, honored congressman, alleged 8 division title winner….refuses to submit a teaspoon of blood!
I dont think Floyd is scared of Pacquiao but I dont really care if he is or isn’t. I’m tring to see one of them get in the ring with Martinez.
Forget Mayweather vs Pacquiao, I wanna see them fight MARTINEZ!!!!
If you all know so much about fighting why don’t you do it? Every pactard on here said the same cr*p when Mosley challenged Floyd after Floyd beat Marquez! Mayweather is too scared to fight Mosley. Then when he took it, tards said “Floyd will get injured” and pull out! Then Shane was old and shot and should retire! I saw it on video from Arum and Roach! Mosley went from being too good for Pac, to old and shot and back to a top fighter again! Hahahahaha….Floyd could get out of jail next month and knock Pacquiao tfo on the same day!!!! stfu!! You dont know jack about boxing!
Margarito is another Mayorga, only slower…
These are all Top Rank fighters and Arum doesn’t do business with Floyd.
Can’t you understand the old man refused to allow any of these bums to fight Floyd after Floyd left Top Rank.
Why is that so hard to understand?
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At this point of Pacman’s accomplishments Floyd is not a good opponent for Pacman. Floyd is known as a super defensive boxer that offers boring fights. Some people say he is afraid to lose his “O”. But it is a pure fear to fight best opponents.
Cotto or Margarito would put Floyd to sleep. Floyd Sr said Pacman would put Floyd to death.
And now Floyd’s words (that he use to cover his fear of his best opponents) are backfiring him. And boxing fans have seen who Floyd really is.
margarito is a bum, cotto is damaged, pac is an easy fight…
so why would floyd avoid these “easy” fights for millions of dollars?
how about spafadora (who was that)? floyd’s tune up will be with this guy. hmmm….
margarito is a bum? hahaha….
so why did floyd refused to fight margarito for 8 million dollars (the biggest then) but instead fought baldomir (with 9 loses lol!) for a dollar more for a belt which floyd said only gathers dust?
when asked why not margarito, floyd answered “i’m a businessman, and margarito is not a household name”. but when he was asked why henry brusseles (unknown)? floyd answered, ” henry deserved a chance”. now, why henry deserve a chance and not margarito?
lastly, roger mayweather said, margarito is strong and keeps on coming, so, there you are folks, floyd avoided a fight with a “bum” lol!
Was does Cotto, Margarito, and Clottey all have in common?
They all fight for Arum. Floyd does not negiotiate with the old man.
Margarito was a bum, Cotto was damage good and Clottey killed any chance of ever being in HBO again when he refuse to throw punches against the Pacman.
Pacman fought inhouse guys. Floyd doesn’t have the option.
All these would have been tune ups for Floyd.
Margarito is a cheater.
Cotto is damaged and was always overrated
And who is Clottey?
why isn’t my posts being printed?
All fighters do have fear in them. There are opponents that they fear more than others and Floyd is no exception. Fear is an integral part of humanity. We simply aren’t superman and so does boxers. You may massage the psychological aspect of the argument but the simple fact remains the same – He is avoiding Manny at all cost. Whenever Floyd is fearful of some potential opponents he usually reason in cyclical manner on either of these points: No business sense or the opponent has no name recognition, or I will be on vacation, and lastly price himself out of the match. Remember when he fought JMM, he said he is coming back to the sport to reclaim his P4P status. It has been two years since he came back and still no fight with Manny nor with any of the dangerous opponents Manny faced (clottey, Margarito, Cotto). The only way to describe this behavior is Cowardice.
@BNB,,,Floyd will fight Martinez,,,fool yourself not us!!!!
Floyd would fight Martinez rather than allow Arum and Top Rank to control negotiations. It’s a power struggle, Bob Arum can’t make Floyd any offers. GBP or whoever represent Floyd makes offers to Top Rank.
Floyd is not afraid of Manny, if you saw his rants againts Manny he his so eager to destroy Manny if fight happen, one thing bad his he cannot find his other ball that still missing, just wait if he found it he will destroy Manny for sure!!!
@chubg.. what a stupid thing to say.. buisnes dicisions dont take 3 years, pull your head out of your ass.. FLOYD IS AFRAID
you realy have to laugh at floyd fans haha.. yes its true they still defend him and what maks me laugh even more the dumb a@@es still think hes not afraid lolz.. its true what they say ye are all dumbed down.. dumb a@@es lol
I do not think Floyd is afraid to fight Manny simply for the fight but I think he is making a business decision based on the fact that if he was to lose, which is a good possibility against Pacman, then his future worth goes down, Floyd has said before it is all about the money, which is unfortunate cause the thing that made Ali the greatest was that he took on the best of his class and beat them. Making a business decision first is sad considering the fans are the ones who pay you in the end.
Floyd has made many excuses over the past few years for not fighting Manny…..botom line Floyd is afraid to lose that 0 on his record.It doesn’t matter if its 40,50 or a 100 million he always has excuses and he should know by now that as easch month goes by he lose more respect from all boxing fans and experts.Like Charlie Sheen says “man up”
demanding 100Million for the fight that nobody on earth will accept, endless blood test, what else : bwhahahahahaha ! of course floyd is not scared………..bwahahahahaha !
Time will surely come.
the best article i saw in a long time very accurate need to read closely
Floyd ain’t gonna fight Pacquiao. Pacquiao ain’t a woman.
He really is scared. No matter what he says, his body language says otherwise. (As seen on tv as the interviewers mentioned the name Manny Pacquaio)
If he was silent from the beginning, he would have been relatively able to sleep tight in the nights in his retirement. He made Pacman his nightmare by himself. And now everyone has known that he is scared of Pacman. I think it has become huge pressure to him.
@Cheaters
Floydie boldly proclaimed that he is going to clean up the sport. So it is the sport of boxing not just Pacquiao or anyone he fights. Floydie had not lift a finger to file a petition to the boxing commission of his so called Olympic style RBT with his cahoots to prove their case.
More than a year later………….Floydie boldy proclaims ” I AM ON VACATION”
FLOYD IS AFRAID
Floyd demands OSRBT
Floyd turns down guaranteed $50M
Floyd wants $100M
Floyd is afraid losing his ’0′
Floyd is afraid of #1
Floyd is afraid of losing to Pacquiao
Floyd is afraid of Pacquiao
FLOYD IS A COWARD
Am I missing something? Most commentators don’t seem to be bothered at all about the cleaniness in boxing and do not therefore advicate for testing. Who is avoiding whom? The fighter who is asking for drug testing or the one who is avoiding it? How does asking for strict and random testing equates to being scared? Wake up guys and don’t be on the wrong side of history as fighters are exposed. In baseball people are finally waking up.
To all who hate Mayweather Jr please ignore him let him count all the money he got.Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight in the ring forget it but Maywether family vs Pacquiao in court just wait for the judgment
schooling time again…lol!
@ Anonymous says:
April 24, 2011 at 4:10 pm
You ALL said Floyd would not fight Mosley too! SHUT UP…….
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floyd didn’t fight mosley FACT! (hope this dumb@ss understand metaphoric words!)
the fight was fixed FACT! how come a 38 yr old fighter last for only 2 rounds while 50 yr olds like foreman can go until 12 rounds, or even more.
Mosley is a TRUE American Fighter. I like Mosley, he’s a great boxer and he never ducked anyone. He will fight anybody that you’ll put in front of him.
It will be a great fight. I just HOPE that Floyd will not be showing up during the Pacquiao/Mosley fight. He will be booeed and he will run like a scared DOG with his tail behind his back.
Lets us all wait and see how Pacman does on May 7. Pacfans concentrate on the May 7 fight and then come back here after the fight.
Floyd is retired from boxing. He doesn’t need the midget. If Floyd ever needs money he will fight Martinez. He said as much.
and now nobody has talked a lot about the first fight of Floydy vs castillo, that there were a robbery. Whats the point for being O if we all still know about that fight.
and the truth is Floydie is afraid of loosing to Pacquiao because his mouth trash talking about him and also his member of familly does. Thats it! What a shame for being loose to some one like that. He would rather face Martinez in the ring and loose proudly.
Well… Pacquiao is NO Corrales nor Castillo and Floyd know’s that is why he’s avoiding the fight.
In my opinion; he’s the most cowardice boxer ever known that this great country ever had.
Precisely, he created all these personal problems in order to have a reason not to fifght Pacquiao. Is’nt it ridiculous trumpeting that Pacquiao will lose badly if they meet in the ring and yet demanding conditions for them to fight?
Pacman is Floyd’s nightmare!!
he doesn’t want his face to be like cotto,Diaz,Margarito or Dela hoya. He told Zab Judah that he is hanging his gloves coz Pacquiao is way too fast for him. The only better way to avoid fighting Pacquiao is to demand a 100 mil to say that he is not SCARED!
I suggest to some Floyd’s fans to encourage your most skilled fighters to fight Pacquiao so that we will see a great fight that boxing fans wants to see. rather than depending him and making all kinds of non sense talks and accusation to Pacquiao. Just encourage your “BOY” to fight in his own backyard of “Las Vegas” and it will be the biggest payday and defining moment of his career and enough money to pay his ex to shut up!!!.
Floyd… fight Pacquiao!!!!
@Godfather
Then comes this smooth fighter from the Philippines, with his coconut voice and his charisma…he ruined her for me I tell ya….you can ask me any favor in the world but to ask me to fight him is exactly what he needs to put him as the goat, the greatest of all time, and this I cannot do!
I am truly ashamed that the so-called american greatest boxer (as he’s claiming) is not willing to compromise to fight a small, no skill, one dimensional, no defense and he has only beaten Floyd’s leftovers and a fighter coming from a 3rd world country. And fighting for the biggest payday of his career. For these as an american boxing fans, I am truly ashamed and tired of Floyd’s excuses!!!
Only Floyd himself knew his capabilities and No one else. He knew that he will be beaten very badly if he will fight Pacquiao just like the others like ODLH, Hatton, Cotto and Margarito. In my opinion, it’s better for him not to fight Pacquaio rather than to be shamed around the world with millions and millions of people watchhing the fight. Hewill discked Pacquiao just like when he avoided Margarito at that time.
We are not taking this personally but rather we based this on the correct, accurate observation and imformations.That’s it!
In fact, the people around the world already knew this facts meeeeen! Sorry Pachaters…
“She was beautiful! She was young. She was innocent. She was the greatest piece of @ss I ever had, and I’ve had’em all over the world!”
“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
“they are taking this very personally. This is business and Pacnuts are taking this very very personally.”
Floyd jr is obviously a coward meeeen!…with a big,big money on the table and then he made too many excuses…what do you think about it? He’s too scared to Pacman…and that’s it! For me, it’s good for Floyd jr to retire bcoz if he fights someone but not Pacman, surely all the people around the world will boooeeed him in the ring. What a big shame for Floyd jr….Bwahahahahahaha!
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“I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should be listening.”
Konz ,”A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.”
oviously Floyd by himself he knows he cannot beat Manny, those alibis and demands are sign of fear, i dont believe this fight will happen!!!
Who is coward ??? am hell no, just ducking to fight Manny.
HAHAHAHAHAHA… who cares coz am not fighting for fans.
just fighting for money… Just show me the money and will fight anyone except Pacquiao.
I don’t believe that Floyd is afraid of Pacquiao,but he is afraid of losing his big-0- to any fighter that fights like Pacquiao.
Its a shame that too much talk goes on in boxing and not enough action! The money always ruins things or should I say greed!!! Put together the fights that fans want to see and enough with the bs!! In the end talk is always cheap but on the other hand words can turn out expensive!!!
Floyd my dude, straight up,but some of ya’ll fans say Manny wont take the test,… He agreed the second time.Fact! Hell,I would have told Floyd to go Jack off if I trained hard and fought hard fights and you single me out for PEDS because of my wins.. But he did have a catch weight for Money May..And there was going to be a fine in millions for every pound Money was over weight..Fact! Manny has not been proved to be on PEDS,, Fact!Floyd got himself in alot of trouble.. Fact! Floyd seemed like a HATER Dissing Manny on Ustream.. My opinion, Talk is cheap on the streets.. Fact!!!Floyd my boy but he looks like a player hater right now Real talk. If he wanted to fight he would.He does everything else he wants to do. Fact!! He just don’t want to fight right now. He’s got too much on his plate, but win loose or draw, 50 mill is 50 mill.
to floyd lovers:
history and DNA?? father and uncle was knocked out so they retired….
ODLH fight?? ask him if he was really wieght drained..didnt he say he had the best condition ever?? com om
@HuevoGrande…”Floyd would beat up the midget for free in a street corner and move on with his life”
If Floyd fought Pac in an alley, I GUARANTEE you Floyd would die. You don’t eff with a warrior like Pac who grew up dirt poor in a third world country who is EXPERTLY TRAINED in Boxing AS WELL AS 3 different forms of martial arts.
There is a reason why Floyd Sr. said he fears for his son’s life against Pac. Pac would kill floyd in a real street fight. Easy. And it wouldn’t even last 30 seconds.
When somebody has too much excuse and inactive that means he is afraid!
@Anonymous…
LMFAO…
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‘Nuff said.
Mayweather is afraid of Manny. This is simply because Pacquaio is a huge threat to his perfect record and Mayweather knows this.
If Mayweather wasn’t afraid of Manny, he would have accepted a compromise and – more recently – the huge $50 million offered. Instead he wants it done his way.
The most likely way we’re going to see Pacquaio vs Mayweather is if Mayweather loses to someone else at this rate ¬_¬
yeah, floyd mayweather is afraid to pacman.. he did many excuses and seems to be more demanding for his fight to pacman. he is a brillant fighter but he is afraid to lose. if he is a true fighter, just prove it… don’t be a coward.
“I don’t like violence, Pacnuts. I’m a businessman. Blood is a big expense.”
floyd is just smart!! not afraid..
pac fans just wanna see their idol where
floyd is right now…(currently not active and still #1} it is more than just the “test” is arum
who none wants to deal with…..
when the day comes, excuses would be raining oh pac is past his prime etc etc
To Pacnuts;
Whataya think this is, the Army, where you shoot ‘em a mile away? You gotta get up close like this… badaBING! you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit. C’mere… you’re taking this very personal.”
Mayweather is not a coward by any means. I say he is just being smart in protecting on what makes him relevant to boxing world. His undefeated record makes who mayweather is and will protect it to a certain distance. I think, at this stage of floyd’s career, he feels needs all the advantages he can muster to any opponent. As for pacquiao, no way in hell he’s afraid, Floyd simply needs the upper advantage.
Manny only got popular when he started beating Floyd’s leftovers like weight drained Oscar! If they are not weight drained they are old or shot!
Floyd is certainly scared of Pacquiao,you are blinded by the Castillo,Corrales and de la hoya fight,they were not like Pacquiao who beat down bigger opponents,it was perfectly said by Floyd sr. that he is afraid of the life of his son if he ever fight Pacqiuao,so he advice him not to fight Pacquiao,all the demands and the trash talks are cover up just not to fight Pacquiao.
This fight will happen when the time and the money are right……….This Pay day will happen there is too much money to be made by to many people
@MbfromPhilly
The PED’s argument (planted by the Mayweathers, don’t believe me, then find a single suspicious commenter, writer or critic BEFORE Floyd Sr. came along after Hatton loss), is irrelevant if you believe like Floyd, his father and his uncle, that Pacquiao is nothing but an amateur.
Onto the next conspiracy, please, this one is growing stale and moldy with age.
…ryan
Most of the time what yous see is correct. This time is no diffrent. THe facts are clearly on the table and there for everyone to see. We have here a man in Floyd Mayweather who is the premier combat sports cleverity in America. He generates the most rebinue and his fans base is whuge.Floyd Mayweahter is boxing in America. Anyone that thinks other wise better look at the numbers.
It is not uncommon for fighters to say things that are really stupid but for the most part they only make themselves look stupid in the process. Vrey few cross the line of insulting someones ethnic bakcground or an entire race. It is called crossing the line and when you cross the line you are expected to back it up. Floyd crossed the line and refuses to back it up. Is he a coward for diong so? Of course he is. The man is running line a true coward. the whole workd can see it.
Sports pages and colimists all over the world with the exception of Amreica have headlined that Mayweather is a coward. They say American fighters are weaklings and cowards that only talk. Funny how the door swings both ways. But not a word about peds.
Mabie it time for the yanks to stop making excuses for their top guy make him defend their honour. Fans are wondering if the best you can come up with is Mosley.When is this A
“Pac’s a pimp. He never coulda outfought Floyd. But I didn’t know until this day, that it was Roach all along.”
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Mayweather is not a coward by any means. I say he is just being smart in protecting on what makes him relevant to boxing. He’s undefeated record makes who mayweather is and will protect it to a certain distance. I feel, at this stage of his career,
I honestly do not think Floyd is scared of Manny. I think he is so envious of his rise to fame like he was of Oscar’s rise too. He hated Oscar but at that time he had in the ring he was faster and smarter than Oscar plus Oscar was on a slow downward slope.
Then along came Manny a foreigner and he quickly got the same fame and more popularity than Floyd and worse, without having to actually beat him first like he did Oscar. This really got Floyd upset and before long he was personally attacking Manny about some of the dumbest stuff.
It is easy to say a boxer is scared but it takes bravery to get in a ring. I honestly do not feel he is scared but I feel at this stage of his career he does not want to risk facing Manny. If he was younger and hungry he would have demanded a showdown like old fighters used to do.
I would have preferred if he had just retired and stayed that way. There is nothing wrong in retiring when you feel you have had enough or have made enough money. People like Jones, Holyfield, Toney and Mosley of the current crop stayed have stayed too long. We pity them but what Floyd is doing is just as pitiful.
Here is a very talented, skilful, fiercely proud and self confident fighter who no longer seems capable of doing what he did so easily. He took on allcomers in his absolute prime but as soon as he started making the xtra large $ he cut back on fighting. It maybe because of his hands or because like Tyson he has lost that killer instinct. Think about it. Why would he retire twice? Just my 2 cents!
if we talk boxing floyd is a coward. personality? all the MAYWEATHERS ARE ALL IDIOTS, WOMAN BEATER,DRUG ADDICT and so on.
This version of Manny Pacquiao didn’t even exist until after the first Morales fight, that’s when Trevor Graham took over as strength and conditioning coach(after being banned from any Olympic activities for DOPING his athletes!) It’s a fact! Google it! There are more than enough reasons to be suspicious of Pacquiao and PED’s! Also; why would scheduled testing be fine…but random out of the question…does knowing when you’re going to be tested take the pain away?? Does scheduled testing conquer your “fear of needles”?? Does scheduled testing make you feel strong? Whereas random would make you feel weak?? Or have all these excuses been an easy way out of having to fight Mayweather clean?? Mayweather accepted every one of Pacquiao’s demands to make this fight, Pacquiao for almost 2 years now has ducked and dodged the topic of RBT!
Article BLAHBLAHBLAH!!! Same ol Shat! Scary isn’t even brought up in my Boxing conversations anymore. He’s not active, retired, scared, whatever you want to call it.
Bottom line Pac’s #1, i know that and i ain’t even a fan of his.
Maybe if the Pinoys spend less time drinking their money and buy food instead, then, they would not have to sell their daughters.
Why do the Pinoys talk about Floyd so much. Your idol is fighting Shane Mosley and we know how Shane Mosley likes to spoil future plans. What if Mosley KTFO the midget senseless….
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I know is hard over there but if you spend less time blogging about Pacman and more time working maybe you wouldn’t need to sell your beautiful daughters to crook.
I know real Pinoys men would not sell their daughters.
Instaed of waisting you time here and talking about your man crush on the Pacman blog about something important like sex trafficking.
Floyd is the biggest coward that the sport of boxing has ever produced, thats the legacy he will leave behind famous for ducking and avoiding Pacquiao at all costs.
Floyd jr is not afraid to Pacman but rather he’s too scared to Pacman.that’s it! Floyd jr already knew that he’ll lost or even knock-out by Pacman…and so,what the reason for him to fight Pacman. I think Floyd jr is right bcoz why do you have to fight if you know that you’ll be beaten by your opponent? There’s a sense with Floyd jr and i respect his decision to make too many excuses. What a coward boxer in history.Bwahahahaha!
@Ros: Basically you helped prove our point. Floyd would rather pay lots of money than DRAIN himself right before a 12 rd fight. That would have given an unfair advantage to Marquez. If you are gonna step up in weight…don’t drain the other fighter. If you cant beat the bigger fighter at his weight, than don’t move up in weight class. It kinda defeats the whole purpose.
@ BigPoppaPump
Will you please stick to boxing otherwise take your pervert mind out of here. Thank you!
i don’t think so… he’s just SCARED and TERRIFIED even the sounds of his fellow americans chanting, fight manny!!!!…..
Here Pinoys is your bootydaddy Pacman. Will you all bend over and take the koolAid Arum and the Pacf@g is feeding you….
To all my Pinoys girls please know that I, BigPoppaPump is you hook up..I am the bootydaddy of all cute Pinoys girls.. I say to you Pinoy Girls, holla back if you hear this…and know what it’s like to be with a real man. Everything comes in plus size…if you get what it is that your booty daddy is telling y’all.
Because the tax man could get near BipPoppaPump and the recession did not affect the size of my pocket…
@ Anonymous
What kind of hypocrisy are you talking about? Mayweather fought the small man Marquez at 144lbs catchweight and Mayweather cheated him for 2 pounds more, that´s why he was forced to pay Marquez $600,000.- Remember, this is the first time for Marquez fighting in Welterweight division, and still Mayweather had the guts to cheat him. Have you forgotten that already?
Floyd is certainly NOT afraid of Manny but Floyd is certainly afraid to loss. Beyond any reasonable doubt, Pac will hand Floyd his first loss as a professional. (Floyd has six losses as an amateur and what these losses tell you is that Floyd is very beatable).
Floyd is having a nightmare remembering DLH, Cotto’s and Cheato’s deformed face and of course the unforgetable sleeping beauty Ricky Hatton.
I´m a big fan of Pacquiao, but we have to get real here for once. Mayweather is not afraid of Pacquiao, but he is afraid loosing to Pacquiao. That´s two different things.
fraud floyd are AFRAID!!
Pacman call Ortiz and congratulates him over his win against Berto. Meanwhile, I fight under the same Top Rank banner and I beat a skilled Mexican KO Artist in Montiel and you would never hear the Pacman say something nice about me.
I think the Pacman doesn’t want to lose and past the torch to me as the next great Pinoy fighter.
I have got skills and KO power. I am the total Package.
To my fans please demand of Arum to give me Gamboa and Juanma so that i can prove my greatness.
I know those are he cash cows and he would never put them in the ring against me. The great Donarire.
Have you all seen how good looking by wife is ..Google Donaire’s wife is you don’t believe me.
I am a fellow Pinoys and I must say that Pacman is afraid that I take his place.
I speak better English than Pacman, my wife looks better than his wife, and i am a better technical boxer than Pacman.
The Pacman won’t do a show in Pinoys TV if they invite me, that just show you how much he fear me taking his place. I feel it’s envy at my skills. Because like Floyd I am a technical boxer an artist in the ring. Something he can never be.
I am 2 or 3 in many p4p rankings and once Pacman loses I take his place. This is why he don’t want to fight Floyd.
If he loses to Floyd I am the next big thing in Pinoy land and he knows it.
I’m not saying mayweather is afraid, but pac has been punishing these cats. Mayweather is too egotistical to get smashed by a “midget”. Mayweather would probably lose his mind!
@BNB
If froid truly has money then he doesn’t need to return to boxing just to pay his taxes
Floyd for sure did not lose his p4p tittle in the ring. The media who made him turn against him after he left Top Rank. This is what happen when a young black man wants to cut the middle man and do his own business.
Arum hates Floyd because Floyd left Top Rank and made more money in one fight than he made for previous 30 plus fights under the Top Rank banner.
Arum hates HBO and GBP for helping Floyd to get rid of him.
Did Arum provide Floyd with big fights?
Floyd ask for Cotto at 140 and Arum said, ” the kid is not ready Floyd”…and on and on.
@BNB Thanks for the insight, we must now look into his unaccounted Casino earnings
Bottom line if your not dirty and got nothing to hide agree to the Random Blood testing. This fight would have happened two years ago if Manny agreed to test.
Pacman needs it more than Floyd. Pacman would waste his savings in less than five years because he gets less than 40% of his purses due to all the crooks he keeps around.
I mean Freddy Roach has said as much. Konz for instance..What does he do for Pacamn…or the rest of the 17 Pinoys that are part of Pacman’s entourage. They all need room and board and food on the table.
Floyd pays pennies to his uncle Roger. He is very cheap. I mean i think all the gambling winnings Floyd post are a front. He is working for the casinos to encourage people to gamble.
Floyd has money.
@MbfromPhilly
At least you were truthful with me in a post last year!
If you and I were to fight for $40 million dollars, you’d go straight for the $40 million dollars without OSBT! Too bad Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t have the same mentality!
@MbfromPhilly
Pacquiao’s team has heard Floyd’s cries for “No test, no fight!” for almost 2 years now! Pacquiao’s team clearly got the message already!
@mb
N wut evidence do u have on pac taking ped’s? Ur post is ignorant
What elite athlete at the top of their sport would refuse to prove he’s clean…refuse to validate his accomplishments…refuse to make the biggest fight in the last 20 years…refuse a 40-50 million dollar payday….but demand every advantage from their opponents? You already know!!!
So Elgato, what do u think of the first fight mayweather had wit castillo. As I remember, the lederman card, emanual stewart, jim lampley and larry merchant had mayweather losing. Cant deny the facts.
Floyd should pull a Mosely and show up ringside after the Mosely fight and tell everyone who’s hard of hearing again “If Manny Pacquiao takes the test; we got a fight, No Test-No Fight!” To date Pacquiao has said a little bit of everything except….”I will submit to full random testing”! The fight would be much harder for Floyd if he fought Pacquiao without the testing, but he could still win; Pacquiao has NO CHANCE against Mayweather without artificial help! He knows it, Arum knows it, and Roach certainly knows it; why do you think the fight hasn’t been made?!!!
Forgot to mention how castillo was robbed the first fight! Floyd should definitely have a loss on the record. Props to mayweather smashing castillo in the rematch, but yea, he lost that first fight.
@Floyds on roids
Great post.
You ALL said Floyd would not fight Mosley too! SHUT UP…….
Absolutely! Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scared straight of Manny Pacquiao! Who in the history of boxing ever made the demand of random Olympic style blood testing all the way up to the fight, in front of $40 million dollars? In Roger Mayweather’s recent You Tube video interview, Roger’s trying to justify why Floyd deserves $100 million dollars in addition to RBT. Floyd Sr. said it! Snoop Dogg said it! Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said it! Floyd Jr. said it! “No test, no fight!!! OK! Manny Pacquiao’s team got the message already, “no test, no fight!” So, they offer Floyd $50 million dollars in addition to random Olympic style blood testing all the way up to the fight! And, Floyd Mayweather Jr. declined!!!
You see the Floydiots think Pacquiao’s team is trying to buy out RBT by offering $50 million dollars to Floyd! That’s not the case, The $50 million dollar offer was with OSBT all the way up to the fight! Why would Pacquiao’s team offer $50 million dolloars without OSBT? We’d be back to square one now wouldn’t we? Which is “no test, no fight!” Manny called out Floyd last year when Margarito had trouble getting a license to box. Floyd’s only response was “no test, no fight!” Now that Manny has agreed to take the test, Floyd upped his asking price to $100 million dollars. Which one of these promoters is going to step up to the plate and guarantee Floyd $100 mill? Clearly, Floyd is scared!
For the idiots who can’t distinguish between a tattoo needle and a syringe needle! A tattoo needle has a thicker guage and is used to infuse ink to skin! A syringe needle is primarily used for injection, just like the Xylo Floyd injects in his fists!
Manny simply explained having blood drawn the day of the weigh in for the Morales fight made him feel weak. Floyd is just trying to capitalize on this!
Corrales and Castillo Who?? Are these the bums that you consider to be the monsters who gave Floyd legendary fights??
The writer of this article is just grabbing hits by dragging Pacquiao’s name in its title. Otherwise you won’t even find this garbage or read this junk at all.
Floyd Mayweather is afraid of Paquiao no doubt. Floyd could not win that fight it would be almost impossible, Floyds main defensive technique (shoulder roll) could not be used to effect against a southpaw, Floyd does not have the power to K.o Paquiao neither has he got the workrate or punch output to win by decision all in all things look bad for Floyd if this fight was made.
@F.L.A
Mayweather knock Paquiao out seriously, you are joking right?
Pacjuice is the one who is scared bigtime of Floyd. That is why he is refusing the tests, he knows Floyd will knock his ass out in 3-4 rounds.
WRONG!!! FLOYD STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN HE DUCKED PACQUIAO. HE CANT STAND A FILIPINO MIDGET BEATING BOXERS THAT HE FEARED LIKE COTTO, CLOTTEY, MARGARITO. HIS WIFE CALLED HIM A COWARD THATS WHY HE BEAT HER THEN POKED THE GUARDS EYE COZ THE GUARD TOLD HIM THE SAME THING.
I dont think he’s afraid but he does see him as his biggest threat. But both guys will be tested if they fight. Floyd is the best pure boxer manny would ever have faced. And manny is like a little machine and would push floyd harder than he ever has.The name calling is dumb on both sides of this argument.
Watching Ortiz vs Berto fight and how Floyd was booed by fightfans is telling that he needs to fight Manny or he will always be known as the boxer who ran.
well done to the writer of this article. i agree with everything he says floyd has a few problems… pacquiao isnt one of them
Just meant to say Is Floyd afraid of Pac. lol..
Hue?? “Is Floyd is afraid of pachia”? Who wrote this tittle? A 5th grader?