By Dominic Sauboorah: It is without question that Floyd “Money” Mayweather is one of the greatest boxers to have ever graced the sport. His defensive style is considered to be the greatest of all time which many would find hard to disagree with, considering the fact that he’s still undefeated after 43 fights and has never been knocked down in his career.

His sharp reflexes and super fast punches are somewhat bedazzling to any ordinary human being. Despite his impressive attributes the main aspect that allows him to win all the time is his self belief and that no matter what happens he always believes that he will win. Nevertheless Floyd Mayweather has given the impression that he fights for one thing, which is that of money.

Obviously boxers want to make a lot of money in the sport; however Mayweather seems to make it his priority. A perfect example that backs this up could be his inability to make a financial agreement with pound for pound champion Manny Pacquiao, who was willing to do a 50/50 split with Mayweather. Sounds fair considering that to the majority of the public it’s considered a pick ‘em fight. The money man however wants to do a 60/40 split with Pacquiao, thereby giving him more of the revenue from the fight. Floyd has blamed Bob Arum many times about this fight not taking place but with all due respect if he really wanted the fight to happen then money shouldn’t the big issue involved. Obviously he wants to earn a fair amount of money from the fight but it shouldn’t determine if the fight takes place or not. Floyd Mayweather was even ironically quoted as saying “lets give the fans what they want which is Mayeather Pacquiao.” Well if Pacquiao is agreeing to the blood testing and the fight still isn’t taking place then clearly Mayweather’s only concern is money, which of course is a necessary aspect but isn’t a majorly important one. Also Larry Merchant asked Mayweather after his victory over Miguel Cotto whether or not his financial predicament with Manny Pacquiao was the reason for the fight not happening and instead of answering the question he replied by mentioning the blood and urine test situation which, like I said before, has apparently already been resolved. This then suggests that Mayweather dodged Larry Merchant’s question to do with money, due to the fact that he doesn’t want the public to see him as the reason for the fight not taking place.

I have a lot of respect for Floyd Mayweather, as a fighter and as a person, but at the end of the day it seems as if money is the only thing stopping this fight from happening. To say that Mayweather is being selfish is an understatement in my view. He said he wants to give the fans what they want. Well, it seems like he doesn’t. One of the greatest boxers of our era and of all time may be recognized to many in the future as a fraud if this proposed fight with Manny Pacquiao doesn’t take place due to his obsession over money.