By Jon Ingram: I know that the fans have been crying for a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. This is not an article to bash either one of these fighters for they are #1 Floyd Mayweather Jr and #2 Pacman, in the same weight division, and have yet to get in the ring with each other.
The boxing media needs to try harder, and force their hands in this fight, for it would be unacceptable for it to not happen in their upcoming event at the end of the year for 2014. That would only happen if Mayweather left his options open, and not automatically give Marcos Maidana his rematch, which was an awesome performance from both, and Manny falling into Arum setting him up with the same Juan Manuel Marquez fight we’ve seen so many times.
What happened to conference calls? As long as I’ve been a fan of boxing, I cannot recall one event where Manny and Floyd were at the same location at the same time. Have they even met in person before? So for that, why can’t the boxing media get both guys on a visual conference call for the whole world to see. Let these guys talk in front of the whole world to see. There would be no this side of the story or that side, only what we hear. When Ali wanted to fight Frazier he was on TV and had a conference call with Smoking Joe. The whole world witnessed it. Maybe that needs to happen again.
Today, tomorrow, but this week. Sometime soon, a call needs to happen to get this fight going. Pacquiao, you say you want to give your fans the best fight? Well the best fight is Mayweather period, so stop telling us “you will see what your manager says” no, tell Arum Mayweather and no one else. I’d go further to tell him Mayweather or no new contract. Mayweather, you say “if the fans want a rematch, let’s do it” OK it was a really good fight but no, the fans want Pacquiao. We the fans don’t care who fault it is they haven’t fought because we wasn’t behind the scenes, we only know you guys haven’t fought, period.
Everyone needs to understand that this is a business, and without the fans, you have no business. In this fight we are not asking anyone to fight someone 3 weight divisions above the other fighter (NOPE), we are asking both guys who practically walk around the same weight, in same division, and go into their fights the same give or take (about 3) pounds, to fight. The fans make both of you guys who you are, and you both have put us the fans on hold long enough, IT’S FIGHT TIME!
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