By David Berry: With the latest news of what could be the biggest fight ever between 5 division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs World Boxing Organization champion Manny Pacquiao being called off for now, there are sure to be fingers pointed at Mayweather Jr. My question is simple. Why? Why blame Floyd for something that was GOING to happen and SHOULD have happened?
That particular something happens to be the postponing of the biggest fight ever in the eyes of fight fans in order to make it the biggest fight ever in the eyes of the human race. Before one points the finger at Floyd I urge you to look at what’s really before your eyes.
TIME: If they signed on to do this fight it would be exactly 3 months from now. You don’t make the biggest fight ever with only 3 months to promote the event. All of this talk of blood testing is simply hype and psychological warfare on Mayweather’s part to try and make this the biggest fight. I thought from the beginning that this wouldn’t work because fights of that magnitude are made with at least 6 months of preparation and promotion. Think about it. Floyd tried that same thing when he was supposed to fight Marquez in July. There just wasn’t enough time to build that fight up. The rib injury was total crap. He gained two extra months to promote a fight and in turn crossed a million PPV buys. What do you call that? Smart decision making. If Mayweather Jr vs Pacquiao went down in March it would have crossed 2 mil but I guarantee it wouldn’t have beat Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Oscar De La Hoya in terms of numbers. Maybe if it was going to happen on that May date, but not March 13th. They didn’t even have enough time to do a press tour for the fight had it been on March 13th. If they really want this to be the highest grossing fight of all time, March 13th would have only prevented that accomplishment.
NEXT OPPONENTS: Face it, Yuri Foreman/Paulie Malignaggi and Mathew Hatton are sheep. Just mentioning those guys up against Pacquiao and Money reminds me of when they lowered a cow into the Velociraptor facility on Jurrassic Park. Slaughter. All 3 of them combined have about 80 fights and less than 20 knockouts. Yet, what better opponents for them to warm up on? I don’t think Pac can beat Paul Williams do to size. If Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Paul Williams or Shane Mosley he is going to want more money when negotiations pick back up for the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight, therefore, causing the fight to never happen due to money issues. Malignatti, Foreman and Hatton will be the welcome mats for the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Manny Pacquiao bout in SEPTEMBER. If not, than Pac and Floyd are both suckers for choosing to not fight eachother, yet, they will tee off on a couple of guys who pose no threat to their legacies.
LEGACY: Floyd Mayweather Jr is my favorite boxer of all time. I’ve seen every fight, I know his style and I can probably guess what he’s going to do before he does it. With that said, I must admit, Floyd needs this fight. The Mayweather Jr/Corrales fight is too far in the past to live off of now. His legacy will be etched in stone with a win over Pacquiao. Also, Manny Pacquiao needs this fight. His biggest fights were with mostly washed up legends (Morales and De La Hoya) and guys who have been mentally destroyed due to being knocked out prior to fighting Pac (Hatton and Cotto). A fight with another legend who is in his prime is going to cement one of their names on the list of boxing’s top 10 fighters of all time.
WHO ELSE IS WORTH WATCHING THEM FIGHT? This killer welterweight division is starting to slow down with the looks of these recent fights. Paul Williams being smacked around by Sergio Martinez. Andre Berto implementing the punch and grab (old man technique) into his style. Sugar Shane being 38. Judging by Shanes last few fights, this guy isn’t worth watching on PPV. I’m not naive like Peter Wells. I seen him tired and winded against Cotto. I seen him look sluggish against Mayorga. I seen the embarrassment on Margarito’s face after being caught with illegal hand-wrap. Shane would build hype against Mayweather or Pacquiao, (like De La Hoya) but in the end he’d get his winded butt kicked like Oscar De La Hoya also. Other than those three fighters, everyone else is a nobody or on the down end of their career. The light welterweight division is coming, I know everyone hears their footsteps.
Don’t be sad people, this fight will happen. Just not right now. In my my opinion, Floyd Mayweather Jr is like Achilles of Greece. He fights for Money and legacy. Though he has never lost in battle his legacy is incomplete without the win over prince Hector of Troy(Manny Pacquiao). By the way, we all know what happened to Prince Hector. So in closing I must say, GET ‘EM FLOYD!
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