By Gary E G: No I’m not trying to contradict myself, I would just like to respond to some comments that were left on an article I wrote yesterday. Some commentators seemed to believe that I thought Mayweather was overlooking Mosley and only had his mind on a Pacquiao super bout. Others believed that Mayweather would be praying Pacquiao would be defeated because he is scared to face him. This misses the point of what i was trying to say.
Mayweather will take the lion’s share of the money generated by the PPV revenue when he meets Shane Mosley. Therefore the higher the total numbers the more honey for money. He might have no intentions of facing Pacquiao but while the possibility exists it keeps things interesting because the reality is that’s the fight most casual observers want to see. As far as being scared, I doubt it, he must be apprehensive for sure but if Mayweather is really scared to face great fighters he wouldn’t be getting it on with Sugar Shane. You don’t become a five weight world champion without serious belief in your abilities.
Why did he demand Olympic style drug testing? Maybe he is scared, maybe he is trying to get on Pacquiao’s nerves or maybe he suspects a cheat. Who can know for sure, the truth is it’s hard to understand the motives of a man who uses more talking points than Bill O’ Reilly: I want to thank god for this victory, I’m in the cheque cashing business, I never seen a man who didn’t want to take a 25………yada yada yada. In fact comically in a recent interview with Brian Kenny when asked about potential loss in earnings from fighting Shane Mosley instead of Pacquiao, Mayweather stated: Money doesn’t define who I am as a person! Yeah sorry what’s your nickname again Floyd? Defensive genius indeed.
Shane Mosley has a chance to win and will not be overlooked. But Mayweather is not scared to fight him and I doubt he is scared of Pacquiao either.
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