By Marquise Bullock: The window seems like it may be closing on one of the biggest mega fights within the last 10 years. The “powers that be” seems like they don’t want this fight to happen. Right now there is no one to blame anymore. Floyd went on vacation and got into loads of trouble, and Pacquiao may have wrote a check he can’t cash in fighting Mexico’s own Antonio Margarito. Every year it seems like when the fight doesn’t get made, fans just debate over who would win and say well next month, next year we’ll see. But has it ever occured to anyone the window may be closing and might shut for good.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather has seen his share of troubles in the past, but the troubles surrounding him nowadays might be to great to blow off. First racist rants that he was man enough to apologize for to anyone it may offended, and the alleged fight he had with long time girl friend and mother of his three kids, Josie Harris. He faces eight charges, which are both misdemeanor and felony crimes. If convicted Mayweather could possibly receive 34 years ,the maximum sentence and a fine up $20,000. Mayweather’s trial begins November 9th of this year. Also rumors have circulated, stating Mayweather supposedly getting married in February of next year. Now that sounds like a busy, busy man. Also Mayweather has said he will not fight without his uncle in his corner, who also faces charges of assault on a female and could possibly go to prison.
Pacquiao is in the fiasco also. He’s fighting the dangerous Antonio Margarito, who already beat Sergio Martinez, beat Kermit Cintron twice, beat Joshua Clottey, battered Miguel Cotto, gave a good war to Paul Williams, and had the guts to fight Shane Mosley. Margarito is no push over, at all! People are counting him out just like people counted out “Buster” Douglas when he fought “Iron” Mike Tyson. This is the sport of boxing where anything can happen. Personally I think Margarito’s pressure style is too much for the best P4P fighter in the world, but we will just have to wait and see. But if Pacquiao just so happens to lose, the value for the potential mega fight is pretty much out the window. A loss for Pacquiao right now would in some ways be a blow to boxing. As many fans would feel he’s not at the top of his game to fight the undefeated Floyd Mayweather.
But if Mayweather can beat his case and Pacquiao doesn’t fall to the Mexican slugger, there’s the blood testing situation. Pacquiao has claimed to agree to full random blood testing, but what does he really mean? Pacquiao just might mean the 14 day cut off that was in the first negotiations, as Roger Mayweather says Pacquiao behind closed doors still doesn’t agree on blood testing up until the fight. And Floyd Mayweather quoted “no test, no fight”. A 50/50 split is fair for both fighters in my opinion. But does Mayweather look at it that way, even though I don’t think that that’s a big issue. I think it will be a 50/50 spilt no matter how many PPVs Pacquiao and Margarito sell. So is the window closing or is it still open? Will there ever be a great rivalry between the two best P4P fighters in the world? Will “Pretty Boy” Floyd and Manny “ Pacman” Pacquiao ever meet in the famous squared circle? Hopefully because Floyd will be 34
years of age and a fighter’s prime can only last for but so long.
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