By Babatis Banda: I must admit, at some point I believed Manny Pacquiao could really give Floyd Mayweather some problems in the ring. This is after watching the manner he dealt with Miguel Cotto. However, to me it all ended with giving Floyd some problems before he was figured out, and that would just be it.
Today, I am fully convinced Manny cannot give Floyd a single head-ache in the ring. The reasons are simple, Manny is not confident anymore that he can take on Floyd and win and neither is any member of his team. The simplest of all the reasons is that, despite his power, he just hasn’t got enough arsenal to upset the ring intelligent little Floyd.
Today, Manny Pacquiao and Bob Arum are so reluctant to take on Floyd. There is no more hiding, it is clearly written on the wall. Manny is reluctant to mix it up with Floyd. All the hundred and one reasons given by team Pacquiao are lame and laughable at the same time. How can the event of the century not be made because Arum needs to build a bigger arena? If this fight was being negotiated for, for the first time I would have agreed with Arum, but this event has eagerly been waited for, for two years. Arum can still cash in on the re-match with enough time to build his arena. Priority is with this fight being made.
It is simple logic that this event is bigger than issues raised by team Pacquiao. This is the closest it has come to making this fight and so, we need not miss the opportunity because of the flimsy reasons Arum and team are peddling. It is very clear that Marquez caused havoc in team Pacquiao, who had started to believe Manny was invincible. They are aware that with that kind of performance against Floyd, Manny will be ripped apart. Arum is buying time so that either, he makes more money before the Pacman is destroyed or for the Pacman to re-discover himself. Either way, the Pacman is quickly losing face.
Today we are told that the Pacman has made his choice, a secretive choice, and we hope it is a wise choice and it has to be Floyd Mayweather. If Manny has chosen anybody other than Floyd Mayweather, he would have gone against what he has been preaching to his fans and that is….1. He fights for the love of his fans and not for the money 2.Floyd is number one priority and he would let Arum know about that. 3 Floyd is scared of fighting him 4. He is willing to fight Floyd, even in jail. 5. He is clean, and will take the test.
Manny should either step up to the challenge, or shut the hell up.
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