By Juan dela Cruz: In my previous articles, I constantly mentioned that Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t going to fight Manny Pacquiao. And this sentiment was shared, and even until now, by the whole world especially the boxing fans, analysts, sportswriters, and even by many fighters as well. Judging on Floyd’s actions, and non-actions, Floyd won’t face Manny. And even primary grade pupils knew this!

Even during the first negotiation, it was clear that Floyd was ducking Manny Pacquiao. Can you imagine demanding a “one-dimensional, amateurish, no-skill, no-defense midget whom he can easily ass-whoop juice or no juice” to undergo random blood and urine test to level the playing field? That logic is simply out of this world and only Mayweather has it. And when Manny agreed to rbt, then Floyd demanded where Manny should train. Here, it is already obvious that Floyd will change goal whenever an issue had been addressed, clearly avoiding the fight. Manny’s agreement to undergo rbt has once and for all sealed the issue. But unfortunately, and in an attempt to put the blame on Manny and Bob Arum of Top Rank, Floyd again is bringing back this old issue especially during the conference before he faced Miguel Cotto last May 9. Kevin Iole of yahoo sports, clearly disgusted by Floyd’s continuing reluctance to face Manny, even commented in his column that Floyd should just shut up.

In an attempt to make himself look good, Floyd called Manny and offered him 40M dollars with no share in the pay per view earnings. Manny Pacquiao felt insulted and turned it down and made a counter-offer of 50M dollars and 70-30 purse split of the ppv with the lion’s share going to the winner. That was fair and the most logical offer but Floyd insisted on his offer, clearly showing he’s pricing himself out. In a fight of this magnitude, with a pay per view that can reach from 160 to 200M dollars, Floyd can not have the whole ppv earnings, especially that Manny is a bigger draw than him as shown by theirs last three (3) fights where Manny edged Floyd in ppvs. And that’s aside from the fact that Manny have several endorsements, showing manufacturers of different products prefer Manny because he draws more crowd and command more followers than Floyd.

In one of Floyd’s interviews, he again insisted that Manny was into something even without directly mentioning PED use. In another, Floyd also said that his health comes first and fighting Manny Pacquiao is detrimental to his health. After the Cotto fight, Floyd again insisted on his 40M offer to Pac, knowing Manny won’t agree to this. It’s just like selling something you won’t like to sell. Put a price tag on it so high that nobody will be able to afford.

Floyd’s beatings that he experienced from Cotto could be one of the reasons for insisting and continuing to price himself out. The fight was so closed and Cotto busted Floyd’s nose, while in the hands of Manny, Cotto back pedaled on the start of the 4th round after tasting Manny’s power until Pac caught him on the 12th and sent him down and out. If Cotto could punish Floyd, what more if it was Manny who is faster, more powerful and can pressure Floyd for 12 rounds? In the post fight conference, I was not able to recognize Floyd. His face was swollen as if stung by hundreds of bees. Had it been Pacman, Floyd could still be in the hospital right now.