MANILA, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 (STAR) By Guest Blogger Pio
Garcia - And so once more, fight fans will end up frustrated after the latest
ducking episode of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
But what else is new for a guy who was supposedly a god of boxing? Lately
this "god" has been a phony at best.
With the news that the superfight is once again dead, I'm pretty sure
everyone just shrugged and said "moving on…" out of sheer frustration. But
either way, fight fans would not be bereft of a good fight.
However, between Timothy Bradley, who has publicly stepped up to the plate
unlike someone, and Miguel Angel Cotto, I'd go for Cotto. But Cotto doesn't want
a catchweight fight, and that's totally fine by me.
It's time for our champ to prove he can go toe-to-toe with Cotto at his
natural weight, not the other way around.
But the issue of Floydie chickening out once more is very sickening. Here is
a douchebag who goes on and tells the world he's still the champ, he's
undefeated, and that Pacman is taking steroids to set a historic record.
Last time I checked, crab mentality was pervading in Filipino culture, not in
American. But hey, he totally is American. He is full of bravado, but poor in
execution. And if you think about it, the most exciting fight I've seen him on
is against Oscar De La hoya, who by then was aging and was starting on his
decline.
But after the Golden Boy? Juan Manuel Marquez? Dude was two weight classes
below him and it being his first bout at a heavier weight, only spelled doom.
Victor Ortiz? The guy was a doofus and acted nicely against the most notorious
boxer I've ever known.
Actually, Floydie's sentence was deferred so he could go fight on May 5.
Conspiracy theorists would've had a field day thinking the judge is a fight fan
and wants to get Mayweather's behind handed to him on a silver platter by no
less than Manny Pacquiao.
I mean, everything is already given to Floyd. All he had to do was put pen to
paper, say yes, and stop acting like a diva, which I'm sure he'll have fits if
he's labeled that way. His latest chicken out move might be giving Pacman a call
and asking for more money than the bigger draw.
Come on Floydie it is time to grow up and realize that Pacman is the biggest
draw in boxing, not you. You've wasted your chance while Manny is taking control
of his.
How can you be a big draw when all the best fighters in line for you, you
ducked and looked for patsies? Please, common sense.
At least, with this latest development, we're sure Pacman wouldn't be
fighting a coward.
And Mayweather would serving his sentence, I hope. I sure hope Manny Pacquiao
agrees with Cotto's terms.
The Puerto Rican is probably, in my eyes, the most game fighter our champion
has faced in recent years. He fights with honor, a man of his word, and lastly,
not a coward like Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Chief News Editor: Sol
Jose Vanzi
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