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It's Official:Maywear is Scared!
It's Official:
Mayweather's Scared!
by Stephen D. Riley
Cornered by The Associated
Press at a celebrity basketball
game, Floyd Mayweather
couldn't escape. After letting a
Friday deadline pass with no
response, his much-hyped
potential bout with Manny
Pacquiao was on the ropes and
ready to collapse. The media
wanted answers, the fans
wanted answers and every
bookie, broker and bettor in
Vegas wanted answers. So what
did Mayweather counter with
when hit by this whole super-
bout question? A lackadaisical
whimper punch of: "I'm not
really thinking about boxing
right now. I'm just relaxing. I
fought about 60 days ago, so
I'm just enjoying myself,
enjoying life, enjoying my family
and enjoying my vacation."
Uh... really Floyd? Are you
serious? These are the words tip-
toeing from the mouth of the
self-proclaimed “best fighter
ever”? The guy just a year
removed from a year's worth of
retirement talking about relaxing
and vacation? The HBO quoted
“ prize-fighter” who always goes
for the big payday?
Floyd fans can try their best to
explain this away, but it won't
be easy. How do you nickname
yourself "Money" Mayweather
but treat the biggest payday of
your career like it's a part-time
job at Checkers?
He could've given a number of
reasons, from saying he's
waiting on the outcome of his
trainer's upcoming court case to
his Shih Tzu just died and he's in
mourning right now (no report
on whether or not Mayweather
owns a Shih Tzu is available at
this time). Did he have to? No.
Should he have, for his fans'
sake at least? Most definitely.
When you run through the world
proclaiming that you're the best
ever in your profession and
everyone should respect your
greatness, you owe it to not only
yourself but enthusiasts
everywhere to stand by those
principles. You think LeBron
James will command the same
respect he used to? Heck, even Lil
Wayne, the self-proclaimed “best
rapper alive," doesn't generate
the same publicity he used to.
And it's funny because now that
I think about it, he doesn't even
refer to himself as the best
anymore and how could he after
a series of recent head-
scratchers?
See, when you keep telling
people over and over again that
you're the best, it's absolutely
mandatory you walk the walk
until you hang up your shoes.
Mayweather, however, still has
his shoes laced up but he's
walking in the opposite direction
of the biggest race he can run in
right now. The best should want
to beat the best or at least say
they lost to the best.
Mayweather's Scared!
by Stephen D. Riley
Cornered by The Associated
Press at a celebrity basketball
game, Floyd Mayweather
couldn't escape. After letting a
Friday deadline pass with no
response, his much-hyped
potential bout with Manny
Pacquiao was on the ropes and
ready to collapse. The media
wanted answers, the fans
wanted answers and every
bookie, broker and bettor in
Vegas wanted answers. So what
did Mayweather counter with
when hit by this whole super-
bout question? A lackadaisical
whimper punch of: "I'm not
really thinking about boxing
right now. I'm just relaxing. I
fought about 60 days ago, so
I'm just enjoying myself,
enjoying life, enjoying my family
and enjoying my vacation."
Uh... really Floyd? Are you
serious? These are the words tip-
toeing from the mouth of the
self-proclaimed “best fighter
ever”? The guy just a year
removed from a year's worth of
retirement talking about relaxing
and vacation? The HBO quoted
“ prize-fighter” who always goes
for the big payday?
Floyd fans can try their best to
explain this away, but it won't
be easy. How do you nickname
yourself "Money" Mayweather
but treat the biggest payday of
your career like it's a part-time
job at Checkers?
He could've given a number of
reasons, from saying he's
waiting on the outcome of his
trainer's upcoming court case to
his Shih Tzu just died and he's in
mourning right now (no report
on whether or not Mayweather
owns a Shih Tzu is available at
this time). Did he have to? No.
Should he have, for his fans'
sake at least? Most definitely.
When you run through the world
proclaiming that you're the best
ever in your profession and
everyone should respect your
greatness, you owe it to not only
yourself but enthusiasts
everywhere to stand by those
principles. You think LeBron
James will command the same
respect he used to? Heck, even Lil
Wayne, the self-proclaimed “best
rapper alive," doesn't generate
the same publicity he used to.
And it's funny because now that
I think about it, he doesn't even
refer to himself as the best
anymore and how could he after
a series of recent head-
scratchers?
See, when you keep telling
people over and over again that
you're the best, it's absolutely
mandatory you walk the walk
until you hang up your shoes.
Mayweather, however, still has
his shoes laced up but he's
walking in the opposite direction
of the biggest race he can run in
right now. The best should want
to beat the best or at least say
they lost to the best.
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