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Mayweather-Marquez fight lost among the Pacquiao-Cotto conversations
July 31, 6:52 PM
Or should I say Pacquiao-Cotto is a press conference while Mayweather-Marquez is a conversation. If there is any doubt left as to who the real pound-for-pound and face of boxing is, all anyone really has to look at is the hype created by the proposed Pacquiao-Cotto fight compared to the Mayweather-Marquez clash announced last May.
Even at the absence of a signed fight contract, boxing fans are already eating the proposed Pacquiao-Cotto mega-fight up while Floyd Mayweather Jr. is desperately stirring up controversy and attention towards himself with controversial comments on top of the other and yet little interest has been generated for his comeback fight against Marquez. You can say Floyd is a "mom-and-pop" while Pacquiao is a corporation. And before Mariah Carey starts tripping on me for using her analogies, I guess it's plain to see that Manny Pacquiao right now is the spoon that stirs the boxing soup. And if boxing was indeed soup, it's fair to say it's sinigang flavored right now because of Pacquiao.
Every move he makes, and does not make is followed by unprecedented media coverage. Ironically Pacquiao has been scarce in terms of interviews and sound bytes as he has opted to have his team to handle most of the media dealings which leaves me to wonder how long Mayweather can live under the Pacquiao shadow.
Coincidentally, Pacquiao and Cotto's proposed November 14 bout is in jeopardy and if Money plays his cards right, this would be the perfect opportunity for him to finally silence all the critics together with the people he considers as "idiots" that shower Pacquiao with what to him sounds as annoying flatteries and baseless acknowledgment.
Time to pay Marquez some step-aside change and they can have him fight someone like Joan Guzman instead, who coincidentally was signed by Golden Boy this week. If Floyd wants to stay significant and insist that he is boxing's cash cow and top dog, he needs to prove it in the box office by staging mega-fights the world wants to see. Sadly, the world has not responded to his "Number One vs Numero Uno" fight accordingly.
It's time to change the script and go straight to the main thorn in his paw. Why risk waiting for 2010 and the fight not to happen. If Pacquiao ins't someone he is concerned with, then why can't he seem to stop talking about Pacquiao? Let's face it, this is the one fight the world wants to see with Fedor and Lesnar in the wings as a close second. If the powers that be truly want this fight to happen, allow me to pose the question. What better time than now?
And for Floyd, the fastest way to reclaim his throne is to unseat the current king himself. If he truly is confident of his abilities, then why wouldn't he want to do it? Especially with all the riches that will come with it.
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July 31, 6:52 PM
Or should I say Pacquiao-Cotto is a press conference while Mayweather-Marquez is a conversation. If there is any doubt left as to who the real pound-for-pound and face of boxing is, all anyone really has to look at is the hype created by the proposed Pacquiao-Cotto fight compared to the Mayweather-Marquez clash announced last May.
Even at the absence of a signed fight contract, boxing fans are already eating the proposed Pacquiao-Cotto mega-fight up while Floyd Mayweather Jr. is desperately stirring up controversy and attention towards himself with controversial comments on top of the other and yet little interest has been generated for his comeback fight against Marquez. You can say Floyd is a "mom-and-pop" while Pacquiao is a corporation. And before Mariah Carey starts tripping on me for using her analogies, I guess it's plain to see that Manny Pacquiao right now is the spoon that stirs the boxing soup. And if boxing was indeed soup, it's fair to say it's sinigang flavored right now because of Pacquiao.
Every move he makes, and does not make is followed by unprecedented media coverage. Ironically Pacquiao has been scarce in terms of interviews and sound bytes as he has opted to have his team to handle most of the media dealings which leaves me to wonder how long Mayweather can live under the Pacquiao shadow.
Coincidentally, Pacquiao and Cotto's proposed November 14 bout is in jeopardy and if Money plays his cards right, this would be the perfect opportunity for him to finally silence all the critics together with the people he considers as "idiots" that shower Pacquiao with what to him sounds as annoying flatteries and baseless acknowledgment.
Time to pay Marquez some step-aside change and they can have him fight someone like Joan Guzman instead, who coincidentally was signed by Golden Boy this week. If Floyd wants to stay significant and insist that he is boxing's cash cow and top dog, he needs to prove it in the box office by staging mega-fights the world wants to see. Sadly, the world has not responded to his "Number One vs Numero Uno" fight accordingly.
It's time to change the script and go straight to the main thorn in his paw. Why risk waiting for 2010 and the fight not to happen. If Pacquiao ins't someone he is concerned with, then why can't he seem to stop talking about Pacquiao? Let's face it, this is the one fight the world wants to see with Fedor and Lesnar in the wings as a close second. If the powers that be truly want this fight to happen, allow me to pose the question. What better time than now?
And for Floyd, the fastest way to reclaim his throne is to unseat the current king himself. If he truly is confident of his abilities, then why wouldn't he want to do it? Especially with all the riches that will come with it.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1...-conversations
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