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Lyle Fitzsimmons, Bard Of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
There is no more sycophantic a writer amongst major boxing journalists who worship one specific fighter than Lyle Fitzsimmons, the BoxingScene/Miami Herald/TSN scribe who regularly sings the praises of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as though a bard to the king. The sycophantic competition is fierce, mind you, but Fitzsimmons seems to, from what I can tell, see his role as a boxing writer as someone who should drool over every deed of Mayweather, stand at his castle and repel any verbal invaders who dare say an unkind word about the man who calls himself "Money" and other grand public services.
Fire Joe Morgan-style, let's take a look at some of the more recent teenage love letters from Fitzsimmons to Mayweather.
Until he KOs Klitschko, no one's satisfied.
Fitzsimmons wrote that Tweet Saturday night shortly after Mayweather heroically beat up Juan Manuel Marquez, a featherweight for most of his career who was fighting an opponent a good 30 pounds heavier than that. I don't know about you guys, but I'm "some" one, and I'd be satisfied if Mayweather even fought Shane Mosley, Paul Williams or the winner of Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto, i.e., men who would be able to honestly call themselves welterweights. He doesn't have to knock them out. He doesn't even have to win. He just needs to fight any of them. And then I'll be satisfied. It'll feel like I'm popping open a can of beer, it's such a satisfying and refreshing notion for me to consider.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the devil.
Without dipping my toe into the message boards and other fan forums since the final bell of his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night/Sunday morning, I can pretty much assume that as a prevailing sentiment.
That's the adorable lede to his piece that ran as the top item on BoxingScene the other day. Isn't he a stinker? The piece, by the way, is called "Learn To Love It... Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Still #1."
As predictable as the message boards and fan forums are, though, Fitzsimmons has become a little predictable himself. On BoxingScene's very message boards, Ch@mpBox@PR wrote: "LOl I saw the title and I said to my self, I bet this is a Fitzsimmons article!!!!!!"
In pitching an absolute, complete and comprehensive shutout of Marquez - the critics' pre-comeback choice as the world's No. 2 fighter - in his first ring action since 2007, the Pretty Boy now known as "Money" has answered one question with dominant certainty.
He, and not Manny Pacquiao or any other 21-month stand-in, is the world's best fighter.
It's true. Pacquiao was a mere "stand-in." He didn't do anything while Mayweather was away to deserve to fill Mayweather's seat, where his perfect buttocks once rested. Nor did anyone else, i.e. the "any other 21-month stand-in." Who's he talking about? Was there some other "21-month stand-in" I missed?
Fire Joe Morgan-style, let's take a look at some of the more recent teenage love letters from Fitzsimmons to Mayweather.
Until he KOs Klitschko, no one's satisfied.
Fitzsimmons wrote that Tweet Saturday night shortly after Mayweather heroically beat up Juan Manuel Marquez, a featherweight for most of his career who was fighting an opponent a good 30 pounds heavier than that. I don't know about you guys, but I'm "some" one, and I'd be satisfied if Mayweather even fought Shane Mosley, Paul Williams or the winner of Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto, i.e., men who would be able to honestly call themselves welterweights. He doesn't have to knock them out. He doesn't even have to win. He just needs to fight any of them. And then I'll be satisfied. It'll feel like I'm popping open a can of beer, it's such a satisfying and refreshing notion for me to consider.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the devil.
Without dipping my toe into the message boards and other fan forums since the final bell of his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night/Sunday morning, I can pretty much assume that as a prevailing sentiment.
That's the adorable lede to his piece that ran as the top item on BoxingScene the other day. Isn't he a stinker? The piece, by the way, is called "Learn To Love It... Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Still #1."
As predictable as the message boards and fan forums are, though, Fitzsimmons has become a little predictable himself. On BoxingScene's very message boards, Ch@mpBox@PR wrote: "LOl I saw the title and I said to my self, I bet this is a Fitzsimmons article!!!!!!"
In pitching an absolute, complete and comprehensive shutout of Marquez - the critics' pre-comeback choice as the world's No. 2 fighter - in his first ring action since 2007, the Pretty Boy now known as "Money" has answered one question with dominant certainty.
He, and not Manny Pacquiao or any other 21-month stand-in, is the world's best fighter.
It's true. Pacquiao was a mere "stand-in." He didn't do anything while Mayweather was away to deserve to fill Mayweather's seat, where his perfect buttocks once rested. Nor did anyone else, i.e. the "any other 21-month stand-in." Who's he talking about? Was there some other "21-month stand-in" I missed?
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