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Thoughts?
1) Rather than begging for a fight with Pacquiao who as the P4P King of boxing has become a tough negotiator. Mayweather fought the guy who Pacquiao refused to fight a 3rd time, with many having Juan Manuel Marquez winning one if not both of their previous fights. And by defeating Marquez so convincingly his place at the negotiating table for a fight against Pacquiao is secure.
2) After a 21 month layoff any comebacking fighter NEEDS ROUNDS to re-acclimate himself/herself to the rigors of 12 round bouts. Mayweather got his work in on Saturday nite 2 weeks ago.
3) Unable to make the 144lbs catch-weight Mayweather informed the appropriate parties ahead of time to make necessary arrangements so that the fight could go forth and paid the penalty assessed to him. Authors Note: in the history of boxing USUALLY when a smaller man challenges a bigger man the SMALLER man goes up to and fights the bigger man in his weight class. Only recently has the catch-weight fad caught on. And with the Pacquiao/Cotto matchup being fought at a catch-weight of 145lbs and ALSO being sanctioned as a TITLE fight that sets a bad precedence!
4) During the post-fight interview Mayweather accurately stated that he NEVER disrespected Hopkins or Shane Mosley at their victory coronations during the post fight in-ring interview. Mayweather further championed this theme during the post-fight Press Conference to the cheers of those present and to the consternation of both Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins. Since then Mayweather has gone on the offensive against Shane Mosley who has tried to characterize Mayweather as running from him. Mayweather has brought up occasions in 1999, 2005, and 2006 where his challenges to fight Shane Mosley were rebuked by Mosley, turning around ‘the who’s running from who’ argument in his favor.
5) If the rumors of a $6M IRS debt are true, the IRS got PAID.
6) 1M+ PPV buys translates Mayweather into a boxing MEGA star, with reported percentages of the PPV receipts (up to an additional $5M) paid to ‘Money Mayweather’ , making this the highest grossing boxing PPV event of 2009 while also outselling a UFC PPV event on the same night. This also puts pressure on the Pacquiao/Cotto bout to do better numbers.
Thoughts?
1) Rather than begging for a fight with Pacquiao who as the P4P King of boxing has become a tough negotiator. Mayweather fought the guy who Pacquiao refused to fight a 3rd time, with many having Juan Manuel Marquez winning one if not both of their previous fights. And by defeating Marquez so convincingly his place at the negotiating table for a fight against Pacquiao is secure.
2) After a 21 month layoff any comebacking fighter NEEDS ROUNDS to re-acclimate himself/herself to the rigors of 12 round bouts. Mayweather got his work in on Saturday nite 2 weeks ago.
3) Unable to make the 144lbs catch-weight Mayweather informed the appropriate parties ahead of time to make necessary arrangements so that the fight could go forth and paid the penalty assessed to him. Authors Note: in the history of boxing USUALLY when a smaller man challenges a bigger man the SMALLER man goes up to and fights the bigger man in his weight class. Only recently has the catch-weight fad caught on. And with the Pacquiao/Cotto matchup being fought at a catch-weight of 145lbs and ALSO being sanctioned as a TITLE fight that sets a bad precedence!
4) During the post-fight interview Mayweather accurately stated that he NEVER disrespected Hopkins or Shane Mosley at their victory coronations during the post fight in-ring interview. Mayweather further championed this theme during the post-fight Press Conference to the cheers of those present and to the consternation of both Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins. Since then Mayweather has gone on the offensive against Shane Mosley who has tried to characterize Mayweather as running from him. Mayweather has brought up occasions in 1999, 2005, and 2006 where his challenges to fight Shane Mosley were rebuked by Mosley, turning around ‘the who’s running from who’ argument in his favor.
5) If the rumors of a $6M IRS debt are true, the IRS got PAID.
6) 1M+ PPV buys translates Mayweather into a boxing MEGA star, with reported percentages of the PPV receipts (up to an additional $5M) paid to ‘Money Mayweather’ , making this the highest grossing boxing PPV event of 2009 while also outselling a UFC PPV event on the same night. This also puts pressure on the Pacquiao/Cotto bout to do better numbers.
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