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ESPN is so Pro-Mayweather that it makes me sick.
ESPN is so Pro-Mayweather that it makes me sick.
January 16, 12:26 PM
Sacramento Fight Sports Examiner
by Rick Rockwell
ESPN
ESPNIt’s become clear to me that ESPN has become absolutely Pro-Mayweather. Between their commercials, interviews, and comments ESPN has practically led the Floyd Mayweather Jr “Fan club” during the fallout from the failed “PacWeather” fight. Let’s examine some of the comments and actions taken by ESPN and their employees over the last few weeks.
We start with the most unethical journalistic comments made by ESPN. Boxing analyst Teddy Atlas claiming that an unnamed source told him that Pacquiao’s camp sent an email to the Mayweather camp asking if a failed drug test could be kept dirty. With no proof, Atlas goes on TV and makes these claims. PacMan’s camp fight back and demand proof but Atlas doesn’t provide any. Instead, Atlas goes on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, last night, and makes the following comments:
“So, if he wants the fight to happen, all he had to do, and I think the common man on the street, and those are the people I care about, the common guy on the street, the fight fan, they’re going to have a difficult time understanding why somebody who could make that kind of money and make that kind of historic fight would not just take a test if there was nothing to hide."
But Atlas wasn’t the only one blaming Pacquiao. Guest host of last night’s Friday Night Fights was cruiserweight fighter BJ Flores and he had the following to say about Pacquiao:
“I’m gonna blame Manny Pacquiao and the reason I’m gonna say that is because this was the biggest fight in boxing. Everybody wanted to see Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. You know, Floyd wanted to make sure that he was coming in on even playing field, that Manny was doing the same thing that Floyd was doing.”
And last but not least, Brian “I’m Floyd's Best Friend Forever” Kenny had this to say:
“It’s a shame it didn’t happen, but I actually have to back Floyd Mayweather on this."
What a surprise, all 3 hosts of the show blame Manny Pacquiao. Brian Kenny has backed Floyd for years now. Kenny and Floyd are BFFs and it’s clear every time they do interviews together. I don’t see ESPN making commercials with Brian Kenny and Pacquiao. But I have seen commercials with Kenny and Floyd.
This entire boxing coverage by ESPN on the “PacWeather” events has been so one-sided that it makes me sick. How about ESPN get a few Pro-Pacquiao analysts on there so we can have a fair and balanced coverage?
If it wasn’t clear before, it should be clear now. ESPN is PRO-Mayweather and ANTI-Pacquiao
January 16, 12:26 PM
Sacramento Fight Sports Examiner
by Rick Rockwell
ESPN
ESPNIt’s become clear to me that ESPN has become absolutely Pro-Mayweather. Between their commercials, interviews, and comments ESPN has practically led the Floyd Mayweather Jr “Fan club” during the fallout from the failed “PacWeather” fight. Let’s examine some of the comments and actions taken by ESPN and their employees over the last few weeks.
We start with the most unethical journalistic comments made by ESPN. Boxing analyst Teddy Atlas claiming that an unnamed source told him that Pacquiao’s camp sent an email to the Mayweather camp asking if a failed drug test could be kept dirty. With no proof, Atlas goes on TV and makes these claims. PacMan’s camp fight back and demand proof but Atlas doesn’t provide any. Instead, Atlas goes on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, last night, and makes the following comments:
“So, if he wants the fight to happen, all he had to do, and I think the common man on the street, and those are the people I care about, the common guy on the street, the fight fan, they’re going to have a difficult time understanding why somebody who could make that kind of money and make that kind of historic fight would not just take a test if there was nothing to hide."
But Atlas wasn’t the only one blaming Pacquiao. Guest host of last night’s Friday Night Fights was cruiserweight fighter BJ Flores and he had the following to say about Pacquiao:
“I’m gonna blame Manny Pacquiao and the reason I’m gonna say that is because this was the biggest fight in boxing. Everybody wanted to see Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. You know, Floyd wanted to make sure that he was coming in on even playing field, that Manny was doing the same thing that Floyd was doing.”
And last but not least, Brian “I’m Floyd's Best Friend Forever” Kenny had this to say:
“It’s a shame it didn’t happen, but I actually have to back Floyd Mayweather on this."
What a surprise, all 3 hosts of the show blame Manny Pacquiao. Brian Kenny has backed Floyd for years now. Kenny and Floyd are BFFs and it’s clear every time they do interviews together. I don’t see ESPN making commercials with Brian Kenny and Pacquiao. But I have seen commercials with Kenny and Floyd.
This entire boxing coverage by ESPN on the “PacWeather” events has been so one-sided that it makes me sick. How about ESPN get a few Pro-Pacquiao analysts on there so we can have a fair and balanced coverage?
If it wasn’t clear before, it should be clear now. ESPN is PRO-Mayweather and ANTI-Pacquiao
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