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Mayweather alienates while Pacquiao dominates
By Scott Heritage
Floyd Mayweather has been called a lot of things in his boxing career, ranging from the best fighter since Muhammed Ali to a coward and a cherry picker afraid to face the best opponents. Public opinion has veered between the two extremes over the last few years and continues to do so as Floyd and his team spin out the usual list of opponents before actually picking one to face.
The big difference than before though is that now Floyd has a chance to take on arguably the number three welterweight behind himself and Manny Pacquiao in Shane Mosley. Whether he will or not will remain to be seen, but few people are holding their breath for it to actually happen.
The saddest part about the seemingly unraveling career of Floyd Mayweather is that he only seems to be in it for the money these days, and the fact that his ego won’t let him accept the fact that he isn’t the best fighter in the world anymore. Don’t get me wrong, hes still among the best even now, but his heart just doesn’t seem to be in it anymore. After losing millions to robberies and con men, Floyd needs the money a lot more than he needs the glory of another few wins, and choosing soft targets like Juan Manuel Marquez and considering the likes of Matthew Hatton or Saul Alvarez only goes to prove this.
While he could be cementing his claim to the top of the welterweight division by fighting Shane Mosley, who has already agreed to his outlandish testing demands for all future opponents, he remains indecisive.
At the same time as all this is going on, Manny Pacquiao, the other major player in both the welterweight and pound for pound rankings, is lining up top ten opponents and knocking them down one after another. Sure Joshua Clottey makes for an easy fight for Pacquiao stylistically, but he remains a top ten opponent, and there was never any talk of Manny fighting 19 year old’s or fighters not even in the top 30 in the rankings before the fight was made.
The path to absolution for Floyd Mayweather and his strange opponent choices is clear, beat Shane Mosley and then fight Manny Pacquiao, but at the moment Floyd seems to lack the conviction to do either, and his public opinion looks set to suffer further. There are no excuses left if he doesn’t fight Mosley now, who by all accounts is chomping at the bit to get his hands on Mayweather at last.
By Scott Heritage
Floyd Mayweather has been called a lot of things in his boxing career, ranging from the best fighter since Muhammed Ali to a coward and a cherry picker afraid to face the best opponents. Public opinion has veered between the two extremes over the last few years and continues to do so as Floyd and his team spin out the usual list of opponents before actually picking one to face.
The big difference than before though is that now Floyd has a chance to take on arguably the number three welterweight behind himself and Manny Pacquiao in Shane Mosley. Whether he will or not will remain to be seen, but few people are holding their breath for it to actually happen.
The saddest part about the seemingly unraveling career of Floyd Mayweather is that he only seems to be in it for the money these days, and the fact that his ego won’t let him accept the fact that he isn’t the best fighter in the world anymore. Don’t get me wrong, hes still among the best even now, but his heart just doesn’t seem to be in it anymore. After losing millions to robberies and con men, Floyd needs the money a lot more than he needs the glory of another few wins, and choosing soft targets like Juan Manuel Marquez and considering the likes of Matthew Hatton or Saul Alvarez only goes to prove this.
While he could be cementing his claim to the top of the welterweight division by fighting Shane Mosley, who has already agreed to his outlandish testing demands for all future opponents, he remains indecisive.
At the same time as all this is going on, Manny Pacquiao, the other major player in both the welterweight and pound for pound rankings, is lining up top ten opponents and knocking them down one after another. Sure Joshua Clottey makes for an easy fight for Pacquiao stylistically, but he remains a top ten opponent, and there was never any talk of Manny fighting 19 year old’s or fighters not even in the top 30 in the rankings before the fight was made.
The path to absolution for Floyd Mayweather and his strange opponent choices is clear, beat Shane Mosley and then fight Manny Pacquiao, but at the moment Floyd seems to lack the conviction to do either, and his public opinion looks set to suffer further. There are no excuses left if he doesn’t fight Mosley now, who by all accounts is chomping at the bit to get his hands on Mayweather at last.
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