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Mayweather again loses the plot as Pacquiao ignores his taunts
Mayweather again loses the plot as Pacquiao ignores his taunts
March 3, 11:53 PMPittsburgh Fight Sports ExaminerScott Heritage
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Floyd suffering from Mosley's derogatory remarks about his suit (AP Photo)
The Mayweather vs. Mosley presser proved to be yet another stage for Floyd Mayweather to vent his frustrations about Manny Pacquiao.
Even after Mosley and Floyd took part in a kind of handbags at dawn scuffle, which was presumably scripted, Floyd soon turned back to his usual target.
Although he didn't mention Pacquiao specifically this time, he talked a lot about his campaign to clean up the sport, and how he and Mosley were undergoing random blood testing. Obviously alluding to the fact that Pacquiao refused to take them according to his terms.
In some form or another, word of the constant remarks and taunts coming from the three stooges is probably reaching Pacquiao himself. Although his camp likes to keep outside distractions at a minimum for the most part during his training, a lot of the questions he gets asked are about a possible showdown rather than how his training is going for Joshua Clottey.
Like Shane Mosley in his bout with Mayweather, Clottey is being overlooked somewhat by large sections of the press and fans, who see him as nothing more than another name to add to Pacquiao's win column. That might well be the case, but it isn't out of the realms of possibility entirely that both Mosley and Clottey could win, and leave the two big draws of the division with their tails between their legs. Not that likely, and the ever cautious Mayweather has a rematch clause in place as well, but you never know.
The odd thing is that although Mayweather and Mosley don't appear to like each other, Mayweather isn't always as abrasive of obsessive about all of his potential or former opponents as he is about Pacquiao. Earlier today he spoke about former opponent Ricky Hatton and his return to the ring, and was not only complimentary, but seemed to be keeping all of his comments firmly rooted in reality. Perhaps as most do he found himself liking Hatton's down to earth Mancunian charm, or perhaps the loss of the super fight he so wanted still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Harry Secome, Pittsburgh PA: "Manny Pacquiao seems to bring out the worst in Floyd Mayweather, it reminds me of Lord of the Rings with Pacquiao as a hobbit and Mayweather as Gollum"
Matthew Barber, Pittsburgh PA: "If Mayweather loses to Mosley, I bet he'll still be spouting on about Pacquiao at the post fight press conference"
Faoupa Coakam, New York: "Floyd will be an old man sitting in a rocking chair somewhere in about 50 years time still muttering to himself about drug testing and how Pacquiao wouldn't take the tests"
March 3, 11:53 PMPittsburgh Fight Sports ExaminerScott Heritage
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Floyd suffering from Mosley's derogatory remarks about his suit (AP Photo)
The Mayweather vs. Mosley presser proved to be yet another stage for Floyd Mayweather to vent his frustrations about Manny Pacquiao.
Even after Mosley and Floyd took part in a kind of handbags at dawn scuffle, which was presumably scripted, Floyd soon turned back to his usual target.
Although he didn't mention Pacquiao specifically this time, he talked a lot about his campaign to clean up the sport, and how he and Mosley were undergoing random blood testing. Obviously alluding to the fact that Pacquiao refused to take them according to his terms.
In some form or another, word of the constant remarks and taunts coming from the three stooges is probably reaching Pacquiao himself. Although his camp likes to keep outside distractions at a minimum for the most part during his training, a lot of the questions he gets asked are about a possible showdown rather than how his training is going for Joshua Clottey.
Like Shane Mosley in his bout with Mayweather, Clottey is being overlooked somewhat by large sections of the press and fans, who see him as nothing more than another name to add to Pacquiao's win column. That might well be the case, but it isn't out of the realms of possibility entirely that both Mosley and Clottey could win, and leave the two big draws of the division with their tails between their legs. Not that likely, and the ever cautious Mayweather has a rematch clause in place as well, but you never know.
The odd thing is that although Mayweather and Mosley don't appear to like each other, Mayweather isn't always as abrasive of obsessive about all of his potential or former opponents as he is about Pacquiao. Earlier today he spoke about former opponent Ricky Hatton and his return to the ring, and was not only complimentary, but seemed to be keeping all of his comments firmly rooted in reality. Perhaps as most do he found himself liking Hatton's down to earth Mancunian charm, or perhaps the loss of the super fight he so wanted still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Harry Secome, Pittsburgh PA: "Manny Pacquiao seems to bring out the worst in Floyd Mayweather, it reminds me of Lord of the Rings with Pacquiao as a hobbit and Mayweather as Gollum"
Matthew Barber, Pittsburgh PA: "If Mayweather loses to Mosley, I bet he'll still be spouting on about Pacquiao at the post fight press conference"
Faoupa Coakam, New York: "Floyd will be an old man sitting in a rocking chair somewhere in about 50 years time still muttering to himself about drug testing and how Pacquiao wouldn't take the tests"
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