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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Contrary to some folks’ belief, I don’t have a direct line to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
We don’t hang out together. I’m not on the promotional payroll.
Nor am I expecting Christmas cards this season from either Michigan or Vegas.
But if I really did have the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world’s ear, I can promise you one thing. I’d have a very simple message for him today.
And it’d go something like this:
“Floyd,” to borrow a phrase my mom used to use, “it’s time to **** or get off the pot.”
Admittedly, each time I heard Alice Fitzsimmons use those words, they were directed at the back of a car moving at what she viewed as less-than-optimal speed for the lane it was driving.
More often than not, it didn’t work. But somehow, it helped.
In this case, I don’t figure the end result will be much different.
I don’t pretend for a moment that Floyd or a member of his crew will read this and suddenly exclaim, “You know, that Lyle guy has got it right. Get Bob Arum on the phone. It’s time to sign a contract.”
It probably won’t happen. But it certainly should.
Because in this one sector of the gag-free speculation committee, each day that passes without an official thumbs-up from Arum, Richard Schaefer or the fighters themselves makes it less likely the thing happens at all – this year, next year or ever.
If what’s been reported is true and Mayweather’s sign-off is really the lone remaining obstacle, a time will soon come for Arum and Pacquiao to throw up their hands, say “we tried our best” and move on to more-willing quarry wandering the welterweight/junior middleweight plains. [Click Here To Read More]
We don’t hang out together. I’m not on the promotional payroll.
Nor am I expecting Christmas cards this season from either Michigan or Vegas.
But if I really did have the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world’s ear, I can promise you one thing. I’d have a very simple message for him today.
And it’d go something like this:
“Floyd,” to borrow a phrase my mom used to use, “it’s time to **** or get off the pot.”
Admittedly, each time I heard Alice Fitzsimmons use those words, they were directed at the back of a car moving at what she viewed as less-than-optimal speed for the lane it was driving.
More often than not, it didn’t work. But somehow, it helped.
In this case, I don’t figure the end result will be much different.
I don’t pretend for a moment that Floyd or a member of his crew will read this and suddenly exclaim, “You know, that Lyle guy has got it right. Get Bob Arum on the phone. It’s time to sign a contract.”
It probably won’t happen. But it certainly should.
Because in this one sector of the gag-free speculation committee, each day that passes without an official thumbs-up from Arum, Richard Schaefer or the fighters themselves makes it less likely the thing happens at all – this year, next year or ever.
If what’s been reported is true and Mayweather’s sign-off is really the lone remaining obstacle, a time will soon come for Arum and Pacquiao to throw up their hands, say “we tried our best” and move on to more-willing quarry wandering the welterweight/junior middleweight plains. [Click Here To Read More]
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