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Floyd Mayweather was in attendance last night in Saint Louis as Devon Alexander remained unbeaten by winning a close points decision over Andriy Kotelnik. Even there under the watchful eye of prospective new promotional partner Don King though he couldn't escape his arch rival Manny Pacquiao.
As Mayweather was introduced to the crowd, and later shown on the big screen, the crown erupted into a series of Pacquiao chants and boos.
ESPN's Dan Rafael, tweeting live from the event wrote:
"Mayweather was just introduced the crowd, which started chanting "Pacquiao! Pacquiao! Pacquiao!"
And later:
"Floyd just told Don King PR man Alan Hopper, "I don't got nothing to say" when he was asked for a statement for the media."
True to at least recent form Floyd stayed largely quiet throughout the event and gave no comments to the many reporters present eager to quiz him on the three big questions surrounding him at the moment. Namely whether he is signing with Don King, when and who he will fight next, and what he thinks of Manny Pacquiao calling him out in public recently.
For someone who claims not to be thinking about boxing and who needs some time away from the sport though, Mayweather still seems to be exposing himself to it a lot. Appearing at fights and hanging out with Don King are probably not the best ways to avoid the sport of boxing, suggesting that there are things going on behind the scenes, and that presumably Floyd is coming to the end of his vacation and will fight again in the near future.
Clearly the ball is in Mayweather's court as to when and if the fight between himself and Pacquiao will happen, and whether or not Don King will be a part of it. At the moment he appears to be considering his options, and his primary concern is probably which promoter he is going to use for his next fight rather than who that fight will be against.
Although Pacquiao and the fans are still hopeful the fight can be put together for November if Don King gets involved, Mayweather doesn't appear to be in any rush to make any decisions regarding his future. In this case he might also have wanted not to draw the spotlight away from the fighter he says he will pass the torch to in Devon Alexander. Any more than his presence alone or the fact that Alexander struggled with an opponent he was expected to beat with ease that is.
One thing is for sure though, and that is that the public are not going to let Floyd forget about the fight they perceive him as having walked away from. Wherever he appears and whatever he does in the future, the fans are going to be there to remind him, and someone of Floyd's self assurance and ego isn't going to want to put up with that forever.
Marty Greene, Harrisburg: "If Floyd doesn't want to fight he should just retire, why does he need a year off between fights anyway, its not like he gets beat up or that he has lots of time to waste at his age"
Clive Alban, Pittsburgh: "Looks like King has his claws in Floyd now, GBP and Haymon are on the way out for sure"
http://www.examiner.com/x-20066-Pitt...Manny-Pacquiao
As Mayweather was introduced to the crowd, and later shown on the big screen, the crown erupted into a series of Pacquiao chants and boos.
ESPN's Dan Rafael, tweeting live from the event wrote:
"Mayweather was just introduced the crowd, which started chanting "Pacquiao! Pacquiao! Pacquiao!"
And later:
"Floyd just told Don King PR man Alan Hopper, "I don't got nothing to say" when he was asked for a statement for the media."
True to at least recent form Floyd stayed largely quiet throughout the event and gave no comments to the many reporters present eager to quiz him on the three big questions surrounding him at the moment. Namely whether he is signing with Don King, when and who he will fight next, and what he thinks of Manny Pacquiao calling him out in public recently.
For someone who claims not to be thinking about boxing and who needs some time away from the sport though, Mayweather still seems to be exposing himself to it a lot. Appearing at fights and hanging out with Don King are probably not the best ways to avoid the sport of boxing, suggesting that there are things going on behind the scenes, and that presumably Floyd is coming to the end of his vacation and will fight again in the near future.
Clearly the ball is in Mayweather's court as to when and if the fight between himself and Pacquiao will happen, and whether or not Don King will be a part of it. At the moment he appears to be considering his options, and his primary concern is probably which promoter he is going to use for his next fight rather than who that fight will be against.
Although Pacquiao and the fans are still hopeful the fight can be put together for November if Don King gets involved, Mayweather doesn't appear to be in any rush to make any decisions regarding his future. In this case he might also have wanted not to draw the spotlight away from the fighter he says he will pass the torch to in Devon Alexander. Any more than his presence alone or the fact that Alexander struggled with an opponent he was expected to beat with ease that is.
One thing is for sure though, and that is that the public are not going to let Floyd forget about the fight they perceive him as having walked away from. Wherever he appears and whatever he does in the future, the fans are going to be there to remind him, and someone of Floyd's self assurance and ego isn't going to want to put up with that forever.
Marty Greene, Harrisburg: "If Floyd doesn't want to fight he should just retire, why does he need a year off between fights anyway, its not like he gets beat up or that he has lots of time to waste at his age"
Clive Alban, Pittsburgh: "Looks like King has his claws in Floyd now, GBP and Haymon are on the way out for sure"
http://www.examiner.com/x-20066-Pitt...Manny-Pacquiao
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