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by David P. Greisman - You win, Floyd.
People are once again talking about Floyd Mayweather Jr. (rather than focus their attention on everything else in boxing).
People are now talking about your rant against Manny Pacquiao (rather than discussing Pacquiao’s upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito).
People are talking about the racial stereotypes and ****phobic slur you uttered (rather than worrying about the postponement of Andre Ward’s bout with Andre Dirrell – and the whispered rumors of whether that fight could be canceled, and how that would be the final nail in the coffin of the Super Six super middleweight tournament).
People are talking about your words for a fighter you’ve refused to fight in 2010 (rather than celebrating the great wars that were the Aug. 28 battle between 108-pound champion Ivan Calderon and the man who beat him to take that throne, Giovanni Segura, and the Sept. 4 action fight between 130-pound beltholder Roman Martinez and the man who came off the canvas to defeat him, Ricky Burns).
You win, just like you did when you first cast yourself in the villain role by taunting and insulting fan favorite Arturo Gatti, building a successful promotion and installing yourself as solely a pay-per-view fighter.
You win, just like you did when you jawed at Larry Merchant and Brian Kenny, casting yourself as either defiant and misunderstood or as prone to exaggeration and mischaracterization, turning yourself into someone people either loved or loved to hate.
You win, just like you did when you retired after beating Oscar De La Hoya, unretired, announced a two-year sabbatical after knocking out Ricky Hatton, went into planning a rematch with De La Hoya just weeks later, retired again when a deal couldn’t be made for the rematch, then unretired just a year later. Even when you weren’t fighting, the story was you, why you weren’t fighting and whether you would fight again. [Click Here To Read More]
People are once again talking about Floyd Mayweather Jr. (rather than focus their attention on everything else in boxing).
People are now talking about your rant against Manny Pacquiao (rather than discussing Pacquiao’s upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito).
People are talking about the racial stereotypes and ****phobic slur you uttered (rather than worrying about the postponement of Andre Ward’s bout with Andre Dirrell – and the whispered rumors of whether that fight could be canceled, and how that would be the final nail in the coffin of the Super Six super middleweight tournament).
People are talking about your words for a fighter you’ve refused to fight in 2010 (rather than celebrating the great wars that were the Aug. 28 battle between 108-pound champion Ivan Calderon and the man who beat him to take that throne, Giovanni Segura, and the Sept. 4 action fight between 130-pound beltholder Roman Martinez and the man who came off the canvas to defeat him, Ricky Burns).
You win, just like you did when you first cast yourself in the villain role by taunting and insulting fan favorite Arturo Gatti, building a successful promotion and installing yourself as solely a pay-per-view fighter.
You win, just like you did when you jawed at Larry Merchant and Brian Kenny, casting yourself as either defiant and misunderstood or as prone to exaggeration and mischaracterization, turning yourself into someone people either loved or loved to hate.
You win, just like you did when you retired after beating Oscar De La Hoya, unretired, announced a two-year sabbatical after knocking out Ricky Hatton, went into planning a rematch with De La Hoya just weeks later, retired again when a deal couldn’t be made for the rematch, then unretired just a year later. Even when you weren’t fighting, the story was you, why you weren’t fighting and whether you would fight again. [Click Here To Read More]
and STOP CRYING!
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