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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - “*****s” and “*******s” of the world… rejoice.
With last week’s announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would emerge from his cocoon and challenge Victor Ortiz for a share of the welterweight championship empire later this summer, the dueling factions in boxing’s most timely gang fight renewed cyber hostilities.
The Mayweather sycophants automatically chimed with the claim that the path from sabbatical to Ortiz would ultimately continue to a showdown with the pound-for-pound Filipino next spring.
On the other side, the Manny militia contrasted with the idea that fighting Ortiz was just another showy pit stop for a still-reticent “Money,” a move dictated more by fear than strategy.
And given all that as preamble, I’m still not exactly sure where I stand.
While I remained steadfast through delays that the superfight would indeed get made, I’d be lying if I said the resolve wasn’t shaken during what were surely out-of-character silences from a heretofore microphone-seeking Mayweather camp.
Rather than a signed contract, Team Pacquiao’s consent to stricter drug testing in the hoopla’s early phase was met with stony silence – giving swelling credence to an at-first silly claim that Floyd was more focused on protecting a 0 than risking his reputation.
And while I still don’t buy in that a guy with his resume shies from any challenge, the cracks in my foundation were becoming visible. [Click Here To Read More]
With last week’s announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would emerge from his cocoon and challenge Victor Ortiz for a share of the welterweight championship empire later this summer, the dueling factions in boxing’s most timely gang fight renewed cyber hostilities.
The Mayweather sycophants automatically chimed with the claim that the path from sabbatical to Ortiz would ultimately continue to a showdown with the pound-for-pound Filipino next spring.
On the other side, the Manny militia contrasted with the idea that fighting Ortiz was just another showy pit stop for a still-reticent “Money,” a move dictated more by fear than strategy.
And given all that as preamble, I’m still not exactly sure where I stand.
While I remained steadfast through delays that the superfight would indeed get made, I’d be lying if I said the resolve wasn’t shaken during what were surely out-of-character silences from a heretofore microphone-seeking Mayweather camp.
Rather than a signed contract, Team Pacquiao’s consent to stricter drug testing in the hoopla’s early phase was met with stony silence – giving swelling credence to an at-first silly claim that Floyd was more focused on protecting a 0 than risking his reputation.
And while I still don’t buy in that a guy with his resume shies from any challenge, the cracks in my foundation were becoming visible. [Click Here To Read More]
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