Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

This is just another update on the state of things in the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight that may never happen. I had to write this quickly after just watching Alex "The Cheat" Ariza blast Bob Arum in an ESNEWS interview. First of all, for a dirty steroid pushing cheat like him to talk about the tyranny of Bob Arum and its longstanding nature is laughable.

  But the major take home point is this- all of the fans and media, including Ariza, who buy the fact that the fight isn't happening because of Bob Arum, are ignorant. They are the reason why tyranny will continue going on in the sport. Mayweather is trying to use Bob Arum as a smokescreen, and to anyone with a single brain cell, it should be overly obvious. He claims injustices done to him while under Arum's umbrella at Top Rank years ago, leading to his decision to leave in the first place and begin the Mayweather Promotions. Mayweather Promotions, according to 50 Cent, isn't even a legit, and sturdy or bonafide organization in itself. I keep hearing Ariza say in the interview, as well as Mayweather, that many fighters left Arum in order to pursue big fights, because of Arum's greedy business dealings. This is where you all get duped. Mayweather is not under Top Rank. He has his own promotion company. I'm not doubting how Bob Arum is as a person, but use your head. If there is anything for Mayweather to be concerned about as far as back-door hustles, it would have to be for the sake of Manny Pacquiao, because he would be the only person affected. I sincerely doubt that Mayweather is looking out for Pacman. No one is asking that he sign with Arum. No one asking that he put himself in a position to be under Arum or anyone else. This is an executive, who is digressing to a fighter's demands so that a fight can be made. Think of it this way- If you were working for a company that undermined your wages for years, and suddenly, years later, you find yourself in a position above that company, and poised to be able to make a collective deal with that same company, where you would be in charge, and make the lion's share, and more than you have ever made in life, would you, in a million years, say no and walk away from the deal because of personal feeling about the past? If you say yes, you're either a liar or an idiot. I used to work at Model's and was treated unfairly at that time. Years later, when I made more than the top manager there, I enjoyed coming back to the store to flaunt my success. I never said to myself that I refuse to walk in there and purchase their products based off of feelings, when I was in a better position than them. It's not like I was debating taking a job there again. Imagine if I had the prospect of now owning that Models years later. It's the same principle. And I don't want to hear about Arum owing him money, because that's a load of crap, and if it was that serious, he would have taken him to court outside of boxing, just like Don King could take him to court, being that he apparently owes King $500,000.00.

 The other major point that I hear is about transparency. Alex Ariza sounds very much as if he is hired by Floyd, because that is the only way to preach about how transparent Floyd has been, and about how badly he wants the fight. He is doing everything in his  power to run from it. In days gone by, like I said on youtube, promoters would never bend to a fighter, even though there was some injustice in that, as  Chris Eubanks brought out. However, today, you have a major promoter, and 2 television networks that have contracts ready to sign, and are willingly and publicly bending to the will of an arrogant fighter so that a fight can happen-publicly. They structured the contract to his taste publicly. And somehow, we are supposed to believe that after bending over backwards and jumping through hoops, they are trying to bully Floyd out a fight that would bring home huge money for everyone. Think about it. When did you hear about negotiations falling through- When Floyd declared that. That was just about the time that a usually honorable Miguel Cotto suddenly pulls out of signing the Canelo fight. Put 2 and 2 together. If anyone lacks transparency it's Floyd. At this point anyone defending him is severely sick mentally.

  You need to realize when you are being duped. If and when the fight doesn't happen, remember that this was an intricate dance done by Mayweather to avoid the fight. He paid Cotto off behind closed doors to drop the Canelo fight and sign to fight him. Then he brings up Bob Arum's name as the road-block in negotiations, when he was ready to sign for the fight with Bob present, just a few weeks ago. These are the things people aren't catching. Did he have a nightmare about Bob that made him say nevermind? Come on! Mayweather is full of crap, and has lost my respect. I used to believe he was the best, and now I see that he is genuinely afraid of Pacquiao for some reason. Deathly afraid. I think that largely, it's psychological. He is afraid of his equal. He refuses to fight and face someone eye to eye on all levels, not just physical. It intimidates him to have a team his size approaching him at the bargaining table and on even terms. Canelo had to step down to fight him, and every other fighter has to step down before Mayweather will fight them. He needs that mental edge. He knows good and well that Pacquiao is signed to Arum. Yet, he wants him to throw Bob to the side, and come crawling to him and his paid off judges, so they can have a nice, fixed and lop-sided affair. He's a coward. The thought of not having the judges in his pocket for this one scares him, and he knows he may lose. And the last thing that he wants is for his opponent to walk into the ring with the knowledge of that, and the ability to make it happen. He deserves to retire undefeated, and unremembered.