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Intro: Virtually the entire boxing community is jaded that Floyd Mayweather, Jr's demands for additional testing contributed to a cancellation of his fight with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Additionally, it is well documented that Mayweather has experienced financial trouble in recent years. We believe Floyd's troubles can be partly attributed to his violation of "The 50th Law."
50 Cent and Greene >
Robert Greene authored "The 48 Laws of Power" which is founded on works like Machiavelli's "The Prince." Greene's book advocates ruthlessness, deception, and manipulation as a means to advance in the world. We disagree with many of the author's premises and arguments, however, there is value in reading this treatise: the reader would at least be more apt to recognize when someone else or an organization is manipulating that individual, by seeing through any ploy advanced.
Mayweather's friend and rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) partnered with Greene to release the book "The 50th Law." 50 Cent grew up without his father, and his mother was murdered when he was a child. He grew up rough in the streets of New York selling drugs. As he moved up in the music industry, he began to acquire ownership interest in several companies. Today, 50 Cent's net worth is estimated at $150 million.
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The 50th Law >
The 50th Law advocates two critical behaviors that is essential for Floyd Mayweather, Jr as a boxer and as a person: (1) Fearlessness, and (2) intense Realism.
Fearlessness is identified as the quality which distinguishes successful people from unsuccessful people. It causes one to act boldly, to gain energy, and to establish momentum.
Fear has destroyed Floyd, and it continues to destroy him. Fear is recognized as a root evil in many of the ancient traditions. In the Indian Vedic traditions that are over 4,000 years old, Chakras (the mind-body's energy centers of consciousness), fear is characterized as a negative energy in the lower portion of the body (the Root Chakra).
As Floyd is engulfed in fear, it breeds doubt in him. His reputation suffers in the prize fighting world. He is unable to spin the wheels of personal evolution from the child phase to that of normal functioning adult phase. He clings to his ego as a form of psychological safety mechanism. When confronted, he reacts angrily - but there is no real bark in his tantrums. He is damned in the dark, frozen corner of fear.
Rituals Against Fear >
Joseph Campbell, the great 20th century American mythologist, argues that society's lack of rituals prevent an individual from passing from one life stage to another.
In the primitive settings of what is now France, perhaps as many as 60,000 years ago, young boys had to enter dozens of feet into a completely dark cave, all covered in pitch black horror. It was a dangerous, and often lethal, rite with sharp rocks protruding from rough walls. These boys did not know what beast or insect might devour their flesh or tear their bones apart. But to be accepted by their hunting tribe, and to prevent being banished or murdered, they had to undergo this essential right of passage.
On the surface, the mystics argued that the boys were traversing to the pitch black womb of the Earth. That this was where the spirits of hunted animals resided. (The cave would be marked by beautiful paintings of animals such as buffaloes and deers that were often many feet long.) And the tribute to their spirits would keep the natural world in balance.
There was a critical benefit for these ancient societies: the terrifying foray into a cave's darkness made one resistant to fear. It made the tribe survive by converting fearful boys into brave men. Fear was a force to be mastered, and one cannot be allowed to be its slave. Or the tribe would perish into extinction. Boys who emerged were immediately considered as men and as warriors. They conquered fear. They would be able to marry. To carry the lineage of their people, and to bear the awesome duties of survival despite the dangerous elements of nature.
Today's Youth >
Floyd Mayweather, Jr, ego and child-like antics, represent modern youth and the contemporary wasteland. Today, gone are the rituals that served as the foundation for civilization - the rituals that eliminate fear. The previous two American generations believed that serving in the military made a boy into a man. That, although faced with the prospect of horrific circumstances, the military was an honorable rite of passage. A way of earning a badge of courage and service. Serving time may kill you, but if you came out alive you were universally embraced as a man and as warrior able to tackle life's responsibilities.
Many of today's cynical youth do not share those views. They pretend to learn in school, but they are concentrated on video games, television, porn, and consumerism. There is no brutal ritual for wrestling fear out of one's self. A person may biologically age from 13 years old to 33 years old. But the-now 33-year old remains a child. He did not psychologically evolve into a functional adult, because he did not undergo any difficult obstacle which would allow him to yank fear out of his soul.
Floyd refuses tough fights or challenges in the ring. He clings. Fear holds him back. The sages and mystics are rolling over in their graves, admonishing the defensive wizard. Floyd is falling short of his potential, his reputation is being destroyed, and his personal finances go down the drain.
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Intense Realism >
Second, The 50th Law advocates intense realism. Floyd Mayweather, Jr has violated this principle which has led to his demise. Floyd lives in a fantasy world devoid of any remote approximation with actual realities. He is a pugilistic Willy Wonka excpet his chocolate factory is filled with toxic substitutes, and he peddles a poisonous example for today's youth. (We admire his charitable contributions and volunteerism - we refer to symbolism and mythos here.)
Floyd's fantasy-filled mind allows him to spew lies, contradictions, self-serving misleading statements, and manipulations. Fear justifies it for him. Rationalizes what is wrong. He is surrounded by people who feed him dreams and fantasies 24 hours a day. He is surrounded by "yes men" who will never contradict him, so that they can collect a paycheck. They tell Floyd that he is invincible, that he is a god, that he is the greatest of all time. It is the disaster of group think. A mindless meandering into nowhere. Of creating an alternative reality that makes the group dysfunctional. They are no longer in touch with reality. How they deal with the world is abrasive, ineffective, or both . . .
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Comments
"Secondly, The 50th Law advocates intense realism. Floyd Mayweather, Jr has violated this principle to his demise. Floyd lives in a fantasy world devoid of any remote approximation with reality. His fantasy-filled mind allows him to spew lies, contradictions, self-serving misleading statements, and manipulations. Fear justifies it for him. Rationalizes what is wrong. He is surrounded by people who feed him dreams and fantasies 24 hours a day. He is surrounded by "yes men" who will never contradict him, so that they can collect a paycheck. They tell Floyd that he is invincible, that he is a god, that he is the greatest of all time. It is the disaster of group think. Of creating an alternative reality that makes the group dysfunctional. They are no longer in touch with reality. How they deal with the world is abrasive, stupid, or both . . ."
Floyd is FRAUD...NO DOUBT!!!!
50 cent must be on steroid!
how do you explain a poor kid from the street ending up a 150M net worth income? -peace
you nailed it marv. very articulate and well researched column. as always. but you failed to mention that the other terminology for FEAR is CHICKENWEATHER. HEHEHE
SPOOFS: PACQUAIO- No FEAR, PBF - No FERA (soon after the LAWSUIT) hahaha
WHO is the REAL CHEATER?---The one who USES XYLOCAINE and with CRIMINAL RECORDS or the one who PASSED all tests BEFORE fights and NO CRIMINAL records????!!!!!!
You got me there buddy.
I never thought that people are not stupid. I thought i am a genius as people around me would tell me and the rest are idiots that would do as i wish. Well it is clear in your article who i am. Maybe it is too late to change coz i have gone this far of cheating to the boxing fans. To all of guys i have to accept i never really pass through a difficult right of passage. Unlike Paquiao who worked his heart and soul, body and spirit just to earn a living in boxing. However there are still more idiots out there who still believe in me. So what's wrong with being a a duck or a chicken in any case both are good to fry. (laughing timidly) Well i believe i am now exposed who really am. But again who's going to believe you? I am the P4P king. i have "0" defeat in my record. and America loves me. (smiling sheepishly) As long as idiots who did not also go through the right of passage. I am fine coz they will still proclaim me as the best in the world.
HOPE PACMAN CAMP WILL PETITION NSAC AGAINST THE USE OF XYLOCAINE AS IT GIVES DUE ADVANTAGE TO A BOXER AS IT IS BANNED IN MOST STATES EXCEPT NEVADA. THEN LET'S SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE REACTION OF FLOYD WILL BE..
Mayweather friends like 50 cents who grew up selling drugs just to survived, Leonard Ellerbe his cornerman and friend who was fined $50.000,- and suspended his license for several months after Zab Judah vs Mayweather fight, and many more who have problems with the law. I wonder what things he can learn from these people. My parents used to tell us then, "tell me whose your friends are and I will tell you who you are". This definitely applies to Mayweather behaviour today!
Yes,!someone must petition NEVADA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION to include XYLOCAINE drug in their list of banned substances,Since it is found that it is being used by some athletes to gain edge over opposing athletes,let this little voice be heard over NEVADA and all over the world.
Floyds real fear is to fight a very active hard hitting fighter cause he knows he can punch a certain amount of punch thrown before his fist gives way to being broken or start to hurt thats why he uses Xylocaine cause his fist are getting worse. Brittle and Fragil already. He has to choose feather fist fighters or 2 divisions lower then him knowing their punches wont hurt and they can be Bloated to slow them down. Thats also why he concentrates mostly on defense and only throws punches if he knows they will land not wasting any precious punches. Yes Floyd is the Fragil fist fighter thats only getting worse. He cannot fight outside of Nevada knowing Xylocaine is illegal in other states and Xylocaine helps him get thru fights without pain!!
To: NSAC
LasVegas Nevada
Dear Sir/Madam,
We, the Manny Pacquio fans, would like to request from your good agency that Xylocaine be included in the list of banned substances that's been proven used by Floyd Mayweather Jnr. to gain advantage against his boxing opponent. It is not a level of playing field when someone like him uses Xylocaine to keep himself numb and punch his opponent without hurting himself but gives his opponent swollen eyes and bloody face or brokn ribs.
Yours sincerely,
Pacfans
floyd's fear was arum's suspicion! this is just my opinion, no source at all. all along, the slot(mar. 13) was for floyd-hatton(or whoever low risk high reward,) it became concrete when hatton confirmed they contacted him. arum played with their game until he can no longer afford to. time is not on arum's side, pacman is comitted to politics. floyd has doubt(fear,) he can beat pacman, but they can steal the thunder outside the ring. pacman is retiring, so, make him retire with steroid controversy. realizing the situation, arum quickly made his move, the aCe(clottey) under his sleeve.the thunder may reduce to a small echo, but it will stay under arum's wings. win, lose or draw, arum got the upper hand, he won the battle against gbp and co, but the war continues...
LOOK @ DIS NEGRO N1GGER MONKEY UGLI B1TCH FKCN MURDER N1GGER
YOU WANA WHOOP MANNY PANK A@$ N1GGER IM FAN OF MANNY PACMAN I WILL FCKN MURDER YOU FOO FREE N1GGER
HEY N1GGER NEXT U FIGHT U BETTA ASK DA DEMANDS B1TCH COWARD
Gayweather is Afraid of Calderon!
If Kentucky Floyd Chicken Keeps on choosing the fight that he wants, aside from his boring boxing style all of his fight in the future will look like an Amateur match. Fight the best Floyd so we can see some excitement on your fights. If you choose a great boxer except pac we know that you are scared of Pacquiao you've proven us already you withdraw the fight, but there are also a best boxer out there at your weight that can bring excitement to all boxing fans and stop choosing smaller opponents. If you keep it that way and still choosing smaller opponents then it's better for you to get back from retirement your just giving a sport of boxing a big trouble and a bad image of sports.
Kenducky Floyd Chicken will fight Ana Julaton.
some american writers are acting like floyd mayweather jr. they are accusing pacman of using steroid but they cant show any proof to support it. the truth is that they cant accept the fact that a filipino is on top of boxing heirarchy. an asian that is....
Floyd,im clean from PED/Steriods Teddy and Tim can testify on that.i hope you will fight me soon. viva mexico!
the real reason of floyd's ridiculous random blood test is simply cowardice. this ploy was used to avoid a dreaded opponent.
sperm rule! i drool!
loTs of my fellow americans dont trust NSAC thats why i dont want to fight in Las Vegas anymore
young and upcoming boxers should avoid GBP and OSCAR DELA HOYA as promoter. HE IS BAD FOR BOXING. HES TRYING TO KILL THE SPORT!!!
no matter what you say or do--bottomline is---cherrypicker floyd is the greatest and undefeated ducker of all time!COWARD!that is his legacy..
"If you like something you will do it without any reasons but if you don't like something all the reasons in the world you will say just to refuse it" Clottey accept the fight right away coz he likes to fight Pacquiao but floyd made a reason even if it's out of the book coz he doesn't want to fight Pacquiao!!!
YOU WANA WHOOP MANNY PANK A@$ N1GGER IM FAN OF MANNY PACMAN I WILL FCKN MURDER YOU FOO FREE N1GGER
After the collapse of his fight deal with Floyd Pacquiao should have learned his lesson: To never negotiate with the ;lesser men' (translation: always deal with straight men to avoid headaches)
Mr Gayweather fight Calderon! Are you afraid?!
WHO is the REAL CHEATER?---The one who USES XYLOCAINE and with CRIMINAL RECORD or the one who PASSED all tests BEFORE fights and NO criminal record????!!!!!!
WOW! YOU ARE RIGHT. GOOD ARTICLE. I SALUTE YOU.
whatever FLod is still the American Born COWARD, GAY, CHEATER AMERICAN BOXER of all time. what a shame all of you especially to all American journalist.
Ya all underestimated me.. ya think I'm just giving up like that.. look again - Pac's rep is now in question.. more and more people believes he is hiding somethin.. well people believes that I am duckin but believe me, comes Mar 13, Pac will lose and I will be beating a big man who has a chance of beating me.. that's right.. a big man. Team Pac has no rocket scientist but I am in terms of boxing in and out of ring.. NObody knows that I am on training right now for my proposed opponent..but that secret opponent does not have a clue yet.. its a secret until Mar 14 is near so that he can't train well no more.. Yeah right I am gonna beat a big untrained fighter and he can't say no to me because I am no.1. Then people will say May did it again.. outsmarted a big man while Pac lost to an ordinary welther.
bottomline:
floyd "chicken/duck" mayweather does not want to get hurt anymore in his boxing business. he doesnt care with anyone of us fans. he just want to take an easy fight then collect his millions of dollars, then retire again. as long AS LONG AS WE BOXING FANS CONTINUE TO WATCH HIS ARTISTIC/CONTROVERSIAL PAY PER VIEW, MAYWEATHER WILL FOOL US AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND AS OF NOW HE IS FOOLING US AND WE WILL BE FOOLED AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL WE ALL SAID ENOUGH WITH THAT CHICKEN MAY. GIVE US A REAL FIGHT!!! BUT HE WILL NOT GIVE IT YET OTHERS WILL STILL WATCH HIM HOPING HE'LL SOMEHOW LOSE... enough with the pattern.. yah all got my point... (",)
Nice article. Right on target. Fear of losing is the main reason. But I wonder why aren't they making a big deal of Floyd "Blackula" Mayweather injecting drugs to numb his fist? Isn't this considered cheating? I haven't read any article from well known boxing writers tackling this issue. Why are they so critical of Manny going as far as accusing him of taking steroids? Is it because he's a Filipino, and Filipino's are not suppose to be this good? RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL, EVEN IN BOXING. We've never advanced in this department.
Floyd Jr. emailed me a list of his fears:
1) he fears running out of Xylocain;
2) he is scared of Pacquiao's sledgehammers. Pac's name makes him pee in his pants.
3) he is afraid of SODA-Sprite's mom venereal disease, SARS, tuberculosis, and aids;
4) he fears #1floydfan's sister's herpes will kill him;
5) he is concerned that SODA-Sprite and #1floydfan infected each other with gonorrhea up in their bu*tt--holes
Marv!Being the great researcher and journalist you are, may I suggest an article about the prevalence of xylocaine use among boxers in the past and present. Why does Nevada allow the use of this PED which not only allows boxer to have an advantage but also makes them susceptible to serious injuries. What do you say Mr. Dumon?
I just received an e-mail that Brian Kenny was a child molester and ESPN was covering it up.It is just my opinion, but he does look like a child molester.We should all demand that he prove that these allegations are not true.If he can not prove that these allegations are not true then ESPN needs to fire him A.S.A.P!!
MongoFloyd Jr. also emailed me.
He said that he fears that he will puncture his brand new inflatable doll due to overuse.
I said to him that SODA-Sprite will lend one of his many plastic ladies if Quackie Jr ever needs to borrow one or some.
poor guys is a nervous wreck.
lets boycott ESPN...THE HELL WITH ATLAS AND SMITH..
All these Flip "writers" are the same. Manny is using and all you lil yella chmups do is make excuses!
you filipino pek-pek's sure know how to spin anything! first of all, what's up with all this negative stuff on floyd jr.? all he said was that he wanted (along with him) for paccheato to take a simple blood test. and now your, ahem, "national treasure" pacquiao, or should i say your "national cheater" is trying to hide the fact that he's nothing but a fake and you little people filipinians are so ignorant and stupid you would believe anything. lol...
give me free Xylo-co*caine!!!!!
YOU WANA WHOOP MANNY PANK A@$ N1GGER IM FAN OF MANNY PACMAN I WILL FCKN MURDER YOU FOO FREE N1GGER
FCK YOU ATLSA AND FCK YOU ESPN
Fraud shouldn't be allowed to dictate what happens...but why didnt manny just take the test, fraud had to take the same test. First i hear manny is scared of needles...hes got tats, so we know that was a lie. then he said it weakens him...14 days before the fight, it weakens him? anyone thats ever given knows that is crap. they are both to blame, i dont like fraud, but i would have said 14 days is plenty, they are both punks now.
the purported email is nothing more than hearsay, pure and simple.
Floyd is a great manipulator and a great operator. He operates and manipulates institutions and people in the like of Atlas, Schaefer, GBP, ESPN, HBO and others. He is deceitful and very good in maligning a decent person's integrity, hiding his cowardliness and convincing ignorant and intelligent people alike that he is clean, decent, great, fair, etc.
‘Just want to give 2 inputs.
1. Why make a demand when it should be the other way around. Manny Pacquiao is the defending welterweight champion and the current and defending top pound for pound boxer in the world and Flyod Mayweather is the challenger.
2. If the blood testing is the main issue for the failure of the bout, then Floyd Mayweather’s “0” record is questionable. From his mouth, he said that the testing that is being done by the governing bodies (i.e. NSAC...) are not enough to know if the boxer that is being tested is using PEDs, then, there is a very big, big possibility that he might be into it in his all or most of his previous fights and that will tantamount to the credibility of his unbeaten record.
I just received an e-mail that Brian Kenny was a child molester and ESPN was covering it up.It is just my opinion, but he does look like a child molester.We should all demand that he prove that these allegations are not true.If he can not prove that these allegations are not true then ESPN needs to fire him A.S.A.P!!
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