“Did you hear that radio DJ asking Floyd why he keeps ducking Pacquiao?” asked Dave the Barber just as soon as I made myself comfortable in the old chair to get a trim:” Is he really ducking Pacman?”
Earlier this week team Mayweather made an announcement on national television that undefeated Floyd is ready to get back in the ring and that they reserved MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for him on May 5th, 2012.
To which promoter Bob Arum said:” Nonsense!” Arum said that he knows Floyd well and Floyd knows boxing. “He understands boxing,” Arum noted:” And he knows the difficulty he would have with Manny’s style, now that Manny is a two fisted fighter.”
“Floyd is ducking nobody,” cried out Downtown Ronnie Brown:” You guys don’t know shit about boxing. Pretty Boy is a defensive wizard. Manny would never hit him, even if he had four hands. He is much bigger than Pacquiao and he knows better than any one how to use his size. It would be a total mismatch just like it was with Marquez a couple of years ago.”
“So how come he got all defensive when that DJ asked him about ducking Pacquiao?” countered Dave the Barber:” Your Pretty Boy is like a dog gone parrot – take the test, take the test, sooner or later he is going to have to come up with a new excuse.”
“The old one is working pretty good so far,” injected Al the Barber:” USADA, USADA, and WADA. Floyd insists that drug testing to be done by USADA only, but they won’t go to Philippines. That country is known for its corruption and one of the leading producers of steroids. Floyd does not trust anybody to test Manny over there, not even WADA.”
“WADA is the main chignon when it comes to testing,” shouted Big Steve:” They set the code for USADA to go by. That thing has been resolved. Anyways, I don’t know how much this stuff helps in the ring. If memory serves me right, Fernando Vargas looked like steroid monster when he entered the ring against De La Hoya. Did it help him? No. He still got knocked out. Mosley admitted to using steroids in a second fight with De La Hoya and most of us thought that Oscar won that fight.”
“Talking about Sugar Shane Mosley,” cut in Al the Barber:” The old man wobbled Mayweather pretty good in the second round. Picture this in your mind and imagine if it was Pacquiao catching Floyd. This fight would be over. That’s what Floyd Jr is afraid of. He will duck Manny for a couple of more years and than retires undefeated. The greatest fighter of all times in his own mind.”
“You boys are way off here, I think you lost touch with reality rotting in this old barber shop,” came back Ronnie Brown:” It’s the other way around. It’s Freddie Roach who picks over the hill opponents for Manny and he will find a way to keep Manny out of the ring with Floyd.”
“Forgive me if I disagree with you,” said Dave the Barber:” But I just heard Freddie call out Mayweather. Let’s get this over with, he said…”
This conversation went on for several more hours without a positive resolution. Is Floyd ducking Manny? Will we ever find out?
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