Their next date will be, if my count is correct, their third or fourth.
But I don't believe that Donald King of the Cleveland Kings has gotten to first base with a teaser named Floyd Mayweather Jr.
I don't think FMJ has even given DK a peck on the lips.
Maybe they've gotten cheeky but nothing more intimate.
And that won't change even if Mayweather pops up at ringside at the Pontiac Silverdome Saturday night for the heavily hyped HBO main event between Devon Akexander and Tim Bradley.
Let me tell you why.
While DK has been aggressive in courting Mayweather, L'il Floyd is surrounded at age 33 by the same people who have made up his Inner Circle for several years now and there is no indication, I mean zero signs that he will boot any of them in favor of the 79 year old, legendary promoter.
It doesn't require the brain of the proverbial Everlast Einstein to see that the Man Behind The Curtain, adviser Al Haymon, remains in charge in the "Money" camp.
The day that Haymon will work harmoniously with King will never come.
Either Mayweather annoints King as his new leader or he sticks with Haymon. There's no combo platter option.
The supporting cast also remains the same for Mayweather.
Leonard Ellerbe is still the main guy who goes to court with Mayweather on his domestic violence charges.
When Mayweather went to jail in Las Vegas, white-haired and genial Sam Watson has been there to meet and to greet him.
I assume that Mayweather's bail is always arranged and paid for by Brother Haymon and his acolytes.
The point is, I can't see how King has cracked the lineup, even in the lower part of the batting order.
And, if you know one thing about King, about his wealth and ego and his advanced age, you know that he's not going to link up with Mayweather unless he is the baller and shotcaller.
So save me all the hoaky claptrap about King and sometime enemy and Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum singing in perfect harmony on other projects involving other fighters.
Mayweather has kept his mouth shut on King's status and the reason is obvious.
He's just been teasing DK the whole time on his trips to South Florida and to a King fight card in St. Louis.
He's not ditching Uncle Al for Uncle Don.
If you want to believe otherwise, enjoy your fairy tale, sure.
If Mayweather-Pacquiao can or will be made, either this November or next year, it will be made with Arum and cagey stepson Todd duBoef mixing it up with Team Haymon.
King doesn't play second fiddle, he doesn't babysit, not at this point in his storied but controversial life.
Although Haymon disains the spotlight, he's a rich cat also and unlikely to bat second behind King, either.
King believes in the credo former Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner lived by, that if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes.
The lead dog in the Mayweather camp was and remains Al Haymon.
Any other arrangement is merely wishful thinking.
Comments
Manyy-Floyd fight ain't happenin' until the crab Floyd gets his wit back and his cojones to where they should be. No Haymon and certainly no Arum nor King can do anything. Floyd ain't no fightin' no Pacman until Pacman losses badly to Mosley or to somebody else.
The fight, if it ever happens, willnever be in the ring. Floyd ain't fightin' Pacman in the ring but in the media.
you're correct!
As the Go West song goes, I am the King of Wishful Thinking.
That's Don King for you. He's being outsmarted by King Floyd and his jesters.
No continual heralding of King from Marley will make Floyd fight.
Also, enough of the Mayorga-Pacman matchmaking. If Marley wants to support King Don, one of his knights, Alexander, would be more palatable.
the only think that floyd can do is to wish he is in Pacman shoes!!
I agree.. Even if Pacquiao concedes to the Olympic Style Drug Tests and even up to the day of the fight, Floyd will just ask for something else. There's no way Mayweather will split 50/50 with Pacquiao. I doubt Pacquiao will even concede to the tests because as long as he has Marquez, Bradley, Alexander, Maidana, Berto and Khan as viable opponents, he doesn't need Mayweather. It may not get him $40M in one fight, but he can make at least $10M each fight. I would rather see him fight these five than to watch the Mayweathers antics on TV.
COWARD FLOYD WILL NEVER FIGHT MANNY
COWARD FLOYD IS TOO SCARED TO BE KO'D BY MANNY-ASK FLOYD SR
MANNY DOES NOT NEED FLOYD
but FLOYD NEED MANNY
if FLOYD hve the BALLS TO FIGHT MANNY......Floyd KNOW WHO TO PHONE or CONTACT 24/7
UNCLE BOB IS READY TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR NEGOTIATE
FLOYD IS ALL TALK.......BLA....BLAH.....LA...LAH.....LALAND of NOWHERE
ACTION SPEAK LOUDER than WORDS.
NO NEED TO SPECAULATE unless FLOYD IS WILLING AND READY TO FIGHT MANNY
NO ONE CARES ABOUT FLOYD
FLOYD IS GONE.....RETIRED(RETURD)
FLOYD IS..........NOWHERE TO BE SEEN..........
FLOYD IS A MANUFACTURED BOXER BY CHERY PICKING A WINNABLE SMALLER OPPONENTS
DON KING IS THE MAN FOR FLOYD
FLOYD CAN NEGOTIATE BY HIMSELF or THROUGH DON KING
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is
more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to
conformity.
Where is Al Haymon...when you find him, tell him to do his job.
Al Haymon's my No.#1 yes men
FLOYD IS NO TINKERING WITH BOXING.........
FLOYD LOSES TO MANNY BY DEFAULT(EARLY RETIREMENT)
i never really pictured maynever going to DK camp, and never really pictured coward mayweather fighting pacquiao for real. it will never happen.
Floyd is trying to fight as less as possible to reclaim his P4P KING, he hopping Pac will lose so he can be #1. If Pac should lose he(Mayweather) may move up a spot in the ranking. FMJR. Is up to something, only he know, but I think he should stay active not unless he's trying to cheat the boxing system to be #1. Every fighters fight at least 2 fight a year while floyd wants to or fight 1 a year just to secure his ranking(P4P) list
WHAT A SHIIIT W/ THIS MONKEY FACE GORILLA WHY DOES HE NEED SO MANY GUYS OUT THERE SO THAT HE WILL FIGHT PACQUAIO BUT, WHEN HE FIGHT MARQUEZ AND MOSLEY HE NEVER DID ASK SOMEBODY, WHY HE SHOULD NOT TELL EVERYBODY I'M SCAREDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, BECAUSE I'M A FRAUD P4P.
alvin haymon knows floyd is scared of Pacquiao and does not want to see his lone boxingt asset get knocked out.
al haymon can't do anything and does not want to do anything to make the fight, he's part of the deception
The Pacquiao-Floyd fight's not gonna happen.
All Road Leads To Pac, its gotta be Pac's way or the highway
FMJ doesnt't have the guts to fight MP. Thats Why him and his ex-convict father accused MP of taking steroids, so as to have a good reason not to fight him in the first place. It's also the same reason why FMJ is intententionally putting himself in trouble. If I were MP---He should move on and fight other deserving fighters until he retires. MP And Bob Arum should't give too much importance to this gangster family.
#l 1floydfan is my half sister.
i confess that Richard Bastien is my sugar daddy
Why don't you stop this fairy tale. Floydie will never fight Manny. He simplu is scared stiff of manny by the mere mention of his name.
Let's get a life folks. No matter what no matter who Paquiao vs Mayweather will never happen. It's not only floydie who is scared you can include Sr., Roger, Haymon and Ellerbe. They are afraid to lose their cash cow
Todd du Buef will be taking over the one and only best promoter Bob Arum
Boxing Promoter = The best profession a man could ever have.
why should floyd fight the pacman when he wants only to fight the has been, washed up, bloated ones aging ones, with vaginas, unarmed security guards and gets the accolade from floyd enabling scribes as the best for being the duck 4 duck king, and the promoters paying him top dollar for having fake fights. he don't need to fight the pacman in the ring, he wants to fight the pacman in the web and in the press, that is where he is good at, with his mouth and not with his fist.
Hello Mike, How could I argue with anything you say, you've been at this since the Paleo age. Floyd has agreed to fight Pacquiao as long as he's off the "Power Pellets". Translation: Since Pacquiao is not on the Power Pellets, it means : When hell freezes over! There you have it Floyd will fight Pacquiao when hell freezes over. He said it himself the other day. Arum , King or Haymon need to negotiate a freeze over with lord Satan if they want to get this deal done. Anyway, Satan owns Floyds Soul already. It shouldn't be that hard to get him to agree to freeze it over at least for a Saturday night mega fight!!!
@ whiteboy/whiteman or whatsoever: I dont care about the power pellets,if Mayweather is man enough(Got BALLS),he should have signed the contract since the first negotiation of the fight. If he thinks he can beat the PACMAN, simply he would sign a contract. that's it. Dont fool yourself man! You are over ruling the State Athletic Commision. What do you think of this people in the commision? Dummy like what you are?
Why your always force me to fight manny, Like i said before i will not fight him im so scared of him and i know that he will knock out me then my diamond zero will be nothing anymore. So stop pushing me to fight manny.... understand fans!!!!!!!!!!
If Floyd-Pacman is indeed made, Floyd will be the same hit and don't get hit fighter. But this time he will run around and would look to at least poke Manny's face so he can claim a spectacular win.
i iyot a Bicolano in his mouth
Al Haymon is the architect behind Floyd's fraudulent boxing career. Their minds meshed very well because they both have the same deceptive mentality.
Mr. Marley---If it's really true that MP is taking steroids or ped, how come Gusman got caught or tested positive in his last fight? And what's amazing about it is, that he was on the the same card on the night of Pacquiao and Margarito fight? This means to say that the athletic commission who handles this matter, is dependable and truly doing their job. I dont see any point in the accusations of the Mayweathers against Pacquiao. And come to think of it, Gusman is being handled by Jeff or Floyd Mayweather Sr. This just goes to show what kind of People the Mayweather's are. A bunch of Liers and women beaters.
WHAT SHOULD MAYWEATHER DO TO AVOID FROM PACQUIAO FIGHT?
A. DEMAND A BLOOD TEST
B. TROUBLE HIMSELF THROUGH LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS FIGHTING SECURITY GUARDS, BATTERED HIS WIFE AND ETC...
C. RETIRE FOR A MOMENT OR TAKE A VACATION
D. HIDE IN A JAIL TO AVOID NEGOTIATIONS NOT TO FIGHT PACQUIAO
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
THE ANSWER IS E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHAT SHOULD MANNY PACQUIAO DO INORDER TO PROCLAIM AS "THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL-TIME"?...
A. APPLY FOR U.S CITIZEN
B.FIGHT 2 OPPONENTS IN ONE FIGHT
C. FIGHT A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT AGAINST DAVID HAYE OR KLITSHKOS BROS.
D. WIN FOR 9 TITLES IN 9 WEIGHT DIVISIONS
E.BEAT MARTINEZ AND MAYWEATHER
F. USE 1 HAND IN A FIGHT
G. ALL OF THE ABOVE
THE ANSWER IS LETTER G. ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHAT SHOULD MANNY PACQUIAO DO INORDER TO PROCLAIM AS "THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL-TIME"?...
A. APPLY FOR U.S CITIZEN
B.FIGHT 2 OPPONENTS IN ONE FIGHT
C. FIGHT A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT AGAINST DAVID HAYE OR KLITSHKOS BROS.
D. WIN FOR 9 TITLES IN 9 WEIGHT DIVISIONS
E.BEAT MARTINEZ AND MAYWEATHER
F. USE 1 HAND IN A FIGHT
G. ALL OF THE ABOVE
THE ANSWER IS LETTER G. ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHAT SHOULD MAYWEATHER DO TO AVOID FROM PACQUIAO FIGHT?
A. DEMAND A BLOOD TEST
B. TROUBLE HIMSELF THROUGH LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS FIGHTING SECURITY GUARDS, BATTERED HIS WIFE AND ETC...
C. RETIRE FOR A MOMENT OR TAKE A VACATION
D. HIDE IN A JAIL TO AVOID NEGOTIATIONS NOT TO FIGHT PACQUIAO
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
THE ANSWER IS E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
WHAT SHOULD MAYWEATHER DO TO AVOID FROM PACQUIAO FIGHT?
A. DEMAND A BLOOD TEST
B. TROUBLE HIMSELF THROUGH LEGAL ISSUES SUCH AS FIGHTING SECURITY GUARDS, BATTERED HIS WIFE AND ETC...
C. RETIRE FOR A MOMENT OR TAKE A VACATION
D. HIDE IN A JAIL TO AVOID NEGOTIATIONS NOT TO FIGHT PACQUIAO
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
THE ANSWER IS E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
the 8th wonder of the world vs the ape wonder of the world!
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is
more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to
conformity.
Always Arum ...
If Mayweathers promoters really wants the fight to happen....
WHY NOT THEY TAKE THE FIRST STEP BY SEEKING ARUM!!!
THEY JUST WONT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEIR BOXER IS NOT BOXING RIGHT NOW, AND DONT HAVE A SAY WHETHER HELL BE BOXING ANYTIME SOONER ALSO.
IN SHORT, THEY DONT HAVE A LEASH ON THEIR BOXER AT ALL!!!
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