On Wednesday, Floyd Kill Joy Mayweather Jr. attained the supposedly mature age of 33.
You Biblical scholars who read beyond The Ring magazine may note that was how old Jesus Christ was when he was taken to the gallows under Pontius Pilate's direction.
No, don't go there. I'm not advocating that Mayweather be crucified and I'm not being blashpemous because, like all of us (even my wretched self), Mayweather is a Child of God.
Jesus spoke in homilies, in parables and allegories. Mayweather, even on his natal day, continues to spew venomous poison about the Lord's Humble Servant, Manny Pacquiao.
(Right about now, I expect a lightning bolt to come through the computer screen.)
(Not to digress but, in another mental twist while speaking to allhiphop.com, Mayweather in one breath labels Shane Mosley "a C Lister" and then refers to him as a Hall Of Fame quality boxer. Can this guy do contortions or what, he's like the Rubber Man.)
I'm late with Money May's birthday gift but I am think that the Hip Hop Kid might appreciate a funky Wagnalls meaning a proper dictionary.
I'd adivse Floyd to look up "ordinary" because he keeps misusing the word when discussing Pacman.
“Manny Pacquiao was just an ordinary fighter and once he got over 25, 26, he became extraordinary. That doesn’t happen in the sport of boxing so it has to be something. I started off good in my career and all the way through my career I’ve been dominating. I started off good and became great but you don't start off ordinary and become extraordinary. If Manny Pacquiao has nothing to hide, I never saw a man who didn't want to take a $25 million dollar drug test.”
Floyd's doubters are many as thius magazine cover line shows (Primer Round)
For his second big word, I'd love for L'il Floyd to look up "adversity" because, at the end of the day, that is what we remember most about our boxing icons.
(See Mr. Lois on why Manny and Floyd should emulate Oscar insofar as taking on ALL comers.)
(See Mr. Heritage on whether Clottey has proper strategy to upset Megamanny.)
When we think of Muhammad Ali, don't we first think of his huge upset of Feb. 25, 1964 (incredibly, 46 years ago today) in Miami Beach when he "shook up the world" by beating thuggish Charles "Sonny" Liston. And don't we always harken back to another big upset, when he roped a big dope named George Foreman in Zaire?
Will Mayweather ever overcome adversity in a fight the way Cassius Clay did against "Ursa Major" Charles "Sonny" Liston?
What shall we harken back to about Mayweather if he fails to fight natural archrival Pacman?
How he ducked and dodged various fighters who probably could not carry his gym bag?
It's a tribute to his natural ring gifts that Mayweather hasn't faced much adversity but it diminishes his ultimate place in history as well.
Where's the magic moment like when something on Liston's gloves temporarily blinded Cassius Clay and Angelo Dundee literally shoved him out of the corner and told him to run from the menacing Liston until his sight began to clear up?
There's been no such adversarial test for Mayweather.
So far, he's been strictly a frontunner.
Pacquiao can give him this examination if he turns a boxing match into a fight.
Pacquiao is capable of doing that and even Mayweather, in his heart of hearts, knows this.
Finally, an "ordinary" fighter does not rebound from KO losses early on his career to achieve one stunning success after another even as he goes up in weight.
An "ordinary" fighter does not become the face of boxing after dragging himself off the canvas.
Yet Pacquiao has done all this. A lesser man would've been mentally wiped out by these defeats.
An era of truly random testing is clearly coming to boxing and it could be done sans any jabbing needles as the urine testing protocols improve.
But that time may arrive after both Pacman and Mayweather are truly retired.
If Mayweather wants to be recalled as the guy who always had it his way, if he settles for that, then he will get his just desserrts.
His career, his legal will be filed under "PG" which stands for Pretty Boy was pretty good.
All Time Good or All Time Great?
Pacquiao's reach may exceed his grasp. Mayweather reach is questionable.
When he's sitting on the rocking chair, talking to his grandchildren, it will be a shame if "woulda, coulda, shoulda" is all that Floyd can say in relation to matching his skills against his obvious and most dangerous predator.
The guy who reaches for the moon, even if he fails, will be remembered more fondly.
Come May 2, I guess we'll start seeing the picture more clearly.
Will Mayweather dare to be great or will he be content with what he's done?
Sure, he and Shane will fill up the MGM Grand on May 1 with 16,000 in the arena. They deserve no less.
But Pacman is fighting before a possible 40,000 in Dallas on March 13.
He's become an international icon and people eat up his story like popcorn.
Will Mayweather dare to be great or is he smug and satisfied?
He can't crow too much about whipping "a C Lister," can he?
The jury is out.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Comments
interesting article. however, early losses can't be dismissed as they show a way that an opponent can be defeated. i like manny, but many say he lost both his fights to juan manuel marquez. floyd defeated versions of oscar de la hoya and ricky hatton that were better than the versions pacquiao destroyed, but gets little credit for that. manny crushed a miguel cotto who seemed to be walking in quicksand and might have been drained because of pacquiao's strange insistence on fighters coming in below their natural weight class before agreeing to fight them. floyd has a style that is all wrong for manny. it's going to be easier for floyd to find sparring partners to prepare him for manny than visa versa. i suppose manny could spar with james toney, who is the only fighter who does the shoulder roll the same way floyd does, but toney is way too large for manny. i see this fight as a decision win for mayweather, based on the not- so -sure assumption that each will win their next fight.
can you not write a hate articel every day about mayweather cut it out u hate the guy so much but you write about him like your inlove with him smh
just to let you know mayweather and pac wont fight untill like sept or oct but you continue to write hate articles everyday about mayweather are you seriously planning on doing this for thext 7months?
it's just puzzling to me. when some bitter people lose to a catch weight match people automatically say they were drained? there is an existing weight bracket per class. and they didnt go below it. why do people keep using the term drained?
anyway. good for floyd he got the cover of round mag. i bet the editors had fun doing the cover layout. his face in the cover is going like: "ring what? that c-lister mag?".
It will be like a cheetah chasing an antelope for a meal. He (Jr) thinks he's faster but Pacman is quicker...lolol
i nerver read so many hater comments in my life. damn you people wanna see him beat so bad its crazy. he dont have to do what Ali did and follow Ali path, he just have to do his own thing and let it work out like it do. a man is not remembered for following or copyin another man
pacquiao demanded all this things from mayweather and mayweather agreed and when floyed say let us BOTH take a test and pacquiao is like oh no!!!! forget that shiit!!!i'm not fighting im goin to court!!! bull shiit and i'm callin it like i see it.
the mayweather fight vs mosley will do better numbers they pac
O yeah. Mayweather's nemesis is the guy he can't miss to mention everytime. I wonder how he sleeps at night thinking about Pacquiao. Sooner or later, Floyd will have a 'bangungot' in his sleep.
you must be crazy to think floyd is worried about manny.... floyd is the best fighter of our day and people are hating that cause he is black and i am white and i see what is goin on.
every country but our country backs their fighters! not America! we only back White fighters are Black fighters that do what is told like a good lil boy. and than they still dont get what is deserved to them
Mayweather is JUST a NOBODY at this time... doesn't hold a current belt, ducks the best (cornered into fighting Mosely, because he didn't have a choice), comes in overweight against JMM, uses XYLOCAINE and imposes random drug testing all of a sudden. Until he fights the best and beats the best, and that is Manny, he best stop all his BS, come to Daddy Pacman and prove his worth. Guess that is why he got the monicker CHICKENFLOYD.
my mommie needs more dogs 7 horses to whoopee-whoopee her clottey. Ooops i mean her clittey.
hi mom. how's the whoring business?
Classic article marley! Floyd's minion are now on rage again. heard they're doing a rally, headed by flower girl #1floydfan! b1tch!
fighting a past his prime, roided up, washed up, geriatrics fighter is the best way to keep my boy Floyd's "zero" intact
@ trey... YOU'RE AN IDIOT! IDIOT!
YES! I'M A HATER! AND I HATE IDIOTS LIKE YOU! IDIOT!
Floyd needs to learn from guys like Hatton and Kostya Tszyu on how to behave BEFORE and AFTER a fight. These two gentelman warriors were fearless and showed nothing but class, respect to their opponents. The Hatton-Tszyu fight is what boxing is all about. Meanwhile, the Mayweathers have turned boxing into a lousy, undignified, cowardly, soap opera that robs the fans of entertaining fights.
SHAME ON FLOYD. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Gayweather is a conered rabbit when he faces Pacquiao and that's for sure! I watched his fight with Zab Judah again and boy Judah could have won the fight if he has stamina. Pacquiao has loads of stamina like Fraud Jr. I watched Fraud Jr and Hatton also Hatton was winning when that lucky shot hit him. With Pacquiao Fraud Jr will never have that lucky shot and he will get beaten up all night!
marley when i retire and manny becomes president of the philippines what will you write ..
Manny's a real icon. He earned his top spot in the limelight from being humble and ferocious. Mayweather from being loud in front of media, then tame in the ring. That type of career will definitely earn Mayweather his ticket on to the camera, but not history books in the same way that Manny will.
Pacquiao is an extra ordinary fighter when he started, contrary to what Fraud Jr is saying. Pacquiao trained himself with the help of Buboy, who knew nothing about boxing. Pacquiao became a 2-time world champion before he met Freddie Roach. Can you call that ordinary? Fraud Jr is the ordinary who's over-rated by fighting class c and b fighters and also old washed up veterans! Now that's Fraud! if you understand because if you claim to be the best by not fighting the best, That's Fraud! Fraud Jr
One of your best mr. Marley! Enough talk, just fight!
WHY SHOULD NOT GAYWEATHER SHORT CUT HIS DEMAND, HE SHOULD ASK MANNY TO TIE MANNYS LEFT ARM THEN HE WILL AGREE TO FIGHT, ONLY FOOLS WILL BELIEVE HIS NONSENSE ADVOCACY WHY ONLY THIS TIME THAT HE SUPPOSEDLY FACE MANNY FOR HIS IMPERFECT RECORD, HE SHOULD DO THAT SINCE HE START BOXING, ITS OBVIOUS ONLY FOOLS BELIEVE HIM, HE IS SCARED AND HE IS COWARD PICKY FRAUD P4P.
THE SON OF A CONVICTED DRUG RUNNER CRIMINAL WILL COME TO HIS REAL SENSES AFTER MAY 1ST IF GETS BEATEN BY THE BALCO PRINCE!! BUT I THINK IF HE WINS HE'LL BE BLOODY LOUDER HIS VOICE COULD BE HEARD 32 THOUSAND FEET UP IN THE SKY BY AIRPLANE PASSENGERS!!
Nobody was asking pac-crack to tie one arm behind his back, all that was asked of him was to take a 25 million dollar blood test,,,Pacquiao is a fckn pu55y,,,and his fans are dcksuckas,,,floyd no 1
floyd snr may be a convicted drug smuggler but atleast hes not a drug user puppy eatin cheater
Queeny is a cross dresser aka dragqueeny
everybody says that join the club ahh oscar should have beat floyd zab should have beat floyd castillo shouold have beat floyd rah rah rah,,,wake up b!tches nobody has beat floyd
listen to trey you must be out you're mind if you think floyds worried about pac-crack,,,floyd and mosley are about to blow pacquiao vs clottey out the sky,,,and if pacquiao still wants to fight hes taking a paycut,,,and he still needs to take that test,,,floyd dont need no pacquiao,,,he'll fight berto and do it again
Mayweather said it himself,he started good and became great and most of it from running and ducking.
we luv puppies. they're tender, juicy, and succulent.
Bobby Flay has a special recipe for this bow-wow jr.
w_h_a_t is another dck sucka
Fooloydie who is your daddy? Packy is your daddy thats why you are scared of him. Lol run foolydie run your daddy is after you for your much needed spanking. After the fight you are going to need a plastic surgeon to put you back together again. Hahaha.
I find it funny that all of a sudden Floyd wants this type of testing. The commission exists for the purpose of regulating their fighters. Only a nutcase will claim USADA is foolproof. NOTHING is FOOLPROOF. This is a clear case of bullying, one athlete dictating his opponent.If you think NSAC's policies are outdated, that's not Pacquiao's problem.It's funny how Floyd wants to come clean when he uses Xylocaine.
not just puppies a notice you also like dck too huh? you're on it 24/7,,,c0ck suckn f@ggets
It is of common knowledge in Philippine Cockfighting that Manny Pacquiao is a big time cocker who always participated in the World Slasher Cup every year. I believe he knows about steroids but only roids for gamefowls such Androbol, Slazvolak (Nandrolone Phenylpropionate), Meeb and Red Gel Forte(Metyltestosterone). These might be the Performance Enhancing Drugs Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are referring to.
i dont care what anybody says turning down 25 million to take a blood test and challenge the rightfull #1 contender is strait up pu55y
Great!! Finally Floyd in magazine cover. What's the name of the magazine again....Round????....where can I find this mag??? .... is this Magazine owned by Oscar or Floyd???? Sorry, I only read TIME mag as all the mag readers do....lol
Floydfan you are a real floyd fan, you talk to much just like your idol. Make sure when you post! put some sense on what you are saying!
clottey is a fckn bum nobody is interested in that crap theres no way clottey is the no 1 contender comming off of a loss and theres no way pacquiao is no 1 WW without ever fighting a WW thats strait up BS,,,theres some crooked $hit going on here,,,WW is 141-147 not 141-145
#1floydfan
I think you've said it the other way, Pacquiao don't need Floyd if he need floyd then he already agreed to floyd's foolishness Mosley need floyd badly so he immediately agreed, HOW SURE ARE THAT FLOYD WOULD FIGHT BERT? HE ALREADY HAVE TAKEN BERTO INSTEAD MARQUEZ IF HE REALLY WAN HIM
HE ONLY AGREED TO FIGHT MOSLEY BECAUSE HE HAS NO CHOICE...
i dont care what anybody says turning down 25 goats to have 14 horses doggie-style my mommie is just amazing. mom can't wait.
my idol Roid Monkey Jr. has been protective of his ZERO. because he is zero and that's all he's got, a jacko-wacko zero. LoL
my mommie likes to tickle clottey.
oops, i meant tickle her clittey.
she just a bought a cvnt-tickler from E-Bay.
i hope they Energizer bunny batteries do last for her sake
pac-crack is pu55y and you're waiting for nothing because pac-crack vs mayweather is never going to happen,,,theres noway cheater boy is getting away with not taking the test,,,and when his fight flops which it will,,hes only getting 40% for walking away,,,its not happening
I can't understand how Floyd think that Manny is hiding something when he is willing to give blood? Manny is willing to give blood 24 days and right after the fight. Manny is willing to go urine random testing up trough the fight night. Manny is willing to undergo any kind of drug testing if the world. How Floyd think that Manny is hiding something? How? I don't get it. What the fukc you want, Floyd? What the fukc u want?
@#1floydfan
If that's the case then WHY? WHY Doesn't Mayweather fail to mention Pacquiao in his interviews if he doesn't really need Pac?
And no one is arguing that Pac is better than May. Mayweather may have the best skills in the sports, BUT fact of the matter is, Pacquiao is the Face of Boxing today. And if Floyd is sooooo freakin good then can you explain why a "loser/ordinary" fighter from a third world country represents boxing today?
Nice poem you are getting better everyday on what gods gave you MR Marley its rhyme like slime on mayquacker balls and this thugs who is scum bag, that's quack like a duck, who never cares of his follower like uncle roger
@ Paclander
im sure as the sun will shine,,,why? because floyd will never let pacquiao outdo him and thats why floyd agreed to fight mosley
@ paclander
paclander if floyd fought berto instead of marquez than floyd wouldnt be #2 P4P
I cant understand how Floyd think that Manny is hiding something when he is willing to give blood? Manny is willing to give blood 24 days and right after the fight. Manny is willing to go urine random testing up trough the fight night. Manny is willing to undergo any kind of drug testing if the world. How Floyd think that Manny is hiding something? How? I don't get it. What the fukc you want, Floyd? What the fukc u want?
@ artcher
its the same reason pacquiao keeps bringing up floyd because everybody wants to know if they still plan on fighting eachother,,,except floyd doesnt need them to ask hes a veteron he knows what they want to ask
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