As far back as two years ago the biggest question in boxing was rapidly becoming whether Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, as the two best pound for pound fighters in the world, would ever meet in the ring. Even to the point that demand for the fight seemed to be as big as ever more recently after two failed attempts to put it together had come and gone.
Many predicted that the fight could not only break the all time pay per view record held by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, but give the entire sport a much needed shot in the arm, and prove that there was still a big market out there for boxing despite the distinct lack of truly popular fighters right now.
Initially there seemed to be blame on both sides for the negotiations not leading to anything, but more recently that perception has shifted. Fans of either fighter will still insist that the other is to blame for nothing happening, but the casual fans previously not favoring either are now tending to point to Mayweather as the cause of at least the latest breakdown between the two sides. And for his part, Floyd freely admits that he is taking time off and isn't thinking about fighting at the moment.
More damaging than that though was the now infamous Ustream rant in which Mayweather let loose his customary torrent of abuse and insults at his rival, but this time crossed the line into racial slurs on several occasions.
The hastily put together and rather disingenuous looking apology a few days later didn't seem to do him any favors either, in fact if anything this only further hurt his public image, especially amongst those he insulted in the first video.
The rant also certainly turned many fans off to the idea of the fight between him and Pacquiao ever happening. So much so in fact that by comparison Pacquiao's upcoming fight against Antonio Margarito, heavily criticized only weeks ago, is now rapidly gaining acceptance.
At this stage even if Margarito turns out to be past his best, and even if Pacquiao blows him out of the water in only a few rounds, at it will now be seen as an impressive feat by most. Perhaps partly because it wasn't until the pair were pictured side by side on their recent press tour that fans got a true sense of the size difference that Pacquiao would have to overcome in capturing his 8th world title.
Also the reason why Pacquiao and Mayweather were so talked about is because they were rivals, both in their respective primes and both as big as they were ever going to be. Now though with Pacquiao fighting twice as often and the list of viable opponents for Mayweather rapidly shrinking, their rivalry has become less intriguing and in many ways less competitive.
There is a sense that Pacquiao is the only one of the two fighting for his legacy, and that through his inactivity Mayweather will eventually become less relevant, regardless of how good he might be or whether in actual fact he would beat Pacquiao if the two ever fought.
It's not so much that people don't want to see the fight anymore, but that they now don't see it as essential for both fighters.
Strangely enough, the most revealing part of Mayweather's recent self inflicted public relations nightmare was the portion of the video where he said that he would indeed be taking on Pacquiao in the future. Suggesting that terms between the two were more or less agreed upon during the last set of negotiations. Whether he meant this or if anything will come of it is less certain, but given the issues separating the two in the past not many fans will be hoping for too much.
Should Pacquiao pursue a fight with Mayweather and potentially waste his time looking to prove himself as the best fighter of the era, or should be freeze Mayweather out altogether and concentrate on building his legacy against opponents more easily dealt with at the negotiation table?
Tomas Dudek, Pittsburgh: "Pacquiao should leave him out in the cold, and Arum should back him up by not letting any Top Rank fighter go near Floyd either. See how he likes losing his 0 to Martinez or Williams when he spends all the money he made against Mosley"
James Ramsden, Harrisburg: "They still both need each other, Floyd just isn't interested in anything except making money. He fought a lightweight and then a faded Mosley, who only got back to the top by beating Margarito who was unfocused due to losing his plaster wraps"
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Floyd is totally out of the line. President Obama should stepped in.
better watch patrick and sponge bob rather watch floyd fight again,atleast patrick is more mature than this floyd and the mayweathers..
How could Obama stepped in when both of them are birds of the same feather?
Like Obama floyd is also a liberal black like him, these liberal blacks got a free pass concerning racism be it in sports,business,entertainment,media and politics. Liberals (whites,blacks,hispanics or asians) have double standard, in reality racism is only applies to conservatives be it (whites,blacks,hispanics and asians) these liberals are bunch of hypocrites and liars.
"TEAR MONEY WALL DOWN" Floyd will go down in quicksand of bankruptcy.. he doesn't deserve a fight with Pacman. He insulted the Pacman so much from head to toe. Pacman is a man of principle and giving Floyd $40 million dollar is like saying "It's okay to insult and degrade people of any race". Don't ever dream of the fight between them to happen, majority of boxing fans would rally against it or either its a brawl inside the event which is even more dangerous.
The biggest problem with people of all races is the fact that whenever one person or group make a racial comments towards another race, the reactions are not only focus to that single person or group, but to the entire race, which is totally unacceptable. A good example is the racial comments made by Floyd directed to Pacquiao and some argue to all Filipinos, peoples reactions mostly blame Floyd which is totally acceptable and true, but to say that all black americans are also racist is not fair and very wrong. It's like just saying that the person who killed the popular congressman is from bisaya, therefore we must label that all visayans are killers. It doesn't make any sense at all. So, pls be warned not to generalize by judging a certain group of people by the action of one, coz it just make people ignorant.
Niggers will always be a low class citizen of this planet. Go back to Africa motherfuckers, oh you forgot where you all's asses came from, bullshit. Here in Asia we don't have a master like you fucking niggers have. Yeah, the white people are you all's master. So move and make them a banana rolls. Oh by the way, we are just having fun too bitches!
Good day to all boxing fans! More power to Cong. Manny Pacquiao and more manners to Mayweathers....In our country in the Philippines, GMRC is taught as early as in grade schools particularly grade 1...you ask a 7 year old kid and I'm certainly sure he or she knows the meaning GMRC....Mayweathers if you want to know the meaning of it....I suggest you better bring your shadows here in PI and have your selves enrolled in grade schools........IMO....Manny should not any more fight Mayweather.....Manny has nothing to prove ....he already has more than enough of recognitions and accolades in and outs of boxing ring........mayweather is already feeling the aftershocks of what he has done......his earnings are fast drying up like a drought.......mayweather will be left alone standing with the likes of william and martinez in the future......"if"...."if".....he is man enough to face them.........or else .....he will be fighting again a cherry picked small man.......I wonder how Mayweather would fair with Segura......maybe he will crumple like the dancing Calderon
If Manny would have called Mayweather a "little black chump" and said after he beat him he was going to have PBF cook him fried chicken, collard greens and have a watermelon fir dessert it would be HUGE news and if a white fighter would have said that Jesse, Al and the NAACP screaming on the airwaves and folks even wanting Obama's opinion on the matter
the apology was fake, floyd was afraid of losing his endorsements, other than that nothing else, there was no sincerity as everyone can tell from the video. as a matter of fact it was a mockery to those who found the video offensive with floyd saying he was just having fun. as we all know, corporate whores don't care for as long as they are making money off floyd. roach does not believe the fight is going to happen, the pacman stated after seing the video that he was not looking for that fight anymore as he believed floyd will never fight him anyway. personally i don't think the pacman should give floyd the chance of letting him earn 40 million which floyd won't earn fighting someone else. besides from the start, floyd have no intention of fighting the pacman anyway. floyd will never sign the contract because of personal repercussions in the ring following the tirade on the pacman. filipinos will have murder in thier heart after they are dishonored. it is an asian thing, but they will mask thier murderous intention with a smile, and proper decorum.
he didnt even say MANNYs name?
who is he apologyzing to?..the two asian ladies that was with him?...
say it to Mannys face if he really wants to say sorry or even call Manny on the phone like when he was arguing with a regular boxing fan in the video, but he wont because hes so fake like the 100 dollar bills that he was throwing to show off...
despite of what he did,stupid americans like HBO and other big companies that could cash on floyd would brush aside FLOYD'S MAN CHILD BEHAVIOR..
SHAMEWEATHER/FOULMOUTH apology is added insult to injury, just like the dog eating back his own vomits, floyd is worst than the sick dirty dog.
The apology was a baloney. As a man, he should have looked in the camera and addressed Manny in the eye and say what he needed to say. You're right, Manny doesn't need this clown at this stage of his career. The other thing, as you alluded to, is now the issue of safety at the event should the fight (Manny vs. Floyd) ever materialize. Floyd just put the icing on the cake in offending every Filipino's ego with his latest rants. True, Manny is not making a big deal out of this but believe me, not all Pinoy fan of his can be pacified by a shallow apology. This will be a high-tension event which need to be controlled tightly. All I can say to Floyd is be ready should you get a chance to face your biggest worry in the ring because you will finally be exposed by the monster in Pacman.
Hey Scott Heritage. Did you lose interest in Manny Pacquiao after his racist marketing in which he marketed himself as a "Mexican Assassin"?
never did the pacman marketed himself as the mexican assasin, he was called the mexicutioner by some and he was not happy about it and refused to be called as such, but then again, as a fake boxing fan and a floyd fan boy, you made it up crackhead.
you stupid dumb ass, the media are the one who call pacman as mexican assasin, next time, before you post something please try to know first so that you will not look stupid
Did manny call himself the mexican assassin? I believe it was the press/media who called him that...
And manny even mentioned in an interview he doesnt like being called the mexican assasin or mexican executioner...because he loves the fighting style of most mexicans and even made friends with some of those guys he fought..he even invited some in the philippines...FYI
The media created that persona, it's also not racist. Pacquiao didn't like being called that but his fan base insisted because all of the great Mexican fighters he beat, so it stuck. I'm a fan but I personally never and would never call him by that.
@ double standard,americans branded Manny as an mexicutioner it wasnt Mannys idea you idiot,and he never likes being called mexican asassin you pea brain,ans he never ever sell himself as the asassin of mexican fighters,you should research first before you quack,your just another floyd who loves talking crap and stupid things.......grrrr you stupid moron
dumbass! you dont know nothing about what you are talking about. he never called himself as a mexicutioner actualy he dislikes it. better read magazines bean head!
@ double standard
it's not mexican assassin, its "mexicutioner". and by the way the fans and media called him that because during that time (bantamweight and featherweight) manny was fighting the best mexican fighters out there, who were the top fighters in those divisions. i suggest you do some research, mr. uneducated.
You're an idiot you dumb slave nigger! Floyd should be hanged!
Never heard of Mexican Assassin. He was dubbed the Mexicutioner by the media. Barrera was the Baby Faced Assassin. Go back to your hole. Anybody defending Floyd at this point is a low-life human being.
When to word "negro" is being mentioned, be of common sense because it doesn't neccesarily mean the entire black race. Negro refers to those people who are uneducated in their behavior and still carry the slave trade mark and character which is supposedly been gone a long time ago. Sad to say, lots of black people are still caged in this branding due to their never mind attitude towards gayweather. If only the black community acts and show that they are restraining the behavior of gayweather clan then racist remarks against them will not come out like this.
Poochiaos nothing without Floyd and everyone knows it if he steps up and gets the testing hell get beat and if he dont then he only beat up a bunch of shot fighters at catchweights an ducked the best fighter in the world
Hey niggardly pinoys rather eat dogs/cat than ur black meat..punk.
Hey nigga pinoys rather eat dogs/cat than ur black meat..punk.
xylocaine floyd is nothing having fough nobody but shot fighters has beens bloated ones and faded ones and ducked cotto, margarito twice and the pacman twice and wants to win the p4p title in the press in the web and not in the ring. hopkins oscar have fought catchweigths no problem thier floyd have fought overweight, no problem thier, enjoy your chitlin, the 40oz kool aide the fried catfish with black beans, fried chicken sweet potatoe pie cocoa butter and crack. don't wash for fear of drowning in the shower or bathtub, not being racist as there is no racist bone in my body, just having fun cracking at floyds fan boys and am sure you will not find these offensive because am just having fun.
Xylocaine is not a PED. Manny Pacquiao's HGH substance is.
hey nigga what's up bum? let me tell you this you guys from africa are eating those rotten food from the garbage and now since your family ( ape) came here to america as slave you''re destroying the good dignity and integrity of true americans, go back to africa and dig some rotten food over there.
floyd is your cousin cause you all have the same brain capacity...
who said they are shot fighters? most of his big fights are all hall of famer you idiot. everyone manny beats his critics says they are shot fighters they just dont admits he is truly a good boxer. and by the way mayweather only insisted this random blood testing idea coz his ducking and he only finds an alibi. you know like a baby....tsk.tsk..
Don't be fooled by Floydfan, he's kapwa Pinoy pretending to be a black american, perhaps he's just lonely and missed his love ones and needs attention from anyone. Good for him that he likes Floyd, but he doesn't need to put down his own homeboys.
Floydfan is a Filipino fan of Paquiao like everyone else who come into this site. Remember that 99.9% who come into this site are Filipinos either living in the Philippines or abroad. The other 1 % are white Americans or Mexicans, but no blacks at all. Or, I could be wrong, Floydfan could be a Negrito from Negros, but it's unlikely, coz Negrito still can't read and right to date. So, it's hard to tell, unless he'll give us some idea by truthfully revealing himself, but he knows that it's a crazy idea, but who knows, he might comply with the crazy request.
negros are the heavy baggage of american govt. they are the ones filling the jails in america and carting all the food stamps and just rely on welfare. They are the ones who will mug and robe you on dirty streets and subways. They are the big crack dealers exemplified by the gayweather family. Such a disgrace to american society.
The biggest problem with people of all races is the fact that whenever one person or group make a racial comments towards another race, the reactions are not only focus to that single person or group, but to the entire race, which is totally unacceptable. A good example is the racial comments made by Floyd directed to Pacquiao and some argue to all Filipinos, peoples reactions mostly blame Floyd which is totally acceptable and true, but to say that all black americans are also racist is not fair and very wrong. It's like just saying that the person who killed the popular congressman is from bisaya, therefore we must label that all visayans are killers. It doesn't make any sense at all. So, pls be warned not to generalize by judging a certain group of people by the action of one, coz it just make people ignorant.
I understand that negros are not dog eaters but rather human eaters. In short they are cannibals ha ha ha...
floyd up the ante with his tirades knowing that the fight will not happen. it is his way of saving face after he ducked margarito twice and the pacman twice. now he will have a valid justification of not figthting the pacman since the fans are losing interest anyway. good move from a ducker, now he is back to fighting has been, faded ones, bloated ones, senior citizens and boxing scribes will be back praising him of his genius in the ring for beating the shot fighters, after all he is the best that america has to offer at this time.
Margarito is nothing but a fraud who after he was caught trying to cheat, he was competely over-matched by Shane Mosley, a guy who lost nearly every round to Floyd Mayweather Jr. As for Manny Pacquiao, he ducked the blood tests because they can reveal that he had been using HGH.
how about the scripted fight of shameweather and mosley, is that not a fraud?
his busy- buddy and fellow black mosley is defending him right now, what a shame.
floyd returned in 2009 to fight a much smaller opponent then cheated at the scales, then he fought a scripted fight with an aging fighter way past his prime and has not fought for over a year. i guess everyone knows who the real fraud is (clue: his name is floyd mayweather jr.)
That nigger don't deserve a fight with pacman...
three losses, two draws and BEEN KNOCKED OUT TWICE!!!
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Yeah he must be deported to the jungle of Africa. Watch out Obama! this ducker has no place in America
bogus fighter fraud gayweather has six losses in boxing ha ha ha...In that six losses two came from one mexican fighter ha ha ha...
why don't everyone admit... black american and filipinos are racist...
exuse me filipino are not racist....i can prove that to u....
There's a somewhat truth in the statement that Filipinos and Black American are racist, is there any difference between the two when it comes to racism?
According to Webster Racism is:
1.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
Discrimination is defined as follows:
1. Treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
2. The power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
Base upon the definition above, which racism or discriminatory belief applies to Black Americans or Filipinos, is there any difference? Be the judge for yourself and be fair and honest. Remember 99.99% come into this site are Filipinos.
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Yes That's true. You don't need to go to other countries to prove how racists Filipinos are.
Filipinos from States look down to Filipinos in the Philippines. They will say things like "Walang ganyan sa States".
Tagalogs look down to Filipinos from provinces and they call them "PROMDI". They even make fun of their accents in the movies and TV shows.
Cebuanos look down to people from Mindanao. When they see something they don't like with their friends they will say "Mura man kag (Name of a tribe)". Translation: You're like a (Name of a tribe).
Tribes from Mindanao look down to other tribes they think lower than them.
That's the sad fact!
listen you all:
why glorify that monkey with $40M added to his pocket? forget it.
Apology wS totaly fake, i can't beleivehim saying hè is just having fun .
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