Mouthpiece: What Now, Floyd?
By Mitsuru
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The withdrawal of Andre Berto in his January 30th fight date with Shane Mosley further pushed Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s back to the wall. Earlier in the year, Manny Pacquiao boxed and fenced him in and now Shane Mosley will provide the nail on the coffin for Money May to finally man up and step up to the plate lest he will be labeled as the ‘greatest coward of all time.’
This recent development coupled with his impasse with Team Pacquiao regarding the so-called Olympic- style drug testing put Floyd Mayweather, Jr in a very tenuous position. This recent development means Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s days of shooting from the mouth are over and now he has to let his fist do the talking.
The onus is on Floyd to prove to the boxing world that he is for real, and that all his pronouncements of him being the best there is, are not just idle talk. Whereas if he was able to cherry-pick his opponents as well as fight fighters not his size in the past and get away with it, Floyd Mayweather, Jr literally and figuratively will now have to put his money where his mouth is.
After the falling out of his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao, boxing fans will not be too keen of seeing him fight a green fighter like Saul Alvarez or a clown like Paulie Malignaggi or an old man in Nate Campbell or even a smaller Timothy Bradley when a real and ‘badder’ welterweight is just around the corner.
After the falling out of his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao, boxing fans will no longer tolerate him evading and ducking fighters that will challenge his claims of being ’the greatest fighter of all time.’
After the falling out of his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao, fans will not look at him too kindly while he continues to fleece them of their hard-earned PPV money.
After the falling out of his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao, his being a disciple of the roadrunner is over. Yes, he can still run but he cannot hide. Or better still, he cannot run and hide at the same time now. He is left with no other choice but to toe the line and fight Mosley, if you ask me.
After Manny Pacquiao, Mosley is the next best thing there is for Mayweather since he would never step up to fight Paul Williams anyway. You bet, he won’t and will never do a Pacquiao, that is, climb up in weight, fight and challenge bigger and meaner fighters than himself.
And despite his age, Shane Mosley is a legitimate P4P elite fighter. Despite his age, Mosley is still sugary sweet and will be a handful inside the ring for any opponent. Another thing, Mosley is a fighter who will bring the fight to his opponent which will make this one a really good fight. Most of all, Mosley called out Floyd and actually embarrassed him right after his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
But this makes us think if and when the fight actually happens, will Golden Boy Productions and Team Mayweather do an Olympic- style drug testing under the USADA aside from the customary testing being done by the Nevada State Athletic Commission since Mosley is an admitted PEDs user?
If Mayweather will not fight Pacquiao, I believe, this fight is the next best thing although I will not deal now with the hypocrisy of preferring to fight an admitted steroids and EPO user rather than fighting a fighter who has never tested for one nor has proven links to people and companies that deal with PEDs.
But this also makes me realize that if and when the fight actually happens, Mayweather can prove to all of his critics and detractors that he is really the fighter that he says he is. He can now silence them and even earn their respect because this will be his most important fight to date and a step up towards becoming a real man. This will be a very significant one if he is really keen on a ‘Battle Royale’ with the Pacman later in the year.
So, your move Floyd.
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Don’t you know Andre wins the fight for accepting bigger pay than mosley to stage a fight with Gayweather, we all know Mosley have no chance with Berto,but Gayweather will f*(k the old Mosley….
@dshaun
pls give me some proof that pac is juiced! if none, then shut the fuck up! you moron! floyd the best?? hahahah! yeah you’re right! he is the GCOAT! greatest coward of all time! best among all the cowards! and by the way, just tell to your pimp gay that you fight the best before talking too much! if not, then kiss his dirty ass forever!
F*** you all pactards im the best and i’m gonna show ya i’ll beat the sh*t out of that sugargay mosley.. he knows he can gain more if he losses… nyahahaha!!!
im counting 41 wins alrEADY money money money more money!!!!
Floyd Gayweather will not fight Mosley!
Wait and see you people. Should he fight against Mosley it’s a fight that’s already a done deal. Watch out you imbecile PBFjr fans!
So dshaun. Has Mayweather accepted the Mosley fight? I hope you are right. I am looking forward to that fight. Where did they post it or anounce it? Please send the link. I have a lot more respect for Mayweather now if he’s taken this fight. Win or lose, I think he has gained the respect of a lot of boxing fans out there. dshaun, please send the link or tell us where it was anounced.
Deshaun, your idol Money Gay will surely school Mosley and Pacman. Gayman will teach them the art of DUCKING & CHICKENING….
This was all expected when manny pulled out from the fight. Mayweather had no choice anyways. He’d have to fight somebody credible ‘less he cements his legacy as a ducker. He needed somebody to pull enough PPV’s to beat manny-clottey fight.
It’s all good for PBF. But until I see him signing the contract and the him getting into the ring with mosley, this is all bull crap.
This will put both Manny and PBF in equal footing again in the negotiating table if they dispose of both of these tune up fighters.
Tell your boy PBF to just sign the contract. Mosley is ready! Or maybe he is having second thoughts again…. We’ll see….
Are you not ashamed of yourself, FLOYD??? Haven’t you noticed that there’s a lot of people in boxing are now calling you a big coward of all time. We wanna hear your battlecry Floyd when you challenged Pac, “man up and step up to the plate” Pac. We are waiting your call to Mosley to man up and step up to the plate.
Where are you, FLOYD??? Are you hidin’ inside the closet? You are so scared huh??? Your fans are like morons for really believe your greatness in boxing. Don’t disappoint them FLOYD coz they are being ridiculed as like you are being ridiculed by a lot of people in boxing. Pls. come out from hiding FLOYD. Floyd, I want you to say tomorrow Jan. 20, 2010 that you wanna fight Mosley or else you don’t really deserved to be respected by us (millions of people in boxing world).
Pac is our brave man of all time the greatest!!!
floyd has been ducking mosley all these times…he’s scared shit of mosley, cotto, margarito, williams and pacquiao. if he accept this fight with mosley (of which i have doubts)…there will be concessions, i can feel it. THIS FIGHT WILL BE A CHARADE, ZARZUELA, SCRIPTED, A BIG DRAMA. THIS WILL BE A VERY BIG CHEAT TO ALL BOXING FANS. GBP IS GOOD IN DOING THIS…FIXING A FIGHT!
If and when mayweather will take this bout with mosley (which i don’t he will), and if mosley will be in an olympic style test, and the result is positive, will mayweather fight mosley? i think another excuse to ducked a real welterweight fight! lol what a man?!!!
I smell something fishy with this ” snap ” Mosley/Mayweather fight. No offense to Berto and his devastated nation. But if I were Berto, I would show them the true heart of a champion by going ahead with his fight against Mosley. This will be his defining moment that he truly fights for himself and his beloved country. That no kind of tragedy or distraction will make him quit in his quest for greatness. There will be lot of boxing fans who will start questioning the timing of the cancellation of the fight. Is GBP concocting another senister maneuver to let Mosley/Mayweather fight happen, to compete against the Pacquiao/Clottey fight ? Is the GBP trying to rehabilitate the image of Mayweather, after Floyd’s and GBP antics boomeranged on them ? The ” soup ” that the Mayweathers and GBP have have prepared is beginning to taste like its been ‘ fucked up “.
From reading some of the responses, I don’t think there are a lot of boxing fans here.
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Why is Mayweather all of a sudden silent about who he will fight? Was he shocked Mosley is now available all of a sudden to fight him? I can hear him from distance saying “quack, quack, quack…”.
I am sure Mayweather will take this fight with Mosley. His undefeated record does not mean much now. Though, I have to question the CREDIBILITY of a fight if fighters are subjected to frequent blood drawing..
Are fights still credible like usual if the fighters are subjected to an unprecedented several blood drawing prior to their fight??
As a would-be audience, I think my question is legitimate.
My Xylocaine tainted idol is still reading the Scripted-Fight-Guide (page 1) and so is Shane the shame. Shane is getting some important points from Oscar dela Pinyata. Watch out Pacquiaonatics, this will outsell and break any PPV buys in the history of FIXed boxing. Bwaaa ha ha ha ha!
i want to see mayweather fight paul williams,sergio martinez,even margarito i think mayweather is really good and can beat these guys but we will never know cause he does not want to fight anyone in his own weight class. all these guys were in his weight class and wanted to fight floyd but he never gave them a chance. and when he asked mosley to fight him mosley had lost to vernon forest twice. mayweather needs to prove to us that he is great by beating great fighters in his weight class.oscar de la hoya was a fat promoter when he faught mayweather oscar in his prime would have killed mayweather.