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Mayweather must be crying over spilled milk
Al S. Mendoza
IS it final?
I mean, is the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight finally off?
My take is, it can still be saved.
In boxing, as in politics, nothing is impossible.
The fight was supposed to be held on March 13 in Las Vegas.
At the start, Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s American promoter, was in high spirits after announcing it’d be the mother of all fights.
No fight would have commanded more prize money in history than this one – if it should push through at all.
Look, Arum, when fight talks haven’t gone sour yet, said Pacquiao would pocket no less than $40 million, with Mayweather to get a little less than that.
Mayweather, true to his calling as a certified braggart, initially protested over Pacquiao getting top billing over him.
But I disagree, of course.
Pacman is absolutely the star of the fight, now seemingly doomed like Agbayani’s dream of reclaiming Urduja, now apparently ill-fated as well like Benjie Lim’s attempt to grab yet again the reins at City Hall.
Without a doubt, Pacquiao is the bigger draw of the two, although Mayweather is the one with the unbeaten slate of 40-0, with 25 KOs.
Pacquiao is 50-3-2, with 38 KOs.
But Pacquiao’s last four fights against arguably the best of the lot presently had been more than spectacular. He stopped them all: David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto.
In his comeback fight last September, Mayweather was nothing but a showboat and merely waltzed his way to a boring points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez.
Still – until the talks fell through – a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout would have been the most palatable dish in 2010.
It got torpedoed because – and this you gotta believe – of Mayweather himself.
In a move that didn’t surprise many, including myself, Mayweather detonated what he thought was a bombshell: Pacquiao was on performance-enhancing drugs, such as steroids.
Was he kidding?
Nope. Mayweather was serious.
Not known to take things sitting down, Pacquiao countered by suing Mayweather for defamation.
I agree 101 percent.
Such accusation has to be faced squarely. Not to be laughed at or people might think Pacquiao really used steroids to jump from 112 lbs to 147 lbs in 12 years or so.
Today, I imagine Mayweather, who could lose millions of dollars if Pacquiao wins his court case, ruing and, probably, crying over spilled milk.
He is not as rich as Pacquiao anymore and the lost opportunity of a megabuck fight with Pacman would certainly hit his pocket all the more.
Actually, Mayweather merely wanted to rattle, unnerve and disorient Pacquiao with his steroids charge.
Sadly, it backfired.
In short, Mayweather gambled – and lost.
Against Pacquiao, a known poker player himself, you hardly win – whether atop the ring or off it.
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