Believe not a word Mayweather says

By Al S. Mendoza

 

HERE we go again.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has always been known to sow intrigues.

His latest rap on the Manny Pacquiao camp was one of monumental monstrosity.

Remember that chance meeting between Mayweather and Pacquiao in Miami during the Miami-Milwaukee NBA game?

Mayweather stood up from his chair and went to Pacquiao seated from across the hard court.

Nobody knew what they talked about.

Even Pacquiao himself refused to talk, merely saying that “the quick meeting with Mayweather was positive.”

Now, listen up, fellas.

In that off-ring encounter, Mayweather allegedly told Pacquiao the Filipino ring icon is being robbed blind by Bob Arum.

No less than several of my colleagues in the sportswriting profession believe that.

I don’t.

According to rumors peddled by supposedly knowledgeable folk from the local sports, Mayweather has told Pacquiao that Arum has been unfairly treating PacMan all this time on money matters.

Arum has been Pacquiao’s boxing promoter for almost 10 years now.

I cannot believe the rumors because, look, since Pacquiao officially shacked up with Arum in 2006, PacMan has never had it so good.

In only a few years, in only a few fights, Pacquiao has become not just a millionaire but a billionaire.

If you can believe Mayweather’s accusation, then you can also believe all previous charges he had hurled on PacMan.

Like, did not Mayweather accuse Pacquiao one time of using steroids to bulk up and increase PacMan’s punching power?

And did not Mayweather also accuse Pacquiao of being a coward when PacMan initially refused to go through the blood-testing procedure demanded by The Money at the start of fight talks?

Now, if ever Mayweather did tell Pacquiao that Arum has been shortchanging him all this time, I have but one explanation for this:  That’s part of Mayweather’s tactic to derail and distract the mind of Pacquiao.

Stop being gullible, fellas.

Ignore Mayweather’s overtures.

You know how it is in boxing:  Not just physical but also mental combat.

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By the way, Matutina’s in Urdaneta City was overflowing with customers as usual when Jake P. Ayson and I had lunch there on Wednesday on our way to Baguio to officiate in the Baguio Country Club Member-Guest Golf tournament.  But again, I am not surprised.  The quality of food at Matutina’s remains excellent as ever—a chief consideration of every gourmet.  What makes Matutina’s all the more super is, it has kept its prices low all these years—so exceedingly low in fact that you leave the place fully contented and yet, your wallet is virtually almost untouched. Cheers! 

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