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GROWING PROTEST IN ?MAYEATHER-PACQUIAO? By Reni M. Valenzuela PhilBoxing.com Thu, 30 Apr 2015  Consider the holocaust. Imagine Jesus Christ as a crook and drug lord, can He be your Savior? If Adolf Hitler was a great athlete or musician, would you be willing to pay and enjoy watching the man after he massacred two million Jews? What truly matters and lasts, man ignores to his own havoc. It doesn?t matter if ?May-Pac? is already a huge ?success? financially despite everything opposed to sanity, but if pay-per-view buys are way below the producers? expectation / projection of four to five million, that would be good enough a number for people and Heaven to rejoice. ?Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.? - Matthew 7:13-14 Nate Scott of USA Today (4-30-15) confessed in his article just moments ago, ?I will not be watching the fight this weekend. I?d like to say it?s because I?m taking a moral stand against it, and that is a part of it, but it?s also because I can?t justify the cost. It?s too expensive. I remain a hypocrite. This is sports in 2015.? And this is greatness on Nate?s part. There?s a call to boycott the ?Mega Bout? (notwithstanding support for Manny Pacquiao) on account of greed and abuses. And so here comes The Moment to be great for fans, people and media worldwide. But here?s the beef and the weighty issue for everyone to address as the ?fight? of the century approaches. The concern makes everything about ?May-Pac? (with its frantic madness) pales in comparison. The May 2 hype is getting maniacal as dark clouds hover and cover the earth. First off, instead of buying a pay-per-view for me and my family, I have just donated the money to the unfortunate victims of the recent 7.9 earthquake in the country of Nepal. ESPN?s famous sports show host Keith Olbermann is a man, a rare breed in media these days. Boldly he spoke in his program and clamors for a boycott of Floyd Mayweather: ?I will not give Mayweather a dime. He should?ve been banned for life by his sport two, or five, or ten years ago. I will not promote, watch, nor report on Mayweather?s fight. I will boycott it and I urge you to as well.? Quoting from Inquisitr.com (4/26/15): ?Olbermann isn?t boycotting the fight for no reason ? he pointed out Mayweather?s history of violence against women, as well as what he believed was a startling lack of action against him by both law enforcement and the Nevada State Athletic Commission? Olbermann also pointed out how athletes from other sports who were guilty of domestic abuse were often punished more heavily, even if those punishments were still lacking. He brought up Ray Rice, who was suspended from the NFL and has yet to find another team.? Inquisitr.com concludes the article beautifully, ?But while it is important that high profile figures like Olbermann publicly voice their dissatisfaction, there?s another problem to be solved, and it?s one that won?t be affected too much by something like a BOYCOTT: THE SILENCE OF THE MEDIA.? But Melissa Jacobs of The Guardian UK isn?t silent. She titled her piece (4/27/15), ?WHY I CAN?T BRING MYSELF TO WATCH BOXING FIGHT OF THE CENTURY.? Melissa beamed, ?No one involved in boxing is looking out for Mayweather?s victims. No one seems to care or understand how ignoring his crimes is psychologically damaging to all victims, and lays down a red carpet for other perpetrators.? From columnist George Diaz of Orlando Sentinel (4/27/15), ?Mayweather deserves a beat down for abuse against women. He doesn?t discriminate when it comes to fighting. He is very good at beating up men, and women? Before you dish out $99.99 for the HD pay-per-view offering on Saturday, do your homework on Mayweather and his violence against women.? From ESPN?s Outside the Lines interview: Reporter John Barr: ?In your case there?s been actual convictions and no governing body has ever suspended you or sanctioned you. What message do you think that sends victims of domestic violence?? Mayweather: ?Honestly, I want everybody to tune in, May 2nd Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. This is the fight that you can?t miss.? How true, this is the fight that we all can?t miss to BOYCOTT. Be ?hypocrite.? renimvalenzuela@yahoo.com Click here to view a list of other articles written by Reni M. Valenzuela.  |
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