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Rooting for Mayweather

We state to all and sundry that we are rooting for Floyd Mayweather in his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2.

We come out with this prediction two months before the super fight between Hon. Manny Pacquiao, the lone representative from Sarangani and businessman Floyd Mayweather.

We declare without even batting an eyelash that we bet our last five centavos in favor of the businessman.

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If you want to know why, just read on. The reasons why we go to Mayweather is being listed by what the fox say, just like what the song said.

Well, this may trigger varied reactions as the Filipino boxing fans will surely empty their pocket s and bet for the honorable congressman-KIA playing coach-evangelist-singer-former lover boy and what have you.

But given the premises that we will outline in this corner, one should better think twice before betting for the ex-Catholic Pacquiao.

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At the outset, Mayweather met Pacq uiao at his hotel room in Miami after watching the ball game with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) before he signed the contract for the fight.

Incidentally, the details of such meeting between Mayweather and Pacquiao were not disclosed by either camp.

The fight promoters just made the announcement of the fight days later after the said meeting.

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What could be the substance of that meeting? That will definitely determine the outcome of the May 2 fight indeed.

No one can tell what the two fighters discussed in that meeting but it actually triggered the signing of the contract. We can just amplify on the status of the two fighters in order to come up with a subjective conclusion of that meeting.

Pacquiao has been making the challenge years ago but Mayweather seemed to look the other way around. Finally, Mayweather signed the contract.

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Do you think he will just sign the contract without taking advantage of his side?

No. 1, all the tickets for the May 2 fight were under the control of Mayweather. The Mayweather Productions is taking the lead in the fight. Bob Arum?s Promotions just take the supporting cast.

The biggest chunk of the fight goes to Mayweather. The Manny Pacquiao (MP) Promotions is out of the picture. In other words, Mayweather will be laughing all his wan to the bank after the fight.

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To make the story short, who will come out the winner in the May 2 fight? Definitely, it is the businessman Floyd Mayweather.

Pacquiao even declared that there will be no knockout in his fight against Mayweather. His coach, Freddie Roach, has been telling around that Pacquiao will already control the terms in a rematch.

Mayweather has all the reasons to win the fight. Pacquiao has been losing in previous fights. Can?t you read the words between the lines?

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