Las Vegas – The confidence of Floyd Mayweather, odds in his favor and previous domestic violence charges should be enough for this mega event. But another matter will play a major role in the outcome. So he was short and often called ?yellow? by many ignorant observers long before Floyd Mayweather cashed in on the term to make a dollar. I don?t know how ?Money Mayweather? really feels about name calling. I cannot say how he would feel if he was short and yellow and many other stereotypes that perhaps he has escaped because he is rich. MliveMichigan reported: ?Mayweather said he would return to ?cook that little yellow chump,? Pacquiao. After ?I stomp the midget,? Mayweather said he would ?make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.? Mayweather said he ?don?t have the urge to get up? and fight again. ?But when I do got the urge to get up, believe me my UStream and my Twitter fans will be the first to know, and when we do come back, we will kick (Pacquiao?s) (expletive).? Perhaps Mayweather should be concerned when in the ?Philly Shell/high shoulder roll? that if Pacquiao finds a way to angle his body, that every punch is coming from a perceived injustice and lack of respect for him and his people. That Pacquiao might feel like David when he beat Goliath or Buster Douglas when he beat Mike Tyson for his mother who passed away days earlier. It was not supposed to happen but it did. Floyd is not talking and his father has adopted the same philosophy. Strange indeed. DigitalJournal reports: ?Normally, a southpaw fighter would find an orthodox fighter an easy target. But in the case of Mayweather, it may not work naturally because he moves constantly which makes it a bit difficult for a southpaw fighter to hit him. While Mayweather had won fights against southpaw opponents in the past, he may find Pacquiao a different breed of southpaw fighter because he combines left and right hand power punches which will make it very difficult for Mayweather to put up his own defense using the shoulder roll defense. Mayweather could be overwhelmed by Pacquiao’s rapid fire with left and right had power combinations that could make him vulnerable to a lethal left hand power shot by Pacquiao.? These memories for many are not new and easily identified when in past years there were many names for every race from the Irish to the Italians and the African Americans and when an insult occurred a punch was thrown in the streets or on the docks or where ever until we all got even footing in the new world. The Mayweather family can tell you a story about their struggles as well. The only wealth that came in this era was knowledge of boxing passed down from the original warriors to Floyd Jr, the gifted next generation. There will not be any police in the ring to stop this conflict and since long standing beef remains the force is now one of a street justice even though it is in the ring. Pacquiao has besides his boxing skills the weapon of silence. Of keeping his feelings to himself and not gloating. He is an avenger. When fun was made of Freddie Roach and his handicaps before the Brandon Rios fight Pacquiao gave Rios a beating and said little about why or how but simply carried out his mission. For all of us that have endured the N word long before it was fashionable to cry out on subway cars in New York City our great champions spoke the best replies. Same now for Manny Pacquiao who now has his chance to answer a bigger question than whether he used steroids. TheGulfNews reports: He said his ambitions transcend boxing as he considers the sport a vehicle in his pursuit of a life-long passion to help his countrymen. “I can’t resist the urge to help,? he said. ?It’s in my system. I want the Filipino people to always remember that Manny Pacquiao always fought for them, for the people.” There is no disputing the fact Floyd Mayweather is a great and gifted fighter. Those words cannot be attributed to many. When the great and gifted look back do they have an obligation to be silent about their skills and associated weaknesses of human nature. I do not know. I am just trying to live in the cage of my own self but the dismissal and diminution of anyone disturbs me. To be short, the opposite of tall, dark and handsome in our new electronic world of faceies and 6 foot models is to be unknown unless you are Manny Pacquiao or Money Mayweather on the world stage. Win or lose the one with the least verbal baggage to reenter a world that in time will have other great fighters can accept their lives as examples for the next generation to come.
