I will leave the subject of penis envy to Freud and his followers.
But, when it comes to Pacquiao envy, it?s difficult to decide who has the worse case of this malady, Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Oscar De La Hoya.
I didn?t see it and hear it but they tell me that Oscar, already a Pacman beatdown victim, went into overdrive on ESPN Friday Night Fights hyping prospect (now suspect) Vicious Victor Ortiz like he was Billy Mays peddling OxiClean on a late night commercial.
You?d have to say that Oscar is a better pitchman than Mays since the bearded screamer died this past weekend in Florida.
I get it, De La Hoya is a salesman like any fight promoter. He is not sworn to tell the truth under penalty of perjury or anything else.
I understand the cupboard of talent at Golden Boy is threadbare.
Oscar is retired.
Sugar Shane Mosley is a sourpuss without an opponent.
Bernard Hopkins wants robber baron money to fight anyone with a pulse.
Uber prospect James Kirkland languishes in a federal jail in Texas.
And now Ortiz?s halo has been dimmed somewhat by his KO loss to Marcos Maidana, an opponent Richie Rich Schaefer whines was forced upon GBP by paymaster HBO.
Imagine that, teacher?s pet made to eat a rotten apple by teacher. Tsk, tsk.
But Schaefer should know HBO?s job is to hold the Golden feet to the competitive fire in order to get scintillating matches.
Golden Boy?s days of the free HBO pass may be dwindling.
Perhaps Oscar and pals learned a lesson here. Such a defeat after such overselling can be humbling, you know.
No more comparisons of a 22-year-old to Pacquiao.
It just generates bad karma, Golden guys, it really does.
One fight can make such a comparions terribly odious or, as Billy Mays would’ve put, Kaboom!
