Imagine the AFC and NFC champions balking at playing each other in the Super Bowl. Impossible.
Imagine the National and American League pennant-winners having difficulty coming to terms to meet in the World Series. Impossible.
Imagine the NBA Eastern and Western Conference champions haggling over whether or not to play each other in the Final. Impossible.
Imagine the NHL Eastern and Western Conference winners unsure of whether or not they?ll play for the Stanley Cup.
Imagine the finalists at Wimbledon reluctant to meet at Center Court to vie for tennis? most prestigious trophy. Impossible.
Imagine the two best boxers in their weight class, as well as pound-for-pound, being unable to commit to a bout that would be the richest in their sport?s history. Imposs ? Hang on, that?s actually happening.
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are the best boxers of this still-new century ? period. It is fortunate for boxing fans that they campaign in the same division: welterweight, though they both rose several classes over the years to get there. It is unfortunate for boxing fans that a fight between them ? a natural if there ever was one ? may never occur.
In the latest twist in a drama that has been going on for more than two years, the prison sentence Mayweather was scheduled to begin serving this month on a domestic-violence conviction was postponed until June. That means the May 5 date penciled in for a Mayweather fight against an opponent to be determined is once again viable.
