?My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.?
?Manny Pacquiao I?m calling you out let?s fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see.?
?I?m ready to put my belt up. What about you Manny Pacquiao? Let?s make history.?
-Floyd Mayweather via Twitter,January 10, 2012
On the same day in May 2009 as the Manny Pacquiao/Ricky Hatton match in Las Vegas, only a few hours before the huge pay-per-view event was to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the recently retired Floyd Mayweather saw fit to announce his return bout against Juan Manuel Marquez and held a press conference in Las Vegas, on that same day.
In November 2010, the same month of Pacquiao?s match against Antonio Margarito, and fresh off his one sided victory over Shane Mosley, a viral video surfaced online that showed Mayweather making a long, racist filled rant about the Pac Man, and stated that he was going to beat Pacquiao, then make him serve him rice, among many other ignorant statements.
Within the first week of the new calendar year of 2012, Mayweather once again threw in the proverbial wrench, stealing the show and taking most of the spotlight that he and Pacquiao share while sitting on the top of the sport.
Third time is the charm, right?
This particular wrench though, you have to admit, was expertly thrown.
With Top Rank and Bob Arum content to move forward with plans against another opponent, being as Mayweather was sentenced in December to start a jail term in January, and even a nifty list of four opponents that was made public that Pacquiao would select from, (those lists have been common in the last few fights for Pacquiao), boom!
