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DREAM ON SCHAEFER, DREAM ON By Ed de la Vega, DDS PhilBoxing.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009  Richard Schaefer, the Golden Boy Promotions CEO indicated in a statement to Bill Eames of BoxingScene that sounded like a broken record, that should the Pacquiao-Mayweather ever happen, their boy Mayweather must get the bulk of the prize money. Schaefer in essence stated that since the Marquez-Mayweather fight made a million or so PPV, a fight in the future with Pacquiao should merit Mayweather the most money. Huh? Schaefer without doubt is solely crediting Mayweather for all the PPV buys. That is patently wrong! He completely ignored all the other factors that resulted to the PPV buys such as the rebate program from Tecate’ Beer that gave the PPV buyers some sort of discount, thus an incentive to buy PPV. To them it’s not about Mayweather. It is about saving money. And what about Juan Ma. Marquez? Was he totally a none-factor? Did you really think that if Mayweather stood on that ring alone, people will still buy PPV? Schaefer’s statement is a gigantic slap in the face of the sponsors like Tecate and of course, Marquez. And, to all the Mexican boxing fans as well. Apparently, they do not count as far as Schaefer is concerned. It seems that GBP used Marquez only to perpetuate the marketability of Mayweather. I sure can’t call that fair, much less as advancing the cause of Marquez who is a mainstay in their stable of boxers. Hey Richard, did it ever occur to you that perhaps the reason why the PPV was so high was because of the legions of Latinos that bought PPV to watch Marquez fight? Or are you just so closed-minded that nothing outside of Mayweather ever matter any more? Let me just remind you if I may, of certain facts that matter. First, Pacquiao gradually went up the ladder to challenge champions in the weight classes above his natural fighting weight. And, he beat them all. Diaz, De La Hoya and Hatton. Your boy Mayweather, in the meanwhile fought Marquez who is several weight classes below his weight class. I call that “creative match-making”. Now, you can call my statement as trivial. But that is the truth, and the truth matters! Second, Pacquiao is the present holder of the mythical title “pound4pound best boxer”. And he earned it too! Yes, your boy used to hold that title but he gave it up in lieu of facing guys his size. He would rather retire than face the possibility of losing. What a lame act! For Mayweather to get it back, he must win it on the ring against worthy opponents on the same weight-class like Mosley, Williams, Margarito, and Berto. Or even Pacquiao. Until he does that, he does not have legitimate reason(s) to squawk about being the best pound4pound anymore! It seems to me that the only raison d’etre why you and the Mayweather camp have been focusing on the money issue is because you know that Pacquiao is not going to fight for lesser money than Mayweather, or even a 50-50 split. Why should he? Pacquiao does not need Mayweather as much as Mayweather needs him. And if Pacquiao does not agree with your terms, the fight does not happen. From my perspective, it seems that is the scenario Mayweather is really hoping for because he is totally afraid of Pacquiao much like he is afraid of Mosley, Williams, Margarito and Berto. So Mayweather will find all the reasons to evade Pacquiao including zeroing on the most sensitive issue there is:- Money! In his heart Mayweather knows that if he accepts a fight with the Filipino spitfire, there is a better than good chance he will be exposed. We all know that Mayweather is so in love with himself that he will go out of his way so as not to lose. And if a push becomes a shove, he would rather retire for the second time than fight Pacquiao. Mayweather totally know that if he losses to Pacquiao, his practice of cherry-picking opponents to perpetuate his record of being undefeated will vanish and his ability to flaunt himself as the best there is will disappear as well (Read: no mo’ big money to make). Mayweather knows that Pacquiao gets better as he moves up and he carries his power to any weight class he goes up to. So he is not about to fight him. Richard, I know you may not agree with me at all. And, you may even be really pissed with me. But please be realistic and prove me wrong. Convince your boy to fight Pacquiao for the glory and not for the money so people can see how he will fare against guys with the potentials to legitimately obliterate him. If he conquers Pacquiao, then he has a justifiable reason to show the boxing world that he is really one of the best there is. I said, “one of the best there is”, not the very best. To be the best he still has to conquer Mosley, Margarito, Williams and even Berto. Until that day happens, you will be hard pressed to convince boxing fans, myself included, that your boy deserves what you wrongly think he does. In the meantime, in so far as Mayweather getting a bigger share than Pacquiao, I say it’s not going to happen. So, the best you can do for now is dream on! Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ed de la Vega, DDS.  |
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