Paulie Malignaggi warned us: “Al Haymon can manipulate anything.”
Just want to put this out there. I have an ever so slight suspicion that Al Haymon could scheme to frame Manny Pacquiao with a fake positive drug test via his and Richard Schaefer’s association with Travis Tygart at USADA. Not saying it will happen, just a remote possibility. Hopefully it won’t.
A few elements aroused my suspicions. The weird, nervous, weak, pre-scripted manner that Mayweather spoke in at the press conference on Wednesday. The sneaky smile he gave Bob Arum when they shook hands, which conveyed a message of, “You old fool, I’m gonna have the last laugh, just you wait.” And, most curiously, last night, Keith Thurman actually said in an interview at the Spike Boxing card in California, that if Pacquiao drops out of the May 2 Mayweather fight, he would step in as a replacement if that’s what Al Haymon wanted.
Whoa. That’s a red flag in itself. Now combine that with the fact that Mayweather was forced into signing to fight Pacquiao by Les Moonves and the overall weirdness of the press conference, AND the infamous Paulie Malignaggi quote: “Al Haymon can manipulate anything. What Al Haymon wants Al Haymon gets.” I’m beginning to smell a rat.
Again, I want to remind you that this is just mere speculation. Let’s hope everything is on the level and May 2 does happen without any nonsense or corruption.
