Forget about all the money, all the celebrity interest; Forget about even the implications for the sport of boxing. The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight is actually a story as old as time?The battle between good and evil.
Sure, that?s an awful simplistic away to look at things, especially in this real life, flesh and blood contest. Manny Pacquiao has sinned and may still be sinning for all we know. Floyd Mayweather, despite having a long history of abuse against women and an arrogance in keeping with his ?Money? persona, has also shown a caring, generous side to relatives and friends. Nobody is 100% good or 100% evil.
But you?d have to be blind to not notice that Pacquiao-Mayweather is clearly a good vs. evil drama ready to be played out in front of millions and millions of fans worldwide.
It?s also clear that the parties involved, especially on Pacquiao?s side, are aware of this dynamic.
[To Heck With Objectivity?I want Manny Pacquiao To Win!]
“Floyd is so disrespectful,” Freddie Roach told the media just days after the bout was signed. “Manny is the perfect role model for this fight and Mayweather is not. I told Manny, ‘We’ve got to beat him for the whole world. There’s no way we can’t win this fight.'”
The veteran trainer surely understands that this good vs. evil role play will motivate his iconic fighter and perhaps give him the boost he needs to take him to an even higher level come May 2.
Many, many others have also picked up this narrative and are hoping that the ?good guy? can go out there and humble the multi-millionaire villain.
?For Pacquiao,? said veteran broadcaster ?Colonel? Bob Sheridan, ?I think he?d just like to shut up Mayweather for the rest of the world.?
Of course, to Mayweather, a man who has relished the role of hated villain over the years, all of this good vs. evil talk probably fuels his desire to put in the performance of his life against Pacquiao. In a best case scenario situation for him, Mayweather would find himself standing triumphantly over a knocked out and completely conquered Manny Pacquiao, sneering in defiance to a world that has never loved him as much as they loved Manny.
The drama will play out on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Good vs. Evil. Pacquiao vs. Mayweather.
