If Floyd No Joy Mayweather Jr., was a poker player, he would know what he has to do right now.
Mayweather’s best course of action at this time is inaction. He should heed the song as sung by Kenny Rogers and should prove that he knows when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em.
(In related news, a Las Vegas judge held that Money’s uncle-trainer and former world champion Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather, 48, must stand trial on charges of assault on female boxer Melissa “Guard Your Grill” St. Vil.)
With Manny Pacquiao gobbling up that March 13 date which was supposed to be their super bout date to decide who really is the Greatest Fighter of His Era, Mayweather’s connections look like they are inside a Fryolater bobbing for french fries.
They keep bob, bob, bobing and Mayweather and his handlers will get burned.
It would be insanity to go head to head against the Pacman-Joshua Clottey bout, grandly titled “The Event” at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
Floyd’s Golden Boys keep running various names up the flagpole but nobody saluted for little guys Paulie Malignaggi and Nate “Soupy” Campbell. There are few more level heaeded and neutral fight observers than Keith Idec and here’s a sample of what the NorthJersey.com scribe wrote on Soupy versus Money:
“The same Nate Campbell who nearly lost his last scheduled 135-pound fight to South Africa’s Ali Funeka 11 months ago. The same Jacksonville, Fla., fighter who in his first fight at 140 pounds Aug. 1 appeared well on his way to losing to Timothy Bradley, before Campbell, 37, claimed a cut over his left eye prevented him from continuing in what later was ruled a no-contest.
“If Mayweather wanted to battle Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs, one NC), he’d still be a heavy favorite, but at least he’d be challenged by an improving, undefeated fighter. Facing unbeaten boxers beneath his weight class apparently is too much to ask of Mayweather now, too.
“Then again, many fight fans have helped create this Mayweather monster. His last lopsided welterweight fight against a talented yet overmatched lightweight, Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez, drew about 1.05 million pay-per-view buys.
“With a fight against Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) at the very least on hold until the fall, that’ll only encourage Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) to continue avoiding legitimate welterweight threats.”
Well said, Mr. Idec.
Top of the Floyd flagpole Thursday night and into Friday morning was a legitimate foe, junior middleweight Kermit Cintron. Mayweather is supposedly feeling froggy enough to try on the inconsistent Puerto Rican banger.
But a bout contract must be enroute to Cintron handler Lou DiBella by either snail mail or a revived Pony Express, I don’t know. Diabolical DiBella did pump out a gushing, please invite us to the dance press release making it clearthat Kermit is no hermit and will come to play with Money May for profit.
But now I’m wondering if Cintron-Mayweather is a smoke screen and it seems that L’il Floyd should wait a l’il bit for the winner of the Jan. 30 Andre Berto-Shane Mosley bout at Mandalay Bay.
When not reviewing constant videos of the Cowboy cheerleaders, Pacman promoter Bob Arum has assessed Mayweather’s options. Arum put down his axe to concede that Cintron is worthy for Mayweather.
“With no Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, we looked for an opponent who poses a danger to Manny,” Arum said. “We looked over the field, he’s a strong guy and he lost a split decision to (Miguel) Cotto.
“Mayweather has two ways to go now. He can wait for Berto-Mosley and hope that Mosley wins and looks good doing so. Mosley and Mayweather, that is a good fight which would do some great business,” Arum said. “Or, alternatively, Mayweather can look for a competitive fight like Manny has taken against Clottey. We’re working hard on this show and Jerry Jones says he won’t rest until we get one million buys on the PPV.
“Look, Cintron against Floyd is okay, it’s an okay fight but it won’t do anything like the business that a Floyd fight with Mosley would. So those are Mayweather’s two options.”
Does Arum think Mayweather will bang his head against the wall and insist on going head to head against the Texas extravaganza starring Manny?
“We’ve set things up with In Demand and the other PPV distributors. I think there will only be one show on March 13, that’s what I think.
“But as Mel Brooks said in the movie Blazing Saddles, ‘Let them go!’”
Arum actually used the Yiddish expression for same which I am trying to translate into my best Tagalog.
But you get his point, no?
Mayweather should wait for his Sugar rush, to swoon in June against Mosley.
