This is the video interview I did seconds after Manny Pacquiao demolished Antonio Margarito, a guy who Floyd Mayweather Jr. avoided like he carried Bubonic Plague.
Now I’m not saying Margarito was the same “most feared in boxing” guy by the time Pacman did a Texas Two Step on him but the Mexican was beaten from pillar to post over 12 rounds.
I’m sticking to my guns, adhering to my view that Pacquiao can actually outbox Mayweather–mainly by by using a busier punch rate–and that he can hand L’il Floyd his first Big Loss either that way or, if Mayweather does at any point choose to fully engage, by outslugging him.
I keep going back to Mayweather’s second round wobble against May 7 Pacman foe Sugar Shane Mosley. I was in Gensan when that fight went down–or should I say when Mayweather almost went down like a ship with a drunken crew?–and I remember the glint in Pacquiao’s eye when he told me that “if I hurt Mayweather like that, I will finish him.”
My comments herein were attacked at length by one of Mayweather’s self-appointed, self-annointed “hitmen.”
In an extremely unprofessional provocation, “Karceno4Life” went on an aimless, painless rant about my opinions that bordered on boxing insanity.
(See Mayweather’s ultimate, “we didn’t ask your promoter” hypocrisy.)
“Karceno4Life” then described Pacquiao’s ring skills as minimal at best and said watching the Pinoy Idol fight is “like Amateur Night at the Apollo.”
I don’t take such back and forth pugilistic patter personally. It can be good fun, reminiscent of the old debates the Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali fans roaring at each other.
But the one angle that strangles the “Mayweather Mafia” every time is Mayweather’s reluctance.
(See that fountain of ignorance named Roger Mayweather, erupting on Pacman, Coach Roach yet again. Anyone out there who translates gibberish?)
“Bring me the head of Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao!”
That’s what every Mayweather fan wants to hear.
Instead, “Money” circulates a goofy photo of his all cash 34th birthday cake.
Now who can best be compared to “Amateur Night at the Apollo,” Kareceno4Life?
