Gamer
01-04-2011, 06:36 PM
c/p By Michael Marley
If I was called as a character witness for Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr., I would gladly step to the witness stand.
I would gladly be sworn to tell the truth.
And then I would say, “Li'l Floyd, he is a real character and boxing misses him.”
Boxing cannot endure as a one superstar sport/business. For all of Manny Pacquiao's accomplishments, in and out of the square ring, it becomes monotonous, repetitive and, dare I say it, boring when we have only one worldwide icon.
In keeping with the new year, new decade theme, let's welcome Mayweather back to his office, to doing what he does best.
Unless insanity strikes the key players again, starting with Floyd himself, we shall see a Floyd-Manny fight along about November.
But no one expects Mayweather to take on Manny Pacquiao with an activity gap from May, 2010, to November, 2011.
Whether Mayweather is a figure you love to hate or love to love, I think we can all admit he brings a certain swagger and ebullience to boxing that is sorely missing now.
Having said that, Mayweather has to handle his pesky but not career-wrecking criminal law issues before he can go back to his office.
Certainly and understandably, his lawyers have put a muzzle on him regarding assault allegations on his chiledren's mother and the security guard issues.
But why is it Silent Night for Mayweather when it comes to boxing?
I don't think I'm alone in wanting to hear the sarcastic comments Mayweather must be making privately about Pacquiao picking on his leftovers, meaning Sugar Shane Mosley on May 7.
Let Pacquiao wear the Good Guy mask, that's fine, but I pine for the return of the devil we know, the devil who drives page views, who unleashes fiery blasts at the likes of his ESPN sparring partner Brian Kenny and who generally is rambunctious and obnoxious simultaneously.
Surely, his attorneys have not instructed Mayweather to zip his usually flapping lips about the state of boxing.
Lately, Mayweather has been as quiet as a churchmouse, as low key as a Benedictine monk.
We all know that cannot last, that Mayweather can't bottle himself up this way much longer.
While Mosley comports himself as a gentlemen even when Mayweather ripped into him about his costly divorce, Sugar is all sweetness and light.
It's not in Mosley's nature to really put anyone on extreme blast, to let hot, molten lava flow.
He did not even get angry when he got the short end of the stick in that tedious “draw” against Sergio Mora last September
Mosley's got the laid back mien of a surfer and he is not going to stir the pot.
Come back, Mayweather, you need boxing and boxing needs you.
Let's face it, it is a co-dependency situation.
Not an emergency situation...but it is getting there.
If I was called as a character witness for Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr., I would gladly step to the witness stand.
I would gladly be sworn to tell the truth.
And then I would say, “Li'l Floyd, he is a real character and boxing misses him.”
Boxing cannot endure as a one superstar sport/business. For all of Manny Pacquiao's accomplishments, in and out of the square ring, it becomes monotonous, repetitive and, dare I say it, boring when we have only one worldwide icon.
In keeping with the new year, new decade theme, let's welcome Mayweather back to his office, to doing what he does best.
Unless insanity strikes the key players again, starting with Floyd himself, we shall see a Floyd-Manny fight along about November.
But no one expects Mayweather to take on Manny Pacquiao with an activity gap from May, 2010, to November, 2011.
Whether Mayweather is a figure you love to hate or love to love, I think we can all admit he brings a certain swagger and ebullience to boxing that is sorely missing now.
Having said that, Mayweather has to handle his pesky but not career-wrecking criminal law issues before he can go back to his office.
Certainly and understandably, his lawyers have put a muzzle on him regarding assault allegations on his chiledren's mother and the security guard issues.
But why is it Silent Night for Mayweather when it comes to boxing?
I don't think I'm alone in wanting to hear the sarcastic comments Mayweather must be making privately about Pacquiao picking on his leftovers, meaning Sugar Shane Mosley on May 7.
Let Pacquiao wear the Good Guy mask, that's fine, but I pine for the return of the devil we know, the devil who drives page views, who unleashes fiery blasts at the likes of his ESPN sparring partner Brian Kenny and who generally is rambunctious and obnoxious simultaneously.
Surely, his attorneys have not instructed Mayweather to zip his usually flapping lips about the state of boxing.
Lately, Mayweather has been as quiet as a churchmouse, as low key as a Benedictine monk.
We all know that cannot last, that Mayweather can't bottle himself up this way much longer.
While Mosley comports himself as a gentlemen even when Mayweather ripped into him about his costly divorce, Sugar is all sweetness and light.
It's not in Mosley's nature to really put anyone on extreme blast, to let hot, molten lava flow.
He did not even get angry when he got the short end of the stick in that tedious “draw” against Sergio Mora last September
Mosley's got the laid back mien of a surfer and he is not going to stir the pot.
Come back, Mayweather, you need boxing and boxing needs you.
Let's face it, it is a co-dependency situation.
Not an emergency situation...but it is getting there.