If Pacquiao Doesn’t Fight Mayweather Next Will Boxing Die?
Well, that wasn’t too shocking was it? Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, decimated Shane Mosley (46-7-1) to cruise to an easy unanimous decision victory on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacquiao made Mosley taste his power with a third round knockdown and Mosley wanted no parts of Pacquiao from that point on. It was ugly, one-sided and something fight fans were upset that they paid to watch. Not because of Pacquiao, but because Mosley ran like a scalded dog for the entire fight.
“Nobody can really perform against him,” Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum said. “Some of these guys are pretty good fighters, but nobody in their whole experience has ever faced somebody like (Pacquiao). Everybody is going to look the same way.”
Everybody except possibly one fighter: Floyd Mayweather Jr. For all that it has taken to get these two fighters in the ring, both owe it to the boxing community to set their egos aside and step into the ring to settle the burning question, “Who is the best pound for pound fighter in the world today?”
At this point, it appears the ball is in Mayweather’s court. Pacquiao has said time and time again he wants to give fans what they want. He’s also said that he doesn’t know why Mayweather won’t get into the ring with him. If you recall, this discussion has been ongoing for the past couple of years. A proposed March 2010 fight fell apart when the two sides couldn’t agree on the type of drug testing needed to make the fight happen.
Mayweather would go on to defeat Mosley in a one-sided affair while Pacquiao easily got beat by Joshua Clottey. The two sides began to negotiate again, and once again talks fell apart as Mayweather opted not to answer the call of Pacquiao and the Pac Man opting to beat down Antonio Margarito to become the first eight division world champion in the history of the sport. With Pacquiao’s drubbing of Mosley, the fact of the matter is that boxing fans cannot continue to watch the two best fighters in the world dance around each other for the rest of their careers. The fight needs to happen and it needs to happen sooner than later. Public interest is still buzzing and there is no doubt that this would be the biggest fight in perhaps the history of the sport. Aside from that, you are looking at a purse of roughly $50 million for each fighter. It makes absolutely no sense why these two won’t fight, unless one party is truly scared of losing.
Ultimately, this fight needs to happen for the fans that have been asking for it. There’s truly nobody else that the fans want to see Pacquiao beat up. The same can be said for Floyd Mayweather. They hold the future of the sport in their hands. If they don’t make the fight happen, boxing should have its life support plug pulled and rest in peace. They owe it to fight fans, they owe it to the legendary fighters like Ali, Frazier, Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, Tyson, Robinson, Louis and all the greats that fought the best possible fighters around.
Mayweather is a coward, so he will rather commit felonies to land in jail than to face-off toe to toe with the Pac Man
take the test manny and you’ve got a fight
wow this was boring. MMA is officially the best combat sport there is.
Manny should consider retiring from boxing and remain as the greatest fighter of all times, and spend his precious time with family — he and his wife watch their lovely children growing. Also, its an opportune time to help the poor Filipino people who have idolized, loved and continuously supported him throughout his carrier. That will be a classic life experience.
Meantime, Pacquiao will give Floyd MayWeather Jr.an opportunity to rediscover himself for the greatest opportunity (perhaps fame and riches) foregone.
Neither of them want to fight. They both have too much to lose. Pacman does not want people to find out he trains with the aid of drugs. May weather is just a has been coward.
As you can see from the answers. Boxing would be stale till the next big thing. I wouldn’t say mayweather is a coward. All pacquiao has to do is take a piss test. Mosley took it, mosley stated he took it and how easy it was. People in other sports do this regularly.
I mean, if it’s someone running, it isn’t mayweather. But people don’t realize it, cause they don’t like mayweather jr beeeecause he plays the villain role to a tee or it’s just racism fueled anger.
I feel that the majority of fans now are idiots and the 2 fighters don’t owe fans anything. Let’s face it the loser is going to lose a huge amount of fans. 90% of them are on the bandwagon and will only like a fighter as long as he’s winning.
mayweather is the one causing this fight not to happen! pacquiao has agreed to drug testing and floyds camp gets sketchy at last minute every time! floyd doesnt want to lose! pacquiao says he will fight anytime! DONT GET IT MIXED UP! and the fight can go either way but my money is on pacman!
Mayweather is just scared that the Pac Man will serve him in front of his fans this fight should go on, sometime next year in 2012.
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