Jeff Mayweather Not Impressed By Pacquiao vs. Mosley
If you want to look at things from a purely economic perspective, the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley was a huge success. ESPN.com boxing writer Dan Rafael tweeted that the fight's $8,882,600 gate is 14th best in the history of fights held in Nevada, and both Pacman and Mosley left Las Vegas with pretty hefty paychecks.
As far as the actual fight is concerned, well, not so much. We all expected it to be a lousy fight, and it was just that. That a lot of people paid good money to watch it is a problem.
All sorts of people have weighed in on just how bad the fight was. But if you're looking for a guy to truly tell it like it is, Jeff Mayweather's your guy. He's the uncle of would-be Pacquiao challenger Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and he made it clear to Examiner.com that he was not impressed.
Said Mayweather:
Well I thought the fight was very boring. The fight could have been better if Shane was willing to take chances but it seemed like once he got dropped he went strictly into survival mode and become way too friendly. I didn't understand that at all. Both fighters, before every round, touched gloves. After every round they touched gloves. And I already knew in the 12th round they was gonna hug each other like they were best friends. It didn't make for a good fight when two guys are getting paid that kind of money and they are that friendly as though they really don't want to hurt one another.
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But wait, it gets better. In addition to thinking the fight itself was boring, Mr. Mayweather didn't think that Pacman looked all that formidable:
I mean, Manny took chances but more or less he exposed himself. He's so one-dimensional it's ridiculous. And when he got really aggressive he threw a hook, left-hand, hook, left-hand. Nothing else. That was the only thing that he did. Occasionally he would throw a body shot but it was so rare. And he couldn't hardly even hit Shane.
Ah yes, that last little jab was probably inevitable. It's common knowledge that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is the only opponent that actually has a chance of beating Pacquiao, and his uncle thinks he would if the two ever stepped into a ring together:
Believe me, if Pacquiao fights like that he has no chance at all. Zero chance. I mean, first of all, he couldn't hit Mosley and Mosley isn't a great defensive fighter. And then, secondly, there were so many times that Mosley could have countered him. He was wide open but Mosley was so caught up in surviving he didn't take no chance. With the speed and timing that Floyd has, and the defense that he has, if he couldn't hit Mosley he sure aint going to hit Floyd, so I see a easy fight for Floyd.
You heard it here first, folks. A member of Mayweather, Jr.'s family thinks Floyd would end Pacquiao's six-year unbeaten streak. Utterly shocking, to be sure.
That's all well and good, but when and if we're actually going to see this fight is the issue here. There is no shortage of road blocks, and Pacquiao's recent collection of opponents would seem to suggest that he has no intention whatsoever of risking his legacy.
Then again, when it comes to boxing, it's all about the almighty dollar. Nothing's impossible as long as there is money to be made.
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