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May 3rd, 2014 marked the first time in the last
10 years that the boxing public waited in an intense anticipation for a
decision involving Floyd Mayweather Jr. His face showed concern and lacked his
customary look of pure confidence as Jimmy Lennon Jr. revealed the verdict of
his highly entertaining bout with Marcos Maidana.
Floyd’s majority decision win prompted boos from the crowd…
and the reaction could be argued as justified.
The fight was close and provided an immense amount of drama that fans
are not accustomed to seeing with Floyd.
When a fighter as highly touted as Floyd… who flaunts his
undefeated record… not to mention his daily regimen of self-proclamation as
“The Best Ever”… leaves a shadow of doubt in the ring, it must be
addressed. Not because people think that
Maidana will win a rematch… but to prove to the world that he can’t. And won’t.
That’s what legends do… they erase any inclination of
mortality and decimate that clinging thought trapped in the public’s mind that
maybe… just maybe, they can be beaten.
Unfortunately, those are the same reasons why Floyd WILL NOT
grant Marcos Maidana a rematch.
That spec of possibility we all felt awaiting the decision
doesn’t resonate well with the pound-for-pound king… but the consequences of that
resonation infuse fear, not determination.
Floyd has no desire to erase the uncertainty in the minds of many by
jumping back in the ring with Maidana… In his mind he already won.
Floyd is the master manipulator and mark my words… he will
attempt to manipulate the public into thinking they don’t want to see a
rematch.
"I
can really just stay off the ropes totally, and just box and move," said
Mayweather to Boxing Scene.
"When he gets close to me, (I can) just tie him up. I could have done that
all night. If we do fight again, it won't be the same fight. It’ll be totally
different,"
If the pay-per-view numbers don’t break a million, Floyd
will claim that the people aren’t interested in seeing him fight Maidana. Most recently, Floyd Sr. has stated that he
does not think his son should give Maidana a rematch because of his rough house
tactics.
It’s all a spin-control plan to deprive the public of a much
needed second bout. Here's his uncle Roger's thoughts:
"The
fight wasn't near that close. Floyd beat him easy. Floyd put hands on him easy,
but (Maidana) fought a good fight," said Roger in a separate Boxing Scene
report.
Who else is he going to fight in September?
No one wants to see Amir Khan and his religious beliefs
exclude him from the conversation due to his lack of availability in
September. He’s not going to fight Keith
Thurman or Shawn Porter due to the fact that they don’t provide enough
financial reward in their young careers.
A rematch with Cotto (should he win on June 7th)?
Danny Garcia? Besides Thurman and Porter, none of these fights intrigue
me.
There’s already a dark cloud hovering over the legacy of
Floyd Mayweather Jr. for his reluctance to step inside the squared circle with
Manny Pacquiao. Add his refusal to grant
his toughest opponent in the last 10 years a rematch, and the so-called “Best
Ever” will walk away from the sport with more questions than answers.
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