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But the way Mayweather missed the weight gave a lot of people the impression that he did not even intend to make that weight. If he intend to remain within the weight agreement in the Pacquiao fight (and it would not be a hardship on his part since he made it in his last fight), then the $ 10,000,000 demand would not even be an issue. The other option that Team Pacquiao could have asked is for the fight to be cancelled if either of them missed weight which had happened in the Corrales-Castillo III. Would you rather have that stipulation?


There is a certain level of vacuity that inundate much of the analysis of the MP PBF issue. Floyd Maweather's decision to pay a fine rather than risk going into a fight in weaken state because of weight loss is quite consistent with the condition of random drug testing he demanded from Manny. PBF wants to leave the profession with a clean bill of health mentally and physically. Unfortunately for his reputation, the boxing fan base, in its postulations, tend to reflect a the condition of the very loss of the acuity he is trying like hell to avoid. In this context they skirt the obvious and sound rational behind his decisions, because, for them, they are inconsistent with their visceral desires. Boyoboy, Jack Johnson would have loved this crowd.

Floyd Mayweather took accountabilty for not making weight. He paid up and did not make any excuses. Like you said, he never intended to make that weight. You did not then proceed to the next logical step and examine why. You display this same kind of convenient abortion in your thought processes when examining MP position. It is sophopmoric, (and I am using a euphemism here), to continue with the crap that MP refused the condition because PBF asked for it. He refused because random drug testing would have exposed his use of PEDs. Simple

You are presenting suppositions in defense of MP refusal to undergo random drug testing, and to paint PBF as the villian. It is silly, I am sorry. The fight ended because MP refused to undergo random drug testing. Presenting a treatise based on PBF not making an agreed upon weight limit and paying a penalty cannot obfuscate that reality.

Floyd Mayweather is not in the class of Mohammed on an activism and spiritual level, but in many ways their basic personalities are the same. They both exhibit a brashness and confidence that brings out visceral hate in some, who then become devoid of logic and commonsense in their reasonings. Someone asked Ali once how many people he expected would be coming to a fight to see him win. He said he did not know, but what he knew was that a significant number would be coming to see him get beat. Or words to that effect anyway.

If I was PBF I would retire after beating Mosely and never fight again. That would be the sweetest revenge he could have on his haters. They would develop reflux and maybe ulcers from disappointment and frustration over missing out on the vicarious thrill of seeing get beat down. And they would be deserving of the burning bile that is symptomatic of the consequence of such an emotional let down.