He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.

Holy shiat look at the caption on the video.

Skip Bayless *and* Stephen A. Smith together. ESPN FAIL

I'll believe it when I see it, pussy.

FormlessOne: This. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a friggin' coward when it comes to fighting Manny. That's why the games, the big mouth, the running & hiding

No shiat. It looks to me like the Mayweather camp is making an incredibly obvious ploy. To wit:

Mayweather: "We're fighting May 5 at the MGM."

Pacquiao: "That's the first I've heard of it. You never even approached our camp for venue or gate negotiations. We're way more than ready to talk -- just use the proper channels."

Mayweather (next week): "zOMG WE TRIED TO SET UP TEH FIGHT BUT MEANY SED NO!1!!1!11!"

It seriously looks to me like Mayweather making a pathetic last-ditch effort to save face for his inexcusable ducking of Pacquiao.

So sad. Mayweather could have had his legacy cast in marble among the greats.

I mean, Michael Spinks is in the Hall of Fame, and I can't think of anybody who thinks less of him for taking his one loss -- his legendary 91-second ass-whupping at the hands of Mike Tyson -- rather than retiring undefeated.

Mayweather could take a lesson on what it means to be a man and do what's best for the sport that's been so good to him.

Lost in all of this is Floyd getting absolutely owned yesterday on the radio by Rude Jude, who called him out for dodging Pacquiao.

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PunchDrunkPanda:

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place,

lol wut

Boxing needs to do something to get people watching again.. and to stay watching.
Even the old timers at my gym are starting to drop boxing.. and the younger people.. it's all UFC.

PunchDrunkPanda: Quiefenburger: PunchDrunkPanda:

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place,

lol wut

Yes?

Mayweather sucker punched his opponent to end the fight and you call that getting "put in his place". You all good with nut punches and eye gouging too?

Mateorocks: I don't think less of Spinks for fighting Tyson, but I certainly remember how badly he went down -- and that easily taints his legacy, HOF or not. It's like he was crippled with fear in that fight, thus he was exposed.

Then let me ask it this way: Do you think Spinks would be as respected now had he retired undefeated, deciding to avoid Tyson to preserve his record?

My point is that, yes, Spinks didn't get to retire with the vaunted "undefeated" banner... but nobody has ever smeared his legacy due to ducking a fearsome opponent. I contend that, had he avoided Tyson, he would be referred to as "the guy who retired undefeated but ducked Tyson." That would be a horrible, but truthful, smear on his legacy.

Mayweather is, on the other hand, appears to be willfully accepting of a legacy as "the guy who retired undefeated but ducked Pacquiao." That's crap.

Moopy Mac: What other excuses can Mayweather make? Now he is coming up with conditions, like setting the date and venue of the fight before even talking to the other side (this fight should be in Cowboy Stadium). He doesn't want this fight to happen.

When it was time for Bobby Fischer to defend his world chess championship against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer started fighting with FIDE, the governing body. He refused to defend unless FIDE agreed to a whole list of demands -- most of which were well outside the norms of the day -- and he considered the list non-negotiable.

FIDE, deciding that it was important for the match to go on, gave in to all of his wacky demands except for just part of one: Fischer had demanded that the first player to 10 wins (draws not counting) would be deemed champion, but if the match ever reached a record of 9-9, then it would be ended there and Fischer would retain his title.

This stipulation effectively gave Fischer the advantage of forcing Karpov to beat him by at least two games to win the title. FIDE thought it was an unfair advantage -- indeed, no other champion had ever been given such favorable terms -- and declined to accept that one particular term in toto. They accepted that the match could go to 10 wins with draws not counting (even though that would probably drag the match on for a month or more), but even if Karpov won the match 10-9 he would win the title from Fischer.

Fischer declared that not acceding to even part of one point was not enough, and he refused to defend. The title was accordingly awarded directly to Karpov.

It is widely thought in chess circles that Fischer simply did not want to defend against Karpov, whose playing style was kind of a novelty at the time. Fischer hadn't played a world-class match since winning his title three years previously, and therefore was mentally kind of rusty. Furthermore, he would be going up against a young, hungry competitor in Karpov, whose style would likely give Fischer fits as he had never seen it over-the-board before. So Fischer, accordingly, did everything in his power to make it look like, "Well golly gee, I'm just trying my darnedest to make a match happen, but, well, what a shame."

The fact is, Fischer chickened out on the biggest match of his career, plain and simple. He ducked Karpov. His legend was, and forever is, tainted by his utter refusal to defend against someone who could legitimately beat him.

We also now know that Fischer was a paranoid, anti-Semitic lunatic. Maybe Mayweather is, too. The other parallels are just too eerie.