Do You Think Pacquiao Will Still Fight Floyd After The Rant & The Legal Issues?

I'm not so sure anymore.

That is, I'm beginning to think that Pacquiao may just walk away from the Floyd fight and not allow Mayweather to make a huge payday against him following the race-based Ustream rant and now the legal issues which Floyd is dealing with.

There are no more big fights for Floyd Mayweather except Manny Pacquiao. Berto? Couldn't even draw 1,000 paying customers, supposedly, in his last fight. Martinez? Set to rematch Paul Williams. Does anyone actually think a Floyd-Martinez fight would bring in the interest or money that Floyd wants to make?

Paul Williams? No chance, unless he looks like junk against Martinez in the rematch. Williams is one of the three reasons (Cotto and Margarito being the two other) that Floyd retired. Can't see that fight happening, ever, unless Paul just falls off dramatically in his ability.

Floyd Mayweather will be 34 years old in about 5 months. He's not getting any younger and he doesn't seem to have lost his taste for "living large." He needs money, always needs money.

So you figure Floyd would eventually have to fight Pacquiao, for the money, whether he wanted to fight him or not. But what if Pacquiao now decides to flip the script and walk away from Floyd, as Floyd did to him twice before?

After ducking Pacquiao twice, going off on the Ustream rant and now facing this latest legal mess, Pacquiao and his team may just decide to leave Money May hanging out to dry. Why give the other guy a payday and a chance to get his reputation back when he and his team have gone out of their way to smear you repeatedly to anyone who would listen.

Pacquiao is now a Congressman. He's the Pound-For-Pound king. He's got the high ground now after Mayweather's latest stunts.

As Manny said, he no longer needs Mayweather. If Pacquiao defeats Margarito, he will be an 8-division champion and likely climb even further in boxing historians' "All Time Greats" lists.

Manny walking away from an increasingly-desperate Mayweather could be the ultimate trump card, the ultimate payback.

We'll see if Team Pacquiao -- should they get past Margarito -- decides to pull it from the deck.

 

I think a lot of it will be how vengeful Pacquiao is feeling towards Mayweather, provided he gets past Margo.

If Pac really wants to screw Mayweather, he'll just leave him hanging and without a huge payday.

We'll see.

 

Good post, thanks! :good

Yeah, could see the Bradley/Alexander winner fight happening. Same with Cotto. Maybe Martinez.