CALIFORNIA, United States—If Floyd Mayweather were not a boxer, he might have been a magician or politician or con man. Well, he tried a con on Pacquiao—so he’s both boxer and con man. Many ask: “Why doesn’t Pacquiao just accede to Mayweather’s demands for blood tests?” “Is he hiding something?” “ Why did he refuse these demands?”
Without any proof whatsoever, Mayweather and his co-conspirators have accused Manny of using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). He also insists on specific blood tests which no boxer has ever imposed on another boxer. State boxing commissions are there to regulate testing protocols.
In previous fights after stringent tests, Manny emerged squeaky clean. Mayweather knows that Pacquiao’s skills, speed, power, and stamina stem from continuous improvement, discipline, rigorous training, and excellent physical and intelligence genetics—not PEDs.
So what’s Mayweather’s gimmick?
Here’s my take on this:
Mayweather remains undefeated not only because of his boxing skills but also because of his ability to psyche out opponents. His hero is Muhammad Ali who taunted opponents before and during a fight—a strategy meant to screw up their minds and foul up their training regimen and mindset in the ring. Among other tactics, Ali riled opponents with insulting monickers: Sonny Liston (“Big Black Bear”), Joe Frazier (“Gorilla”), Leon Spinks (“Blacula”), and Floyd Patterson (“Rabbit”). Notably, after his fights, Ali maintained good relations with opponents.
Following Ali’s lead, the cunning Mayweather brewed a devious covert stratagem to beat Pacquiao: Beat this dude by messing up his mind. Accuse him of using roids and other PEDs and insist on blood tests. He’ll absolutely be resentful because he knows he’s clean. Questions will be raised about his character. These will unbalance him mentally and emotionally, constantly agitating him and keeping him mad as hell. He can’t sleep, eat, or make love. Repeatedly insult and call him a “punk ass.” His training regimen will crumble. When he climbs into the ring weakened, angry, rushing, and raging to tear my head off, he’ll be ripe for the taking. I’ll run circles around him, make him look like a fool, frustrate him into making disastrous errors. I’ll own him.
Misdirection. Magicians and smart lawyers well understand this principle. To illustrate, a magician directs the audience’s attention to his right hand while his unnoticed left hand surreptitiously reaches for the hidden card or rabbit. Discretion prevents me from revealing how super lawyers use the same principle in winning cases.
Mayweather’s sneaky misdirection involves directing the attention of the boxing public to accusations of PED use and to blood testing demands with staged pronouncements of concerns for the boxers’ safety—smoke-screening his true intention which is to mess up Pacquiao’s mind and emotions.
If detecting PEDs was really his honest intention, this objective can easily be accomplished: Just do the blood test right after the fight. Pacquiao had readily agreed to this fool-proof protocol. The fighter found PED positive will immediately be disqualified. If victorious, his victory is instantly nullified and the innocent fighter declared winner. Mayweather did not limit his demands to this reasonable reliable protocol because he has a different agenda. When he fought Arturo Gatti, he repeatedly called him: “a C+ fighter,” “a fake,” “a blown-up club fighter.” See?
The defamation lawsuit against Mayweather and co-conspirators is perfectly justified. Playing mind games, they have crossed ethical lines by resorting to baseless malicious defamatory accusations, ruining Manny’s good name and reputation. With good lawyering this case can be won. I would certainly throw in a demand for punitive damages which should kick in the big bucks. Punitive damages are proper and justifiable because malice is involved. I’ll even volunteer to prepare the pleadings and arguments pro bono re punitive damages. Hey, you can’t play dirty tricks with a national treasure—a good genuinely humble man…takes Filipinos’ minds off government corruption.
Team Pacquiao’s did right slamming the door on Mayweather’s face. That’s smart. Had they accepted Mayweather’s terms, the bogus PED accusations and the forced acceptance of unreasonable unjustifiable blood testing demands would have left a bad taste in Pacquiao’s mouth, affecting his emotions and mindset. The team did well in following WBC President Jose Sulaiman’s admonition: “He (Pacquiao) has always been clean…Let him (Mayweather) go to hell.”
I am positive that Mayweather’s camp will soon initiate new discussions to actualize the dream rumble. The enticement of boxing’s biggest purse ever is too irresistible for the tax-challenged Mayweather. Besides, his sneaky machinations which caused Manny to walk will forever haunt him if this fight goes nada. “Coward!” Bob Arum alleges. Maybe not. Scheming? Definitely. When the fight is on, expect Mayweather to continue trying to mess Pacquiao’s mind. Hopefully, Pacquiao gets to read this article. Some good science here.
Now that Pretty Boy’s insidious tactics are bared, he won’t come out looking so pretty when the dust settles and the smoke clears. Expose the crime they look like slime.
Ted Laguatan is officially certified as an expert/specialist lawyer by the California State Bar. He does immigration law, personal injury, complex litigation, medical malpractice, and other cases. He is rated as being among the top 5 percent best lawyers in America by a magazine for lawyers. For communications: 455 Hickey Blvd., Ste.516,Daly City, CA 94015, Tel. (650) 991-1154, Fax (650)991-1186, E-mail: laguatanlaw@gmail.com
Source: globalnation.inquirer.net
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