Who knew?
Evidently, Floyd Mayweather's next fight is strictly for charity.
Evidently, Sugar Shane Mosley is so poor he can't even pay attention.
Evidently, his divorce last year from wife Jin slammed Mosley's pocketbook.
Evidently, the only thing that will keep the 38 year old from Pomona out of the poorhouse is his upcoming May 1 multimillion dollar payday against the self appointed, self annointed El Supremo Floyd Killjoy Mayweather Jr.
It's always a joy for me to get up on a wintry morning and turn to the funny pages of the Grand Rapids Press/Mlive where Mayweather uses hometown correspondent David “Hold The Mayo” as his personal megaphone.
I'm kind of jealous of Mayo because he gets these comedy calls all the time.
You just never know what hyperbole, what inanity bordering on insanity Mayweather will spout.
No one in Hollywood has ever flipped a script like Motormouth May does.
When he returned to the sport after a 21 month absence to fight Midget Marquez, Mayweather spewed this blather:
"To go down as a legend, you have to face the best fighters of your era," said Mayweather, a six-time champion in five divisions. "I beat everyone there was to beat before I took some time off. Now it's time to get back to work."
Now, of course, he acts blasé as if doesn't matter if he fights the worldwide recognized Pound for Pound Bossman, Manny Pacquiao.
Remember, how his original party line was that he deigned to fight Mosley now because, no doubt, the Sugar Man is one of the toughest hombres out there. In fact, the implication was that Mayweather is fighting an opponent who is more formidable than Pacman.
That was then, now it's turned into a humanitarian gesture.
Now, evidently, the reason Mayweather feels good fighting the older man is that he is flipping some spare change to a brokester.
It's not that Mayweather feels Mosley's alleged financial pain, it's just that only he can ease it. It would certainly be a shame to see a Hall Of Fame fighter like Mosley digging through Beverly Hills trash cans for his supper.
But, never fear, Mayweather promises to give him the money injection of his life.
Good thing, too, because L'il Floyd views Shanester as a Desperado.
Here's something Mayweather said to his main man Mayo (say that five times fast):
“I just think that Shane Mosley, he’s desperate, so he has no choice but to fight me. His career’s coming to an end and, before he goes, he wants that last big payday,” Mayweather said.
Do these guys share the same accountant, the same tax lawyer?
I have not read or heard anything about the IRS putting out a Most Wanted poster on Shane, have you?
But the revenue boys have had to pursue the owner of the Big Boy Mansion and he was forced to borrow money to pay the federales from Golden Boy.
I wonder if GBP VP Mosley personally approved that loan app from Floyd.
Having already hit Mosley low, Mayweather then commits a second verbal foul on Gentleman Shane as follows:
“I don’t really like to speak on people’s personal business, because his personal life is his personal life, but he just went through a divorce, and sometimes going through a hard divorce can be very, very excruciating,” Mayweather said. “It can cost a lot of money. And turning down a big-money fight with De La Hoya, then going back to ESPN -- things like that add up.”
The reference to Oscar was a $12 million offer Mosley had for a third bout between the two which Mosley unwisely turned down.
This begs the question, then, if you do not really like to speak on someone's personal business, then why even bring it up, especially speaking to a reporter on the record?
Mayweather clearly wants to sling mud at Mosley.
Will Mosley dive into the murky mudpile and return fire?
I don't really like to speak on people's personal business, but if Shane doesn't, he will be a fool, a rich fool, but still a fool.
You cannot play nice with a shamster like Floyd. It's not possible.
And, when I say that, I am being charitable.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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