DALLAS--Not to belabor the issue as it was Floyd Mayweather Jr. who flatly refused to discuss either drug testing or Manny Pacquiao at that Los Angeles press conference on Thursday.
There is some consistency to Mayweather's inconsistency as he completely blew off ESPN inquisitor Michael Wildon on the PTI Show Wednesday when he kept bringing up Pacman questions.
Everytime Wilbon uttered the name Pacquiao, Mayweather chirped, "Mosley."
Blaming spokesperson Kelly Swanson for Mayweather not speaking to any media about drug testing or Pacman is like blaming the Johnstown Flood on a leaky faucet in Altoona
Ms. Swanson acts as a mother hen to her clients, sure, but she works for Mayweather and not vice versa. She does not set Mayweather's daily agenda by any means.
Another important point which was misinformation passed on, I think innocently, by Swanson.
She told Sports Examiner Paula Duffy the two Pinoy TV guys, Chino Trinidad of GMA and a Dyan Castillejo associate working for big TV rival ABS-CBN, showed up late for the media shindig in front of the Staples Center.
Not true, according to both Trinidad and Castillejo who I just encountered at the Gaylord Texan Hotel check in desk.
"I do not go to any media events late," Trinidad informed in an email. "I am a professional and I've been doing this for some time.
"Both Oscar de la Hoya and Richard Schaefer did grant me interviews so I was hardly late."
Now, I think it's time to let this incident pass and chalk it up to Mayweather being one of the Jerky Boys.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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