By Michael Marley, Examiner.com
I could joke and say I got the “half Filipino treatment” on Tuesday's Shane Mosley-Floyd Mayweather Trainers Media Conference Call.
It wasn't like what Mayweather did to Chino Trindiad and another Pinoy TV type in Los Angeles where he refused to even entertain a single question from the interlopers.
Don't you Pinoys know that is Shane and Floyd, this is as All American baby as hot dogs, apple pie and Sarah Palin.
I was permitted to be on the call, which turned into a real tension convention with Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather displaying both of his moods (nasty and mean-spirited) and his sniping back and forth with the normally gentlemanly Naazim Richardson.
I was permitted to ask a question of Richardson and Rajah but, when I mentioned Manny Pacquiao's name, Golden Boy CEO Richie Rich Schaefer rushed in to cut me off.
Funny thing was that later on BOTH trainers mentioned Pacman, Richardson in a strictly positive vein (can I use that term with all the bloody drug testing banter?) and Roger in a sharp dig at Mosley's ring history.
In saying that Mayweather is a good and clean athlete, Philadelphia based Richardson said he held the same view of Megamanny. Maybe he heard that Manny is 18-0, something like that on postfight drug testing.
Roger, on the other shifty hand, ripped Mosley through his trainer, saying:
"He (L'il Floyd) is the most skillful fighter in the sport of boxing, hands down...I am not saying that Shane Mosley is not a skilled fighter but...Remember the one thing...Did he fight (Miguel) Cotto?
"OK, then he fought Cotto...did you see what Pacquiao done with Cotto, right...
"Floyd knows how to win, obviously he don't know how to lose."
Body blow by the "Black Mamba" and it reminded me of sitting ringside when Julio Cesar Chavez was whacking his spare ribs while Roger was guarding his own grill. That bout ended with Roger quitting on his stool, thus proving he was no fool.
To his credit, Richardson tried to remain on high ground but clearly he needs some lessons in snake handling at least as far as dealing with this "Black Mamba."
Naaz puts in a little hard work I could see him becoming one of those snake charmers, not to be confused with Rev. Farrakhan's youthful career as calypso music artist known as "The Chamer."
But back to Herr Schaefe...Hey, it's Oscar's dime, their conference call and he is able to do that.
That's no big deal although they may want to set specific limitations on the next media call advisory they send out, like so:
GOLDEN RULES UNABRIDGED, CONFERENCE CALL GROUND RULES:
1.He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned cannot be referenced to in any manner. Hint, his initials are MP, he's the Pound for Pound king of all boxing and he is currently running for Congress from Sarangani.
2.See Rule 1.
3.Anyone violating Rule 1 and 2 shall not be permitted to partake of any of week old coffee or stale popcorn in the Media Center at the MM Grand. Only thing "weaker" than the coffee is the undercard but, then again, Top Rank's supporting bouts haven't been smelling like roses, either.
4.Michael Marley, This Means You, you could stand to throw a few decks chairs off of that Titantic size body.
5.If you need a translator to decipher the secret language of the Black Mamba, you're on your own.
6.If we wanted Pinoy press on the call, we'll send you a special inviation. Oh, you didn't get it, Filpino media types. Must have gone into your spam directory, oops!
7.DO NOT, repeat DO NOT, ask Roger to discuss his pending criminal assault case wherein it is alleged that put infamous “Black Mamba Turns Boa Constrictor” move on a pesky tenant of his who also claims to be a female boxer with the nickname “Guard Your Grill.” Mayweather alleged that this lady is something that rhymes with “champ” and that she smashed his Denzel Washington movie star grill with a hot lamp. It is not true that she shouted the Larry Holmes war cry, "You can't cook with cold grease" while lamp-ooning Rajah.
8.DO NOT EVER, EVER mention that slug Bob Arum or his Bottom Rank outfit, thank you in advance for your professional courtesy. We say the Nevada commission should start random testing on Methusaleh Bob, how's that?
9.Should you hear the mute button buzzing, it's our way of silencing Motormouth Marley who had the temerity to ask Roger, who said his nephew is “great while Mosley is only “good,” in which category he would rank Mr. Pacquiao.
10.We have STRICT RULES, and I mean STRICT RULES, that the name of the world's best fighter (until proven otherwise after Mosley and Mayweather fight seven times) cannot be mentioned on our conference calls, at our media days our in our Media Center. No, make that anywhere “on porperty” at the MG Grand. We have security on alert so don't even THINK about that Pacman.
11.We thank you in advance for your courtesy and concern.
12. Anyone following all our rules to the Golden letter will be invited to our next Prefight Bootlickers Ball at the MGM Grand, we pay the check but you pay the tips, you cheap creeps. Looks like it will be the Food Court that night for Marley, eh?
(Off the record, that Marley guy sure livens up a press party, huh? A semi-deranged provocateur who refuses to ask the penetrating questions such as, can you please compare each fighter's jab...
ZZZZZZ and I don't mean ZZ Top.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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