Floyd Mayweather Jr & The Sound of Silence

(This is the first draft of the article which would later be called "Floyd Mayweather Jr: The Derision." And yes, Lebron James, you are not alone.)

Floyd Mayweather Jr and The Sound of Silence

By:  Rasheed Catapang

The FIGHT is off again. Blame not Mayweather, as pure a monk as anyone could be, whose bow of silence could not be broken even by an offer of something in the vicinity of 50 MILLION USD.

But of more concern to me is Floyd’s current version. I never thought I’d see the day he’ll be so lost for words. I mean gag order or not, the man’s really taking it to heart. In light of what’s happening, will the real Mayweather please stand up?

For someone whose mouth is known to be as loud and as vicious as his fists, the silence now inhabiting Mayweather’s camp is truly deafening. Nevertheless, it is also telling. When Bob Arum’s impose timeline for Mayweather to accept a fight with Pacquiao expired with nary a word from the mouth that roared (or used to), Mayweather’s silence actually speaks volumes. And the truth is screaming all along.

Screaming like these:

LeBron James made the decision. Floyd, not stepping up to the plate, only invited derision. True, Lebron is now being criticized for his judgement call but at least he made a choice. He’ll be a villain for going for the jugular, everything for his much coveted NBA ring. Floyd, on the other hand, for reasons we could only imagine runs silently to the nearest exit.

Floyd talk the talk but failed to walk the walk. So forget what Floyd said about Pacquiao being easy and how he’ll whooped his ass. In reality, Pacquiao is one insurmountable Grendel. A southpaw with ultra fast hands, the Pacmonster is Floyd’s ultimate kryptonite. Father knows best and Floyd’s dad, in many different ways, had voiced such concern many times over.

Floyd is really all about the zero and he’ll not risk losing it to Pacquiao – not when every possibility points to that. He’ll sacrifice everything in the altar of that perfect record

Roger Mayweather, Floyd’s uncle and coach, will go to trial and might not be available for a fight in November this year. Tough luck. It might be a valid reason to call off the fight but surely Floyd’s father is just as qualified. And valid also is this argument: if by chance Roger is found guilty after the trial, would Floyd never ever fight?

Haye is at present boxing’s biggest ducker. Should Floyd carry on with his charade, Haye might as well share or concede to him that spot. And Haye could always say the Klitchsko’s are bigger than him. Not so in Floyd’s case.

There might not be so many excuses left to try.

I hate to see Mayweather’s past deeds as mere illusions, and the colorful boxer a shadow of the man he used to be. Covering himself wouldn’t save him now from the oncoming onslaught of mockery that is sure to come. Silence, having its own vice, invites just that.

Floyd, however, is invited to respond.

The most elusive boxer of this generation has indeed been cornered this time.

History repeats itself occurring first as tragedy, the second time as farce. And that sums up the story of Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao: The fight that wasn’t, isn’t and, judging from Floyd’s stance, will never be. Anyhow, it doesn’t matter now since we already know who’ll win that fight. Floyd’s silence says it all.