"At this particular time, I don't know if I'm going to fight again, you know. As of right now, I truly believe I am going to fight again, but as of right now, I don't have the urge to get up. But when I do got the urge to get up, believe me, my UStream and my Twitter fans will be the first ones to know," stated remarked Floyd Mayweather in his latest UStream broadcast, making it clear that, for now, he has no plans to return to the ring any time soon. However, he assured his fans that when he does come, he's coming back for the fight that everyone is waiting for. In fact, Mayweather made it sound as if a fight with Manny Pacquiao was essentially a done deal, revealing that the Filipino superstar agreed to his demands for urine and blood testing.
"And, um, when we do come back, um, we will kick Poochiao's ass. So, I'm letting the fans know, don't worry, we will kick Poochiao's ass and he's going to take the urine and blood tests," Mayweather continued. "He's going to take the urine and the blood tests and what I truly believe is if we're cheating, if an athlete is cheating, then we're cheating the fans. It's not like we're hitting homeruns. In the sport of boxing, we're hitting human beings, so I'm in a sport where it's kill or be killed."
If that's the case, it appears that the only thing holding this fight up is Floyd Mayweather himself, who simply doesn't "have the urge" right now. Well, he may call it "urge", but others call it "courage" and it's clear the talented undefeated fighter is in no rush to face the man he's nicknamed "Poochiao". Naturally, Mayweather had a lot more to say. "I rose to the occassion all 41 times. You know, you let the media and everybody else tell you, 'Oh, Floyd Mayweather had a deadline.' We're not worried about that, man," he added. No, he may not be worried about it, but the fact that he's now telling us that Pacquiao is "going to take the urine and blood tests" sure does lead me to believe that negotiations took place.
"You know, like I said before, I get in where I fit in, you know. I either put up or shut up. I stepped up to the plate 41 times and we're not worried about nobody. And like I said before, Poochiao got 3 losses, and 2 draws and been knocked out twice," Mayweather reminded his viewers, of course, who cares about the other 41 times when it's number #42 that we're waiting on. "So, like I said before, once I beat him, it's going to be a cakewalk, and then it's on to the next, and on to the next. And we know that Poochiao made $6 million in his last fight, and Floyd Mayweather made $65 million in his last fight, and still growing. I got a winning team," he bragged as usual, without ever offering a legitimate reason as to why we won't be watching Pacquiao vs. Mayweather on November 13.
So, for the most part, Mayweather stuck to his usual script, offering nothing that most fans hadn't already figured out. Negotiations did in fact take place, Pacquiao has agreed to the urine and blood testing, and for whatever reason, he's not planning on fighting this year. Great. Thanks for nothing Floyd. Oh, but wait...there's more.....
Just when you thought the show was over, it was just beginning. Mayweather, who decided to take calls from some of his fans, spent the rest of the time blasting Manny Pacquiao. He launched into a tirade as he claimed Pacquiao was only paid $70 thousand for his Nike deal, compared to the $1 million he was paid to wear Reebok for 3 weeks. He joked about "Pacman" eating "power pellets". He called "Poochiao" a midget. He made questionable comments about "sushi rolls" and "cats and dogs" that should no doubt draw the ire of many. "I'm on vacation for about a year; about a year. As soon as I come off vacation, then, you know, we gonna cook that little young chump. We ain't worried about that. So the fans ain't gotta worried about me fighting the midget," he would shout, "we gonna cook him with cats and dogs."
At one point, Mayweather's song and dance literally turned into a song and dance as he sang the following tune to a female fan who probably had no idea what he was talking about:
"1 2 Floyd's looking for you,
3 4 Poochiao's a whore,
5 6 Get off my dick,
7 8 I'm going to set you straight,
9 10 You're going to lose again."
This is truly one of those moments where, as a fan of the sport, you just shake your head, wondering how in the heck did boxing get to this point. Be sure to check out the video. It's a must see...