Why the Fight That Won't Happen is Driving Me Crazy

I'm not a huge boxing fan. 


I don't feel like you have to be a casual fan of boxing to understand the general properties of the sport, and its ability to garner huge audiences (i.e Muhammad Ali). There are many well known boxing greats, and lots of very famous bouts between titans in the ring. Another huge potential showdown has been in and out of the works for the past couple years now, and that is a bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The two have been half heartedly trying to negotiate a fight for a while now, and both have fought matches against middling opponents in the meantime. I think I speak for lots of people when I say we don't CARE about Mayweather vs. Cotto or Pacquiao vs. Santa Claus. We want the big match, the real deal, the moneymaker. We want to put the top two boxers in the world in the ring against each other, winner takes all. I, for one, cannot stand Mayweather Jr. and would relish the opportunity to see him lose, so maybe he can finally shut up. I'd be so excited for this fight to happen, I'd seriously even consider paying to watch the damn thing somewhere. It should be a Congressional mandate that these two fight in 2012. I don't know what your feelings are on the Mayans but we may not get many more shots, you know? Heck, I bet they would probably grant us some sort of extension if we could guarantee the fight was gonna happen soon. Even the Ghost Mayans want this fight to happen.

We give them another year, tops. If we get too generous,
we'll look like the U.S  government.

Listen, we're missing our window here. Theres been allegations of drug use, quarrels over blood testing, theres been scheduling disputes, all intermingled with insults, condescending remarks and other miscellaneous trash talk. Pacman is 33, and may not be boxing much longer. He holds political office in his native Phillipines and wants to expand on that career soon. Mayweather is 34, has had several legal issues and is due for a ninety day jail term very soon.  Luckily, a boxer's biggest weakness is their own vanity, and hopefully they both feel like they need this fight to really push themselves into elite status. If this doesn't happen in the very near future, it may not happen at all, and then we'll all be left to wonder what could have been. And me? I'll be checked into Shutter Island, patient DXB-4801, life term.