Manny Pacquiao Vs Floyd Mayweather JR: THE STORY HAS BEEN WRITTEN

By Geno McGahee

When Floyd Mayweather, JR., came onto the scene, he didn’t draw the mainstream. He was a great boxer, great defensive fighter, but outside of die hard boxing fans, he was an unknown. He vowed to change that and did so.

In 2005, Floyd challenged the hopelessly overmatched WBC Light Welterweight Champion, Arturo “Thunder” Gatti. Gatti was a slugger, the “bloods and guts” warrior, that had been maneuvered into the championship because he drew a crowd. Floyd exploited the situation, used Gatti’s fan appeal and good guy image to begin to establish his character. He was the trash-talking villain and Gatti was the every man. Some even picked the power-puncher to upset Floyd, but it was a fool’s bet. Floyd easily, as predicted, dismantled and stopped Gatti, and found a place on the mainstream map.

In 2007, Floyd made a great business move and took on Oscar De La Hoya, a spent force, but a huge name, and he played with “The Golden Boy” en route to a decision win. He was systematically becoming a household name on the backs of other household names. That, along with his work with the WWE, he had overcome his style problems with the casual boxing fans, and is a huge attraction. People want to see him lose.

As Floyd’s bodyguards rough up fans, and Money Mayweather throws money around, bragging about how loaded he is, Pacquiao fights. He is another every man…a hard worker that has worked his way up the ladder the roughest way possible. He has taken on the best available competition to get to where he is and has earned a shot at Mayweather, the only fighter left that has as much claim to the top spot as he does.

The story of this 2012 showdown, if it happens is your typical story: Good guy vs. bad guy.

Floyd is the bad guy. He is the loud, flamboyant, cursing, angry fighter. Pacquiao is the good guy, helping his impoverished country, being respectful to his opposition, and speaking quietly before each fight, never going out of his way to insult an opponent. Although these are the thoughts of many boxing fans, the truth isn’t exactly there.

Floyd is not a bad guy. I don’t know him personally, but the majority of his antics are to hype up the fights, get a larger gate, turn a bigger buck on the PPVs. He is a business man, and like Vince McMahon of the WWE knows, a heel can sell very well. In fact, Floyd has probably taken a great deal of pointers from the WWE.

This holds true for Manny too. I’m not claiming that he’s disrespectful, but when you reach a level, you have advisors and whatever makes you more money, you will do. Manny being the worker, the good guy, has helped line his pockets. It makes sense to be this character, even if it doesn’t represent you 100%.

Victor Ortiz and Juan Manuel Marquez are two fighters standing in the way of this super fight. Both men intend to be victorious and rewrite this story. If Ortiz should win, you can bet that he will face Pacquiao in his next fight. If Marquez should win, it will be vindication and may set up a fourth match with Pacquiao. There are many different scenarios that could happen, but if the most likely happens, Floyd and Manny win, we should have a 2012 showdown with your good guy vs. bad guy appeal.

Let’s hope that they can finally agree to a fight.

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