Floyd Mayweather Jr is undefeated, he’s never lost a boxing match. There is however one area where he has had his tail handed to him. The ring of public relations has not been his friend, in fact, he has been knocked out cold. Floyd Mayweather Jr has done everything humanly possible to dig himself a deeper and deeper hole. Everything from refusing to fight Pacquiao, to being arrested by Las Vegas Police.
Can he rise back on top
Manny Pacquiao has taken a completely different road. Pacquiao has done just about everything right throughout the whole Mayweather saga. He’s defeated everyone put in front of him, and his star power is unmatched. With that said, it is not entirely impossible for Floyd Mayweather to rise up from the ashes, and retake the top spot.
So, what does he have to do? The first thing that he has to do is the obvious. He needs to accept a fight with Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather wouldn’t even have to win the fight. He would have to win in order to take the pound for pound title away, but he wouldn’t have to win in order to begin the climb back up.
If Floyd were to accept a fight Vs. Manny Pacquiao there would more than likely be a rematch clause in the contract. This being said, both men would stand to make up to 80 or so million dollars, once it’s all said and done. If Floyd took a fight Vs. Manny and he lost the fight, this would do a few things. Firstly, as long as he doesn’t get blown out he would begin the process of restoring some respect in the boxing world. He would restore a little respect in the Filipino community, but the Filipino community is not the end all be all of the boxing world. Floyd would also restore his respect among his American fan-base.
If Floyd Mayweather takes a fight Vs. Manny Pacquiao and he wins, this immediately launches him back into the thick of things. A Mayweather victory over Pacquiao would energize boxing like nothing else. It would ignite the good guy Vs. bad guy feel like no other. The rematch would generate hype like never before seen in boxing.
Imagine what would happen if Floyd beat Pacquiao twice. Could we see a trilogy? Would Manny accept being defeated by Mayweather, or would he want a trilogy fight? The other combination applies as well. If Pacquiao defeats Mayweather, a rematch would be equally as exciting. The buildup and the hype would make the UFC shake in it’s boots a bit.
Mayweather would have to accept a fight with Manny Pacquiao. It’s the only way he can restore his respect in the sport of boxing. Even if he loses, at least he can retire from the sport and not be criticized for ducking Manny Pacquiao. If he defeats Pacquiao, most of the damage that he has done outside of the ring would be forgotten in 10 years.
Mississippians that I have talked to about this interesting theory agree. I spoke with Raymond Jones, a 70 yr old boxing fan from Wiggins, Mississippi. Mr Jones agrees that Mayweathers ticket out of the garbage can is to accept a fight Vs. Pacquiao, ” Floyd has great boxing skills. He’s above and beyond most every fighter in this sport. He has done so much to damage his reputation, but he can fix it. He needs to fight Manny Pacquiao and just do well against him.”
Jones agrees with this writer that Floyd wouldn’t even have to win in order to regain respect, ” Floyd would just have to fight and not take a whooping. If he fought well and he wins, he is in good shape. If he fights and loses, but does well in defeat, it still will do good for him. If he fights and gets beat up badly, that’s another thing.”
The bottom line is this. Floyd needs to fight Manny Pacquiao in order to establish the least bit of respect in the boxing world. This writer is not talking about outside of the ring. I am only talking about respect being earned inside of the ring. Mayweathers outside of the ring behavior is a different thing. If he wants to work on that aspect of his life, he should probably seek some anger counseling, and keep giving to charities.
Floyd has it within him to climb from the ashes and rise back to the top, but only he can do it. Nobody else can do it.
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