Hollywood, California, January 7, 2010 - Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s stance on random blood draws inside 30 days of the fight was not really the core issue. It was about Mayweather, Jr.'s increasing fear of getting knockout.
And what a waste of time, considering all avenues to close the negotiations positively were exhausted, yet Mayweather, Jr. was really not earnest in fighting Pound-for-Pound King Manny Pacquiao.
"Now where are those histrionics, whose constant unwarranted halleluyahs became discordant notes to their tachycardic, coward knight?" said Amir Shah, a liquor store owner in Hollywood, California and a boxing fanatic who has been following the developments of Pacquiao-Mayweather negotiations through televisions, newspapers and internet.
Conversely, Arum, in an exclusive telephone interview said Wednesday to this writer,"Floyd Mayweather, Jr.'s nightmare of getting knockout is haunting him moment by moment."
"He knows he will get knocked out and no matter what terms we will set forth to his favor, we will never reach an agreement." Arum said sounding upset at the outcome.
"But, I thank for the Golden Boy officials for their fine efforts. They have done their best in trying to reach an agreement. It's just Floyd really does not want to fight Pacquiao. He is obviously scared and I will not comment further," Arum added.
Meanwhile, some boxing fans have become rhetorically doubtful of Mayweather, Jr.'s insistence on drug testing inside 30 days of the fight.
"One day there will be a fighter of lesser caliber who will challenge Mayweather, Jr. for a fight and will demand blood draws for drug tests inside 30 days of the fight, which he will vehemently refuse," said Mark Jones who frequently visits the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California. "He will be accused of the same."
"All of these makings of Floyd will backfire in his camp and believe me it's going to be a challenger, not Pacquiao, accusing him of the same," said Silvester Kelly, another fight fan who seemed to be so eager to see a Pacquiao fight.
"I hope Yuri Foreman will be Pacquiao's opponent this March. That's more interesting than a Malinaggi versus Mayweather." Kelly added.
"I bet you Mayweather will pick an-easy-to-beat opponent for his next fight," said another boxing fan who was interviewed on condition of anonymity. "He is even afraid to move up to 154 and fight the best in that division."
"Now", on the other hand, "we have to move forward and look for a bigger fight of Pacquiao against undefeated and reigning WBA Super Welterweight Champion Yuri Foreman for March 13 or March 20," said Arum. "We'll have good news this weekend."
Mayweather-Pacquiao's negotiation was probably the most costly attempt to reach an agreement of all boxing matches, not on the part of the negotiating parties, but on the part of the journalists and other media practitioners who were tormenting their brains at the altar of creativity and bastion of clear-cut journalism, whether or not the general public found folds of irresponsible reporting especially when the focal point of the negotiation sparked when Bob Arum met Pacquiao in Manila in early December.
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