I guess I can be permitted to disagree with the sagacious Coach Freddie Roach maybe once a year.
I know that my Boston homeboy is a paragon of pugilistic pontification perfection—try saying that five times fast—but when he says that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be easy work for Manny Pacquiao, I beg to differ.
Now Fly Fly Freddie can’t get too mad at me because I am begging,
If fighting speed demon Floyd Mayweather is easy then why have opponents tried and failed to beat him in 39 bouts?
Sure, he had some less than difficult prey along the way but the man did become universally recognized, which he was before he quit and Pacman went on a vicious tear, as the Pound for Pound King of the Ring.
He fought some chopped liver, as we say in New York, but make no mistake. Mayweather is not chopped liver. He is a slick and quick boxer with marvelous skills that pay all but his tax bills.
There’s more than a little of the sweetness of Sugar Ray Leonard in his fight game although I don’t see any Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns or Marin Hagler level names on his ring resume.
Roach is talking loud and labeling Mayweather “easy” not because he truly believes that. Coach is just using the media bullhorn as a megaphone to Manny, to buoy his superstar fighter’s psyche.
If you think for a millisecond that Pacman considers Li’l Floyd any day at the Boracay Beach then you are no Everlast Einsten. Quite the opposite, you should be reading Hebrew Housecat Matt Stolow’s soon to be released book, “Boxing for the Mentally Challenged.”
Fighting and losing to Mayweather, I guess you could say that is easy enough.
But climbing into the ring and beating the unbeaten Money May is whole other kettle of tasty balut.
Drinking 12 cases of my new favorite beer, the Pacman endorsed home country brew San Miguel, could not make me say that Mayweather is facile work.
Knowing that savvy Republicans, and there are some, won't risk alienating the Hispanic voters by barbecueing eminently sualified Obama Supreme Court pick, Sonia Sotomayor. Knowing that this Puerto Rican will punch her way through in a style which would compliment Miguel Cotto, now that is easy. (Shame she's a Yankee fan or I might woo her like I tried to do with Pacmom.)
Chinese geometry could be easy.
Rocket science might be easy.
Creating peace in the Middle East may be easy.
Sedating that Kim Il Jong, the nut case who runs North Korea, may not be too hard.
Shutting up right wing loudmouth and illegal pill popper Rush Limbaugh may not be difficult.
Discovering the cure for Big Papi David Ortiz’s miserable batting slump might not be backbreaking work.
Being Tom Brady and hanging out with super model Gisele Bundschen must be easy.
Realizing that Rihanna won’t be Chris Brown’s speed bag any longer is easy.
Knowing that LeBron James, if he and the Cavaliers don’t get crowned as NBA champs after all the hype this season, will be a historic NBA flop, that is simple.
Watching the salacious videos of Pinoy plastic sturgeon Dr. Hayden Kho cavorting with lovelies would not be difficult for the typical redblooded male.
Figuring out that the stock market will continue to fluctuate, that’s not hard.
Deciphering that Coach Roach looks at adviser Michael Koncz as Bob Arum’s pool boy that is not hard to do.
Knowing that constant consumption of tuna will send your mercury level skyrocketing that is not difficult.
Sensing that the Taliban moves around Pakistan as quickly as Mayweather romps about the ring is not so problematic.
Realizing that inhaling a case of sugary Mountain Dew each day is not lowering Floyd Mayweather Senior’s glucose levels, that is not so hard.
But for any boxer in the world, including the awesome Pacquiao, beating this gloved wizard named Mayweather, now that is not easy.
You might be able to count the number of ROUNDS he's lost in 39 fights on one hand, my friends.
If you think it is easy, then you should take a leisurely stroll through the lowest depths of hell wearing a flammable jacket, a gasoline suit, and then report back to us.
I will only have one question for you if you survive. No, make that two.
Was it hot enough for you? Or was it just easy like Sunday morning?
Source: examiner.com
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