King Reveals Possible Foes For Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By William Trillo
It’s been widely reported that promoter extraordinaire Don King met with the disgruntled Floyd Mayweather Jr. Of the meeting King said, “Floyd is here in Florida. He came to see me, I love Floyd. I think Floyd is the only marquee name out here now. We’ll see what happens….Floyd’s a great fighter. He beat Oscar De La Hoya, he beat Ricky Hatton. He beat them all. I don’t have him yet, but when he gets around to committing himself, we’ll shock the world. If it comes to pass, great. Right now, we just checkin’ out the landscape.”
What most reports skimmed over was the fact that King tipped his hand at who might be Maywethers next opponent.
Said King, “Floyd is the star. It ain’t Pacquiao that’s driving things,” he said. “I don’t care if Floyd fights Pinocchio or Betty Boop, he’s going to be the star and he’s going to make money.”
Pinocchio or Betty Boop?
Now there are the first names I have heard thrown into the Mayweather mix that finally makes sense. Not willing to fight Manny Pacquiao whether or not he goes ahead with Floyd’s drug testing demands, Boop and Pinocchio would seem to be able to pass Floyd’s litmus test with flying colors. Both are huge marquee names who would be willing to take a back seat to any Mayweather shenanigans.
You’d have to be Looney Tunes to think that King can’t find a way to put these Super Fights together.
P.S. Speaking of puppet’s on a string, is it just me or was Leonard Ellerbe conspicuous in his absence during the week long King and Mayweather meeting?
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