Billy’s Boxing Blog

By William Trillo

I don’t know about you but I have personally had it with all the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. hype. At this point it can not even be referred to as “Pre-Fight” hype because it seems there will never truly be a fight in the ring. Instead this has become nothing more than a never-ending war of words that has become dull and tedious at best.

After having a discussion with my associate Bret Newton we have decided to boycott anything related to Manny vs. Floyd until an official announcement is made one way or another. As Bob Arum has so eloquently said, “It’s time to fish or cut bait.”

In other words, do something or go away!

I’d like to put out a call to arms to all my boxing writer brethren and ask everyone to boycott this never ending stream of mindless minutia. I know it’s a lot to ask but in the name of all that is good for boxing, please stop giving anyone involved in this disaster any ink at all until they lay down some ink of their own, on an official contract to fight that is!

I can’t speak for the masses but from this point on Pound4Pound promises not to give these guys the time of day until the fight is signed.

Here are a few examples of things we will not post:

• Tweets from Oscar De La Hoya blaming Bob Arum for the fight not being made.

• Quotes from Arum saying he is convinced Floyd does not want the fight.

• Tweets from Floyd calling out Manny to fight on any date, (realistic or not).

• Quotes from anyone in the Philippines saying they just talked to Manny and he will fight under any circumstance, drug tests, catch weights etc. etc.

• Videos on YouTube of Floyd calling out Manny in a foul mouthed dissertation where he shows he doesn’t know one Asian race from another.

Those are but a few examples of material we will boycott but we are not limiting ourselves, because you never know what kind of nonsense is lurking around the corner.

Elections, pending court dates and/or jail time will be considered on a per incident basis, but not if an election is delaying said fight or a supposed fight date is being used to sway a judge to give the convicted criminal more free time.

Of course, if either fighter goes ahead with their plans to fight inferior competition we may grumble about it, but we will post relevant press releases and stories in regard to those scheduled snoozers.

It is our sincere hope that this fight gets made, but until then, Mum’s the word!

Check out www.Pound4Pound.com for all the latest boxing news (well almost all of it).

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