Boxing?

Yup, boxing.

I know this is out of the norm of things you will read here but believe it or not i was a boxing fan much longer than i should have been. I've loved watching Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones, and Mayweather. Even going back to Tyson when he was good and Tyson when he was biting ears.

I was late on the UFC love fest mostly due to my undying loyalty to boxing. Even still i'm not a huge UFC guy and rarely will talk about anything outside of NFL, MLB, Poker, Degeneracy, and a bit of NBA. However, i -like every other boxing fan still out there- am looking forward to that one last great fight and am well past being angry and in the stage of apathy when it comes to the Pacquiao vs Mayweather super-fight.

Sure there will be other boxers and other big fights in boxing but to be honest, and i think i speak for most sports fans outside of boxing purist when i say this, Pacman vs Mayweather will most likely be the last fight we care about. The curtain call on a great American sport that has transcended social boundaries dating back to the days of Jack Johnson and Jim Crow.  The fact that it has taken this long for boxing to deliver this fight is the exact reason whey boxing is being replaced by UFC who manages to put every fight together the fans ever want.

Having said that, i have been a big time Mayweather supporter. Up until this point i have completely understood Mayweather's concerns with Pac being on PED's. Up until this point i have argued that Mayweather is the bigger draw and deserves the bigger cut (though i am lol wrong about that and def showing my Mayweather homerism there). Up until this point i have thought that it was Pacquiao who was scared of Mayweather, or more accurately scared of being ruining his legacy through the exposure of PED usage.

But after seeing this interview it is now in up to Mayweather to step up. Pacquiao can't do anything else to accept this fight other than sign on the line. (Skip to about 4 minutes)

We don't care about your 6 figure sports bet slips. We don't care about you and 50 cent promoting fights. We don't care about any of that. All we want is our last great super fight. All we want is to see two great fighters deliver a fight before it's too late. Before it turns into the laughing stock of a fight that Hopkins vs Jones 2 turned into when it was 10 years too late. Do it for the fans! Do it for the sport that has given you so much! Do it for the paycheck which you will inevitably blow on sports betting (i can appreciate that) or whatever it is you keep blowing all your money on. We don't care why you do it, but DO IT!!!

Pac has called you out here saying he'll agree to 45-55, the drug testing, and even saying you admitted to him, "What if i lose?" Step up Mayweather. Ball's in your court and the days of public interest and respect for calling you the greatest pound for pound fighter - maybe of all time - are running short.