"Manny Pacquiao is on a-side meth," was the answer Roger Mayweather provided when I probed him about what exact drugs he believes the pound for pound best boxer has used to allegedly cheat his way to the top.
This was just the first of many personal and professional attacks the Mayweather family has fired at Pacquiao over the course of several months.
If Floyd Mayweather Sr.'s accusations of Pacquiao using performance enhancing drugs without hard evidence were questionable, Roger's comments on the possibility of Manny using a-side - better known as agimat - is the entering into the theatre of the absurd.
But while Uncle Roger and Papa Mayweather run their mouths about Pacquiao, the Filipino continues to fight, build his legacy, and is currently preparing at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California for a fight with welterweight Josuha Clottey.
As for the former pound for pound king, whose crown was slapped off his head by retirement, inactivity, and Pacquiao's incredible surge, he is still looking to lock-down a May bout with Shane Mosley.
Love him, or hate him, you have to respect Manny Pacquiao for the manner in which he has built his popularity; by fighting over and over and over again, while never tearing his opponent verbally.
Manny Pacquiao does the vast majority of his talking inside the ring, with the boxing world glued to the television or the edge of their seats when he performs.
I will admit I have doubted Pacquiao every step of the way. According to my fight gospel, David Diaz was going to give him a tough time, Oscar De La Hoya was decapitating and sending Manny to the hospital, and Cotto would brutalize him.
Yet little by little Pacquiao has turned me into more and more of a believer, with a fair dash of analytical sense still guiding my views.
Time to put a mussel on your family Floyd, and start reminding us why your technical brilliance made you the games best once upon a time.
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Source: examiner.com
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