【评论】梅威瑟被迫应战，实际上吓得要死

闲着没事

尽管最初在几年前的谈判因为帕奎奥拒绝血检而没谈成，但最后帕奎奥权衡利弊，终于同意梅威瑟血检的要求。

但是，梅威瑟开始刁难帕奎奥，提出了各种无理的要求。要求帕奎奥放弃他的推广人阿鲁，签约梅威瑟推广和SHO，放弃HBO等........令人作呕。梅威瑟根本就不想战斗，他在找各种借口使战斗不能够发生。

老梅威瑟承认，他们害怕小弗洛伊德受到伤害，因为帕奎奥太危险了。梅威瑟自称他是最好的，他就是一只“富有的鸡”。霍亚说得好，梅威瑟显然是因为羞愧才应战，证据显示，他吓得要死，显然是迫于压力。

虽然梅威瑟一直的表现貌似在推进这场战斗，但实际上梅威瑟是试图逃避战斗。最近实在是感到走投无路，他意识到如果不应战的话，他的声誉将严重受损。而且哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)/ Showtime高层，特别是莱斯不准备接受否定的答复。

尽管看好梅威瑟击败帕奎奥的胜率很高，而且他口头上认为这场战斗很容易，但实际上他是在掩饰，不希望别人看到他的恐惧。帕奎奥则直接承认这是他职业生涯中最重要的一场战斗。

穆罕默德·阿里说过，一个冠军必须同时要具备技巧和意志，但意志比技能更重要。

Skip Bayless got it right, Floyd Mayweather was shamed into a fight he is deathly afraid of. In the six-year buildup fans have been feted with every imaginable excuse why Little Floyd could not and would not make the fight.
While many blame Pacquiao for sabotaging the original negotiations it is important to remind fans that the blood tests first requested by Team Mayweather were so demanded and made non-negotiable in response to their understanding that it could prove a deal breaker. At that time Manny Pacquiao himself was concerned with what he felt would be the debilitating effects of a blood draw so close to a fight. Mayweather knew this going in and played on Pac’s concerns.
As Pacman became more educated on the matter he made concessions in this regard and as future negotiations commenced the issue went away. Curiously however, or better put, conveniently, Money May then came up with a range and litany of various and sundry demands that no reasonable fighter would concede to ranging from dropping his current promoter and signing with Mayweather Promotions to dumping HBO for Showtime, et cetera, et cetera, ad-nauseum. What became clear to the objective observer was that Mayweather did not want the fight and would find any excuse not to make the fight happen.
In an unusual moment of candor Floyd Sr. and Jr. both admitted that they were afraid for little Floyd’s health and as such a fight with Pacquiao would prove too dangerous. Despite Money May’s attempts to walk this admission back the public relations damage was done. As late as this past December the self-styled best ever admitted that the term chicken might apply to his fight-seeking strategy and that he was happy being, what he referred to as, “a wealthy chicken.” According to Oscar De la Hoya, echoing Skip Bayless’ view that Mayweather felt shamed into a fight he is clearly, and as evidence suggests, deathly afraid of, he was clearly pressured into the fight.
Apparently the pressure to make this fight was so intense that Mayweather felt cornered and despite, as many boxing outlets have chronicled, his attempts to escape the fight, Floyd realized that in not ** the fight his reputation would be soiled forever putting his best-ever moniker at risk. Top brass at CBS/Showtime and specifically Les Moonves were not prepared to take no for an answer and despite their recent testimony to the effect that Mayweather had been pushing for this fight from the moment he signed with Showtime it is clear, from Mayweather’s own mouth, that he was not only trying to avoid the fight but was actively sabotaging it by incessantly accusing Pacquiao of using Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) as well as demeaning Pacman’s fitness and worthiness to share the ring with him. If this represents Floyd Jr’s desire to make the fight then perhaps, CBS/Showtime brass notwithstanding, observers might want to rethink his business acumen. Behavior like that kills a fight, it does not make them.
At the end of the day, despite the chorus of would-be experts on why Mayweather is the odds-on favorite to beat Pac, the details that actually matter are being ignored or misrepresented. While it is true, as Roach has indicated, Mayweather’s skill-set presents his charge with significant challenges, the passage of time has actually been kinder to Pac than to Money May. Make no mistake, as Roach suggested to Bayless of ESPN, Pacquiao not only wants this fight more than Mayweather but he is experiencing a level and quality of motivation unprecedented even by his high standards. Pacquiao has stated that this is for him, the biggest fight of his career. Mayweather on the other hand is saying it is just another day at the gym, code for, I am still afraid but do not want others to see the fear.
What will be on full display come May 2 is Mayweather’s formidable skill-set, a bit diminished by time, being offset by a quality of will, determination and heart that will, together with Pac’s unique and world-class skill-set, overwhelm Mayweather. Those that have followed Pac’s career realize that he not only matches up unusually well with Mayweather but that his heart is like that of a lion and with regard to this particular fight nothing on heaven or earth will upend him. This will be a fight of contesting wills and, as Mayweather has clearly demonstrated, his heart is simply not in a fight he had to be shamed into taking and is deathly afraid of. Muhammad Ali said it best: “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” Pacquiao by will-imposed, trench-wa**re induced decision.
楼主；大意上应该没有错。"和SHO，放弃HBO"这句不确定。另外，发这个帖子是想说，帝国讨论的很多梅帕之间的争论焦点与世界是同步的。本人翻译水平有限，勿喷

藏书人

真想避战的话很简单：

拿梅麦2跟帕阿的PPV、总收入做个对比，要75/25没问题吧？

如果真是46开的话，那只可能是帕方想用分成做避战借口，没想到梅威瑟方面答应了。

热血战士

藏书人 发表于 2015-3-2 01:15
真想避战的话很简单：

拿梅麦2跟帕阿的PPV、总收入做个对比，要75/25没问题吧？

还75、25哎。你都不看看现在梅帕奎奥的保底都多少了。梅都上亿元了1点2亿美金，梅和谁打能上亿美金。除了帕奎奥梅和谁打能上亿。还在那为梅辩。帕奎奥还没输给老马前。梅给帕奎奥4000万美金不给PPv分成，梅要拿多少。把帕奎奥的现在的8000万的4000万再给梅，梅就1点6亿。超过300万的PPV是梅一个创造的不。看看梅帕都打的老马库托劳模PPV都差不多，还在那7525.现在的分成都是几方深思熟虑经过严格考证的才得出的梅6帕奎奥4.梅以前只给帕4000万不给PPV分成，纯粹是在避战的借口。那些经济师双方团队转播商没你懂的多，没你了解行情。还在那7525。你都不看看当年霍亚比梅PPV高了多少，霍亚让梅低于3了不，霍亚让帕奎奥低于3了不。还在那为梅辩啥意思、

笑谈

藏书人 发表于 2015-3-2 01:15
真想避战的话很简单：

拿梅麦2跟帕阿的PPV、总收入做个对比，要75/25没问题吧？

不要不服气，人家确实懂的多，比霍亚懂的多，比梅威瑟懂的更多，所以黑梅威瑟也够狠。不与帕奎奥比赛，再换个排名靠十的对手比赛，来个什么一九开，看看猴子愿意不愿意？这个专家，想法和猴子确实不一样。利令智昏可怕，无利智昏更可怕。

柔克刚

国外的梅黑够黑的，梅提出不要阿鲁母，叫趴趴离开hbo,，好像是以前提出来的吧？没有在这次谈判之内吧？

无敌小子007

帝国讨论的很多梅帕之间的争论焦点与世界是同步的。

拳击连线

什么时候帕奎奥都难过梅威瑟这一关

闲着没事

柔克刚 发表于 2015-3-2 06:44
国外的梅黑够黑的，梅提出不要阿鲁母，叫趴趴离开hbo,，好像是以前提出来的吧？没有在这次谈判之内吧？

意思是；之前一直以此借口来避战。这次没提是因为必须得战。

sdhmcj111

就像广泛争论中的狮虎斗，小帕是头勇往直前的雄狮，小梅是头凶猛但狡猾的老虎，旗鼓相当，不好判断输赢，只能看临场发挥！但二者都不是在壮年时期了！

小强帝国

as evidence suggests, deathly afraid of, he was clearly pressured into the fight.
证据显示，他吓得要死，显然是迫于压力。
——————不管怎样，比赛能举行，就是好事。
梅威瑟带着颤抖的腿上台，还能不能跑的像鸡，是个大大的疑问。