As most of you know, I no longer follow college basketball and didn’t have much interest in yesterday’s Selection Sunday show….
My reasons for not watching?….
-Too many teams get in, which make the regular season irrelevant.
-Every good player leaves after one season, due to David Stern’s asinine rule forcing kids to go to school for a year.
-The officiating is horrendous and ruins games. In half the games during the tournament, the wrong team wins due to getting jobbed by the zebras. The whistle blows constantly, elite players are taken out of the game and it’s a parade to the free throw line.
-With eight TV timeouts per game, six coaches time outs and all the whistles, it’s impossible for a game to have good flow.
So I’ll pass on the whole thing….
I’d make my Final Four predictions, but since I haven’t seen any games it would be ridiculous….
Oh, what the hell. Here they are:
Georgetown, Syracuse, West Virginia and Villanova….
The winner? West Virginia….
Sleepers? Washington, North Texas and Siena….
This ought to be interesting….
Going into Saturday night’s Welterweight Championship fight, Joshua Clottey was known for the following things: 1) Very strong, hard puncher, great chin and a guy who gives everyone hell. 2) Excellent defensively, keeps his hands up, comes forward and extremely difficult to hit. 3) Tends to be too cautious at times and does not throw enough punches. 4) Seems to always find a way to lose against top-notch opposition. Yes, he’s always on the verge of winning, but doesn’t throw enough punches late in fights….
As much as I like Clottey, I picked Manny Pacquiao to win, either by unanimous decision or late knockout, because of reasons #3 and #4….
Against Pacman it’s not a good idea to fight defensively and punch sporadically. A lesson Clottey learned the hard way….
After giving away the first two rounds, Joshua opened up a little bit and was effective in Round 3. I gave him the round and thought we were going to have a war, but unfortunately Clottey went back to covering up and fighting defensively….
This is a very good strategy if the goal is to last 12 rounds, but if the objective is to win the World Championship it’s not going to work….
Of course, Manny had a lot to do with this, because he throws punches non-stop, from all angles and applies constant pressure. Had Clottey exchanged and tried to win, he would have gitten knocked out….
Easy for me to say, because I’m not in the ring with Pacquiao, but I’d rather go out on my shield trying to win than simply cover up and go the distance….
To Clottey’s credit, he fought hard in the last three rounds. But by that time it was all over and his only chance to win was by knockout….
As for Manny, he continues to climb the ladder as one of the greatest fighters of all time. To win World Championships from Flyweight to Welterweight is incredible and makes him the Henry Armstrong of this generation….
If someone had told me a few years ago that the 126 lb. Pacquiao would systematically destroy Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey, I would have called for the guys in the white coats and butterfly nets….
But that’s exactly what Pacman has done and hopefully his next bout will be against the winner of the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley fight….
That one is tough to call, but I think Floyd is just a little quicker, just a little faster and will win a close decision….
After that, if I’m Team Pacquiao, I give Team Mayweather one week to accept our terms: We will not subject Manny to random, unannounced, round-the-clock blood testing. We will abide by the rules of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (The probable location of the fight), or the Texas State Athletic Commission (If Jerry Jones steps up and makes this happen)….
No more wrangling, no more negotiating and no more bulls***. One week to accept these terms or we move on to someone else….
Team Mayweather’s steroid accusations are unfounded and ridiculous, because Pacquiao has never failed a drug test. Floyd needs to man up, take the fight and prove to everyone he’s the greatest fighter of all time; which is how he refers to himself….
To be the best, you have to beat the best: And so far in his career the Pretty Boy has not been sufficiently tested to call himself the best ever….
A win over Pacquiao, however, launches Floyd into all-time great status….
So the ball is in Floyd’s court: Step up and accept the challenge or forever be known as a whiner who avoided his toughest opponent….
The ironic thing is I think Mayweather would win the fight. Pacman has never faced an elite, black American fighter and would be facing hand speed, reflexes and quickness he’s never experienced….
Floyd would be in and out, counterpunch and frustrate the charging Pacquiao all night long….
If Juan Manuel Marquez outboxed Manny over 24 rounds, the Pretty Boy should be able to deliver a boxing lesson….
It looks like The Matador against The Bull to me….
But first, Mayweather has to cut the bulls*** and get into the ring….
In Manny’s last loss, to Erik Morales in 2005, Pacman suffered a nasty cut early, fought the rest of the fight with one eye and lost a unanimous decision. After the fight, Pacquiao admitted he “freaked out” at the sight of his own blood….
He reportedly has a fear of needles and his own blood, which is what I believe is the crux of the matter in Floyd’s steroid accusations….
Mayweather is very good at playing mind games and does everything in his power to give himself an advantage….
In my opinion, Team Mayweather doesn’t believe Pacquiao is on steroids; they want him to be stuck with needles several times and see his own blood….
They know he’s queasy about that and want to mess with his mind….
If Manny is lying in bed every night, worrying if there’s going to be a knock on his door for a blood test, Mayweather is already winning the fight….
Hell, if Floyd gets his way there could be a suprise blood test the night before the fight….
Freddie Roach and Team Pacquiao should tell Team Mayweather to go f*** themselves….
Mayweather needs Pacquiao a lot more than Manny needs him….
If Floyd wants to give away a $25M payday over this, more power to him….
Accept the rules of the state athletic commission or watch Manny find another opponent….









































