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SA kabila ng paninigurong hindi magkakaroon ng rematch at pagdedeklarang magreretiro matapos ang laban niya sa Setyembre, nagpahayag na si unified WBO, WBA at WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., na handa si-yang makaharap muli ang Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao sa sandaling malunasan na ang shoulder injury ng Pinoy boxing icon.
Ito ang pahayag ni Mayweather sa isang text sa @stephenasmith na bibigyan niya ng rematch si Pacman.
Umani ito ng ibang reaksiyon mula sa mismong kampo ng unbeaten American boxer.
“I for one, am shocked. I fully believed Mayweather would be able to walk away from the only thing he’s known since he was a pre-teen. I trusted him when he said he was done in September and that he’d never fight again because he wants to enjoy his money. His word, and the word of every boxing insider, that there wouldn’t be a rematch down the road? That word was bond,” komento ng Mayweather insider.
Ngunit natitiyak din na gugustuhin ni Mayweather na magkaroon ng rematch.
“Money is most addictive substance on earth. Boxers can’t walk away; they’re like musicians, only with the added threat brain damage,” pahayag pa ng insider.
“Nothing that Floyd Mayweather or any boxer says should ever be taken with anything more than a grain of salt. Wait, no. What’s smaller that a grain of salt? An atom. Nothing a boxer says should ever be taken with anything more than an atom of belief,” dagdag niya.
Ngunit ayon sa mga boxing analyst, wala nang bibili sa muling sagupaan ng dalawang kampeon.
“(It could) likely to be (staged) sometime around one year from now and will probably cost US$109.95—if it happens.
“I’m kidding. We’re all suckers and we’ll be there again with our remote controls pressing a single button that puts money in that charlatan’s pocket yet again, then, one hour later, wondering why we fell for this circus ruse once more,” ipinunto sa bandang huli.
Kinalap ni Tracy Cabrera
