"For The Love of Money"

Last night we all witnessed the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. "Sugar" Shane Mosley bout that was overly hyped and outmatched to what expectations had in mind. I rather have watched a re-run of Good Times than this boring brawl of two elite boxers that was not "Dynomite".

Yeah, Mayweather won the fight but let us be real, the real winners were everybody that was involved in this very obvious fixed adventure. Mosley's contract for instance was very suspect from the beginning. The thought of Sugar receiving $10 million, while his very talkative counterpart was clocking $40 million seems to raise some eyebrows of a few serious boxing fans.Even after the fight I thought that Mosley seemed more excited than Mayweather after taking a semi-beat down for 12 rounds.

Well, what are you trying to say B.Harris? Has boxing become a water-down fixed sport? Or perhaps the next version of the XFL? Exactly!! Boxing over the years has lost the instenity and the spark of the media that the sport once owned while legends such as Ali, Sugar Ray, and Iron "Bite a ear" Mike were in their prime. Not taking anything away from Mayweather who pound for pound is one of the best fighters to ever own a pair of gloves, but his era has been tainted by money hungry promoters and shady fighters.

On to the next like Hov would say. Only Manny Pacquiao stands in the way on Mayweather's path to greatness. There may be stipulations on how Pacquiao conducts his drug test but there is no question the idea of this fight barfs money. The fans need this fight, Mayweather and Pacquiao need this fight, but most importantly boxing need this fight if they want to maintain the integrity of a sport that is on a landslide. In order to prove that boxing is not all about the money something has to be restored, but I doubt we will see such a thing because money will always remain supreme and the fighters and promoters know this as well. Like the O'Jays say "People will rob from their mother", well boxing will continue to rob from the millions that enjoy this declining sport.

Back to the wings!!!
B.Harris