Mendoza: Problem like The Fraud is akin to Maria

Friday, January 27, 2012

HOW do you solve a problem like Floyd Mayweather Jr.?

Akin to Maria in the film classic “The Sound of Music?”

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Both Floyd’s father and uncle failed—terribly, miserably.

In the end, both found themselves getting fired as trainers – by Floyd himself.
Nobody wins against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Not even Bob Arum, the wiliest, most astute promoter boxing has ever known.

At 80, and Harvard-educated at that, Arum, a lawyer, has failed twice, if not thrice already, trying to lure Mayweather to climb the ring for a fight against Manny Pacquiao.

I say, Arum will and can never outfox Mayweather.

Floyd isn’t called The Fraud just for being so shrewd and scheming a guy.

True to his weird unreadable style of boxing, Mayweather is also a many-dimensional man off the ring.

If he were a magician, he’d make you tricks not only with sleight of hand but also with eyes that fake to take you to dreamland.

Oh, wait a minute, there’s one person Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to outwit: Judge Melissa Saragosa.

Late last year, Saragosa sentenced Mayweather to 90 days in prison for domestic violence. The jail term was to start Jan. 6 this year.

But is Mayweather behind bars now?

No, he is not.

How come?

Well, take your pick: He outfoxed Saragosa? Or did he fool the judge?

His premise before Melissa: Mayweather had set a fight date on May 6 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. His Jan. 6 jailing would get in the way.

Seemingly in a whiff, Saragosa balked, saying Mayweather had to honor a “contractual obligation.”

What animal is that?

Mayweather has no fight contract with anyone, even if he was spreading the word around that he was going to face “the little fella” a.k.a. Pacquiao on May 6.

Funny, but even as there was no formal talks about it, Pacquiao somehow tried to bite the bait from The Fraud. He didn’t hesitate to put Mayweather on the line when The Fraud called long-distance.

But, well, what do you know?

Mayweather told Pacquiao, “You get nothing but $40 million. All the other revenues, including pay-per-view fees, are mine.”

Talks go pffft.

The fight is off.

The Fraud keeps frayed nerves a-fray.

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