“TURD OF THE YEAR” CHOICE UNANIMOUS
Floyd Mayweather
San Francisco, CA– Unbeaten and nearly 38 years of age, Floyd Mayweather continues to be a dick! His pissing on Manny Pacquiao in the press over his financial dilemma and taunting him with a May 2 date on Showtime PPV with a reported 80-20 split, all I can say is that’s Floyd who says, “I offered him $40 million before he lost twice, he can’t expect the same money now.”
AND YOU KEEP BUYING FLOYD’S BULL SPIT
If Floyd’s dissing Manny isn’t enough to make him boxing’s #1 turd ‘pound for pound,’ promising a great effort on his part and then running like a purse snatcher in the final round of Mayweather-Maidana II, a rematch we could have done without, that should convince you of Floyd’s being worthy od this award.
ROOKIE OF 2014 A GOLDEN HEAVYWEIGHT
Anthony Joshua snagged an Olympic Gold medal in 2012. As a professional with only ten fights (and ten KO’s), I haven’t seen a fighter with his skills, demeanor and fluidity in the heavyweight class in decades. Joshua appears to be the heir apparent to Wladimir Klitschko.
PROSPECT OF 2015 ON SHOWTIME THIS SATURDAY
154 lber. Julian Williams (19-0-1, 19 KOs) of Philly will be featured Saturday on Showtime vs. Edgar Ortega (15-2, 10 KOs). Handled by Stephen “Breadman” Edwards, Williams has shown good skills, an unchecked chin and superior ring generalship with everybody he’s been in with thus far.
COMEBACK OF 2014 AWARD BELONGS TO PACMAN
Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) went to the post twice in 2014 after he dazzled Brandon Rios in November 2013, bested Tim Bradley in an April rematch, and bounced unbeaten Chris Algieri (22-1, 8 KOs) off the canvas like a Spalding basketball as the New Yorker went down six times. Runner Up is Andy Lee.
PACQUIAO AND FLOYD ON PAPER
Although I’ve always thought that Floyd beats Manny easy, he will at the least 38 when they meet. In comparison, Ali and Joe Louis were beaten to smithereens at that same age.
ABOUT THAT “TRIPLE G” GUY
The fighter of 2014 has to be Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs). Current WBA middleweight (160 lb.) Golovkin destroyed all three foes inside the route and has a 90.2 KO %. Going to the post thrice in the year, it would have been four fights but the health issues of a family member nixed that. He will face once beaten Martin Murray of the UK next February in Monaco with HBO televising. Runner up is another Russian in Sergey Kovalev.
PROMOTIONAL STRIDES IN 2014
Kathy Duva’s promotional firm Main Events has done well with their NBC Sports Network deal. With aforementioned World & WBO 175 lb. king Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23 KOs) in the house along with undefeated heavyweight dark horse Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) and a few others MEANS the “Duva Diva” is back!
DUMB MOVE OF THE YEAR
This honor belongs to Al Heyman and Peter Quillin. Boxing advisor, promoter, Svengali, call him what you want, but he induced unbeaten Peter Quillin to drop the WBO 160 lb. belt instead of fighting then unbeaten Matt Korobov. After Andy Lee (32-2, 23 KOs) stopped the Russian, Al’s move looks like a major gaff.
PART II TUESDAY AT RINGTALK.COM
Pedro Fernandez