Like Tiger Woods, Floyd Mayweather may hear voice from grave

Maybe someday there will be a macabre commercial for Nike or some other company which will use the voice of Floyd Mayweather Sr. talking to Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Let me make it clear I'm not rooting for a quick "expiration date" for Poppa M because, as I've noted in the past, I like him, he's a throwback to the oldtime boxing characters and both he and Uncle Roger bring back some fond memories of my halcyon days in Vegas...memories of gym owner Johnny "It Takes Balls To Conquer The World" Tocco, of matchmaker Mel 'Red" Greb and convivial Wise Guy Irving "Ash" Resnick...

But I digress...

Yeah, I’m making reference to the controversial, new 30 second spot in which Tiger Woods’ late father, Earl, is supposedly asking him “what were you thinking” and “did you learn anything" from the Great Beyond. Many critics have already trashed the spot but I think the message is strong, Woods made some dumb mistakes in his personal life and sent his wagonload of big bucks sponsors crashing into the moral breakdown lane. Now, his Pops is gently calling him out on the errors of his ways (having so much sex is awful?) and the implication is that Good Son Tiger is reflective and properly remorseful. Will L’il Floyd ever regret trashing Manny Pacquiao’s good name and reputation sans any credible proof? Will Money May ever be sorry he portrayed Megamanny as a drug cheater, a fighter whose achievements should be credited to injections rather than hard work and raw talent which carefully been molded by Coach Freddie Roach?

Mayweather Jr. has a charitable foundation in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas and hands out bicycles to kids who can't afford them (Hogan Photos/Golden Boy - Gene Blevins) I doubt it considering that Manny has passed, what is it now, 18 drug tests for bouts in America? That didn’t stop Mayweather and his cohorts from doing dirt to the Pinoy Idol. No matter what the future holds, whether they fight or not and no matter who wins their bouts (bound to be a rematch, eh?), Pacquiao won’t get any apologies. He won’t get them in a courtroom or outside one. Mayweather will say he had “suspicions” about Pacman and he voiced them as an exercise of his First Amendment rights. No legal magician will trump that broad banner of free speech without someone amending the Constitution of this country. But, if there is justice delayed, it may not be justice denied. Someday, Li’l Floyd will appear at the pearly gates seeking admittance to heaven.

At that time, Mayweather will undergo an "accounting process" that may make him yearn for those familiar IRS tax audits. Unless Pacquiao is someday exposed as an HGH or steroid “juicer,” you know what St. Peter’s first question will to Mayweather will be.

Hummana, hummana, hummana. I can hear L’il Floyd stuttering even now. Maybe he will counter by mentioning how he fed the homeless and bought poor kids bicycles in Las Vegas. That might mitigate his biggest sin, I think. Will Floyd get sent to the Hot Place or only to the penalty box that is purgatory? I wonder.

Author: Michael Marley

Source: examiner,com