Mayweather grapples with financial flop in Marquez fight

From the looks of his mug shot, I could probably pin Wrestling Examiner Rick Rockwell.

Rockwell looks like he's a buff guy and he says he used to rassle but I would immediately blind him with the ceremonial salt that my homeboy Professor Toru Tanaka used over and over again to turn Bruno Sammartino into Stevie Wonder.

(I personally saw Bruno, who was as dumb as a box of rocks, fall for this ruse at least nine times at the Boston Garden.)

Let’s see Rockwell try to slam me to the mat when his eyes are burning like they’ve been soaked in jalapeno and habanero sauce!

But I won’t knock this Rock because he just made some knowing and salient observations about why box office challenged Floyd Mayweather is prepping for a return to the WWE ring this coming Monday night.

It’s called financial desperation. Mayweather and Golden Boy badly need the WWE platform to flog their ailing Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez PPV TV fight.

Tickets continue to move like frozen cakes and UFC bossman Dana White has turned up the heat with his UFC 103 show going head to head that night from Dallas.

You’ve heard of a perfect storm? Add in the cold, hard fact that, for all his likeability, counterpunching skill and those tenacious bouts against Manny Pacquiao, that the Mexican masses have never taken to Juan Ma like they did true icons Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera.

Marquez-Mayweather is on the ropes and all Richie Rich Schaefer can gab about is the swell undercard. Isn’t this the same clueless cat who used to say people buy PPV for the main event and not for undercard bouts?

In some of the feedback I received, there were a few comments that really got these wheels turning in my head. They made me start thinking why Mayweather Jr. really needs to make this appearance on WWE RAW.

• Mayweather Jr. needs this appearance on WWE RAW to really hype up his fight.
• In fact, I can’t remember any recent Mayweather JR. fight that has received such little mainstream hype and coverage.
• Mayweather Jr. is arguably boxing’s second biggest name (behind Pacquiao of course) and the boxing chatter is surprisingly quiet.
• Mayweather Jr is all about the money and he needs to make this appearance on television to get a paycheck, since the PPV buy-rates and ticket sales are expected be low.

Maybe we will see Money May on camera at WWE Raw looking into the camera and saying, “I’m Floyd Mayweather and the hounds of the IRS have approved this message!”

Perhaps PBF will ham it up with old rival The Big Show but his real goal is to hopefully turn the Sept 19 event into something more than a Little Show.

I hear that good seats are still available for Marquez-Mayweather.

Anyone looking to buy up, oh let's say, 10 or 12 thousand ducats can get a hell of a deal. I am hearing there's free valet parking to be had and Oscar de la Hoya might be your celebrity valet.

Call 1 800 D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.

Operators are standing by.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-5699-NY-Boxing-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Mayweather-grapples-with-financial-flop-in-Marquez-fight