It's final: Floyd has chickened?

Now it can be told. The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. superfight has gone kaput. It will never happen. It will never come to pass.

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Based on statements made by Mayweather after his controversial KO win over Victor Ortiz last Sunday, this undefeated Pretty Boy of the ring has turned chicken.

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Some of his statements that prove he’s gone yellow are, quoted straight from the wires of the Associated Press:

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 “I don’t need (Manny) Pacquiao. With or without Pacquiao, everytime Floyd Mayweather goes out there, he’s going to make $70 million.”

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I say: So why the heck should he go up there with Manny Pacquiao, who can make mincemeat of his pretty face?

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Mayweather: “I don’t need him (Pacquiao). Where was he in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 when I was dominating the game? He never asked me for a fight when I was in my twenties or when I was in my teens.”

I say: What Mayweather wants to say is ... Noong araw he could beat Manny hands down. You know, like what Victor Ortiz did somewhat racklessly.

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Mayweather: “Pacquiao is famous because he is attached to my name.” Meaning, because Pacquiao has always been challenging him. And with every challenge, an alibi from his camp.

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The AP is right. Everytime Mayweather takes to the ring, millions watch his fight. Not necessarily to cheer him and hope he’d win but also to wish he’d lose and lose bad.

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But the AP says there’s still an outside chance Pacquiao and Mayweather will fight next May assuming Pacquiao beats Juan Manuel Marquez in November.

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As I write this (Tuesday), there’s a transport strike going on in Manila. A sympathy protest is ongoing in Cebu, not necessarily a transport strike.

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Everytime the public utility drivers feel like raising their hackles, they strike as if the commuters who suffer from the discomfort they cause are the ones who could make the price of gasoline and other oil products rise or fall.