The Cody is back to bring you another edition of my blog. I have been writing quite often lately, feel like I should keep it up. Huh? I had a lot of people email & tweet me about writing about Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao and all of those who know I am one of the world's biggest Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans, wanted to hear about my thoughts on the draft. I also wanna give a brief rant about former UFC Light-Heavyweight Jon Jones. So, how about we hop to it.
So the "Fight Of The Century" took place last Saturday, and for most people it did not live up to the hype. But that is for those who do NOT understand boxing. This past Saturday, Mayweather put on a masterful performance and showed that he is hands down the greatest boxer of this generation. I told everyone and their momma, that Floyd Mayweather was going to pick Manny Pacquaio apart. I have said it for years, and I was right. Every time Manny tried to unload, he got smacked. Just as I thought it would happen. But, now that Floyd Mayweather has won, people are still hating. "Oh he ran around the ring" or "Oh he hugged him" or "Manny was injured" to ANY ONE who is saying this. You my friend, are an idiot. People who think Floyd ran, AGAIN, do not understand boxing. Floyd Mayweather has excellent footwork, and is the master of defense. He knows how NOT to get hit, and that is what he did to perfection on Saturday. It is Mayweather's technique.
For you MMA fans out there, do we not call Georges St. Pierre one of the greatest fighters in UFC history? Why? 90% of GSP's title defenses, he took the guy down, did VERY LITTLE damage, and won the fight. But we call him one of the greatest ever? Taking people down is his technique, it is his style. In the real world, taking someone down, and holding them down is not fighting. He didn't whoop anyone's ass, but we call him one of the greatest ever. So, if we can call GSP, one of the greatest mixed martial artists of our time, even though he wins majority of his fights by out wrestling his opponent, why do we hate so much on Floyd Mayweather for his technique? His style is more "fighting" than GSP's style. So, explain to me your logic.
Secondly, Manny has shown his true colors, by telling people his shoulder was injured before the fight. I will bet you EVERYTHING I HAVE, that Manny Pacquiao probably either injured his shoulder DURING the fight or he isn't even injured and used that millions of dollars he just earned, to pay someone off to say that he is. Give me a break Pacquaio, you lost to a better fighter, you were outboxed, you were out fought, you were out worked. Get over yourself homie. This is the same dude that says he thinks he won the fight, and Floyd didn't do anything. I bet he fails his pre fight drug test, he had to be high, EVERYONE who thinks Manny won that fight was clearly high.
I chalk it down that people just really hate Floyd Mayweather, and they wanted to see him lose, that they will come up with every excuse possible to discard his win against Manny. Some morons even say that, it doesn't really count unless Mayweather gives him a rematch. What? Haters, will always hate. Also, I want to touch on this briefly, I do NOT want to offend anyone. But, I was absolutely disgusted with all the people out there who made this "Fight Of The Century" more about the domestic violence past of Floyd Mayweather, than the fight itself. Like, what kind of people are you? I NOT ONE TIME heard about this shit when he fought Cotto, Alvarez, Maidana twice. Where was all this BS? Look, hitting women is the most disgusting thing you could ever do in your life, I do not condone it. In fact, if your man hitting a woman, I think you are a pussy. But, if you really are about women's rights, and fighting the abuse against women, then you should of protested EVERY SINGLE Mayweather fight since the allegations came out. NOT just because he is fighting a big name fighter. Michelle Beadle & Rachel Nichols, I laughed my ass off when they couldn't go to the fight. For one, I have a bit of a history with Beadle. I used to heckle her on Twitter for her constant hate of Tim Tebow, the woman is one of the biggest idiots to ever report on television. I get it, people like her because she is not your ordinary reporter, but that is the reason I hate her. She never can take the personal, out of her job. She is so full of herself, that she said she is going to stop watching World Wrestling Entertainment because Triple H cheered on Floyd Mayweather. This fight wasn't about you bitch, no one gave two shits about your opinion, why? Because like I said, you NEVER said anything before when Floyd would fight. I honestly think people came out about this, just to ride their name off of the biggest prize fight of this generation. It is sad.
Okay, this has kind of gone on long enough, so I will try to cut this up a little bit. I am very happy that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Jameis Winston, I think he is the most NFL ready QB that has come into the draft since Andrew Luck. And I am thankful we got him. I really think he will lead us to our first play off appearance since 2007. We have a mobile, accurate quarterback with big receivers, Jackson, Evans & Jenkins. I also think Kenny Bell was a hell of a steal, that dude can ball. I am excited we got him too. Not to mention, although we didn't get HUGE names on our defense, I think our defense will be able to match up with Carolina's this year. I am super pumped up for this season, and can't wait to see what the future holds for us. My prediction based on our schedule, speaking completely unbiased, I would say we squeak into the wild card spot with a 9-7 season.
I also want to touch on one quick thing, I know everyone was super excited about the fact that we have Lovie Smith as a head coach in Tampa. But, I am starting to wonder a little bit. Think about this, due to his system, we have lost some great players Revis, Barron & Goldson. Now, again due to his system, we didn't pick up Doug Martin's fifth year option. Yes, Doug has not been his rookie self, but I think he has a chance to get back to that form. And it would be a HUGE blow to lose him. I am sorry, I do not think Charles Sims is our answer at RB. The 1-2-3 punch of Martin, Rainey and James was working for me. So, because of Lovie's system, who are we going to lose next? V-Jax? David? All I am saying is that, if this keeps up, we will always get to pick first in the NFL Draft.
I know I said I was going to write about Jon Jones, but hey, The Cody can't do everything. I am sorry if I offended anyone, didn't mean to. These are just my opinions. Hope you enjoy, do not forget to share.
