I've been alerted this morning, by a reader, by e-mail, that this isn't the first time they've pulled this "engineering a feud with a celebrity" trick.
It seems it's not even the first time this month.
According to my source, Brad Cooney posted a rather questionable article about Floyd Mayweather senior a few weeks, making several allegations, that some considered disingenuous.
My source then claims Floyd Mayweather senior was tipped off by an "anonymous" reader, about the articles existence. In which his response was reportedly along the lines of "who the fuck is Brad Cooney. I've never even heard of him".
My source informs me that partner in crime Dennis Guillermo, then wrote a follow up article, trying to publicize the claims further, for his friend.
Floyd Mayweather, then, reportedly, brought up Brad Cooney, in a legitimate interview with professional site FightHype.com later in the day. Basically just commenting on the number of "cowboys" there are on the internet.
My source then tells me, that Brad Cooney then wrote a second article, claiming he was in a feud with not only Floyd Mayweather senior, but also Fight Hype. While at the same time, of course, plugging the Dennis Guillermo article.
All of this, from Floyd Mayweather senior saying "who the fuck is Brad Cooney".
Monday, 4 April 2011
D'Source vs. Professional Legitimate Boxing Writer
Dennis Guillermo, who makes 50 pennies a pop, massaging the egos of Pacquiao fans, on fan contribution site "Examiner.com", has been busy trying to boost his profile, by claiming he's involved in a legitimate dispute with professional boxing journalist (someone who's paid for it) Kevin Iole.
What's the actual story?
Kevin Iole, wrote a pretty fair piece, on Yahoo sports, calling the Pacquiao vs. Mosely bout a pile of garbage. Something most fans agree with wholeheartedly.
Dennis, being a lunatic Pacquiao fan writer, wrote his usual "it aint so" defense of the bout. You know, black is white. Up is actually down. The Cleveland Browns are about to win the Superbowl.
Fiction. Pacquiao porn.
A fan of D'Source (probably D' Source himself) put a link to this fan article on Kevin's Twitter Account. And Kevin replied to it along the lines of "The guy's not a journalist. He's an amateur. Who cares what fan-boys think of me".
This upset the amateur "D'Source" greatly. How dare you refer to me as an amateur! Well, it didn't really upset him. My sources tell me he that he just wanted to make the most of the publicity Kevin inadvertently gave him.
"D'Source" hit back with an attack article on Kevin Iole. Having only 20 readers, it went unnoticed....................I don't think even Dennis Guillermo's mother knows it actually exists.
Undettered, my source tells me that D'Source then went to his friends at amateur site "8 Count News" in which he is a regular contributor, and asked small town hick Brad Cooney to back him up in this argument, and give it a bit of exposure.
A Brad Cooney article, on the "dispute" soon followed, which was..............errrr ignored as well.
Boxing fans need to understand one thing. It's not hard to design a web site. It's not hard to find people to write. Launching a boxing site, or writing a boxing column, is open to absolutely anyone.
Quality boxing writing, and legitimacy, is not defined by having a column, or a site. It's the content, and respect you earn from it.
D'Source is a nobody in boxing. Other than a few devoted followers, on his fan site, nobody even knows he exists. What's more, the people who do know he exists, think he's a lightweight.
Kevin Iole is the real deal. A professional boxing writer, who's got to where he is, by writing consistent, impeccably sourced quality.
Don't be fooled by these phony wars. Fan writers calling out professional journalists, trying to get legitimacy, by riding guy's like Iole, and their names.
I have very deep links in regards toMMA MMA MMA
My friend to this day, who I launched with back in 1999, still edits one of MMAs most important professional titles. And is known as "MMA
Heck, I know a lot of these guys on first name terms.
Guess what.
I've never heard of Brad Cooney, or Dennis Guillermo until today.
My friends never heard of Brad Cooney, or Dennis Guillermo.
I contacted, via e-mail, a currentUFC UFC
The more amateurish the set-up, the bigger the mouth, basically.
You'll find Chihuahuas
What's the actual story?
Kevin Iole, wrote a pretty fair piece, on Yahoo sports, calling the Pacquiao vs. Mosely bout a pile of garbage. Something most fans agree with wholeheartedly.
Dennis, being a lunatic Pacquiao fan writer, wrote his usual "it aint so" defense of the bout. You know, black is white. Up is actually down. The Cleveland Browns are about to win the Superbowl.
Fiction. Pacquiao porn.
A fan of D'Source (probably D' Source himself) put a link to this fan article on Kevin's Twitter Account. And Kevin replied to it along the lines of "The guy's not a journalist. He's an amateur. Who cares what fan-boys think of me".
This upset the amateur "D'Source" greatly. How dare you refer to me as an amateur! Well, it didn't really upset him. My sources tell me he that he just wanted to make the most of the publicity Kevin inadvertently gave him.
"D'Source" hit back with an attack article on Kevin Iole. Having only 20 readers, it went unnoticed....................I don't think even Dennis Guillermo's mother knows it actually exists.
Undettered, my source tells me that D'Source then went to his friends at amateur site "8 Count News" in which he is a regular contributor, and asked small town hick Brad Cooney to back him up in this argument, and give it a bit of exposure.
A Brad Cooney article, on the "dispute" soon followed, which was..............errrr ignored as well.
Boxing fans need to understand one thing. It's not hard to design a web site. It's not hard to find people to write. Launching a boxing site, or writing a boxing column, is open to absolutely anyone.
Quality boxing writing, and legitimacy, is not defined by having a column, or a site. It's the content, and respect you earn from it.
D'Source is a nobody in boxing. Other than a few devoted followers, on his fan site, nobody even knows he exists. What's more, the people who do know he exists, think he's a lightweight.
Kevin Iole is the real deal. A professional boxing writer, who's got to where he is, by writing consistent, impeccably sourced quality.
Don't be fooled by these phony wars. Fan writers calling out professional journalists, trying to get legitimacy, by riding guy's like Iole, and their names.
I have very deep links in regards to
My friend to this day, who I launched with back in 1999, still edits one of MMAs most important professional titles. And is known as "
Heck, I know a lot of these guys on first name terms.
Guess what.
I've never heard of Brad Cooney, or Dennis Guillermo until today.
My friends never heard of Brad Cooney, or Dennis Guillermo.
I contacted, via e-mail, a current
The more amateurish the set-up, the bigger the mouth, basically.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
The Ble-Asia Report
The times they are-a-changing. Once upon a time, the fan site "Bleacher Report" was an innocent little site. Launched by a friend of mine, I can offer some unique insight to it's early aims and objectives.
The idea was for it to be a forum, for aspiring writers, who struggled to break into the mainstream, to show their talent, and to form business partnerships with the mainstream media, to provide these writers with mainstream exposure.
That nobel mission statement exists to this day on most sport pages on the site. But it's a distant memory in regards to boxing.
Asia now loves boxing. Asia = money.
I've received several messages, over the last year, from contacts from inside the site. Updating me on recent moves. It seems that the rules have not so much "changed" in regards to the boxing page, but they basically don't apply any more.
I've been told that the "front page" Editor (who decides what they publish) of the Bleacher Boxing page, who was appointed about a year ago, is such a notorious troll, alledgedly, that, according to my sources, he actually continued flooding it with anti-Mayweather rhetoric ,under a psuedonym, for months after he was appointed. And only stopped doing so, after being challenged by angry users, for his complete disregard for editorial bias.
The "community leader" who basically keeps an eye on the page for the Editor, is I'm told, according to the messages I have received, an Asian-American Pacquiao fan, based in LA.
The page's copy, looking at it briefly myself, appears to be completely dominated by a Filipino Pacquiao fan called "Leo Reyes", who hasn't posted an article, that hasn't been about either Manny Pacquiao or Nonito Donaire, in over 7 months.
Worringly, I've been told that the site alledgedly protects Mr Reyes heavily. Not allowing any open comment on his articles. No matter how polite. I've been told that anyone who criticises Leo Reyes articles, on his page, and question the repetition, get banned.
My source claims, the community leader "King J", alledgedly, does this personally. Without consulting the management, or the sites own rule book. What's more, my source claims that King J doesn't actually ban people officially - as he doesn't want it to be official. He just makes sure their accounts can't post comments any more, alledgedly.
What this means is, according to my sources version of events, the pro-Pacquiao editorial team of the site, are alledgedly blocking users from posting, even though they haven't broken any of the rules that they signed up to when joining the site. Purely on the grounds of their sporting loyalties.
Commercial censorship basically.
It will be interesting to see if I hear anything else from users of the site, and their experiences with it
The idea was for it to be a forum, for aspiring writers, who struggled to break into the mainstream, to show their talent, and to form business partnerships with the mainstream media, to provide these writers with mainstream exposure.
That nobel mission statement exists to this day on most sport pages on the site. But it's a distant memory in regards to boxing.
Asia now loves boxing. Asia = money.
I've received several messages, over the last year, from contacts from inside the site. Updating me on recent moves. It seems that the rules have not so much "changed" in regards to the boxing page, but they basically don't apply any more.
I've been told that the "front page" Editor (who decides what they publish) of the Bleacher Boxing page, who was appointed about a year ago, is such a notorious troll, alledgedly, that, according to my sources, he actually continued flooding it with anti-Mayweather rhetoric ,under a psuedonym, for months after he was appointed. And only stopped doing so, after being challenged by angry users, for his complete disregard for editorial bias.
The "community leader" who basically keeps an eye on the page for the Editor, is I'm told, according to the messages I have received, an Asian-American Pacquiao fan, based in LA.
The page's copy, looking at it briefly myself, appears to be completely dominated by a Filipino Pacquiao fan called "Leo Reyes", who hasn't posted an article, that hasn't been about either Manny Pacquiao or Nonito Donaire, in over 7 months.
Worringly, I've been told that the site alledgedly protects Mr Reyes heavily. Not allowing any open comment on his articles. No matter how polite. I've been told that anyone who criticises Leo Reyes articles, on his page, and question the repetition, get banned.
My source claims, the community leader "King J", alledgedly, does this personally. Without consulting the management, or the sites own rule book. What's more, my source claims that King J doesn't actually ban people officially - as he doesn't want it to be official. He just makes sure their accounts can't post comments any more, alledgedly.
What this means is, according to my sources version of events, the pro-Pacquiao editorial team of the site, are alledgedly blocking users from posting, even though they haven't broken any of the rules that they signed up to when joining the site. Purely on the grounds of their sporting loyalties.
Commercial censorship basically.
It will be interesting to see if I hear anything else from users of the site, and their experiences with it
The big fight we've all been waiting for is on!
Yes, at last, I can confirm, that the matchup you have all been waiting for is on......................Scoop Malinowski vs. Someone possibly linked to Al Haymon.
Yes, sorry, probably not the news you've been waiting for, but interesting none-the-less. I was e-mailed last night by my contact at BoxingInsider.com, who told me that professional Mayweather lunatic Scoop, has got himself into a little war of words with an annonymous critic, some suspect to be a disgruntled Golden Boy goon.
I've seen quotes of the disagreement, and I can inform you that it ended with Scoop being told to "watch his back", and Scoop replying with a rather chilling "I have to warn you - I'm always ready........"
Anyone who witnessed wimpy Scoop, almost peeing his own pants, after letting his mouth write cheques his butt couldn't cash, with a member of Mike Tyson's entourage, will know that the smart money has to be with whoever Scoop is fighting.
Even if it's just a 9 year old school girl playing a prank..................
Yes, sorry, probably not the news you've been waiting for, but interesting none-the-less. I was e-mailed last night by my contact at BoxingInsider.com, who told me that professional Mayweather lunatic Scoop, has got himself into a little war of words with an annonymous critic, some suspect to be a disgruntled Golden Boy goon.
I've seen quotes of the disagreement, and I can inform you that it ended with Scoop being told to "watch his back", and Scoop replying with a rather chilling "I have to warn you - I'm always ready........"
Anyone who witnessed wimpy Scoop, almost peeing his own pants, after letting his mouth write cheques his butt couldn't cash, with a member of Mike Tyson's entourage, will know that the smart money has to be with whoever Scoop is fighting.
Even if it's just a 9 year old school girl playing a prank..................
Saturday, 2 April 2011
What's really going on in the Pacquiao camp - the reality
Every source I've spoken to on this, has told me the same thing.
Team Pacquuiao would be very happy, if they could negotiate Pacquiao's retirement, without answering the Mayweather question. In truth, they're more confident they can win the media war, than actually beat Mayweather in a boxing ring.
As I said, look at the series of events.
Mayweather and Pacquiao negotiate. Pacquiao makes several, rather strange demands, which many people I've spoken to in the fight game think were actually designed to scare Mayweather off.
The $10 million a pound weight penalty.
The demand that light gloves be used (knowing Mayweather can only box with heavy gloves because of his injuries)
The demand that a small ring be used (knowing Mayweather usually demands a big ring)
Floyd, surprisingly, according to the scribes I spoke to accepted this. As well as a 50/50 split. However, when he came back with his list of demands, there was seemingly something on there that Team Pacquiao didn't like.
Full Random drug testing.
The media response from Arum and Pacquiao was farcical.. And in truth, according to the guys I've spoken to, only worked out because of a lot of favours behind the scenes to help him out of a tricky spot.
First Top Ranks media people put out that Pacquiao was "scared of needles". Until eagle eye fans commented that he actually had a lot of tattoos.
Top Ranks media team then briefed the media, that Pacquiao was "supersiticious about blood" and stated that he didn't like doing blood tests. Again, this didn't really resonate with fans.
Then Top Ranks media team came back with "Pacquiao is physically weakened by blood loss". This is 3 changes of position, in about 20 hours.
Top Rank then flip flopped on other things. Changing their position on dates of testing from "24 days" to "no random testing" to "3 pre planned testing periods" and then back to "no random testing.
Mayweathers people then came back with a new offer. Taking into account the various Top Rank claims about Pacquiao's health. No tests within 14 days of the fight. Top Rank refused this out of hand, again, stating no random testing at all will happen.
Pacquiao then walked. And signed to face Josh Clottey instead. And hasn't fought anyone not affiliated to Top Rank since.
Speaking to my contacts in boxing publishing, we've all come to a similar conclusion.
Was Bob Arum expecting Mayweather to accept his LOUSY original offer? and was it a case that once he (surprisingly) did, did Arum then engineer Pacquiao out of the deal.
Look what's happened since then if you will.
A 2nd half hearted negotiation, in which, according to most sources I have, Bob Arum never even got to a point where he spoke to anyone from Golden Boy. In fact, both Jeff Mayweather, and Michael Koncz quite openly have stated the talks were little more than "provisional".
Then Top Rank and Pacquiao starting long, drawn out legal proceedings, against both the person they supposedly want to fight, and the promoters they supposedly want to pay them. I've spoken to a contact on this, and he tells me this won't be in court until late 2011 minimum. He states, "probably closer to Spring 2012". And that the court case "could go into 2013".
This legal move means, a bout may well be impossibly until late 2013.
Again, the purpose of debate is tocome to your own conclusions, but the sources I've spoken to have said that they think Team Pacquiao have put quite a few barriers of their own in place, to make sure we don't see this fight in the medium term.
You may find this is about nobody wants. Neither boxer. Neither promoter
Team Pacquuiao would be very happy, if they could negotiate Pacquiao's retirement, without answering the Mayweather question. In truth, they're more confident they can win the media war, than actually beat Mayweather in a boxing ring.
As I said, look at the series of events.
Mayweather and Pacquiao negotiate. Pacquiao makes several, rather strange demands, which many people I've spoken to in the fight game think were actually designed to scare Mayweather off.
The $10 million a pound weight penalty.
The demand that light gloves be used (knowing Mayweather can only box with heavy gloves because of his injuries)
The demand that a small ring be used (knowing Mayweather usually demands a big ring)
Floyd, surprisingly, according to the scribes I spoke to accepted this. As well as a 50/50 split. However, when he came back with his list of demands, there was seemingly something on there that Team Pacquiao didn't like.
Full Random drug testing.
The media response from Arum and Pacquiao was farcical.. And in truth, according to the guys I've spoken to, only worked out because of a lot of favours behind the scenes to help him out of a tricky spot.
First Top Ranks media people put out that Pacquiao was "scared of needles". Until eagle eye fans commented that he actually had a lot of tattoos.
Top Ranks media team then briefed the media, that Pacquiao was "supersiticious about blood" and stated that he didn't like doing blood tests. Again, this didn't really resonate with fans.
Then Top Ranks media team came back with "Pacquiao is physically weakened by blood loss". This is 3 changes of position, in about 20 hours.
Top Rank then flip flopped on other things. Changing their position on dates of testing from "24 days" to "no random testing" to "3 pre planned testing periods" and then back to "no random testing.
Mayweathers people then came back with a new offer. Taking into account the various Top Rank claims about Pacquiao's health. No tests within 14 days of the fight. Top Rank refused this out of hand, again, stating no random testing at all will happen.
Pacquiao then walked. And signed to face Josh Clottey instead. And hasn't fought anyone not affiliated to Top Rank since.
Speaking to my contacts in boxing publishing, we've all come to a similar conclusion.
Was Bob Arum expecting Mayweather to accept his LOUSY original offer? and was it a case that once he (surprisingly) did, did Arum then engineer Pacquiao out of the deal.
Look what's happened since then if you will.
A 2nd half hearted negotiation, in which, according to most sources I have, Bob Arum never even got to a point where he spoke to anyone from Golden Boy. In fact, both Jeff Mayweather, and Michael Koncz quite openly have stated the talks were little more than "provisional".
Then Top Rank and Pacquiao starting long, drawn out legal proceedings, against both the person they supposedly want to fight, and the promoters they supposedly want to pay them. I've spoken to a contact on this, and he tells me this won't be in court until late 2011 minimum. He states, "probably closer to Spring 2012". And that the court case "could go into 2013".
This legal move means, a bout may well be impossibly until late 2013.
Again, the purpose of debate is tocome to your own conclusions, but the sources I've spoken to have said that they think Team Pacquiao have put quite a few barriers of their own in place, to make sure we don't see this fight in the medium term.
You may find this is about nobody wants. Neither boxer. Neither promoter
What's really going on in the Pacquiao camp -intro
The sources I get on this are quite a lot different than the final media product. But that's because there's an entire network of media filters in place to protect promoters interests.
Mayweather doesn't give a crap about his public image. As, in truth, he's a freaking simpleton, who doesn't really think at a much greater level of "what's on tv" or "what's for dinner tonight". Floyd's a complicated guy, and you have to speak to him to get this.
It's hard to believe that he truly doesn't care what people think of him, but I assure you, he truly doesn't caren what people think of him. In fact, I was in his company once, where he was asked what he thought of a boxing writer (Kevin Iole), and not only did he have no idea who Kevin was, but he had no idea what "Yahoo" was. In fact, he had to ask a work out buddy of his, to login in to the site for him, as he didn't even own a laptop.
Basically, don't be fooled that Floyd trawls the net, 24/7 because he uses Twitter. I assure you, all his tweets will be little more than him be passing hand written notes to a more tech-savvy member of his entourage. Floyd's a hick basically.
Floyd's media budget in 2011 will be $2. Pacquiao's will be $15 million.
It's all one way traffic basically. Which means th3e facts are carefully hidden behind walls of crap. But it is there. And you''ll find it above
Mayweather doesn't give a crap about his public image. As, in truth, he's a freaking simpleton, who doesn't really think at a much greater level of "what's on tv" or "what's for dinner tonight". Floyd's a complicated guy, and you have to speak to him to get this.
It's hard to believe that he truly doesn't care what people think of him, but I assure you, he truly doesn't caren what people think of him. In fact, I was in his company once, where he was asked what he thought of a boxing writer (Kevin Iole), and not only did he have no idea who Kevin was, but he had no idea what "Yahoo" was. In fact, he had to ask a work out buddy of his, to login in to the site for him, as he didn't even own a laptop.
Basically, don't be fooled that Floyd trawls the net, 24/7 because he uses Twitter. I assure you, all his tweets will be little more than him be passing hand written notes to a more tech-savvy member of his entourage. Floyd's a hick basically.
Floyd's media budget in 2011 will be $2. Pacquiao's will be $15 million.
It's all one way traffic basically. Which means th3e facts are carefully hidden behind walls of crap. But it is there. And you''ll find it above
The retarded grape vine
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/651658-floyd-mayweather-sr-backpedals-on-manny-pacquiaos-steroids-and-peds-charges
What do you do if you have no credibility. Just get togethor in little co-ops, and quote eachother in your articles, to promote each others work.
Nothing screams "legitimacy" than being cited. So when I was sent this link, by a reader, I had to chuckle.
The actual Mayweather story is boring. I've read it. He did little more than accuse Pacquiao again, of using steroids, as well as accuse the Wild Card gym of juicing other guys.
So what's this story. Well, it's Examiner.com's Dennis Guillermos analysis, which was wrong, and heavily biased, posted as the actual news. The author didn't consider it neccesary to quote Mayweather, as in all honesty, it actually asks a lot of questions about Pacquiao, that I suspect the author didn't want to bring up.
So this is how it works.
A hugely biased, amateur Filipino writer, takes a story, and twists it, in an attempt to fit his own agenda, and mislead readers. Another Pacquiao writer, then re-prints the analysis, as the actual news, on the basis that he agrees with it, and wants to push the false rumour further, to more people.
The end result. You've got a lot of readers, who have been denied the right to read the actual story, and who have only got the heavily biased pro-pacquiao analysis.
Keep it coming folks. These e-mails are interesting
What do you do if you have no credibility. Just get togethor in little co-ops, and quote eachother in your articles, to promote each others work.
Nothing screams "legitimacy" than being cited. So when I was sent this link, by a reader, I had to chuckle.
The actual Mayweather story is boring. I've read it. He did little more than accuse Pacquiao again, of using steroids, as well as accuse the Wild Card gym of juicing other guys.
So what's this story. Well, it's Examiner.com's Dennis Guillermos analysis, which was wrong, and heavily biased, posted as the actual news. The author didn't consider it neccesary to quote Mayweather, as in all honesty, it actually asks a lot of questions about Pacquiao, that I suspect the author didn't want to bring up.
So this is how it works.
A hugely biased, amateur Filipino writer, takes a story, and twists it, in an attempt to fit his own agenda, and mislead readers. Another Pacquiao writer, then re-prints the analysis, as the actual news, on the basis that he agrees with it, and wants to push the false rumour further, to more people.
The end result. You've got a lot of readers, who have been denied the right to read the actual story, and who have only got the heavily biased pro-pacquiao analysis.
Keep it coming folks. These e-mails are interesting
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