Pacquiao vs Mayweather - Good vs Evil

Saturday May 2nd, 2015, 9pm ET 6pm PT, Live on Pay-Per-View.

Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather is being indirectly and unfairly billed as "Good versus Evil."

The media, along with Pacquiao and his camp, are overwhelmingly painting a picture of Mayweather as being Beelzebub in the flesh.

The ESPN investigative series entitled, "Outside the Lines," on Friday, April 24th, instead of focusing on the upcoming mega-fight, devoted the half-hour show to Floyd's legal woes, specifically his being arrested and jailed for physical abuse towards women.

Meanwhile, Manny Pacquiao is absurdly talking about his ties to Christianity (as he recently 'found the Lord' and now comes off as an evangelical expert) and how he wants to "save Floyd's soul." The man and his camp have been simultaneous putting Mayweather down, while trying to proselytize to him. Really? 

Rarely does the media highlight the fact that Mayweather promotes his own fights, which means HE controls his career and not some ravenous boxing promoter, such as Bob Arum (who controls Pacquiao) or Don King.

Not only does Floyd oversee and manage his own career successfully, but this upcoming pay-per-view event will be the largest and most costly (to fight-fans) in boxing history. The fee for the fight is $99, most expensive televised boxing event ever.

Guess what, as much as the majority despises Floyd Mayweather Jr. (particularly women and Caucasian Americans - not all, but many), the viewership for the fight will more than likely break all types of records. So you hate him, but you're paying him money. That's some helluva promoting if you ask me.

Before the reader insinuates that the author may be racist or have something against women, consider the fact that before each guest sits down and speaks with Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith on the ESPN show, "First Take," they are asked to choose who they think will win the fight. Mayweather on the left of the board, Pacquiao on the right. About 98 percent of the African American athletes or former athletes, post their pictures on the left side of the board under Floyd Mayweather. These are not 'fight experts' by no means; we're talking NFL and NBA players, so they are picking with their hearts, not based on their knowledge, or lack thereof, of professional boxing.

What we're going to witness on May 2nd, is a much lighter, less serious version of Orenthal James Simpson versus the State of California. Much like the outcome in the Simpson murder trial, the majority of black folks will cheer if Floyd wins, majority of white folks (and women) will be highly perturbed.

This is why W.E.B DuBois statement rings true today, as it did over 100 years ago, in his 1902 book, "The Souls of Black Folks." DuBois stated, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line." He could have easily stated the 20th and 21st century.

Please don't act like race is no longer an issue (see Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown, just to name a few). Unfortunately, race permeates many faucets of our interactions on a daily basis. If you are included in the 13.2 percent population of black people in the United States, chances are, you have and will continue to deal with situations that have nothing to do with the 'content of your character', but the color of your skin. That's just America.

** White Americans are the racial majority, with a 77.7% share of the U.S. population. Hispanic and Latino Americans amount to 17.1% of the population, making up the largest minority. African Americans comprise of 13.2% of the population.