Floyd Mayweather Jr Will Get His Boxing License, Don't Worry

by Scott Christ on Jan 7, 2012 7:31 AM EST in Boxing News Analysis

Floyd Mayweather Jr will have to go have a meeting about his boxing license, but there's no chance Nevada will deny him. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Before anyone goes nuts over the story TMZ is running that questions whether or not Floyd Mayweather will receive his boxing license when he meets with the Nevada State Athletic Commission...well, look, let me just show you what I'm saying here:

Kizer tells us it's not uncommon for a fighter to begin the process just a few weeks before their first bout of the year. We're told Floyd has been flagged for a face-to-face ... if and when he applies.

"The commission looks at experience, integrity, character and skill to determine whether or not it's appropriate to issue a license," Kizer says.

And it ain't a slam dunk either -- the commission is known to REJECT applications ... most famously denying Mike Tyson in 2002 after he was involved in a brawl at a NYC news conference.

REJECT! ... if and when.

OK, here's the actual deal: There is not an already-melting snowball's chance in hell that the Nevada State Athletic Commission is going to deny Floyd Mayweather Jr a license.

Floyd Mayweather Jr is avoiding going to jail right now so that he can inject Las Vegas with some badly-needed money. That's, like, the whole reason he's getting to fight on May 5 and reporting to jail on June 1, instead of reporting yesterday as was originally ordered.

He's going to fight May 5. Nevada and Kizer will make a cute little show about how he has to come in and explain himself ("LOL," as they say), but there's literally 0% chance that they're going to make some stand here and deny him a license. They're also not going to deny Victor Ortiz a license, but they're making him jump through a couple hoops, too. The NSAC really can't afford to be getting all moral right now. The Vegas economy is still drier than the desert itself and Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao bring trucks of cash to the strip during fight week.

But if it WERE a serious meeting with an unknown outcome, well, Floyd would fare pretty well on experience and skill, but integrity and character? Those aren't things you can buy. They're not Bentleys.

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Mayweather gets a license like Antonio Margarito got a license in New York.

Not only can these state commissions not afford to reject fighters at this juncture, but they also aren’t half the moral-do-gooders they like to pretend they are. ’Tis what it is, I suppose.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 7, 2012 8:14 AM EST reply actions

Floyd has the "Money" character

by Polish Rifle on Jan 7, 2012 8:33 AM EST reply actions

money talks and bs walks..nevada could care less about the law..but more about the money..all the same politicians judges..if it was me id get 3 years in jail and not choose when i could serve my time..

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 7, 2012 10:10 AM EST reply actions

And get Ike for a cell mate

"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
-- Vernon Forrest (1971-2009)

by Boss Man on Jan 7, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions

nevada could care less about the law

That is correct and that has always been correct. That’s why Vegas is Vegas.

"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
-- Vernon Forrest (1971-2009)

by Boss Man on Jan 7, 2012 9:57 PM EST reply actions

athletic commissions are athletic commissions.

they don’t really protect fighters. they don’t actually inspect hand wraps (Mosley vs Margarito, and Resto vs Green) the way they should.
they don’t really watch everyone backstage in the locker rooms.
guys submit fake urine with their back turned (Thiago Silva in the UFC) or they submit urine to their own doctor in a hospital of their choosing.
guys weigh in over weight or weigh in without ever really officially making weight (Gatti vs Gamache – http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/gamache-wins-lawsuit-vs-nysac-42103)

if you think the Athletic Commission actually cares about/protects fighters you know nothing about the fight game.

I could have probably easily swapped wraps for a number of my fights, or cheated and no one would have been the wiser. it’s scary when i stop to think about it.

Gatti. Dekkers. Pele. Aoki. Kang. Vanderlei. Basillio. Harry Greb.

by theworldsoldestsport on Jan 8, 2012 2:04 PM EST reply actions