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Don’t let the post title fool you, I look forward to your comments on whether you think Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao will finally meet in November. I know that Showtime Championship Boxing has a nice double-header lined up for next week, featuring Juan Manuel Lopez and Nonito Donaire, but I’m in a Mayweather-Pacquiao state of mind.

The bazillion-dollar question is: will the fight actually take place this November?

My guess is, "no comment." Actually, I’m only kidding. I just couldn’t resist sharing that overused, two-word phrase. "No comment" was supposed to be the canned response that anyone involved with promoting this "mega-fight-in-the-making" uttered to the media regarding the fight negotiations. If you recall, hearsay and "media jabs" by Top Rank (Pacquiao’s promotional outfit) and Golden Boy/Mayweather Promotions had a lot to do with the fight not being made late last year.

All parties were doing good until I read this, "Arum claims progress on mega-fight negotiations." I’m thinking, "what the hell happened to no comment." It was working so well. Just when you think you have it all figured out, good ole’ Arum launches this comment.

What do you make of all of this?

It’s been a cold summer for my beloved sport of boxing. The broader sports universe has been fixated on where Lebron James will land as a free agent and who is going to win the World Cup. In the narrower boxing universe, the biggest story has been whether Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will finally meet later this year.

The most significant boxing story in recent weeks was Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. defeating John Duddy this past weekend in a pay-per-view fight that only family and friends of both fighters paid to see (just kidding, sort of). The weather may be hot outside in many parts of the U.S. but the action in the ring has been cooler than a prime Big Daddy Kane.

And it doesn’t get much better over the next few weeks. Although some excellent fighters like Nonito Donaire, Juan Manuel Lopez and Timothy Bradley are scheduled to fight in July, they will all be prohibitive favorites in their title defenses. Maybe I’ve been a little spoiled by Showtime’s Super Six middleweight tournament or HBO’s hot spring lineup, which featured Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley and Paul Williams.

There is hope on the horizon however.

On July 31, Juan Manuel Marquez meets Juan Diaz in a rematch of their gut-wrenching battle a year ago. August gets even hotter, as rising stars Chad Dawson (vs Jean Pascal), Devon Alexander (vs Andreas Kotelnik) and Tavoris Cloud (vs Glen Johnson) face arguably the stiffest tests of their careers.

Lebron will soon find a home. Argentina may soon hoist the World Cup. And Floyd Mayweather may finally meet Manny Pacquiao. After all of these burning questions are answered, start getting excited again on July 31.

Happy Father’s day to all of my fans, followers, subscribers, and frequent visitors. You have all been influenced in some way by men who have played the role of dad, granddad or great granddad. And many of us are dads ourselves. As a result, I want to use this day to allow you to learn a bit more about me.

Sugar Ray Leonard W TKO 14 Thomas Hearns, Las Vegas, NV, 09.16.81. I remember this fight like it was yesterday, even though it took place nearly thirty years ago. My father and his friends were so excited in the weeks leading up to this fight. I wondered why. I lived in a sports world which supposedly centered around baseball and football. Little did I know or understand my dad’s love for boxing. And after watching the replay of the fight on ABC’s Wide World of Sports nearly a year later, I realized why. I’ve been a boxing fan ever since.

My dad recently passed away. But he left a lasting impact. My love of boxing and writing are two of the many imprints that he left on me. When you read my posts, always remember that I have a co-author — James Dawson, my dad.

Continue to cherish the sport. And continue to honor and love your fathers.

You can’t keep a good man down. That’s what I was thinking in the wake of Marquez-Vazquez IV and Khan-Malignaggi — two bouts that I erred in predicting correctly.

With an assist from my boxing fight predictor (see the screenshot below) as well as an agreeable style matchup,  Miguel Cotto vs Yuri Foreman turned out to be easy money.

Since I’m in a shameless, self-promotion kind of mood, I’ll keep with the boxing fight predictor theme in the Cotto-Foreman fight result post. If you look at the image to the right, you will see that the predictor indicates Ward as a Strong Favorite. I tend to agree, but not without some hesitation.

When Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KOs) meets Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) 11 days from now, he’ll be facing his stiffest test in my opinion. Some would argue that Mikkel Kessler was Ward’s most difficult foe. I would argue that Green’s height (he stands 6′2"), his one-punch knockout power, and his amateur pedigree are nothing like Ward has ever seen as a pro.

However, I believe that fighting in his hometown of Oakland, California as well as his recent success against top super middleweights (Mikkel Kessler and Edison Miranda) will be the factors that tip this fight in Ward’s favor.

Allan Green brings a lot to the table. However, what he will bring to the table against the best fighter that he has ever faced as a pro? The only other name on Green’s resume is Miranda, and it accounts for his only loss. It was later found out that Green was dealing with some undiagnosed medical issues at the time of the Miranda fight, but that loss is not a good omen.

Look for Andre Ward to stay undefeated in a fight that will be highly-technical, and perhaps even dull at times.

Andre Ward W UD12 Allan Green.