Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Miguel Cotto on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It’s not the fight we want (that would be the dream megafight with Manny Pacquiao that looks increasingly like it will never happen), although Cotto has fared well against common opponents. Still, like all of the other times there was a glimmer of hope for Mayweather/ Pacquiao and it didn’t happen, we can’t help but be incredibly disappointed. [LA Times]

Sure, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are still fighting, still winning…but not against each other. Today, Mayweather tried to do something – or at least tried to look like he was doing something – himself to change that.

Even when the Broncos were winning six straight games earlier this season, Tim Tebow still had his share of doubters. But even the most hardened Tebow skeptic would have been hard-pressed to bet seven figures against him and his team.

Shortly after knocking out Victor Ortiz in bizarre fashion, Floyd Mayweather took part in the customary post-fight interview. He spent that interview yelling at an 80-year-old man. The 80-year-old man in question: HBO’s Larry Merchant, who informed Mayweather that he wanted to kick his ass. Video after the jump.

Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz certainly provided an interesting evening, even if it came via a very weird knockout and even weirder post-fight interview.

Yes, yes, we’re as shocked as you are. When Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz stepped on the scale yesterday before their fight tonight, we all expected it to pass without incident. Really, it’s a weigh-in – what could happen? It’s not like it’s a complete contrivance designed specifically to drum up more interest in the fight by way of something “crazy” happening, right?

NFL Network analyst Michael Irvin had an interesting take on why the Floyd Mayweather — Manny Pacquiao fight isn’t happening.

Cameras were rolling when Floyd Mayweather looked on as 50 Cent hit the speed bag, surprisingly (unsurprisingly?) coming off well.

Manny Pacquiao beat someone other than Floyd Mayweather again last night…but what we’re really interested in is a strange scene from after the match.

You may have missed it, but Floyd Mayweather, Jr. may be in deep, deep trouble. Last week, Mayweather allegedly threatened ex-girlfriend Josie Harris and stole her iPhone. And now things for him have gone from bad to worse.