Arum says Mayweather-Pacquiao fight dead: Manny to fight Malignaggi next
December 24th, 2009
By Eric Thomas: According to news reports, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is saying the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is dead in the water because of the failure of the two parties over the Olympic style drug tests that Mayweather’s team wants. Instead, Pacquiao will go in a different direction and fight Paulie Malignaggi on March 13th. This is a huge letdown to say the least. Malignaggi isn’t anywhere close to being as good as Mayweather, and was stopped last year in the 11th round by Ricky Hatton.
Malignaggi has little punching power and is more of a pure boxer that likes to frustrate his opponents with movement and pot shots. Malignaggi was beaten by Miguel Cotto by a 12 round decision in 2006, and last year, Paulie was stopped by Hatton in a one-sided fight. What makes Malignaggi more appealing that arguably better fighters than him is his popularity on the East coast of the United States. He’s well liked there and has a huge following. He has wins over Lovemore N’dou, Herman Ngoudjo, Edner Cherry, and Diaz. That’s pretty much the extent of Malignaggi’s wins over 1st tier opposition. However, it’s hard to see Malignaggi beating the stronger more powerful light welterweight contenders today like Kendall Holt, Ricardo Torres, Devon Alexander, Victor Ortiz, Marcos Maidana, Amir Khan, Juan Urango, Bradley, Nate Campbell, and Lamont Peterson.
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no 1 can beat floyd in a fair fight cuz hes that cold blooded!! he’s the only boxer in history to be able to take your style of boxing and beat you with it…there is no reason to hate on floyd 4 his skills because he’s the greatest of all time…cats hate on floyd because of his mouth which is compleltey unjust!! floyd would beat anyone in any time frame present or past believe dat..no one in the game dedicates themselves like floyd does to training and detail… NO ONE!!!!!
manny is a fraud..floyds the G.O.A.T. forget the rest..stats dont lie and no one has ever beatn pretty boy in a fair fight.. i can understand PBF wanting things to be 100% fair going into the biggest fight of his career…and dont forget people who was the pound for pound best before he retired!!! coming outta retirement and beating a roided up manny will only add to my man floyds legacy as the G.O.A.T.!!
I think the thing for either fighter to do is just comply, in order to make the fight. And, for whatever inconveince that the other guy caused just take it out on him in the ring.
all u guys are crazy if u think floyds tryna duck this fight…hes the best hands down and no one can argure with an undefeated records (stats dont lie as!!) if pac man doesnt wanna agree to a fair fight then him!! theres no way u can knock pretty boy cuz hes beat ANYONE put in his path and regardless what anyone has to say hes never backed down from any fight that was logically worth taking..if manny cant agree to simple ANTI-DOPING policies then i dont see how anyone with common sense could doubt his credentials….floyds the greatest of my time and possibly the G.O.A.T.
I think mayweather is afraid to fight pac. what he is wanting is stupid and childish. Mayweather knows he will lose so he is just making the fight difficult so he can make himself look good which in my opinion he is not!!
you people are stupid..the reason why pacman doesn’t wanna take a blood test is because it’s not required by the committee..and mayweather wants him to take it 48 hours before the fight..and that’s bad for the boxers condition..why y’all hatin’ on my boy?..did it occur to you guys that mayweather doesn’t wanna take the blood test and the urine test as well?..think about that..and get your facts straight..bs
WHY NOT TEST? FYI:THE REASON WHY THIS IS ALL LOOKING SUSPICIOUS ON PAC’S BEHALF IS BECAUSE HE AGREED TO TAKE A BLOOD TEST..BUT DID NOT AGREE TO TAKE IT RIGHT BEFORE THE FIGHT. MOST BLOOD TESTS TAKEN BEFORE A SPORTS EVENT IS NOW DONE ONLY IN THE OLYMPICS!! WHY TAKE A TEST NOW..BUT NOT TAKE ONE RIGHT BEFORE THE FIGHT? HMMMMM? MAKES YOU THINK?
Remember how the .45 caliber came about.
oh ya and the only reason he iis keepin it on the radar is because of all the fillipiinos watchin.
boxing sux anyway.pac is the only fighter keeping it on the radar.Get with the program and watch UFC.real fights without the BS.
MAYWEATHER IS A PY TRYING TO INDIRECTLY GET OUT OF A KICKIN
LOL, Pacman never agreed to the blood test, were did that idiot get his info.. he claimed his religion forbids him from blood test… I guess like in any religion , he can make up the rules as he goes to suit your own needs. Hes probably on dope, I wouldnt doubt it. The guilty always hide behind god.
Let them fight and will see who is the best for the two. I believe Pac man is still the best. Floyd is so worried about for their fight and allegation is one of his tactics to put Pac Man down.
Maybe they should make mayweather take esteroids because thats the only way he will have a chance at beating pacman. and if pacman has been taking eteroids why hasent he been cought. like vargaz and toney
MAYWEATHER IS SCARED THERES NO WAY MALLINAGI IS BETTER THAN COTTO WHY MAYWEATHER NEVER FOUGHT REAL FIGHTERS ALWAYS DUCKING MARGARITO,COTTO,MOSLEY,PAUL WILLAMS ALL GOOD FIGHTERS THAT WOULD TAKE HIS BELT IF HES THE BEST WHY RING MAG HAS HIM 3RD BEST FIGHTER RIGHT NOW
PACMAN IS ANOTHER ALI THIS GUY WENT UP 7 CLASSES THIS GUY IS A BEAST WHY THEY DONT TAKE THE BLOOD AFTER THE FIGHT SAME THING
Hahaha no way this fight will be so easy for Pacman bring Floyed or Sugar Shane!
MALIGNAGGI WOULD BE A MUCH TOUGHER FIGHT FOR PACMAN, THAN COTTO OR HATTON… PM HAS MORE SKILLS, MORE HEART, BETTER CHIN & LETS NOT FORGET HIS JAB, JAB JAB!!! I’D LIKE TO SEE THIS FIGHT AS A FIGHT FAN…
Pacquiao vs Malignaggi NO WAY!! Am I Paying for that fight!!!! That fight is a shameful MISSMATCH!!!!
I am so dissapointed with this fight being called off, to the point where i believe boxing will die if this fight doeant happen. There is no bigger fight then pacman mayweather in the whole of boxing. So why dont they just get it on! These two boxers have let me down and if they dont fight i will refuse to buy any of their pay per views in the future
remember all you mayweather haters out there who is the coward , who pulled out of the fight !! omg im scared of needls , ive got 5 thousand tattoos but im afraid of needls ..for a fight of this magnitude its only fair to all of us that shell out about a total of 75 dollars to watch floyd give a clinic that BOTH parties take every possible test ..this fight will happen and floyd will make a statement in it …believe it !!
Speaking of legacy, Pacquiao already establishes himself a legacy that boxing fans will never forget. He is recognized by majority of boxing experts and analysts not only as the best pound for pound there is while in his prime, but also a champion and a record holder of 7th weight division. Pacquiao‘s feat is unheard of and never done before in boxing. For Pacquiao fighting Floyd is definitely good for boxing. However, fighting Floyd or not, winning or losing if ever they ended up fighting, is not going to taint Pacquiao’s legacy. Pacquiao will come down in the annals of boxing history as the “little man” who never backs down, shy away from any fight, even if the odds are against him.
whats up with pac and floyd next there will be law suits over what toilet roll each of em use . Personally i dont think floyd wants this fight i might be wrong surely drug testing is a routine procedure here so why all the fuss floyd if pacman is taking drugs it will come out in the wash eventually and if found true it will crush his legacy anyway. I think floyd is baffled how pacman destroyed hatton and cotto and how pacman absorbed there punches ok hatton only clipped him 1 time but cotto got a few in and pac just took them with ease. Best thing about this is i think floyd would win
jake,
stop exaggerating.
what ever tests they will do to pacquiao will also be done to mayweather. what is so special about pacquiao?
during the figth of pacman, Im having blood test, before they take, they ask you not to eat or drink for about 4 to 6 hours dude they really take huge amount of blood, i thought it was just a drop. I feel dazzy for about 5mins, hell i dont want another one, now imagine, if pac give 10 times… ?
yeah if you haven’t eaten in 4 hours?
you are having a laugh! The Brahma Bull.
graham,
it’s not a small sample to him. It might be to you. But according to regulations, each time a blood test is given, there are 3 viles of blood that must be taken out, not only one. They do 3 to make sure there are no errors. If you were getting tested for AIDS, wouldn’t you want at least 3 viles of blood tested? How do you know they didn’t make a mistake? If you tested positive after only the first test, wouldn’t you want them to test again to make sure there were no errors? Now, imagine having this blood test done about 10 times in a 3 month period.
to Jhon Foreman
“if Pacquio dont take the blood test i am asking all the boxing lover to strip him of his belt and sue Roach, Pacquio, and Bob Aurum for cheeting and lying to the public”.
If that would be the case, then you should have gone as far as stripping every champions of different weight classes of their titles. governing bodies have their own standards, and these standards are regarded as a law enough to provide orderliness to any given community, if you want to enforce this dope test thing on Paquiao then you must first aim to revise the existing standards that these governing bodies are implementing.
sorry, got cut off.
What if you haven’t had anyting to eat in 4 hours. What’s easier to do, give blood or pee?
The point is clear, giving blood is more likely going to affect your performance. Random tests might make Pacquiao feel dizzy. Everyone responds to giving blood differently. That’s why people have phobias. What if giving blood really makes Pacquiao feel nauscious. All I know is that there are almost no people in this world who feel more nauscious when peeing than giving blood.
This whole thing is a joke. First Mayweather comes in weighing more than he was suppose to against Marquez and now that he will be fighting at his weight, he needs to find something against Pacquiao. I guess he finally found out that Pacquiao felt weak against Morales in their first fight due to the blood test. Look back at old interviews of Pacquiao. He mentioned, many years back, that the only difference with his fight against Morales and the other ones before him was the blood test. Look it up.
The Brahma Bull,
he’s not donating a pint of blood. it’s just a small sample of blood.
Has everyone who has made a comment on this forum ever given blood before? If you all have, tell me something. Does everyone respond to the blood test in the same way? Are the after effects the same for everyone? Does weight matter when you give blood? Are there stipulations to giving blood? Has anyone ever felt weak after giving blood?
Has everyone who has made a comment on this forum ever had to give a urine sample? Does a peeing in a cup have more or less of an effect on the body than giving blood? Well, when I pee, I feel relief. When I give blood, I often don’t feel the relief until I’ve eaten something. Next question, what’s easier to do, wake up and pee or wake up and give blood? What if you haven’t had anything to eat in
rs,
random testing is standard.
if they were allowed to set dates on when to give samples all those cheats out there would be getting away with it.
Pac isnt on steroids if he was that would of been detected in his urine test… If he is on anything its Human Growth Hormones (still illegal)thats why they want the random blood test.. HGH is out of your system after 48hrs so thats why they need it to be random…I dont think any Marquee fighter will get in the ring with him with out testing him now
He (Pacman) agreed to have a blood test immediately after the fight. If he is on steroids is it just going away after the fight?
Whatever Floyds dad and Uncle is taking must be affecting him too.
If (and I mean IF) Pac is on performance enhancers, then it means that poor Cotto’s only 2 losses are against cheaters. Mayweather choices now are winner of Mosley-Berto or Cotto.
To Jhon Foreman,I am very much in doubt you are are a Filipino.You are naturalized Mexican with the a mind like Manuel Perez.Just because Pac team refuses the terms of Floyd means his on steroid.Come on fake Pinoy,all professional boxers are taking food(repeat:food) suplements to enhance their performance to a certain degree.Don’t be hypocrite here.What dangerous here is the conspiracy angle by the doping agency.Everybody wants Manny to be positive on steroid.So that’s it fake Pinoy.pa pinoy pinoy kapa.
ignorant… its not about a drug test… its about how to weaken pacquiao…
Pacquio is asking for 8oz glove, he ask for $10 million dollars penalty while Floyd only asking a blood test what the Hell.I am a Pure pilipino, rise and born in quezon city when the place are still a rise paddy and who love Boxing and i believe on Honor, Pride and Dignity. Pacquio has a tatto so do i and it hurts more than a neddle.And my profession is in medical field so dont give me that BS. Pacquio agreed to take a blood test 30 days and after the fight. In that frame period that the best time to be not detected and after the fight theirs a medicine that u could take and i will not detect anything. If Pacquio dont take the blood test i am asking all the boxing lover to strip him of his belt and sue Roach, Pacquio, and Bob Aurum for cheeting and lying to the public
FMJ screwed himself. Malinaggi screwed FMJ also. Malinaggi says Manny Is on something but gladly fight him without the drug test. Malinaggi realizes the payday he will get FMJ thinks he was bigger than the fight itself. Now FMJ can go to england and fight Ricky Hatton’s brother for whatever it’s worth to him
Pacquiao is finished as a world respected fighter.
Margarito and Pacquiao have a lot in common. They deserve to fight each other.
Ummm.. He already agreed to take the test, PERIOD. One test ASAP then 30 days before and 30 days after the fight. that’s 3 friggen tests! what more do you want from the guy… the only reason they had disagreements was because the Floyd camp thought Pac Man could “work the calendar”, which is ridiculous because injections can take up to 4-5 weeks pill/capsule form may take 6 months to flush out of the system. So do you really think Pac Man would risk that much money over taking performance enhancing drugs? Get real man… if that were the case then they should of asked for hair samples instead, because that would of given them a way longer history of previous drug related history compared to blood. All in all, the Floyd camp just wanted to find a way out because they’re a bunch of cowards…PERIOD
Pac should take the test. Period. If he doesn’t and this fight falls through the cracks you have to question his prior fights. No different than Margarito.
I accuse Floyd and Paulie of harboring extra x chromosomes in their genetic make up thereby rendering them effiminate but with tendencies to run and counter and with superior girlie reflexes…therefore, PAC/Arum should require both fighters to undergo rigorous chromosomal analysis before the fight so as to ensure that all fighters are xy and not xxy or xyy, preferably by the American cattle meat and swine testing institute at the USDA
if pacman was clean he wouldnt mind taking those tests for 40mil.dollars something smells with pacman.
Think of it in Manny’s position… if someone told you to sit, would you? if someone told you to roll over or lick their shoes, would you? quit honestly i don’t blame Manny. Their demands are ridiculous… and it just goes to show how cowardice they (Floyd) really is by not agreeing to a blood test AFTER the fight. I mean, Manny already agreed to a blood test, but AFTER the fight, which in my opinion is a reasonable demand. Those Mayweather’s believe they are the kings of boxing when in fact they are really only the jesters who would of only made the Pac Man laugh right before he pounded Mayweather Jr’s face to the ground. It’s sad… it would of been one of the biggest fights in Boxing history, but now we may never be able to see it, all thanks to Floyd the Coward Mayweather Jr.
The only reason why they want to break the rules and do it RANDOMLY they know they will have the advantage. It’s an obvious tactic for their cowardly camp. Even Manny said that Mayweather is just scared to fight him. He told him Mayweather to build up guts to fight him.
if manny dont take the test i guess it will show that he might of won all his fight do to steriods and he will let his nation down weres your honer pacman
and mayweather need to fight at the weight they say to fight in not go up on weight the next day
DONT BELEIVE THIS CAN NOT BE TRUE !
UFC is so ugly i don’t know if it will ever replace boxing.
as for the mallignagge ,,,,why should pac fight him seriously,,,,,,does anyone want to see this fight,,,,,doesnt make sense,,,,
this is why so many people are tuning into ufc,,,,,i love boxing but it breaks my heart when this happens!!!!!!,,,arguing over something so trivial ,,,joke,,,,,
Take the test manny unless you’ve got something to hide!!
skillz,
it’s right there, just one more step and you will find out why they insist on RANDOM.
gonzcros you sound like floyd sr.. theres just no common sense involved when you talk .. pacman agreed to different drug tests especially immediately after the fight! which make more sense than days before the fight..
I don’t know what you’re talking about. “getting worked up” is not the right term. Pity fits the definition more. I pity you because despite the hints i gave you, you still didn’t get it. poor shame.
glad this fight is dead! two of the most overhyped fighters of this or any other generation…both never defended their titles the way it was done by the champs from the 80′ s and 90′s used to..remember how mm hagler, julio caesar chavez,larry holmes, michael spinks,mike tyson and many more champs use to defend their titles in sucession with any contender out there…these two clowns like to hand pick their opponents and are demanding 40 million each..what a joke! obviously, they’ve fooled alot of people by their character out of the ring ..but i’m not fooled!
Malignaggi has lost to both Hatton & Cotto, 2 fighters Pacman slaughtered. Whats the point in this fight?
It must have something to do with Malignaggi stating that Manny is on PED’s. Looks like he mite have wound Team Pacquiao up, even so this is going to be a total mismatch.
Pacman TKO 6
WTH man there is better fighters out there than him come on dawg, you talk about Floyd what u say about this….. I don’t kno how true this is but if it is Manny is a Juicy Fat Bum PERIOD.
skillz,
you are getting worked up and losing your focus, come on now. Try again.
Mike,
no self respecting would risk having his name associated with drugs just to hype a fight.
there is something fishy here.
graham,
If your stunted-brain have the capability to read between the lines, you will realize how similar you are to a dog.
If pacman fights paulie I wouldn’t even bother tuning in it’s a embarrassment to the sport
Why do i get the feeling this is just a show to hype up the fight?
good job skillz,
now you know what RANDOM means.
if you can just go little further and find out why they insist on RANDOM, you will be alright.
Gonzcros, you are simple-minded. That random blood test you speak of can be 4:00 a.m in the morning during training and it’s not just one simple blood test it’s SEVEN. That means they can go there whenever they want to take blood from Pac. We’re not talking about a “teaspoon of blood” either. Do not confuse yourself with the Blood-type test. They take VIALS of blood from Manny and it can be anytime within that timeframe.
Merry Christmas to you all!!!!
Its all about integrity. It is not necessarily steroids. There are quite a few new performance enhancing stuff out there that many lay people don’t know about. And a urine test, even if done after the PED’s have been taken, will not detect this high tech stuff. Only those with plenty of $$$ and desire and need to use such things know about them. If I am the best fighter pound-for-pound out there, and I am clean, I wouldn’t have anything to worry about when it comes to a random blood test. I would agree to it without any conditions. UNDERSTAND?
To all PACMAN haters.
Remember Lance Armstrong – the French never accepted his drug results 7 times.
IDIOTAS , IGNORAMUSES … Pacman agreed to blood testing 30 days before and right after the fight. If anyone of you have some medical knowledge, they will be able to find what they want to find. Hiding what , IDIOTAS !!! Cowardice on the part of Mayweather Camp. Simply dodging the killer punch of PACMAN.
It’s so sad that this Mayweather nuthuggers are resorting to what Mr.Blatant-Liar Sr. started. Just because Pac beat all your fighters and you probably lost a handful of money betting against Pac, doesn’t mean that you can just label the guy of using drugs.
I will only believe all this accusations IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ME A HARD PROOF THAT HE’S ON STEROIDS. What was that? you don’t have any? OMG why didn’t i think of that?! Why didn’t i realize that all your accusations are just scapegoats to make yourself feel better? does it give you that relieving feeling? If you are one of these unlucky people that fits my description, please give yourself a pat in the back and mouth the word F*CK!
Bob and Freddie and Pacman are running scared!
How come MSN, Google, and Yahoo don’t have this “Pacman refusing-to-take-blood-test” news on their sites? Are they related to Bob Arum/Freddie Roach? Why are they refusing to give it some publicity? They sure keyd up on Tiger and his weakness for the ladies (which I don’t see as bad as cheating and making lots of $$$ by using PED’s). Why????
Bob and Freddie and Pacman are running scared!
I will not fight any boxer who will ask me to take blood test before the fight. I will be willing to undergo urine test and blood test after the fight.
I have to much of PBF.
Like I said, Bob is scared because his boy is gonna be exposed.
Paulie is not ready to fight Pacman its ridiculous the guy has just 5 ko’s in his record lets get Bradley or Marquez instead.
Nowadays, the way science is going, especially if you have a few million$ to spare, blood tests are only good a few hours, maybe a day after the juice has been administered. Not a day after the fight or a 5 days before the fight like “Juicing” Freddie Roach was suggesting. He’s well informed.
I’ll fight Malignaggie, next Cintron and last will be Floyd Mayweather Sr. and this time I will take steroids.
Why fight a girl Pac? That’s rape hahahaha!
And Freddie ain’t new to this cheating-in-boxing deal. Lets not forget when James Toney, one of Freaddie’s boxers, who got stripped of his heavyweight belt for being on steroids.
Paulie was perhaps the only boxer who followed mayweather snr’ and made similar comments about pacquiao and “roids”.
I don’t think he will step into the ring with manny without asking for a blood test.
Whats up with everyone, are you guys all slow or what.? Pacquiao already said he would take a blood test. One time before training camp, one time after the fight. and one time five days before the fight. The only real blood test you need, Is right after a fight. and Pacquiao already agreed to that. So i dont understand what the problem is. Lets go “Pretty-Boy” aka “Money” Mayweather. 40 million dollers waiting for you. Step up and sign the fight.! Boxing Needs this, and To be the best, you must fight the best. So lets make it happen Jr.
Something smells fishy. Escaping a positive blood test for sure. They need to implement random bood testing in boxing. Bob ( Arum) and Freddie are going to escape from this one for sure.
Even the magic man thinks Manny is on the juice.
Pacman does not fight a girl.