Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Dallas With Largest Offer Ever – Back in the Venue Running
December 11th, 2009
By Frank Car: Jerry Jones, the owner of the 1.2 billion dollar Dallas Cowboys Stadium is apparently not ready to lie down just yet, if he ever was. Recently it was reported that Dallas was out of running to host the Mega-Fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao because Mayweather interests basically didn’t want it outside Vegas. Well money talks, and either Vegas or Dallas walks.
Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter on Thursday night said “we are finalizing the contract and then we’ll determine the site. There are two places in the running. At least we’ve eliminated all the nonsense. It’s between the MGM Grand or Dallas,” when speaking with Philboxing.com.
Arum went on to elaborate on Dallas’s position, and that Jerry Jones “made a fantastic offer to us. He has already indicated that he’s going to increase it and it will be by far the biggest site fee ever.”
From the beginning, I felt the only way Dallas was going be able to get this Mega-Fight is to almost literally put their money where their mouth is. It really might have helped for anyone trying to promote the Dallas Cowboys Stadium to just put money in their mouth when speaking. Not that it’s not a nice stadium, which is definitely is, but mainly because Vegas wants and needs this so bad that the only way this has a chance to go anyplace else is for someplace to outbid Vegas by a good amount. If it’s a close bidding with the overall money being made the same it will probably go to Vegas. However, from the sounds of it Dallas is making some big, big offers. The biggest offer ever to host a match in fact. Of course, this match is most likely going to make the most money ever as well.
Don’t count out Vegas obviously, they are probably still the front runner. The MGM Grand is going to make a nice offer of its own and Arum agrees, continuing in saying that the MGM Grand will “come up with a very good offer and that will determine what we’re going to do,” but for the first time I feel that Dallas has a real shot at it.
Hey if it doesn’t make dollars it doesn’t make sense as many in boxing would say. Well then it probably doesn’t make sense to turn away dollars. So If holding it in Dallas makes a considerable amount more money.. Vegas rolls a 12 and craps.
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I’VE SEEN EVERY FLOYD FIGHT even in his olympic debut and MANNY’S first fight in the U.S. and every fight there after.
People tend to confuse the definition of a boxer vs fighter/puncher.
Floyd is the greatest boxer of my generation. Pac is the greatest fighter/puncher of my generation. Floyd avoids risks, Manny creates them.
There are 2 weakness’s to Floyd’s game…the problem is exposing it. NONE of the fighters/boxers that have ever fought Floyd were ‘awkward’ or fast enough to expose it or taken enough risk with the thought of being countered. Manny has flaws too, BUT he can afford to because he can take a beating!!! I think his ruff’d out goat-T gives him the protection on his chin.
I hope the fight is at MGM, (still I’d rather it be in Mindanao or Manila)…screw Dallas. The big screen is SO over rated and such a waste…inlcuding Jerry Jones’ EGO!
Fight should be in Dallas. Vegas is getting boring…what if all the Super Bowls or NBA Finals were in one place every year. Plus if its in Dalllas more casual fans can attend as opposed to just the select few who can afford tickets to the 16,000 seat MGM Grand. Vegas has had plenty of High Caliber fights but its time to think out of the box. I am rooting for Dallas.
As for the fight…De La Hoya, by pressuring Mayweather lost a close split decision to Mayweather. If Manny can land Combos and then get out…looking to win rounds as opposed to looking for the KO he can win points. If he stays in the trenches for to long he will get countered, and if he does the same thing over and over…Mayweather will read him like a book and counter before Pac Man even throws a punch. Could go both ways, but it will not be a blowout by either side. Competative fight by two great fighters who believe winning is the only option.
everyone knows floyd jr. ducks. but there’s too much money on the table that he can’t avoid the pacman.
at the end of the day, floyd jr. still hasn’t fought fighter of his size. so winning against manny doesn’t prove anything for floyd jr. losing against manny will only prove he is a joke like his dad
and he will end up fighting in the undercard against matthew hatton 
or a rematch w/ JM Marquez at 135lb. having Manuel Perez as one of the round girls! harharhar.
Josh..how many Floyd fights have you watched?
punches n’ bunches you just made my point..I take nothing about from Manny, but a good number of his followers are his fellow countrymen who do not necessarily follow the sport..they simply follow Manny so oftentimes the speculation of the outcomes of his fights has nothing to do with having a knowledge about the sport as a whole. They are what I call casual boxing fans who watch the sport because they have someone to cheer for…a fellow countrymen.
I’m really excited that this GIAGANTIC fight is happening in my short life span hear on planet earth.
In all great sport moments such as the great Jesse Owens, the world stood still and silent…including Adolf, that’s the raw power of human competition.
To Motownhitman…life in the Philippines is very hard…Filipino people are poor, superstitious but take pride as to where they stand in history…and subsistence farming is a daily life. They stop to watch the fight because Manny represents their sweat, caloused hands and exhaustion working in the fields. The people see themselves through Manny’s work ethic in the ring. It’s like staring at yourself in the mirror asking yourself who you really are.
there will be no difference even the fight will be in dallas, one good punch from pacman will make mayweather dizzy…
Floyd will win, if he brings a gun, knife, 7 thugs, Roger and Floyd Sr, and 50 cents. There’s your ex-con strategy to win the fight.
Floyd will win… mark my words!LOL
I just had an epiphany, it occured to me that a lot of the hardcore pac fans have such an interest with Pac because he makes them forget their worries. He is their solace from hard living back in the Philippines, case and point punches’n’ bunches latest post.
Screw Vegas and Dallas…the fight should take place in Manila or Mindanao.
At least for the on-going killings/bombings/stabbings/torture/etc in Mindanao which is pretty much a daily routine, it will stop the violence for one day or several hours of peace…that’s the power of this MEGA event, it brings peace to the violent country of southern Philippines for a moment in time.
they are both overrated
this is classic, please mark please dont reply to any more of my comments.. boo hoo..
jesus christ rich dont cry, i must be really in your head. oohh s**t now that im here (i your head) i can see pictures of a naked joe calazaghe and your rubbing lotion all over him…
sorry rich peace
you tell me not to reply to any more of your comments then dont directed them at me you f**ken idioit
you say how do i no, well ultimately i dont no. just my opinion, like yours… but my going off what the majority of trusted and respected boxing expects and media say about both careers when compared.. it appears you can handle that
didnt you say i could be mistaken to think you haven laced a pair of gloves…liar!!
your calling me a internet tough guy but em some fighting words arsehole…nice to c your lookin up previous articles… LOSER…..
Mark, f**k off and dont reply to anything more that i type you f**king internet stalker. How the f**k do you know what Jones would have done in the 90′s? Youre just a loser with F**k all better to do than try to put your stupid opinions on to other people. Seems like if someone dont agree with you, you put them down. Easy to do online but in the real world you would get sparked out. Internet tough guys a are ten a penny. You may well be a failed amateur boxer who never had the skills to turn pro but you are the undisputed champ of internet tough guys. P4P the biggest tos ser ive come accross on this site.
ooh and by the way you went on earlier about joes ko record will its not hard when you fight 30 odd bums.. look at his record, most pros take the 10 to 15 record bolsters but this guy just run with it! plus didnt a shot roy defeat lacy and sheika, stopping lacy. oh thats right now they were old..
pot kettle black
It’ll probably go down to whether Pacquiao can take Mayweather’s punches and if he can, PBF will be in for a long night. I hope Floyd’s chin will be up to the task coz Pac is gonna be a buzzsaw chasing him in the ring and he wouldn’t care if he gets hit as long as he can land just one big punch to send May to dreamland. If Floyd wins it’ll be by points or decision if Pac wins it’ll be by TKO or stoppage.
you miss the whole point. i to think joe was good. the point is who would hav beaten who at their best!
joe has been able to sustain longer than roy no question about it, but mid to late 90′s jones jr would have killed joe at his best. that was my point now, and in the previous sites.
for the record you are a f**k wit that needs to get a life
I know a majority of these pac fans know very little about Floyd. They talk about Manny improving each fight but forget that Floyd has been a master technician for YEARS. Floyd adapts to styles better than anyone in the game. Manny is one dimensional Floyd is not. Name me one pure boxer that lost to a slugger.
OOOH pavlik says this and hopkins says that. get a life mark…. youre the only one that started trash talk about calzaghe on an article about mayweather vs pacquiao…. for the record i always thought Jones was a great boxer, but i think Calzaghe is too. my point was that you cant put down calzaghes record and ask who has he fought when Jones’s cv is a pretty empty too. both beat what was put in front of them. Im sure you are still gonna have more trash to talk but i cant be bothered anymore. kinda boring. get a life internet tough guy!
soerry guys just cant stand thuis arsehole, i luv it, hopkins prime at 44 when they fought..
that only proves that joe could fight a light heavey as well, pavlik loss his speed and was slow. pavlik said it after the fight hopkins accepted it and said stick to middle f**k stain
Vegas Baby! All the way.
You do that, and remove Roy Jones’s c$%k from your a ss while you are at it!
oooh, pawlik went up a weight to fight Hopkins. Calzaghe also went up in weight to fight Hopkins….get some facts straight.
rite this has gotten lame, ur a f**t wit, so i’ll let you go masterbate to your ideal joe c….
when you say he fought b hop b4 he ws great, so wasnt roy then, they were just to awsome raw talents, none of them held world titles then…
pavlik ws fought at light heavey not middle k**k wit theres a diff, brewer? mitchel? bika f**k off
ko record everybody nos the main competition is in the states you idiot
Off the top of my head, he beat Jones himself haha, a prime hopkins who destroyed Pavlik. Sakio Bika still ranked 5th in the world. An umbeaten Lacy, Byron Mitchel, Charles Brewer, a young up an coming Omar Sheika …. Jones looked less impressive against an old faded Sheika. I know that wont be good enough for a n ob jockey like yourself but just try to deal with it.
omg.. name 5 of joes greatest fights instead of having a go at others.. go on.. waiting…
i have no bias towards american fighters or european, im from new zealand and generally support the euro fighters but just look through the hype brigade thats over their. eg look at amir khan, the guy is p..
the point here is you could almost critic anybodys record within reason.. but answer me this why then was roy rated the best boxer/fighter in the 90′s..
Pitter Patter boxing? Joe Calzaghe has a higher knockout percentage than Roy Jones so you can shut the F*£K up! And unlike anybody body else ever… he schooled jones and made him look like a chump didnt need any power to knock him out, just outboxed him. No need to reply to any more of my comments unless you can back up what you say.
you havent named calazaghes fan writing C**t
oooooh, he beat the legendary heavyweight John Ruiz haha….give me a break. He fought an old bloated 170 Trinidad who had never been at that weight before. Lost to Tarver twice and got knock the f out once. He fought an inexperienced Hopkins who was nowhere near his peak. And dont even mention Clinton Woods. Mark you are the c&*t!
how many joe c highlights are there out there?
NOTHING MATE…pitter petter boxing..
as for your comments about getting laid, wy to change the subject.. plus you were pretty quick to reply loser, people in glass houses…..
lacy? kessler?? eubanks??? (he was shot by then too) f**ks sake…
name joe c’s?
why then was jones recognised as the no. 1 fighter p4p in the 90′s??!
hey you tell me to get laid, when you were pretty quick to reply..haha
people in glass houses…
for f**ks sake go wikipedia roy jones jr and scroll down you idiot. you just a f**kin loser that needs others to do your work.
reserach yourself you useless c**t.
off the top of my head, felix trinadad, antonio tarver 3 times ( the 2nd to were to prove he was a champ, didnt need to take the fights even though the writing was on the wall, john ruiz (2nd fighter IN HISTORY to win the heaveyweight championship and middleweight champoinships, clinton woods, virgil hil, james toney, hopkins himself, vinny paz etc… this is off the top of my head ACE.
Mark, brave words from an online hard guy. If you have tried numerous times to post replies to my comments then you really need to get out more mate… maybe get la id, you probably gotta pay for that though. You can talk all the trash that you want but i dont see you putting down who Roy Jones actually fought. Cant find many big names can you? You chump!
Joe Calzaghe’s boxing legacy would only ever be questioned by idiots. 10 years undefeated, deal with it people. Not many people question Roy Jones legacy… why is that? Did Jones fight many boxing greats? And dont say he beat Bernard Hopkins, because Hopkins was nowhere near his prime when they fought.
sorry for having to post that on this blog though guys.
ps you are just an armchair fan to rich. you havnt laced a pair of gloves dreamer.. go f**k urself!
MR RICH
i’ve tired numerous times to respond to your last comments regarding joe c about a week ago when you said “who has roy fought” (go figure?), but my comments kept getting blocked or taken away.
to cut a long story short history remembers the great fighters and the wars they fought against guys in their primes.
for those that try to compare calazaghe to a roy jones or b hop IN THEIR PRIMES is a f**kin idiot.
if floyd wins i’ll give him credit i still think hes a great boxer, but if he retires after the pacman bout without fighting other top welters lik mosley berto margarito williams his legacy will be forever questioned. just ask joe calazaghe….
these idiots that cant and wont give pacquiao credit really irks me.
i dont understand what else he has to do to gain respect?! he cleared out his division(s) and stepped up to welter and took out a whos who of modern day boxing.
weight drained!? oscar had won numerous world titles at 147, while manny never competed above 142 at that stage. hatton was a the correct weight while cotto weighed in 1 pound against manny less than what he did against the clottey fight scheduled at 147! he weighed 146 against clottey.
whats there not to like about pacman, hes respectful, honest, clean fighter etc.. what is it guys…
the guy has the most hits on google and yahoo i read the other day which shows how popular he is. for all boxing lovers like ourselves isnt that great, considering the threat from mma (ufc)???
wow…all this plans and talk,
DID MAYWEATHER SIGN YET?
it was his tactic to make the fight in march, thinking manny wont sign the contract because he has the elections in may on mind…. turns out manny will fight anyday, anytime!
$100 mayweather will DUCK this one(before the march plan, hes training for matthew hatton already)
TALK IS CHEAP MOTHERF#CKERS!
Dallas makes more sense theres not a bad seat in the arena and we all go so we can SEE the fight otherwise whats the point. SHO/HBO
I cannot wait for Mayweather’s excuses when Pacman knocks him down to the canvas.
boxing expert.. lol yea you really do not know what the hell you are talking about so shut up already..
analyzing boxing isn’t just watching the night of fights and reading articles of people’s opinions.. it’s watching ALL of their fights and what things they’ve all improved on and who have they all fought.. records, style, which rounds they won/lost, and time all comes into play.. stop quoting what such and such said lol boxing expert my ass..
and to David.. so erik morales, marc antonio barrera, juan manuel marquez, oscar de la hoya, ricky hatton, and miguel cotto ARE NOT SO GOOD FIGHTERS THAT PACQUIAO BEAT??! did you really just type that?? yea stfu you don’t know s either..
boxingexpert… you clearly are not!
you actually sound alot like my mate team J&J, your both idiots! do guys actually read what you type?! or is it you cant admit when your wrong?!
i’ve thought long and hard about my prediction for the fight and even though its still three odd months away i think pacquiao will win by a close points decision, majority, split, or unified, but close none the less.
i base that on manny fighting at a high tempo sort of like what hatton was doing against floyd (and was achieving, i had ricky winning on points up to the ko). manny will be the one that presses the fight and controls the tempo and thats what i base it on.
Filipinos as well as Asians for that matter don’t trash talk or disrespect their opponents. But one of those things that would really get them mad is being disrespectful. This trash talking by both father and son would definitely give a lot of motivation for Manny to inflict real harm. And this is the first time I have heard Manny getting mad. I know this since I came from the same island as Manny, i.e. Mindanao. We don’t trash talk to intimidate. We promise it. If I were Mayweather, I would just keep my mouth shut before the fight.
People forget that Dallas Stadium is near the one of the Biggest Casino in the World (WINSTAR) plus Dallas nightlife and Family Vacation places in Arlington (6 Flags, Hurricane Harbor, Trader Village, Ranger Coliseum). We need to get out of the cave of Vegas sometime.
it will definatly be vegas cant believe anyones debating it
mamer you crazy. I bet you watch UFC too huh?
You might not rate Cotto but i do and he is still a world class fighter. I wanted Cotto to win but Pacquiao bullied him in that fight and Pacman deserves some respect for that. If he is doing it all the right way that is.
If the event is held in Dallas I know there will be alot of angery mob bosses…..lol.
I heard mayweather wanted it at 154 lol
yes it is at 147lbs…I don’t give Pacquiao alot of respect for beating cotto because cotto hasn’t been the same since margarito fight and cotto was still land nice clean punches against pacquiao.
147 i think
Does anyone one know if a weight has been agreed on yet?
Mayweather is going to take manny to school,pacquiao is easily hit as we all saw with cotto and he(cotto) is not all that speedy nowheres close to money may.So all you dreamers that believe this average pacquiao and i did say average, he looks good against weigt drained fighters, beaten up fighters, and never was all that good fighters, is going to beat the defensive genius your in for the shock of your life money will make it look easy.
Dallas is perfect, have you seen the size of the screen they have suspended from the roof?? the screen measures 60-yards wide and its HD. So everyone in the stadium can see the fight even if they’re right up high.
manny will beat mayweather j.r.
I hope the bout happens in Vegas. I think it will lose some of it’s sparkle if it’s held in Dallas. I havn’t seen the stadium, no doubt it’s great, but theres nothing like a big fight build up on the lively strip!
Doesn’t matter where it’s at. Mayweather will beat manny pacquiao anywhere.