Mayweather might not like Arum giving him a mid-July deadline to accept Pacquiao fight
June 30th, 2010
By Jason Kim: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum revealed earlier on Monday that his management team had reached a deal with Floyd Mayweather’s team for a fight, and the only thing they were waiting for was Mayweather to make a decision whether he approves of the deal. It’s unclear what the terms are for the fight, but it’s thought that Mayweather and Pacquiao agreed to a 50-50 split of the revenue. As far as the drug testing go, there’s going to be random blood testing at least up until 14 days before the fight.
If Mayweather was just another typical opponent of Pacquiao, someone who didn’t have the clout to be dealt with on even terms, then I can see Arum coming across kind of aggressive. But this is Mayweather. He’s already proven to be a bigger pay-per-view attraction than Pacquiao, so why would Arum give him a deadline like that? Why would say it to the media? That seems kind of ham-handed for Arum to say something like that.
If I was going to be dealing with someone that I wanted to set up a fight with, the worst thing I could imagine saying was – ‘here’s the deal- you have until mid July to agree to it. If not, I’m out of here. Can’t forever.’ That would be a blow it move on my part, and I just wonder whether Arum has been dealing with too many lesser fighter than Mayweather and is used to getting his own way when dealing with Pacquiao’s opponents.
Like I said, Mayweather isn’t one of Pacquiao’s weaker opponents. He’s the one who is coming into this fight as the better PPV attraction in the U.S., and that’s where it counts. Arum needs to be more soft spoken, I think, when talking about the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. If he’s going to set a deadline, then he needs to be quiet about it and not talk about it with the media. If I’m Mayweather, I would not be happy hearing about Arum talking about a deadline. I would probably ignore him and either move in the opposite direction or ask for a bigger purse split. I’m not Mayweather, but I can’t imagine him hearing about a deadline from Arum and being okay with it.
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Do all of you midgets hace buck teeth with 3′ thick glasses? Stevie Wonder can see that Pacquiao is going to get beat down. Are all of you Pacidiots just that crazy?
Awards is what you are riding on? Don’t you know those things are to try to grow the sport in Asia? Did it work? NOPE!!!
Mayweather will easily dispatch Pacquiao, then what will the excuses be?
It will be interesting to see them!
Seriously? Put yourself in Floyd’s shoes. Your sittin back watchin this guy from the Fillipines get award after award and award…and everybody is saying how he is better than you. If you were Floyd you would want nothing more than to shut all these people up and be the king of boxing. You wouldn’t be squabbling over drug testing over purse splits. Floyd sees something in this little guy that he considers very dangerous and he’s a little bit scared.
shaun floyd won that fight clearly should not have been split decision. floyd killed delahoyas body coukdnt do anything the secound half. and cant compare the two fights. delahoya was 18 pounds heavier then floyd fight night in boxing that is beyond crazy. but floyd gets no credit for anything he does. when contracts are set the excuses will start for manny
LOOKS LIKE THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN RIGHT AFTER SOMEOE TOLD FLOYD”DONALD DUCK IS JUST A CARTOOM.ITS NOT REAL.”
it dont matter if Mayweather ducks anyone because after November Pacquiao will have his last fight, Mayweather is riding on that! When Pacquiao retires Mayweather will be P4P king, What a coward!!!!!!!!!
Oh Okay Wess, We believe you, lol!
All Mayweather has to do to silence all of his critics is to step up to the plate and take this fight. If he fights Pacquiao, nobody can say that he’s a ducker, a coward, or didn’t fight the best. If he beats Pacquiao, nobody can say that Pacquiao is better than he is. He will have earned the title of best boxer in the world, pound 4 pound king and will be $50 million dollars richer. He would also be able to negotiate a rematch with somewhere around a 70/30 split if he wins the first fight. Mayweather, I thought you were a smart business man. What the hell are you waiting for?
I have to hand it to Floyd. He has setup a campaign touting himself as the greatest of all time (while simultaneously avoiding the toughest fighters) and he has successfully brainwashed a few people into believing that. Of course any serious and knowledgable fan of the sport will chuckle at this claim, but all credit to him for playing on the ignorance of alot of casual fans. If you look at Pacquiao’s recent accolades and awards, you can see who the true champion of our generation is. It’s Pacquiao, not Mayweather, who will go down as the Sugar Ray Robinson of our generation.
@jin786 Isn’t Joe Calzaghe like 44-0? That doesn’ t mean he’s one of the all time greats. Shoot, Chavez was 87-0 at one time…now that might be something to brag about. It’s not about whether you are unbeaten, it’s about the level of competition you have faced my friend. Mayweather can’t say he has fought the best until he faces Manny Pacquiao.
lol, 41-0 is sumthing nobody else can brag about no matter what they do. no point in arguing about who will beat who because on the day anything could happen. nobody can prepare for a one punch knockout. paquiao needs ta give the bigger cut to mayweather and agree to the random drug testing otherwise the fight isnt guna happen!!!
@Cbee1 – your argument about Marquez taking Pac to hell has to work both ways. De La Hoya took Mayweather to hell and Mayweather barely escaped a razor thin split decision against him. )He’s lucky Oscar wasn’t a few years younger.) Pacquiao not only won every round of the ODLH fight, but he won every minute of every round. Hatton gave Floyd a great fight up until the later rounds. Pac scored one of the most impressive one punch knockouts I have ever seen. As far as common opponents, Pac has the edge. In addition, Pacquiao is a larger worldwide figure than Floyd is. Pacquiao’s fighter of the year 3 consecutive years, fighter of the decade, 7x world champ & ring magazine P4P far outweigh anything Floyd has to brag about.
@BANGEM,The reason Pac vs. Cotto sold more than Mayweather vs. Marquez is simple,……Cotto has a large following! Marquez(great mexican fighter) never was a great draw.If Money fought Cotto,I guarantee u that it would out sell Pac vs. Cotto.
and on another note Floyd fought the man who TOOK Pac to hell and back(Marquez) and the man who Pac didnt even want to fight(Mosley) with a bigger catchweight than the one he fought Cotto with(142lbs).
Like I said b4,A human growth hormone using congressman from the phillipines,ONLY IN AMERICA!
@Mb, it is ridiculous. Roach agreed to a Gag order, yet they couldn’t stop blabbing. Pacquiao is hiding something and the world knows it. I do think the money is too much for them to walk away from. I am confident the fight will be made.
55/45 and Testing somewhere around the 7-10 day range.
Then Mayweather will deliver an ass whoopin the world has never seen. Pacquiao will keep coming even though he won’t be able to see and will be bleeding profusely.
@MMA champion fighter
I mean is this ridiculous or what?! We all know it’s Pacquiao BLOCKING this fight from happening; that’s why Top Rank is in the media negotiating everyday! They’re already setting up the blame game and naming different possible opponents for Pacquiao. Arum definitely wants the fight because of the money he would make off of Pacquiao purse, But Pacquiao WILL NOT fight Mayweather clean! That’s the true bottom line here! Top Rank can try as many spin attempts as possible but it still boils down to NO TEST-NO FIGHT!
@Hayzus, no myn friend, we aren’t laughing at just Mayweather, the Arum, Roach and Pacquiao team are a real joke!!!
A gag order means “Say Nothing”. Floyd Mayweather did exactly what he was supposed to do. The Pacquiao team wants to play this entire scenario in the media because they have lost all leverage.
We are laughing at the blind and baseless argument over PPV numbers. Pacquiao can expect a 40% share at the very best! Pacquiao is holding up the show yet blames Mayweather which is ridiculous!!!
The problem is Bob Arum. Until he leaves the picture, boxing will have a black eye.
u guys are ridiculous first he’s scared to fight big names then manny with the blood so he didnt duck he took on the biggest and at the time considered the best when manny and roach didnt want to fight him so that erases the scared theory for pac fans now he draws the biggest gates so of course he would want a 60/40 wouldnt u now u heard what mosley said if manny takes the test the fans get what they want so u guys need to right to your congressman and tell him to do it for the people
@ Wess
as quoted “The MMA/UFC world is pointing and laughing at boxing.”
The contradiction and Hypocrisy brother. Every MMA fighter and MMA fans are laughing at Floyd Mayweather Jr. GET YOU FACTS straight.
@ Bangem1
Stop day dreaming and twisting the dull knife the Mayweather propaganda machine have concocted for you.
FIRST OF ALL FLOYD IS THE BIGGER ATTRACTION,YES COTTO/PACQUIAO DID MORE THAN MAYWETHER/MARQUEZ BUT THAT IS THE ONLY FIGHT THAT DID EVERY OTHER FIGHT MAYWETHER DID ALWAYS OUTDID MANNYS PPV# WISE.SECOND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE ARUM IS TRYING TO GET MAYWETHER TO NOT TAKE THE FIGHT SO HE CAN SAVE MANNY IN TWO WAYS,ONE A BUTT WHIPIN AND TWO HIS REP BY SAYING FLOYD REALLY DOESNT WANT THE FIGHT!ARUM IS A SLIMY GUY,HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER BACK WHEN THE BOXERS HAD NO-CHOICE IN WHO OR HOW THEY FIGHT ESPECIALLY BLACK FIGHTERS!SORRY BOB FLOYD IS THE P4P KING RATED THAT BY EVERYONE EXCEPT THE RING MAG. THEY CLEARLY HAVE A HEAVY DISDAIN FOR HIM.THATS OBVIOUS IF YOU HAVE EVER READ IT,SO THEY ARENT WHAT I CONSIDER PARTIAL JUDGES!ALREADY ARUM AND TEAM PAC ARE SETTING UP THE BLAME TO BE ON FLOYD.ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS TAKE THE DRUG TEST NOT ONLY THAT FLOYD WANTS BUT A LARGE MAJ. OF FANS AND WRITERS,COMMENTATORS WANT AND AGREE TO A LESSER % NOT ALOT BUT ENOUGH THAT THE BIGGER DRAW IS HAPPY WITH THEN WE WILL HAVE A FIGHT ,BUT THAT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MANNY AND ARUM REALLY WANT.
@tri i agree 100%
in response to tri.. i agree totaly u are a cool guy
its all a con and a pre fight build up to get people chomping at the bit to sell more tickets its what u call being a promoter and being clever..come on people dont u see
manny pacquiao is the most overated boxer of all time
hey bri
its not cald glorified, its cald OVERATED OR TOO HYPE UP
@george**** most of the belts he wont where not against the best in those devisons. kind of like wants to fight cotto to have a title at 154 but the best at 154 is martinez,williams and spinks and forget the fourth guys name.
won a belt at 147 vs cotto but mosley and berto where the two top belt holders. never fought bradley or alexander at jr. welt. never faces the best but for some reason is glorified.
all the floyd scared comments. sounds like pre floyd mosley.
if he is not fighting manny he should fight mosley but is scared of mosley.
mosley will knock him out, did you see what he did to margarito.
mosley is too strong and tooooo fast. he will preasure and knock floyd out.
then after fight. mosley was washed up, he was too old.
we will see how this one pans out.
do u know the fighters pacquiao beat to win 7 tittle, lets just say, cotto and diaz were the best he beat
LOL!!!! all the floyd fans made all theyre excuses already why floyd will not fight pacquiao again, YOU ALL KNEW THAT FLOYD WILL NOT FIGHT PACQUIAO!!! NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!! LOL!! so dont stop thinking of excuses and justify floyds actions. THATS WHAT YOU CALL DENIAL!!! LOL!
Arum doesn’t want to fight, just make it appear like they do, but in truth they don’t. Supposedly they agree to what? The same deal that was offered to them months ago, so why in the f!@k agree to it now, in essence they haven’t really agreed to nothing. Floyd alread said what needs to happen after he destroyed “too good” for Pac Shane Mosley. I’m tired of Arum ducking, that’s why he has a plan “b” and thats why Paac will always be remember as the brawler fighter with an * next to his name for being the first congressman in the WORLD who refuses to take a random drug test, yes i said it, no other elected congressman in the history of politics has ever blatantly refused random drug testing, not 1, he will be the absolute first, so add that to his ‘paper hype’ accomplishments.
2 weeks is more than enough after several months of ducking!
A human growth hormone using congress man from the phillipines,ONLY IN AMERICA!
With an ego as big as Floyd’s, this is definitely not the way to make the fight. Even if an agreement was reached. Unless those dotted lines are signed, I’m not holding my breath.
well when negotiating with the biggest cash draw in boxing, an undefeated champion, and the ranked number 1 guy, you have to be careful what you say. Floyd has no problem making 30-40 million a fight, so you gotta respect that man gansta
We are not going to negotiate this in the media. LIAR! Bob Deja vu Arum. LIAR
dealing with dysfunctional family of Mae Weathers (should be Mayweather)and dealing with the stupid retards of the Pac clan.
Hey, Jason, dealing with dysfunctional family of Mae Weathers is a pain and very frustrating. What else can Arum do, if he has been ironing this out with Floyde’s Golden Boy Representative and they already have agreed with all the details. Pac already sign his signature. All Flodye does is put his thumb mark, if he is too lazy to sign with all his idiosyncrisies. If I am Pac’s promoter, I will not wait until next year for a fight that may not happen at all – because Floyde is just fooling or goofing off and not really want to fight Pac. Just playing mind game. I will look in the horizon and make a couple of fight for Pac against named fighter and make close to that amount. If Floyde decides to fight later, then, will negotiate again. For the meantime, keep making money with Pac. Boxing is all about business. There is no point counting 40-50 million $ out of a fight that is not sure to happen or may not happen at all.
wouldn’t miss this lil druggie get whooped for nothing in the world. didn’t arum also just mention talking to pac about a plan B (cotto) in which he also said he would speak to pac about blah blah blah and catch weights? yeah he did. he is a catch weight, avoid drug testing, paper hype, too short and little to fight most WW, guy who arum and roach has protected and cashed in on long enough, but the buck stops here, Floyd about to destroy this kid.
Its funny how team Pac are acting as if they agreed to Moneys terms.Money wont(and shouldnt)do a 50/50 split and 14 days cut off for rbt.
It seems that Arum is putting this out there to make it seem as Money dont want the fight,which you guys know he will reject! he beat DLH,Hatton….before Pac did and had better ppv numbers(if floyd fought Cotto,those numbers would also be better than Pacs),so this seems to be a ploy to avoid taking rbt’s by Pac! IM LOSING ALL RESPECT FOR Pac and his fu&king bullsh*t! TAKE THE TESTS!
Yea so what? I have Mayweather beating Pacquiao by decision as well. ODLH was more of a favorite than Floyd was, doesn’t mean Pac can’t pull out a victory. Catch weight champ? Yea whatever take a boxing history lesson before posting retard. You don’t want to see Mayweather fight Pacquiao, then by all means you don’t have to watch. There are tons of top fighters in the light welter weight division, I’m sure Floyd’s licking his chops to pump them up to 147 for a fight.
wowza,
so why do you feel so strongly that *Pac is the catch weight champion of the world?
wowza,
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Pac lil,
He would have 6 titles in 6 divisions seeing how he has only had one catchweight at 2lbs. So do your homework before you post something idiotic. Tell Floydie to be a man and fight just like the great fighters of the last century.
*Pac* will always have the little * next to his name. * for not being a man taking a random drug test and a * for catch weights. How many tittles would he have if it was not for catch weights. *Pac
Gargantual – That’s interesting, seeing as Pac has been the heavier guy in many of his bouts, at the lower weights. Essentially, he has been coming into the ring at or near 147, for his bouts below 140, for years now.
Floyd, on the other hand, has rarely ever outweighed any of his opponents, in any weight class. You have two cases where you can point to Floyd fighting smaller guys, out of 41 of his bouts. And, even with Hatton, the guy comes down from 180, to, essentially, bully natural 140 lb guys. He and Floyd are about the same height. So, there was not a big difference in size. It’s taken Floyd 5 years (2 in retirement) to grow into a WW frame. And he moved up from 126. Doesn’t that make Hatton the naturally bigger man?
Has Floyd ever required that any of his opponents drain themselves to fight him, just to gain an advantage? NO. They come into the ring in a condition that is either, physically, comfortable for them, or at the OFFICIAL weight, each and every time.
So, tell me…who’s really the bully here?
I’m sure you’ll argue that JMM was a ‘bloated’ SFW. But, consider this…JMM weighed about 141 (in the ring) against Manny (who weighed 144, in the ring), in their second fight, as I recall (might’ve been the first fight). Meaning, he walks around over 140 lbs naturally, and cuts 10 or more pounds to campaign at SFW. In contrast to the Floyd fight, he only had to gain a few lbs, or just keep on what he had. At 36, it should be easier to keep on weight, being that one’s metabolism, usually, slows, significantly, by that age. So, all he really had to do was train, not worry about cutting weight in the process. Now, I’m not saying he was guaranteed to perform well, against guys who have fought at WW, longer than him. And he didn’t really. Compound that with him fighting, arguably the best boxer in the world, and you get 12% of 583 punches landed.
The reason for the delay, It takes a while for Floyd Mayweather’s brain to register what’s at stake, that’s why Arum gave the deadline. If nothing happens, the world moves on! Mayweather wanted a 60-40 revenue split. That’s just greedy! The Mayweather’s act like society owes them something! All they want is your money! Roger Mayweather will be in prison when this fight takes place. And, Floyd Sr. will be auditioning for the movie, “Alien vs. Predator” Part III, playing himself! That’s how the Maywether’s professional calender looks like for this year! Floyd’s soo scared of this fight taking place, he studders when he talks now!
I don’t like the fact that Arum is pretty much calling Floyd out. He shouldn’t give Floyd any excuse to back out. We all know how fickle Mayweather can be. Keep quiet, let him sign, and let pac do his business.
mrRomero says:
July 1, 2010 at 12:13 pm
I’M GOING TO BACK MAYWEATHER ON SAYING NO…
There’s a good reason Pac turned down the negotations last time around. That’s his fault. And for some reason is still avoiding the random drug test.
Floyd should NOT, I MEAN NOT sign this contract and go for someone else. Don’t give this Philipino drug user or Corrupt Bob Arum this fight. Floyd, all you got to do is take on 3 fights and make the same amount. Let Pac take on Cotto and see what he gets.
Drug user? what if a accuse you being a paedophile?
Here comes the blame game! I can’t believe you guys are falling for it again.
They are setting Floyd up and getting ready to run. You guys never learn, hahahahahaha go on, keep blowing that vuvuzela until you pass out.
I’m a mayweather fan but I really don’t want to hear another excuse. Mayweather could lose allot of support if he turn it down for the second time.
if the deal is 55/40 for floyd and still doesnt want to fight then hell be downgraded from
a DUCKER to a WHIMP!!!
The devil is wise due to his age. Look, Bob Arum is the slickest and best promoter and negotiator you can find. He knows that if mayweather does not accept this fight he(mayweather) will lose the most. This is simply because 95% of the public and fans know that Mayweather is the only one stalling the fight from happening. If he does not accept who will he fight? who will believe in him and buy his fights with lesser opponents? Pacman can go on fighting either mosley, cotto or anyone else simply because he is being seen as agreeing to all mayweather’s demands except a 60-40 split wisely. Mayweather better not miss this chance
On first failed negotiation, it was Floyd who went to the media first and Pacquiao is on depensive. Now his turn to go the media first to put pressure on Floyd. If his negotiators agreed to the deal then it is good for him. I’m sure he was consulted before the deal. Sign it now Floyd. Paccquiao is tired of waiting, I’m tired of waiting, everybody are tired of waiting. Lets get it on!!
Mayweather shouldn’t be thinking about himself too much, the fan is what he should be thinking. When great opportunity show up, don’t make it hard, or it will pass it up. To have a higher pay perview, it doesn’t belong to one person only but the other one, too. Mosley was a great opponnent. I think that if Mayweather and Pacquio do not fight, the best opponent for Pacquio will be Mosley. After Pacquio fight Mosley, we then can compare his fight with Mayweather, then we will know who is the better pay perview and better fighter. Let’s compare Pacquio and Mayweather’s fight with the same opponent, then we will know who is the best fighter and number of pay perview. Mayweather must not put his ego first, he needs to learn to humble and put the fans first. That is the reason he was born for or else he would have missed the best opportunity in life.
he should retire undefeated.
manny is a protected fighter arum was fired by mayweather and bought out so do you really think arum has anything good to say about floyd? and those who think floyd is gonna lose you are hoping that manny can land a lucky punch like mosley did thats what makes the fight exciting for manny fans and if he cant then we have another technical azz whoopin comin from floyd mayweather yeah you know the scared one right he’s afraid of everything and fear has made himundefeated and rich can you think of any other scared fighter with his money or fame manny should fight mosley after all he has a history of picking up floyds trash
Arum & Roach are now setting deadlines? LMFAO! Told you all that this fight won’t happen. Greedy Bob has a large stadium to fill in Dallas & it isn’t happening without Pacquiao fighting there. Who do you think is gonna fill it? Chavez Jr??? LMFAO!!!
Nah, they’ve been “negotiating” with the media but in reality Greedy Bob knows he has to fill up a stadium in Texas come November.
So much for Arum’s gag order. His whole camp is talking to the media. Way to handle the negotiations Greedy Bob!
I think Arum is saying this because he wants enough time to promote the fight
@Gargantual****** google floyd mayweathers fight history and see what the weight in # are and day of the fight weight #s are. im most of floyds fights he weight less then his apponent come fight night. in most cases he was actually fighter the bigger guy. differance between perception and reality.
It’s funny that it’s Arum and Top Rank giving deadlines as if the hold the position of power in the negotiations. Floyd shold move on and fight Seegio Martinez, he don’t need Arum or Pacman.
Arum and Pacman could care less if they fight Floyd and that’s OK. They are now trying to save grace and as act as if they want the fight. They are hypocrites.
Floyd needs a tough fight and should fight Martinez.
Floyd reminds me of that bully in the playground who selectively picks on the smaller & weaker guys. Pacquiao reminds me of that quiet guy in the corner who knows how to fight, and everybody on the playground knows that he knows how to fight. Every notice that the bully always avoids that quiet guy in the corner? Some things never change
WAIT A SECOND I JUST LISTENED TO THAT VIDEO ON HERE WHEN FLOYD WAS SAYING THERE WONT BE A 50 50 SPLIT SO COME ON !!!! I REALLY THINK NOTHING IS REALLY GOING AND THEY ARE TREYING TO KEEP SOMTHING IN THE NEWS
all info coming from arum. we dont know what is really going on. we dont know if floyds team agreed to anything. sounds like arum sent an altimatum not an agreed apon contract. if manny fights cotto and floyd fights martinez. those ppv comparions are going to be realy bad. 70/30 anyone.
People said the same thing when the SSM contract was not IMMEDIATELY signed. He was supposed to be scared to death then too. And look how that turned out. If I were Floyd, I would read EVERY line of that contract before signing. This is a contract from the same promotional company, whom he (and ODLH) had to leave to make any real money, and would love nothing more than to be the cause his demise (in boxing), at any cost. It makes sense to peruse the contract, before committing to anything. Floyd obviously does not prefer to conduct his business in public. So, I’m not surprised he’s been silent about things.
The fact that Top Rank and Team Pac seem to always VOLUNTEER so much information, about these so-called private business dealings, is suspect in and of itself. It’s more than obvious they have been positioning themselves to blame Floyd for the fight not happening, from the very beginning.
Wasnt bob arum that said we are not going to negotiate in the media?
Arum runs nothing but his mouth. He’s a promoter dealing with a fighter that bought his way out of Top Rank. Floyd is making him crawl like the worm he is. Arum has sold Manny out. If its 50/50 there is no cut off dates in the testing. That means the next time you see Manny. No shred. All natural. Everyone who say that Manny is always the underdog? This isn’t a catchweight. Not an in house fighter. No PEDs. I’m just glad he is testing. That way there is no excuses. The same goes for Floyd. There has been a lot of posturing but with a fight of this magnitude what do you expect? No excuses. Now where is the press conference?
FLOYD FANS: before you say Floyd will KO Pacquiao, can you please tell him to sign the contract first, then we can chat who is a better fighter until Nov 13. please….
Floyd sign the contract now for the people who want to see the fight, for the people who made you filty rich, give something back to them. We are willing to make you even more richer. please I am begging you…
You need respect Floyd, sign the contract and I give you my respect.
Lol I just love the fact that its supposed to be cut off to the media, but pac’s side is the only side leaking info. Plus we have no idea what is in the contract he gave them. Arum has been suspect this whole time. Pac could’ve agreed to the fight a long time ago. I wonder what special agreements they put in this contract. If you can’t see the games they’re playing you’re blind.
Well, pacquiao camp got no choice but to give floyds camp ultimatum to answer if floyds want to fight or not, thats what happened in the first negotiation when floyd acted like a diva, theres should be a timeline to promote the fight, pacquiao ended up fighting clottey without any promotion of the fight,not even 24/7 because of lack of time. And besides everybody knew that floyd only fight once a year because of his age, so theres no chance that this fight will happen.
So be it, boxing fans just wanted yes or no, heavy on the part Floyd. Better fight than to be called a ducker.
Bod Arum is trying to use dirty tactics again. They agreed that this time the negotiations will be kept confidential yet we had all the information from him/Roach.
No he is announcing that it is up to Mayweather to make the fight happen. We all don’t know what is in there and why did he inform the media about the deadline. He again keeps threatening about fighting other fighters in his stable. We have seen that over and over again.
Thank you Bob. We are sick and tired of your silly games. Someone told me that Baby Boomers are now dying, that should be Bob Arum’s concern right now. He is part of the history of boxing and not the future of it anymore.
ULTIMATUM…THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU NEGOTIATE AND DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO GIVES YOU A RUNAROUND ESPECIALLY CRIMINAL PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYWEATHERS.
I would love to be a fly on the wall behind closed doors in the Mayweather camp. Can you just imagine the anxiety they are going through right now? Anyone who has been awake for past year has no doubt that Floyd has no interest in accepting this , but he now needs to come up with another clever way to conceal his fear. I’ll be willing to bet that he fakes an injury this time.
What we are seeing is the beginning of the end of Floyd’s career. He should have never entered the negotiations for this fight in the first place. If he fights, he’ll get sliced and diced in front of the entire world. If he ducks, he’ll prove that he’s just as afraid of Manny Pacquiao as everyone suspected. Either way, his star will begin to fade rapidly very soon.
And exactly how long are Pacquiao’s people suppose to wait? they’ve already given in to Mayweather’s demands it’s up to him now he’s holding up the fight everyone wants to see for whatever reason? 2 weeks is a fair request being that this thing has dragged on for too long. Grow some balls Floyd sign the paper.
Sign it Floyd. You got what you desire. Now it’s just a fight. Manny will be working for his people and a major weight on his shoulder should he have to wait for you next year while an active public servant for his constituents. November is best for him but if you want another leverage and lay another rock on the other shoulder then wait next May and fight you and be a congressman at the same time. Just man up. It does not matter who wins or looses, both fighters will forever be side by side in modern boxing history when everything is said and done. Both fighters will emerge victorious in the eyes of the true boxing fans. Sign it and let millions spend their hard earned broke @ss money on boxing. For the fans.
bob arum is a low lie dirty dog he doeesnt care about the fight or what happens as long as money is flowing into his pocket . this fight could have happend a long time ago if arum was not in the picture he makes me sick and is stuffing up pacs name
If this fight doesn’t happen, Pacquiao will beat Cotto for his 8th world title, or he will destory Margarito and his star power will continue to rise. ON the other side of the fence, Floyd will be known as a coward in most boxing circles. Floyd is the one who has everything to lose here, not Pacquiao.
Here’s a riddle:
Question:
What can ring magazine’s p4p king, 7 time world champ, fighter of the decade, fighter of the year consecutively 3x running, most popular fighter worldwide do?
Answer:
Whatever the f###K he wants!!
Can you imagine how fed up Arum & Pacquiao must be by now trying to deal with all of Mayweather’s games? I think they are finally getting clued in to the fact that Mayweather is just trying to steal Pacquio’s thunder, but he has no interest in actually fighting him. He’s trying to stall the negotiations so Pacquiao won’t have any time to promote his November fight against Margartito or Cotto. I would tell Mayweather that he has a 24 hour deadline, then shake myself loose from this clown and move on. Mayweather is quickly going from talented champ, to cowardly joke.
What is so difficult for Floyd in making a decision by mid July. His team has already agreed to it. Another excuse?????
FLOYD, BE A MAN AND AGREE TO THE DEAL. JAZZ DO IT.
who cares about money or popular, just do it! fight already.
Floyd wants the bigger money on this fight. But, if the fight walks away and never happens, he gets nothing. He might fight another easy hand pick, but would never get this kind of bank on a fight. A couple more “hand pick” fights will add up. But, fans won’t want to PPV for more obvious wins. At least not the numbers that a real fight could get.
I don’t understand how all these writers are claiming that Floyd is obviously the bigger ppv attraction, and thus deserves a 60-40 split. What about 12 months ago? When Pacquiao pulled in 200,000 more buys than Mayweather (1.25 million Pacquiao Cotto, 1.05 million Mayweather Marquez) none of these writers were complaining about a 50-50 split then. No one was saying, well obviously Pacquiao is the bigger attraction, so he needs to get the bigger cut….These guys are Floyd’s bloggers. Probably on the Mayweather payroll
I would love to see what the floyd fans have to say if Money ducks this fight! lol
Wishful thinking
mayweather will ko manny for a 3rd time
mayweather will destroy pac
floyd wont care about arum settin an end date. the issue is the terms that arum sent to floyds people. cant take arums word about both sides comin to terms if that was the case then it would be all set. (50/50) is out of the question dont know where the idiot that wrote that statement recieved it from. wishfull thinkin from a pac lover. hopefully what arum is sayin is true but ill wait to see what comes from floyds team and info comes out on what is in contract sent to floyd. 50/50 will never work for him.