Arum gushing about how good Pacquiao is looking, thinks he’s ready to fight Mosley
March 21st, 2011
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is ecstatic about how good his number #1 cash cow fighter Pacquiao is looking after watching him work out in Baguio in the Philippines as Manny gets ready for his bout against 39-year-old Shane Mosley on May 7th. Arum watched one of Pacquiao’s recent workouts and came away feeling good about how he’s looking, in particular with the way that Pacquiao is using his right hand.
Well, Arum should be happy. He’s picked the right opponent for Pacquiao to look good against once again. Arum has been picking Pacquiao’s opponents well as of late with the struggling Antonio Margarito getting selected last time out in November. Before that, it was Joshua Clottey, a fighter who was coming off of a loss at the time he was selected and not looking particularly good. Miguel Cotto was Pacquiao’s opponent before that, and Cotto hadn’t really shined since beaten to a pulp in 2008. Now it’s Mosley who’s being selected. Mosely hasn’t won a fight in two years and has looked terrible in his last two fights, losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and having to settle for a 12 round draw with Sergio Mora. It’s an odd choice that Mosley is being picked with him looking so bad. But Arum is right. Pacquiao could fight Mosley next week. Heck, he could probably have fought him training camp even started and still win. But what does that tell you about Mosley?
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Manny the coward says:
March 22, 2011 at 8:30 am
Pac can not beat May in the ring so he wants to beat him in court! COWARD! Manny should stick to fighting Floyds leftovers and other beaten up guys!
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ahahaha maybe it’s the other way around. Floyd would rather stay in jail than fight Manny Pacquiao in the ring.
boxing is lame. the boxing commissioner should be hang for allowing bad matchup. ufc is 10 times more exciting.
Why are we still mentioning Mayweather? He retired the second time and will not fight anyone. The only fight that he has is in the court.
Also HBO confirmed that there were in fact negociations, despite what Floyds camp may say.
@Foreal
In your own words – “Unless you people here you can proove that there was a negotiation, and that Arum is trustworth, I would advise that you stop rumor moungering and misleading the people.”
So I guess you should stop your peddling about PEDs as you have not put any ounce of proof on this allegations. Again, it is all allegations so everyone should DROP this idea UNTIL there is AMPLE proof. Hence the only thing we have is the lawsuit by Pacquiao over Floyd and company (which is still ongoing). Rumor moungering and misleading the people WITHOUT PROOF … that’s what the whole PEDS issue has been …
any thoughts?
Why is a promoter promoting his fighter news?????
..If true, there is no doubt…Floyd would be avoiding Packman, there are no two ways about it because it would be exactly what it sounds like..cowardice!
…just want to make it clear, i am not siding with floyd. it is just that the story is doubtful.
We all know Arum is the biggest liar to ever walk on this planet! Remember during the first negotiations Arum stated Mayweather didn’t accept the suggestions of the mediator, only to have that very same mediator release a statement saying Arum blatantly lied
…and one other thing, Packfans should not celebrate too much over Arum. Arum is a crooke, he is a twisted minded, ruthless businessman. He is milking Manny for as long as he can, just like Don King milked Tyson. Once Manny takes losses, he will move-on withought remorse to new lucrative business. Manny is now big enough, he should seriously consider promoting himself or other boxers, he does not need middlemen like Arum, he says all the sweet things Manny and supporters will love to hear….just my simple advice.
@ OXO
You are right my man. If it is true, I have no doubt in my mind that Floyd would be deliberately avoiding Packman, at that point, I will never stand-up for him out of principle. I just detest rumor mongers who feed people with half-truths, or twisted half-backed information for the sake of an argument. If true, then I will never ever post anything here again in support of Floyd in the lines that he is not a coward….if anything, I would suggest at that point that he needs a drug-test more than Manny needs it.
I get , we only listen to Arum and Manny whatever they say and feel is true. But whatever Mayweather says and the irrefutable facts are false. Bob always uses Mayweather’s name to sell Paq’s fights. Why would Mayweather ask for 100 million dollars? I know Paq fans will believe every word of it because they believe Floyd is afraid of Manny. Bob Arum is full of 5hit!
@ Foreal Ok then, let’s just wait and enjoy the May 7th fight. Believe me, I hope that US$100 M demand isn’t true. Or else the mega fight is doomed forever.
Ok, that is better, for now until proven, the 100 million dollar issue is preposterous. I will condemn it if true, the way I condemed Manny asking for 1 million dollars for each pound Floyd came in overweight. You guys, call aspade a spade, don’t call a knife a spade when it seems to suit you. There is a comment here that we do not need to verify the truth of the statement the same way we don’t need to verify the accusation that Manny could be on banned substances. To be honest, many people believe he is clean, but there are those taken aback due to the excuses Manny advanced for not taking the test, these are two diffent scenarios, a pure lie and an accusation that is very seriuos in nature…and mishandled in ever manner imaginable.
Believe me, if it was true that Arum was in negotiations and Floyd asked for 100 m dollars, Arum would have feasted on that to drive a point home, now it is Alleged that Arum brought that to light at some dark-hole somewhere….it does not sound real. It could have been all over….with the people who really matter by now. Stop lying, the truth is one of the only constants in life.
@ Foreal I said this news is also questionable even if it came from Oscar or Floyd. In other words, there’s no one you can trust anymore as these guys made this fight impossible to happen.
People on this fora should be aware of un trustworth people, blutant liers who profit nothing by lying..and they still do. It is all false, Floyd never asked for 100 million dollars, they are trying to discredit Floyd by lying. I think for now, it is wise for Manny to concentrate on Sugar, he may be some mountain to climb…than spreading false runors.
Pac can not beat May in the ring so he wants to beat him in court! COWARD! Manny should stick to fighting Floyds leftovers and other beaten up guys!
For me it is all press politics as usual unless there is irrefutable proof that Arum went into negotiations and the brokedown because Floyd is asking for 100 million dollars. If it is true, then this is preposterous! It is the same in ‘weight’, as Manny asking Floyd to pay 1 million dollars for each kg he comes in above weight. Unless you people here you can proove that there was a negotiation, and that Arum is trustworth, I would advise that you stop rumor moungering and misleading the people. If it is proven it is true, then to hell with Floyd, I would never again stand with him!
@ OXO
Kindly answer my simple question, has Floyd’s camp confirmed this demand? In other words, is this demand confirmed it came from Floyd’s camp…..other than Arum’s statements?
Arum says he and Don King is doing negotiation, i hope King will come out saying no negotiation happen!
@ Foreal It’s coming from Arum alright! But there’s nothing different if it’s coming from Oscar de le Hoya or Floyd’s camp either.
Has this demand been confirmed, or you are taking it from Arum? There is a possibility things are deliberately being twisted, but if it is true…Floyd needs a close examination.
@Anonymouse! your the one so stupid hiding in the screen name anonymous!
…If it’s coming from Arum, I would take it with a pinch of salt!
Floyd asking for $100m, another way of ducking! kwak! kwak! kwak!
pacman is always ready even if he fights tomorrow. How much more for this coming May 7…what do you think about Pacman’s condition with matching techniques he got from steven seagal?Just don’t be panic Pachaters.Bwahahahahaha!
during the clottey fight, pakman averages 100 punches per round…
now floyd is demanding 100mil dollars for his fight against pacquaio…
does this mean that floyd is demanding 1mil dollars per punches thrown by pacquiao to his pretty face???…
way to go manny, your punches is now worth 1mil in floyd estimates…
The PacHaters use to say that Pacquiao is going to get pulverized, then he is going to get KTFO, then he will lose against his foe. When all those bravado predictions by the losers did not happen, they started to make issues about catchweight.
Have you guys ever notice the tone now?
Now they don’t go against the Greatest Fighter, now they “HOPE” that Mosley pulls an upset. LMAO!!
Pacquiao will once again show his superiority over Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mosley will be STOP after the 9nth round. Same superiority that he showed against Hatton and Oscar, Pacquiao will show it again in the Mosley fight.
The PPV will sell over one million, he will again do what NO OTHER MAN has done. Manny
will be the first fighter to sell over one million PPV in FOUR straight years.
floyd’s new excuse in avoiding pac is to demand 100 million dollars for the fight.
it is now a guessing game for all boxing fans: what will be floyd’s next excuse?
@ yatusabes
hey @sshole, can you name any of pac’s opponent who is old? last time i check, it is only mosley who is old and the fight still has to happen yet.
LMAO! The Floyd fans just don’t know boxing.
Check out this post by Prediction:
@AMD, Right…Right…kind of like your idol, always needing an advantage. I hope Mosely does a job on your idol. Pacquiao needed a 150lb catchweight to beat Margarito. Mosely not only beat him, but KO’D Margarito at the full 154 lbs WITH 10OZ GLOVES!!!. Did I mention Mosely knocked Margarito out at the full 154 lbs with 10oz gloves? 10oz gloves? Pacquiao had 8oz gloves!!! and a 150lb catchweight!!!
Talk about moronic. lol
Margarito weighed in at 145 and 3/4, Mosley weighed in at 147 for their fight.
But what do you expect, Floyd fans are just like Uncle Roger. They have a 2nd grade education, bushmen looking, too stupid to avoid drugs, and soon to be in jail, broke, or dead! LMAO
Floyd, Deny this Arum statement that you ask 100 Million to fight Manny. If not, I convince that you really a coward and people will not respect you anymore. Including your family.
FLOYD is 100mil times AFRAID to face pakman…
100mil times to face his FEAR!!!
@zdrx lets not forget that pac hasent even taken out mosley yet and floyd has no upcoming fights marked out.
this is very early in the delibiration process and floyd is just playing games. im sure he will end up saying something like “if manny aggrees to 0 day cut off testing ill lower the price of the fight”
manny and floyd’s fight should be a 100 mill split down the middle
or maybe give em a tiny bit more just to make them equal first as the highest paid boxer for a fight in the history of boxing (just ahead of de la hoya’s 50mill he got for fighting mayweather)
im afan of Manny and Floyd,but to say Mannys is fake is just hatin you might think that Floyds record is better,i wont argue you for that.but Oscar,hatton,Cotto,Margarito,tell me who aside from Paq that has awin over them? do you think Berto,Bradley or Marquez can win over this Guy
tsktsk… You no whats new?
Arum just state Speaking to the media in Baguio, Philippines on Monday, “We went through a negotiation that nobody really knew about with Mayweather. Some group came in wanting to put it in a particular country and Mayweather asked for a number that was so high that he indicated that he didn’t want to fight.”
and continued
Take a guess at the number he asked for himself. 100 million for himself. F***, who’s going to pay him 100 million? I mean, unless Manny fights for nothing . . .” A Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is expected to earn each boxer between $30 to $50 million in purse splits
I am a strong supporter of Floyd. If it is true…if it is really true..that Floyd has asked for 100 million bucks to get a fight with Manny….then all I can say is to hell with his skills, let him go fight fellow criminals in jail and take bets there. How does he choose to waste all that skill? If this is true…then that is it!
Floyd smorked some grass…his head not clear! He needs a test just as much as Manny needs one!
floydiodts, what can you say about idiot floyds demand of 100mil dollars???….
were waiting!!!
As i have been saying before, after OSDT, Floyd Mayweather Jr and his clan will think of another excuse. Here it is now, demanding one hundred million dollars for the fight with Manny.
The fight is destined not to happen because 100% sure, the Mayweathers will be having ridiculous demands for the fight to happen, in short, he’s avoiding the fight.
Floyd is really the MOST COWARD BOXER of all time.
i’m curious what will be the floydiots’ justification for floyd’s 100 million dollar demand. let’s wait…hmmmm
floyd mayweather jr did it again! hahaha… he was really clever and i adore him so much for that. he was able to find another excuse. can you imagine that? demanding 100 million dollars for his fight with manny? whoah!
now i believe, and from now on, i swear to everybody, i now admit to myself and to all boxing fans around the world, as clear as the sun shine, FLOYD IS AVOIDING PACQUIAO!!!
Mayweather needs a $100 million purse so that he can pay the damages that will be awarded by the court to Pacquiao. The first stage of the case has been completed when the Nevada court threw out Mayweather’s motion to dismiss the case filed by Pacquiao. The nest stage will be the hearing of the case and the Mayweathers canot deny what they have said about Pacquiao using PEDS.
Too much wasting time here…wait for May 7 and then we see the way forward.
Margorito, Cotto and Clottey are all legitimate top worldclass welterweights. Manny is fighting his way through the weltherweight division. After Mosley only Marquez who is really a lightweight at best and Berto who is not even on the same level as the others is left.
Now look at Mayweather’s record they are all either old or shot guys his size at welterweight or smaller guys. Moseley (old) welterweight, Marques (smaller and fat) featheweight,Ricky Hatton (smaller) junior welterweight, De La Hoya (old) welterweight, Baldomir (old) not worldclass welterweight and Judah (smaller) super lightweight.
I believe Pacman-Mayweather is totaly dead!
Who in the rightful mind demands for $100,000,000.00 for a fight???!!!
Sounds awful! But this is the mother of all ducking excuses!
RBT is out and 100million is the new trend now… LoL
So, Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants $100 million dollars for himself, to face Manny Pacquiao? If that’s the case, the PPV would probably go for $500.00! Not even the Floydiots can afford that! If the fight is a done deal, expect the crime rate of robberies and thefts to go up in the U.S. leading up to the fight, so Floyd’s fans can support him! It’s all about the money for supporting Floyd!
Who the hell puts ROSBT before a guaranteed $40, $50, $60 million dollars? Who wouldn’t drop the test and go straight for the guaranteed millions!!! Floyd? Now he’s over pricing himself to where Bob Arum & Don King are stretched money wise beyond any fight ever made in history! Now, that’s greed!
Back in the day, if you tell fighters like Larry Holmes or Marvin Hagler that the opponent they will be facing is on steroids, they would say, “So? Bring it on!” They still made their millions! Too bad Floyd doesn’t have the same mentality!!!
@prediction, mosley and margarito fight at 147 welterweight not a 154 superwelterweight because mosley won the wbo welterweight belt and got lost to cotto and cotto lost to pacquiao and that is why pacquiao now has the wbo welterweight belt. pls do your homework before posting anything on the web.
At 5’8″ in height, Floyd’s African ancestor isn’t exactly from the Watusi tribe, one of the tallest people in Africa either. By the looks of him, his father Floyd Sr., and Unca’ Roger, they most likely came from the pygmy tribes of Africa. The facial features is a give away, they look like bushmen. So why call 5’6.5″ Pacquiao a midget? No reason for this other than reverse discrimination. You Negroes should really be ashamed of yourself. Mo’fos!
just a reminder to you all,…
before, fredy has offered WINNER TAKES ALL to mayweathers camp…
now the mayweathers has officially answered that offer…
they want 100mil dollars!!!
this guy really wanted to fight. whew…
@AMD, Right…Right…kind of like your idol, always needing an advantage. I hope Mosely does a job on your idol. Pacquiao needed a 150lb catchweight to beat Margarito. Mosely not only beat him, but KO’D Margarito at the full 154 lbs WITH 10OZ GLOVES!!!. Did I mention Mosely knocked Margarito out at the full 154 lbs with 10oz gloves? 10oz gloves? Pacquiao had 8oz gloves!!! and a 150lb catchweight!!!
Shane, if you ever could call up the fountain of youth of 3 years past. Find it and kick this midget’s ass!!!
YOU WOULD GET ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!! WHAT A WAY TO GO OUT!!!
ON TOP OF THE WORLD!!!
@Anonymous
Are you threatened? Is that why your hiding under Anonymous?
PAC fans are blind! Can’t wait till the world finds out what AriZa is pumping him up with. Offcoarse he’s goin too beat Mosleys butt, what more does Arum expect from Mosely! Stupid greaceball
do you still believe on Mayweathers, now Floyd is asking for $100.000.000 for figthing Manny, oviously RBT is just an alibi! and this fool followers believe on Floyd….
How about this time a $100M floyd’s demand to fight pacman. LOL
@Bullet Poof! you always make me laugh thanks! hahahahahh!!!!
Hmm hmm uncle Bob everybody knows that Mosley is Shot can’t pull the trigger. What we want to know is why you roach and Manny declined to fight Mosley after he beat Margarito, that woulda been a real test but no you guys wanted Mosley to weigh in at 142. so you guys could get an easy Victory and claim Manny’s the best in the World. what a joke you guys are. Sergio Martinez is the best and Marquez is second Nonito 3rd then Bradley these are the only guys who want to fight the best. Manny is always looking for an easy win the Wusss
doesnt take much to prepare for a washed up 40 year old.
Shane Mosely has no idea how big a hero he will be should he KO Manny Pacquiao!
THE WORLD WILL EMBRACE, ADORE, AND CROWN SHANE MOSELY!!!
Shane, the world is at your fingertips…TAKE IT!!!
@AMD, Margarito is welterweight? He’s a Junior Middlweight you midget! Damn I hate midgets!!!
I got a cap for every one of you munchkins!!!
errr Margarito called out floyd and what happened? Floyd ducked him ofcourse. Cotto called out Floyd then what happened? Floyd said “I think I’d be doing MMA or Wresling”
@floyds my hero
“if manny is not a coward why did he refuse to fight martinez at 154 then when martinez moved on now all of a sudden manny wants to fight 154 but only against margarito?”
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Why not Margarito? Margarito pummeled Martinez twas a TKO back in 2002. Floyd called out Margarito right? What happened there?
Martinez should fight someone his own size and dominate his current division. To take Manny’s spot as P4P king, Martinez should go up in higher weight classes and win over bigger guys with the likes of Bute or Froch.
@JAY-Z, What’s the problem with Martinez fighting in his weight class? Why do you think he should fight light guys? Pac’s team already said that he will not fight over 147. Why should he fight the Middle Wt champ??
Next up for the SMALL WW is Pac vs JMM AT 147… Pac who didn’t even win his WW title is demanding that a LW move up and fight AT 147 because we all know JMM isn’t effective above 140. Pac, who struggles to make 147 (WW) will only fight 38 year old LW JMM at the WW.
Hand selecting certain fighters at certain weight classes at certain weights. At least JMM is winning right????
Forget fighting the best, lets see how long Arum can keep up this joke while making a mockery out of boxing shall we?
Arum only has pacman fight people he thinks can be beat. Pacman has not had a tough fight in years. Cotto had no trainer and mentally was messed up yet for the first few rounds gave manny a tough time, clottey was target practice, and margo has not been the same since he fought cotto. Yeah he won that fight(cheated) but he took alot of shots and mosley knocked him out. Yeat again margo had the pacman in trouble in the 6th. So how is manny the best again?? No, Im not a mayweather fan I’m actually a Cotto fan but I’m being realistic thats all. Funny thing is Pacman and Mayweather are the perfect opponents. My title for that fight would be First true test in years lol or finally no more ducking no more shot fighters: Man up.
I agree to landcruiesr because he never fought margarito in 2007 PFM is a defensive coward
MEN NOBODY WANTS MARTINEZ HE IS TOO FAST AND TOO STRONG ONLY REAL MEN WILL FIGHT MARTINEZ I LIKE THE WAY HE FIGHTS IT’S CRAZY WITH HIS HANDS DOW N . HE IS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL HE GET A FIGHT WITH EITHER PACQUIAO OR MAYWEATHER.
@ floyds my hero
“… you are quick to judge mayweather and convict him as well even before he has had his day in court.”
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a dose of your own medicine lol!!!
@PhOnkimonkie, Mayweather will EASILY…EASILY…EASILY..EASILY…BEAT PACQUIAO!!!!
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will go down in history as the greatest of all time and here is why.
In November 2011, or either May 2012, he will fight and EASILY…EASILY beat Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather will then go on to defeat Martinez and retire for good!
Manny Pacquiao will go for round 2 and 3 fighting Cotto, Margarito, and Marquez.
GUARANTEED!
Manny Pacquiao will never be bonafide. He fights, beaten, broken, names that are well beyond their prime. History will not be kind.
If Pacquiao fought the best between 140-150 his results would be average at best.
Manny and Floyd are playing second best to the real deal Sergio “Maravillaaaa” Martinez. Martinez fights top guys. Floyd fights old guys and Manny made his name fighting Floyd’s leftover.
@American
Dont be in a rush … They already in line… Marquez by Nov. if PBF is not available…
2 out of 6 fights before Pacman retire. And the 4 remaining must be fighters you wish to be next. So relax..
Hope PBF is in line, but if not, its okay.
Maravilla could fill the spot for HER, and it would be a mess.
Pacman-Maravilla can be posible as final bout for the Pacman…
A farewell bout as I can tell… Heck, wish it gonna happen! LoL
the reality is that if Floyd thought he could actually beat Manny then he would have fought him and we wouldn’t be talking about Mosley. Only a coward doesn’t take a risk so sorry Floyd thats what you are. Also great news about Manny now looks like he is going to be able to successfully sue the Mayweathers for wrongful defamation. Absolutely brilliant I say.
@ whats new? every pac fight biuld up is the same bullsh@t, he,s knocking over larger than life sparring partners, he,s splitting punch bags, he,s running 10k in record time, he,s now got super power in his right hand blah blah blah. waffle of the decade lol.
Manny Pacquiao may not be able to get Floyd Mayweather in a boxing ring, but he is going to get his day in United States federal court against Mayweather, and Golden Boy Promotions as well. United States Judge Larry R. Hicks in Nevada has denied Golden Boy Promotions’ and Mayweather Promotions’ attempt to throw Pacquiao’s defamation lawsuit out of court. As a result, the various defendants will have to justify their public accusations that Pacquiao used performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).
Okay enough off the hating Mr. Williams..
You’ve already done your Homework!
WHY?
You make people to believe you hate Pacman so much,
but on the other side, youre a Pac-Fan member..
HOW did I come up with the conclusion?
Read most of Mr. Williams Article. And will notice the
sources he came to… All based on the Philippines.
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN, GMA news, etc.
Base upon Mr. Williams writings (0-20+ wrong prediction, bias, false reporting),
Well I dont see Mr. Williams too obsess to Pacman to follow him to the Philippines, Or maybe he Live in the Philippines himself???
I think Mr. Williams was an effective writer though…
He write awful/bashful article on Pacman and Backfires bigtime on favor the Pacman! Great!!!
pac is overated… but this fight is ridicules. pac should be fighting marquez again not mosely. it would be incredible to see mosely pull off this upset.
@ chris williams
PLEASE STOP WRITING THE SAME FUXKIN ARTICLE YOU CLOWN…we already know how you feel this isnt your personal blog douche…this is a boxing site so if you want to spark debates please stay on topic and stop giving bias feedback..
Watch the Paq fans crucify you