Roach: Arum will choose Cotto or Bradley for Pacquiao; Mayweather has to wait until November
January 16th, 2012
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach sees Top Rank CEO Bob Arum opting to skip Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and instead look to put him in with one of his Top Rank fighters Miguel Cotto or Timothy Bradley next in a move likely done to maximize profits at the same time keeping his Top Rank fighters happy.
I wonder if Arum and Roach has spoken to Mayweather about whether November is a good date for him to be fighting Pacquiao? It’s pretty presumptuous on Roach’s and Arum’s part to assume that just because they’re not interested in fighting Mayweather in November that he’ll necessarily just be waiting there like he’s some kind of needy person waiting for a handout.
Playing games like that is pretty stupid because they come across like they’re calling the shots. What they should be doing is trying to get the fight while Mayweather is interested in because he may not be there later in this year. This isn’t like going to Safeway and picking up a bag of groceries and it’s sad that neither Arum nor Roach has figured that out after blowing it big time the last time they tried to make a fight with Mayweather.
Roach says he prefers to see someone new fight Pacquiao rather than having a retread like Cotto back in with him. Roach said to RingTV “I think that we need some new blood in there, and Bradley poses a little bit of a problem. So I would rather go with Bradley than Miguel Cotto.”
I agree with Roach on that. At least Bradley is someone new for Pacquiao. We already saw what Cotto could do against him three years ago when Cotto was dominated and stopped in the 12th round. Cotto tried to go toe-to-toe with Pacquiao early on but after getting knocked to the canvas twice in the early rounds, Cotto ran for the next seven rounds in a pure survival mode.
In the 12th, Cotto now hopelessly behind in the fight, attempted to go toe-to-toe once again with Pacquiao but was immediately obliterated. Cotto would have likely been stopped in the 5th or 6th rounds had he chosen to continue slugging with Pacquiao, but he took the safe route and ran. The rematch won’t be any different than the first fight. If Cotto slugs, he’ll get destroyed immediately, and if he runs, he’ll give away the entire fight like he did last time. Either way, Cotto will get trounced.
I don’t want to see Pacquiao beating up on this guy again, not when it’s likely to go between $55 and $60 on pay per view. I wouldn’t pay a dime to see Pacquiao whip Cotto again because he dominated him to such an extent last time they fought that it showed clearly who the better fighter was. It’s like having Joe Frazier fight George Foreman again after being crushed in two rounds in the first fight. Frazier ran I the rematch and was still destroyed by Foreman when he finally stopped running and tried to fight with him in the 5th round in June 1976.
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pacquiao is the best of the best anyone you’ll bring in the ring with him he will pulverise them. so watch out mr ape man you dont even have a 10% chance to win against the best!!!!!
How about posting an interview with Bradley? All we hear about is Cotto!
I am so atupid in believing on what floyd say, and now i know he a number one liar, i dont want to believe what he say no more he is a froud.
Oi Gollum, Wheres your Idols response to Pacquiaos request of a fight late May?? is he that precious that he can not respond via another tweet. VVanker
What a coward. Typical Filipino.
Arum is doing his job…make Pacman the richest boxer today…richer than lil floyd.
@MsPacman: You are just too jealous to Pacman.No matter what you’ll say,people already know who is Pacman.He is P4P King in the world.He’s one of the greatest boxer of all time.He’s a Congressman.He’s a successful man,ok? Don’t be jealous my friend.If you want to be like him then strive and work hard and use your talents.Hmmmmmmm…i don’t think you have talent the way you talk.Bwahahahahaha!
manny is the “boy abunda” in philippines. all he can do is talking sh1t.
lesser purse, rbt, fighting in jail, fighting for fans and not money.
Pacman is giving Cotto a rematch? BOOOO Cotto has no footwork and will be beat going backwards. Look at his bouncing back lazily with his feet close even in his last fight.
@24 day cutoff
This isnt about money…arum will gain more money fighting w may than fighting with any other either top rank or anyones else…arum wants to explote pac to the limit…and then if the fight can happen he will do it…maybe 2013 or 2014…sadly this is a businness…i prefer cotto fighting may cuz pac wouldnt come over 150 pounds to fight cotto…so pac will beat him in 147…cott-may 154…great one !
i think its time now for you to praise your living god pacquiao.
lol. famous your face. very funny
Go on you pea rotten brain, try to use my name again and destroy Pacman.Nobody would listen to you bcoz they know the truth.That’s how a loser and frustrated people are doing.Yhanks anyway,i’m so famous here.Bwahahahahaha!
if mayweather is bluffing then pacquiao should ride the bluff but pacquiao wants mayweaather in june when floyd is no longer available due to his obligation.
“the best counter for bluffing is ridding his bluff”
Pacquiao will lose to Floyd the best p4p in the world
@ SoFarGone
You are partly right, and Pacquiao could do the same. But not against another future HOF or are you just another floydidiot fan that can not admit what is in front of your eyes?
This is to inform that if my comment is agianst the filipinos and the Philippines, it’s absolutely not me.Some idiots who have rotten brains, are using my name here.They are too angry bcoz they are trying to destroy Pacman but they can’t.Instead their idol the scared and coward Floyd Jr are now a convicted criminal.What a shame on you Floydiots.Bwahahahahaha!
@ Chi-Town
The Point is Maynever does not get to call all the shots
RBT, Train in USA, MGM, Date, purse split etc etc For this fight to happen it will have to Happen end of May or late this year. Pacquiao wants it and Maynever says he wants it, the issue is Fraud doing time for crimes committed.
If I was Pacquiao with as much pull as Mayweather and a champion I would not let him call all the shots and neither would you, remember its a dangerous sport and a business
@ Jeride
Well if you knew boxing you would know you are talking about an approach and a comment from Arum after a close decision over Marquez. Since then a lot has moved on. Mayweather ( Proffesionaly ) Tweeted remarks and usual slurs ( something Pacquiao does and never has done ). And Pacquiao has said he wants preference to a Mayweather fight over the other four on the list. SO MY QUESTION WHAT IS FRAUD DOING ABOUT IT? And I can confidently tell you NOTHING its jsut a smoke screen and he will be fighting a Mexican on May 5th FACT.
I accept Bob Arum is an issue in this matter and for blinkered people like yourself it is easy for Fraud to make you believe this is the way, but Fraud is his own man and he is doing ZERO to get this fight ON.
pilipino retarded. they are trying to put philippines showbiz in boxing which is totally drama. boxing is for the tough guy. more of them taunting with others. no wonder they do nothing about boxing.
muhamad ali is the number 1 trash talkers of all time.
@pac kill
This is a BOXING MATCH …NOT A WAR an pacman has fought in the MGM
before an as for the date that the closest day that gets the fans what we
want, an stop dreaming up sh&t cause theres no guns in a BOXING
MATCH, ARUM DONT WANT PACMAN NOWHERE NEAR FLOYD BECAUSE
HE KNOWS FLOYD WILL DESTROY HIM AN THERE WILL BE NO MORE
MONEY
boxing is sport. retarded pacfan. this is not a philippines showbiz
may 26th big news comming for all u so call fans cowboys stadiaum….
@Godson2184…You said, “I hope Cotto knox manny out!!!”
You just hope? I KNOW, YES KNOW, MANNY WILL KNOCK COTTO OUT AND POSSIBLY RETIRE HIM.
I LIKE COTTO BECAUSE HE HAS GOOD PERSONALITY (NOT LIKE FLOYD), BUT COTTO WILL HAVE NO CHANCE, MY FRIEND.
Again Floydiots who are too jealous to Pacman are using my name again.Anyway,i’d like to thank you for doing it bcoz i know that you were hurt emotionally by the truth about my comments.Thanks again!Bwahahahahaha!
@jerald
dont listen to me bro. im retarded.
why dont you just shut the f-u-c-k up. retard
@ anonymous
Judge Weinstein tried to contact Bob Arum in hope to put a fight together Mayweather vs Pacquaio and he was told that “they were not interested in a fight with Mayweather at this time…they are looking to put together a 4th fight with Marquez.
Please understand, I am a FAN of BOXING in General. So that means both fighters are at fight. But most importantly it BOB ARUM that is preventing this fight.
Unlike you, I recognize this and understand this.
@Anonymous,
If the boxing world and fans would rate who would be the boxer that LIES the MOST today, they would choose floy mayweather. Almost everything he says is a lie. NEVER believe this guy.
i’m so dumb.
to all my avid pactard out there. i want to fight ivan calderon.
AMEN Jeff41
Imagine that you, yes you, are going to war…
Will you let your enemy pick the Date?
Will you let your enemy pick the Time?
Will you let your enemy pick the Location?
Will you let your enemy pick his own guns, but demands you to pick only M-15?
The Answer: NO, NO, NO. NEVER LISTEN TO YOUR ENEMY.
You will dead if you listen and do whatever your enemy wants you to do. These demands by mayweather is just like that. BUT MANNY, ROACH AND ARUM ARE TOO SMART AND EVEN SMARTER THAN SCHAEFER, ELLERBE AND FLOYD.
@ Jerdie
Floyd announced at the Ortiz pre fight Pac your next then took it back a day or so later FACT on video. When he annonced the May 5th he said it will be the little man, No mention of Pacquiao by name, so don’t try and right a Mayweather wrong. I am a boxing fan and do not see this fight happening because Floyd demands this that and the other, when they are on a similar footing financialy. The only difference is Pacquiao has to pay more people.
Not once since the 2009 negotiations has Floyd approached Top Rank for this fight, all he has done is used social networks and a boxing site called fighthype to air his SMACK, cos thats all it is or we would of seen the fight by now.
Floyd is a half man of Cotto when it comes to fighting Manny Pacquiao. Oop, not even a half man because Cotto is willing to fight Pac twice, but floyd has been avoiding Pac and may always will keep avoiding to retirement.
If Floyd refused to man up to fight Pacman in late May, he’d not in November either. He’ll not fight Manny as long as he can use his name to hype his fights with other fighters and make money by fooling his blind fans.
Bull $h!t!!!! Pacquiao needs to step up n make it happen. Real Talk… The only way to get these two to fight, is to boycott both their fights. They won’t have a choice. We the fans have the power, we just need to come together and start a movement.
@ Anonymous
How about Bob Arum and Manny knew ahead of time the date that Floyd pick and it wasn’t until now it is problem.
Come on guy…we are boxing fans. We want to see the fight…not this long red tape and posturing by these two camps.
It has been rumored that Manny is the “PEOPLE CHAMP” and Floyd is GREEDY MONEY GRUBBER…now it seems the roles has switch.
Or could it be…that they both are GREEDY MONEY GRUBBERS??? But one has been impersonating a PEOPLE”S CHAMP
Cotto should fight winner of Ortiz and Berto. He will lose to either one but would be good fight.
bradley not cotto ,may can wait ,manny dictates not fmj ,floyed whent in to retirerment to get away from all the good welter weights .
I hope cotto knox manny out !!!
Williams thinks its presumptuous to think November will be ok with Floyd lmao. How about Floyd being presumptuous about booking the MGM for May 5th with out even asking or saying who he will fight.. Maynever is a FRAUD and idiots lap his S.h-!t up
Pinoys please shower!
Chris, You wrote Articles about Manny three time a day for a week now, can we talk about Floyd opponent now. Ellerbe said, they will announce his opponent last Friday, what happen?
Just come out and say you don’t want your man losing to PBF.
arum want the fight in june so they can have time to put that a side back n pacman
I hope Manny gets flatenned by either fighter for not stepping up to give the fans what they want.
Arum is milking him and i hope the gravy train stops even b4 november when they grow enough b#lls to fight Floyd.
whoops i take that back. i see my comment.. my apologiez to chris, he can erase comment below
why this jerk chris williams erasing my comments. he only allow pro pac comments. what a jerk off
i have always wondered what is the point in rematches unless they were close fights or controversial ones,and this was neither,cotto got beat up the worse ever,his face was a mess,he ran to survive never tried to win just survive,who wants to see a rematch after a fight like that? makes no sense to me and i won’t pay for it either,shame on pac for choosing a fighter he already beat and no point in fighting him again,none
shout out to the dumazzez of the site (Pac You! and Jeff41) two examples of “die hard” pacquiao fans, but cant name 10 current world boxing champions
Bradley is someone new, so Is mayweather, which one generates more money overall, Mayweather, which one generates more money for slob arum, Bradley, who would you pick if you had a limited fighter like pacquiao?
I think Pac You works for top rank, says he would rather see cotto vs pac again than floyd. Not only is Pac a joke, his fans are too
@ pac you
That is so funny and ironic that you state that. Because it is Pacquaio Camp that is stating that fight Mayweather on May 5th is “ECONOMICALLY FOOLISH”. And if they can fight later on it will bring in “30 Million” extra for the new staduim.
so it seems to me that Pacquaio Camp is “BROKE” and want to maximize their money.
LOL…SO FUNNY the Blindness of some fans
Cotto or Bradley against Pacman is better.This will be an interesting and exciting fight bcoz these boxers are true warriors and brave enough to fight toe-to-toe….unlike the boring defensive style of the scared and coward Floyd Jr.If i am Pacman, i won’t give a chance to fight with coward Floyd Jr anymore.You know coward Floyd Jr is only aftering of money bcoz he’s broke.Punish coward Floyd Jr for what he did before.Bwahahahahaha!
Also…if they want to fight in November, that is still 6 months to promote a fight, even less time.
Arum needs to drop dead for this fight to happen. Simples (meerkat) lol.
I’ll bet 1thousand to 1$ it’s going to be cotto. There just throwing.bradley ‘s name out there to make it sound like there trying to choose a good fighter w/no top rank BS
What does Roach, ARum and Pacquiao MASTER ARUM wants Floyd to do? do sparring sessions in prison with INMATES? they want to fight Mayweather with no training, How PATHETIC is that? this fight would never happen cause THEY ARE SCARED to DEATH.
@Jeff41 u sound stupid. Manny refused the floyd fight get it in ur head mindless fools.
Excuse for it not happening in November is not enough time to promote. Why not just say we don want the fight instead of all this crazyness.
Cotto rematch should wait. Manny should take on Bradley even if it’ll make less money. Mayweather might never fight Manny. Shame on him.