By Jordan Stoddart: I sat there today, in my airy, slightly squalid, but ultimately Boxing focused bedroom this morning, and started concentrating on some fantastically detailed, and gloriously timeless pictures of some Boxers from the era of the 1970’s and 1980’s. My favourite was one of Ken Buchanan losing to Roberto Duran; the bout itself being a one sided, and controversial affair, pretty much ending the formers reign in elite sections of the sport, and further cementing the status of the latter as one of the greatest world champions that ever lived.
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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao could be getting made
By Jason Kim: According to Michael Marley of Examiner.com, he believes that the mega fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is getting made. Marley believes that after seeing Arum and noticing his smile and smirk. Marley says he’s watched Arum for 40 years and knows him really well. He feels that judging by how happy Arum has been lately that the fight is likely close to being made. Marley says that Pacquiao will be flying into New York next Wednesday and he thinks that the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will be pretty much finalized by that point.
Pacquiao’s options: Cotto or Margarito if Mayweather fight doesn’t get made
By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s backup fight options are less than appealing if he can’t get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. According to Greg Leon of Boxing Talk, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is saying that Pacquiao won’t fight WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman if he beats Miguel Cotto on June 5th, because Pacquiao thinks that Foreman is “Too tall.” That means that unless Pacquiao and Arum can negotiate a fight with Mayweather, we’re looking at Pacquiao fighting either Cotto or Antonio Margarito. Frankly, I don’t want to see either of those fights. What a sad way to go out.
Should Pacquiao give in on the blood testing and give Mayweather the bigger purse split?
By Chris Williams: With little time left and probably all the money he needs in the world, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is pretty much working only for his legacy at this point in his career. There’s no real need for money anymore and any bit of extra money that he’ll get in his final fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto or Yuri Foreman would be like an extra topping. With that said, why doesn’t Pacquiao just give in on the random blood testing that Mayweather wants and also let him have the bigger purse split to make sure the fight gets made.
Arum needs to get Cotto, Foreman or Margarito ready to fight Pacquiao in case Mayweather fight doesn’t happen
By Jason Kim: It’s looking like a potential fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might not happen unless Pacquiao is willing to agree to the full random blood tests, which he previously hasn’t been willing to do, and accept a smaller cut of the revenue. Those things seem pretty simple for an average fighter to do, since they would realize that, in the end, it would be well worth it to accept a slightly smaller purse split and agree to the troubles of having their blood and urine tested periodically in order to get a huge payday of around $40 million.
Fights that would make 2010 a great year for boxing: Khan-Bradley, Mayweather-Pacquiao, More!
By Andy James: After reading articles on boxingnews24.com for the past year or so now, I have decided to write an article of my own. I thought for my first article I would write about some of the fights I would like to see in rest of 2010, starting with domestic fights here in Britain.
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Mayweather wants bigger purse split for Pacquiao fight – News
By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum were hoping that they could get the original 50-50 share of the purse for a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. However, that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen now. Mayweather reportedly wants the bigger cut of the revenue due to his better pay-per-view numbers for his fight with Shane Mosley on May 1st of this year. Mayweather brought in 1.4 million PPV buys, which was double the 700,000 for Pacquiao’s recent fight against Joshua Clottey.
Mayweather-Pacquiao: A 52-48 Purse Split in Favor of Floyd Might Get It Done
By Giancarlo Malinconico: It has leaked from several sources that Floyd Mayweather is now demanding a bigger share of the revenue split if a bout is to emerge with Manny Pacquiao. A 52-48 split in favor of Mayweather seems to be the perfect resolution to the purse-split dispute between “Money” and Pacquiao for a mega showdown later this year. Although both parties must still agree on a cutoff date for random blood testing, 52-48 might work because Floyd would be receiving the bigger revenue share while Pacquiao would still earn much more money than he would in a bout with Antonio Margarito, or any other fighter for that matter.
Does Freddie Roach really believe Mayweather’s legs are gone or is he trying to get in his head?
By Dave Lahr: Recently, trainer Freddie Roach has been repeating over and over again that Floyd Mayweather’s legs are gone, and that he’s become more flat footed compared to the way he used to fight. I looked at the Shane Mosley fight, which is where Roach formed his opinion about Mayweather’s lack of movement, and I think Mayweather looked as good as he always does. I noticed he wasn’t moving quite as much, but that was only because Mosley was moving so slowly. Mayweather had a perfect opponent in front of him and without any real pressure from Mosley, Mayweather didn’t have to move to stay away from him.
Will the 14 day blood cut off be Pacquiao’s final offer to Mayweather?
By Chris Williams: According to thesweetscience.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum hasn’t heard anything from Floyd Mayweather Jr. about whether or not he’ll accept the 14 day blood test cutoff that Manny Pacquiao has agreed to for a fight. Other than the concession made by Pacquiao for the blood testing, Arum is keeping the original negotiations in place for a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather. That seems like a little bit of wishful thinking if you ask me. It’s highly doubtful that Mayweather, the hot fighter right now, is going to accept the conditions made during the last failed negotiations period in January of this year, because a lot of things have changed since then.