By Chris Williams: ESPN2 analyst Teddy Atlas puts the blame for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight not being made squarely on the shoulders of Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, who Atlas feels doesn’t want to make the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight because it doesn’t benefit him to do so.
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Roach: Pacquiao will fight Peterson or Bradley next
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that Pacquiao will be fighting someone else in his next fight in June and not Mayweather. Roach doesn’t do the selection of who Pacquiao fights, but he thinks it’s going to be Timothy Bradley or Lamont Peterson who get the call for the fight and not Miguel Cotto or Juan Manuel Marquez.
Mayweather seeking investors for Pacquiao fight
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum acknowledges that he does not fully understand the current situation with World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) but he stated that Floyd is seeking investors for a possible Mega fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s).
Schaefer predicts Pacquiao to fight Bradley
By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is fed up with Bob Arum of Top Rank making useless predictions about what his Golden Boy Promotion fighters will be fighting next. For example, Arum recently picked Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Robert Guerrero, which Schaefer has already pointed out won’t be happening.
Mayweather says he only wants Pacquiao
By Chris Williams: WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s only targeting Manny Pacquiao right now and nobody else. In an interview at fighthype.com, Mayweather states that he doesn’t want Saul Alvarez, Miguel Cotto or a rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez.
Now that the truth is out, the Mayweather and Manny circus must now die
By Babatis Banda: All it took was Floyd Mayweather junior to tweet…” come fight me punk” and a list of excuses over the past few days have poured out, one after the other. When Floyd was sentenced to 90 days incarceration for domestic violence, it seemed a heavy load was lifted off Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao’s head.
Arum: Mayweather’s not going to get Cotto next
By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Bob Arum thinks that Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t serious about wanting to face his fighter Manny Pacquiao on May 5th, and sees it as merely game playing on Mayweather’s part to give himself cover for the eventual backlash that he’ll be receiving once he does make an announcement as to who his next opponent will be.
Saul Alvarez waiting to find out if he gets the Mayweather fight
By Allen Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) is still waiting to find out if he gets the call to face WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) on May 5th on Cinco de Mayo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Wife masterminded changes in Pacquiao’s lifestylye
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Manny Pacquiao’s wife Jinkee was instrumental in a drastic change in his lifestyle after his narrow and controversial victory over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) in November. The changes came about at the insistence of Jinkee who, among other things, is concerned about Manny’s public image.
Mayweather Sr: Floyd Jr. says he wants Cotto next if Pacquiao won’t fight him
By Allen Fox: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. told him that if he can’t get Manny Pacquiao to agree to fight him on May 5th, then he’s interested in facing WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next rather than 21-year-old Saul Alvarez.