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Originally Posted by Sloane Kettering
Bob Arum needs to stick to promoting and shut the hell up....
He is promoting.
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Originally Posted by Sloane Kettering
Bob Arum needs to stick to promoting and shut the hell up....
Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32
thats Arumn saving face if the fight doesn't happen
Originally Posted by Proshares
Nothing more needs to be said about Arum. No morals in boxing at all. Just $$$
Leonard Ellerbe, advisor to Floyd Mayweather Jr., told the Los Angeles Times that Shane Mosley would be their prime target if negotiations to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao fall apart. Mayweather is looking for the biggest financial opportunities out there, and the two biggest are Pacquiao and Mosley. Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions [acting on behalf of Mayweather] are going to do their best to make a deal for a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. Mosley has to win his January 30 welterweight unification with Andre Berto to keep the Mayweather possibility alive.
"If the fight can't be made [with Pacquiao], we'll fight Shane Mosley if he can get past Berto," Ellerbe said.
Negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao will be tough. Mayweather wants the bulk of the money, and so does Pacquiao. Ellerbe doesn't seem to care if Pacquiao's pay-per-view with Miguel Cotto lands a higher buyrate than Mayweather's bout with Juan Manuel Marquez. He stands with Mayweather's position of Marquez bringing very little to the table in terms of pay-per-view buys.
"It's no secret the camps don't see eye to eye, but this is bigger than boxing," Ellerbe said. "We understand the magnitude of this."
"The numbers don't lie, people do," Ellerbe said. "[Pacquiao] had good numbers, God bless him, but he had a dance partner [Cotto] this time."
Originally Posted by KB8sandiego
It just needs to happen already.
Originally Posted by Bigmike23
Leonard Ellerbe, advisor to Floyd Mayweather Jr., told the Los Angeles Times that Shane Mosley would be their prime target if negotiations to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao fall apart. Mayweather is looking for the biggest financial opportunities out there, and the two biggest are Pacquiao and Mosley. Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions [acting on behalf of Mayweather] are going to do their best to make a deal for a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. Mosley has to win his January 30 welterweight unification with Andre Berto to keep the Mayweather possibility alive.
"If the fight can't be made [with Pacquiao], we'll fight Shane Mosley if he can get past Berto," Ellerbe said.
Negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao will be tough. Mayweather wants the bulk of the money, and so does Pacquiao. Ellerbe doesn't seem to care if Pacquiao's pay-per-view with Miguel Cotto lands a higher buyrate than Mayweather's bout with Juan Manuel Marquez. He stands with Mayweather's position of Marquez bringing very little to the table in terms of pay-per-view buys.
"It's no secret the camps don't see eye to eye, but this is bigger than boxing," Ellerbe said. "We understand the magnitude of this."
"The numbers don't lie, people do," Ellerbe said. "[Pacquiao] had good numbers, God bless him, but he had a dance partner [Cotto] this time."
Floyd's ego is so incredibly fragile that he needs Manny Pacquiao to knock on his door, kiss his mythical ring, and say, "Please, Mr. Mayweather, could we have a fight together?"
In all of this rambling nonsense, never once does he indicate that he wants to fight Manny Pacquiao. He only jabs at Pacquiao having a promoter - the coward! People want Floyd to lose. People are haters. HBO is biased now again, even though they apparently weren't when he was doing one of his fake tearing-up spiels after he beat Marquez. Maybe he can bawl and "retire" for the fourth time instead. Boxing is hard when people keep wanting you to fight.
"But Floyd's always calling out people!" Ah yes, whoever it is wanting some being able to come and get some. Mosley called Floyd out in January. Mosley, legitimate welterweight, as hot as he'd been in years by smashing Margarito. Mayweather remains retired. "I'm retired! That sounds nice and all, but I'm retired!"
A month later Marquez, heavy at lightweight (noticeably heavy at lightweight - let's not pretend he isn't), does an incredibly scripted "I want to fight Floyd Mayweather?" bit after he beats Juan Diaz. WELL IT'S ON NOW! It's like, $*@! retirement, the passion is BACK!
Why did he fight Marquez instead? Money, supposedly! Money that Marquez brings in, which Shane does not. Hey, I'm not going to argue with him. Marquez being the ace of the Mexican fighters today probably makes him a bigger star than Mosley, really, at least in terms of PPV draw. I love Shane, but he's never been a draw. Floyd isn't wrong about that.
But oh wait! Now that it appears Cotto-Pacquiao may well out-draw Mayweather-Marquez, it's "of course it should have," says Floyd, "I had no dance partner. I went to a million homes by myself."
OH I SEE! Marquez isn't a star. That fight was a hand-picked load of *!@@. You are the man. You do take tough fights. Except wait, how does that add up???
Oops, had aneurysm trying to find consistency in Floyd Mayweather logic, brb
Originally Posted by kicks4days
I wonder if theres odds in vegas if the fight doesnt happen
Originally Posted by HueyP in LouieV
I have no idea what that post is getting at...
Originally Posted by EdWord
Originally Posted by marionthebarberian
Originally Posted by amel223
Originally Posted by Proshares
bigsexy49 wrote:
EdWord wrote:
bigsexy49 wrote:
I don't see Pac losing to Mayweather. Pac's now in his prime & Mayweather is past his.
Manny by decision
did you not see floyd against jmm last month?
Did you not see what Pac did to Hatton & DLH compared to what Floyd did to them?
Another %@!#%%% clown with a moronic statement.
You didn't hear Steward's & Lampley's comment on Cotto's speed being comparable to Pac's?!?!?
poppycock.
poppycock.Originally Posted by Smedroc
You didn't hear Steward's & Lampley's comment on Cotto's speed being comparable to Pac's?!?!?
Originally Posted by bigsexy49
poppycock.Originally Posted by Smedroc
You didn't hear Steward's & Lampley's comment on Cotto's speed being comparable to Pac's?!?!?
Originally Posted by bigsexy49
poppycock.Originally Posted by Smedroc
You didn't hear Steward's & Lampley's comment on Cotto's speed being comparable to Pac's?!?!?
poppycock.Originally Posted by Smedroc
You didn't hear Steward's & Lampley's comment on Cotto's speed being comparable to Pac's?!?!?