Roach says Pacquiao vs. Mayweather not happening
July 12th, 2011
By John F. McKenna (McJack): For the past couple of years boxing fans all over the world have held out the hope that the two best pound for pound fighters in boxing would finally square off to determine once and for all, who is the best fighter in the world.
Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) and Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) are universally thought by boxing writers and fans alike to be the best fighters in boxing. A matchup between the two is logical and is the one fight boxing fans really want to see.
Instead, for one reason or another the fight has not been made although there have been numerous attempts to put the fight together. Such a fight would undoubtedly break all Pay Per View (PPV) records and bring in multi millions of dollars for both fighters.
Recently there has been a flurry of activity and in particular an announcement by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum that gave boxing fans hope that the fight could be made. Arum said that Manny Pacquiao would agree to the drug testing required by Floyd Mayweather for him to fight Pacquiao. Mayweather has made it clear that it is not just Pacquiao. He will not step into the ring with any fighter unless that fighter takes the random drug test that Floyd wants them to take.
There was one hitch to Arum’s announcement as there always seems to be. Pacquiao wants an independent agency to performe the drug testing. In other words he does not want the USADA to do the drug testing on Manny. So now boxing fans are back in limbo again, not knowing if the fight will ever take place or not.
Recently in an interview with MLive at the Wild Card Boxing Club, Roach said the following: “I don’t think Mayweather will ever fight Manny Pacquiao. They have a better chance of getting Mayweather into the ring than Manny. If the fight was going to happen, it would have happened already.”
Perhaps despite all the posturing and back and forth haggling by both fighters, neither one wants to fight the other. Neither fighter wants to step up to the plate and make the fight. Always in negotiations there is give and take on both sides. In putting this fight together however, neither side will give, which can only give the impression that Pacquiao and Mayweather really don’t want to fight each other.
Meanwhile their legions of fans are left to duke it out and blame the other for the fight not happening.
Arum: Team Pacquiao agrees to unlimited random olympic style testing.arum can talk all he wants, the fact is they have agreed to nothing. words are meaningless in the boxing business.
No sh*t :lol1:
It's high time people realize this and let it go.
Mayweather: 'Take the test' t-shirts. Floyd says he wants to fight Manny, absolutely. All he got to do is take the test. Does nothing but talk about Pacquiao during that 'after dark' nonsense and the buildup for Ortiz.
Arum: Team Pacquiao agrees to unlimited random olympic style testing.
Mayweather:
You've all been taken for a ride.
"My son will never fight Manny Pacquiao" -Floyd Mayweather Sr.
you can say what you want, but this fight doesn't need to happen.
these 2 have drastically different styles, and would remain way above others win or lose.
i agree. this fight doesn't have to happen. it will be one of the most boring fights that you will ever see in the ring. once floyd feels pac's power it's all survival mode for him from then on. he'd be happy like mosley that he survived 12 rounds. (nowadays boxers are content going the distance, ie, haye against klitschko.)
now why would you want to reward a boring fight with millions of dollars?
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the general knowledge is floyd is holding up this fight.
don't take my word for it. go out there and survey people as far as alaska.
fight not happening is a big blow for floyd fans.
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you can say what you want, but this fight doesn't need to happen.
these 2 have drastically different styles, and would remain way above others win or lose.
Personally I think they all agreed to not fight for 2 years or so, so that the wait and suspense will promote the fight while they milk fans for the other fights they doing
Think about it, pac and may are making more money now by not fighting and waiting for the big fight to explode than they would of fighting eachother right away and other fights wouldnt really matter
The only way this would make sense is if they were unable to come to terms on a rematch clause. Because regardless of a early knockout or completr schooling a rematch would be worth more than what theyre doing now.
Personally I think they all agreed to not fight for 2 years or so, so that the wait and suspense will promote the fight while they milk fans for the other fights they doing
Think about it, pac and may are making more money now by not fighting and waiting for the big fight to explode than they would of fighting eachother right away and other fights wouldnt really matter