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*************: You love Manny Pacquiao?
Bert Sugar: ”Oh I think Manny Pacquiao is exciting and comparable to the greats of the past. And so is Floyd, to be honest. Floyd is a precision puncher, Pacquiao is an action puncher. Hopefully it can happen. Don’t know yet. I think we will see the answer in their two fights. Pacquiao, if he looks bad, Floyd will gain perhaps the encouragement and confidence. If Pacquiao looks better in a win over Marquez than Floyd looks over Ortiz, you won’t see it.”
*************: So you’re accepting that Floyd is having major apprehensions and self-doubts about fighting Pacquiao? Fear of the loss?
Bert Sugar: ”Again, fear of the loss. You are correct. Not fear of Pacquiao. Floyd fears nothing and nobody. But he’s fixated on being 41-0 or 42 or 43. Whatever happens, Pacquiao is a secondary thought. And that may not happen and I’ll tell you why. Floyd has ducked, DUCKED – 42 times the deposition and the Pacquiao folks are moving for a dismissal which means Pacquiao win a million dollar lawsuit.”
*************: Or multi-millions.
Bert Sugar: ”Yes. And therefore, that might hinder anything if he goes and wins that. So I’ve gotta wait for two fights. But that’s where the excitement is. It’s the most anticipated fight since Leonard-Hearns 30 years ago. That’s excitement.”
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*************: You love Manny Pacquiao?
Bert Sugar: ”Oh I think Manny Pacquiao is exciting and comparable to the greats of the past. And so is Floyd, to be honest. Floyd is a precision puncher, Pacquiao is an action puncher. Hopefully it can happen. Don’t know yet. I think we will see the answer in their two fights. Pacquiao, if he looks bad, Floyd will gain perhaps the encouragement and confidence. If Pacquiao looks better in a win over Marquez than Floyd looks over Ortiz, you won’t see it.”
*************: So you’re accepting that Floyd is having major apprehensions and self-doubts about fighting Pacquiao? Fear of the loss?
Bert Sugar: ”Again, fear of the loss. You are correct. Not fear of Pacquiao. Floyd fears nothing and nobody. But he’s fixated on being 41-0 or 42 or 43. Whatever happens, Pacquiao is a secondary thought. And that may not happen and I’ll tell you why. Floyd has ducked, DUCKED – 42 times the deposition and the Pacquiao folks are moving for a dismissal which means Pacquiao win a million dollar lawsuit.”
*************: Or multi-millions.
Bert Sugar: ”Yes. And therefore, that might hinder anything if he goes and wins that. So I’ve gotta wait for two fights. But that’s where the excitement is. It’s the most anticipated fight since Leonard-Hearns 30 years ago. That’s excitement.”
All this fear business is of course a heap of nonsense.If anyone has fear it's Pacquiao.He quickly signed to fight Clottey when Floyd was pushing for the fight.He had all these stipulations of $10m for every lbs Floyd was overweight and refused the OS Drug tests.When will people see Pacquiao for who he is?
Well first of all this fight is at catch weight so pac has to look good..he's fully grown into the WW division unlike JMM.
And it doesn't matter if he does because JMM is not floyd..we all seen that floyd toyed with JMM and we've seen what JMM did to pac when they fought before at a weight where both were equal unlike the next fight.
JMM been with both man in the ring..he said that floyd would whoop duckqiao easy..and I don't know who bert sugar is but this guy might be on medication or suffering on a alcohol addiction.
OSDT or NO fight, dice it whichever way..Doesnt matter if Mayweather or Paq look great in their respective fight or not, Agree to OSDT and lets see if Mayweather ducks the fight and please not the 'I agree to OSDT' then we find out that he really hasnt agree to it.
nice to see the true boxing fans post.
OSDT or NO fight, dice it whichever way..Doesnt matter if Mayweather or Paq look great in their respective fight or not, Agree to OSDT and lets see if Mayweather ducks the fight and please not the 'I agree to OSDT' then we find out that he really hasnt agree to it.
*************: If they finally do make the fight and can talk Floyd into it, do you think it can rejuvenate and revitalize the sport?
Bert Sugar: ”Oh I think so. It’s off the wall interest. It’s exciting. And it would be two of the greatest fighters, not only of today, but the last couple of decades. That’s what boxing needs, like any sport, super heroes. As Tiger Woods was in golf years ago. As Michael Jordan was in basketball.”
*************: Roger Federer. Serena Williams.
Bert Sugar: ”Take your pick, down the line. And these two are super, super athletes hypen boxers. But I don’t know what will happen, whether it will come to pass. Whether it’s more drug testing. I’m surprised Mayweather didn’t ask for a mamogram and PAP test.”
: He just keeps putting up roadblocks to block the fight from happeningBoxin.
Bert Sugar: ”Well, he wanted it his way, which is what Mayweather does. With Hatton he had his medical records, from the hospital in England. He looks for that edge. And if he doesn’t get it, he doesn’t feel comfortable. I won’t say apprehension, I won’t say fear, but…uncomfortable.”
*************: A lot of people you come across outside the boxing realm, do they ask about the fight?
Bert Sugar: ”Everybody. They can’t pronounce Pacquiao’s name. Yes, I know who they mean. And these are just peripheral casual fans who are looking forward to it. And if they are, what is the hardcore fan looking forward to? Not only in America but around the world, particularly because of Pacquiao. I mean, he’s been on the cover of Time magazine in Asia. You don’t think there will be millions from the Philippines, Japan, other countries wanting to see it?
*************: Biggest fight in boxing history.
Bert Sugar: ”Pacquaio is a phenomenon. Meanwhile, give him his due, Mayweather is no less a phenomenon. One of the best defensive fighters I’ve seen. Unfortunately he only throws one punch at a time and Pacquiao throws hundreds of punches. The question I have of Mayweather is against Ortiz. Are we gonna see the Mayweather of old – or the older Mayweather? As a great defensive fighter, remember what happened to Wilfred Benitez when he lost that nano-second? That ability to get out of the way which was brilliant. Ray Leonard said it was the hardest fight he ever had. But once he began to lose it…Mayweather has fought how often in the last three years?
*************: Mosley had him badly hurt.
Bert Sugar: ”Second round. He sat down in mid-air. He fights with all the frequency of Haley’s Comet. So we’re looking forward to it hopefully. I just hope, as a boxing fan, but we’ll see both have a fight coming up. How that works out and then I can start making prognostications. But years ago I said it wasn’t gonna happen – those two – but I foresaw everything that kept it from happening.”