Floyd will fight Pacquiao in 2013 - Jeff Mayweather
ESPN staff
August 16, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jnr's uncle Jeff Mayweather is predicting that the long-awaited showdown between the undefeated American and his pound-for-pound rival Manny Pacquiao will not take place for another two years.
A potentially mouthwatering clash between the two fighters has yet to be agreed, despite the growing clamour, although the bout looked to have moved a step closer in recent times after Pacquiao's camp accepted Mayweather's demands for stringent blood testing.
Pacquiao, who is attempting to sue Mayweather for defamation after the American suggested his rival has used performance-enhancing substances, is preparing to face Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time in November, while Mayweather is scheduled to meet Victor Ortiz on September 17.
With both men not getting any younger, there are growing fears the fight the sport craves most may never happen - although Jeff Mayweather is convinced the pair will get it on in 2013.
"I think he will be fighting another couple of years," he told Fighthype.com. "I think that's being realistic because I think the fight that's out there will take that long to materialise."
Mayweather, who has not fought since outpointing Shane Mosley in May 2010, makes his eagerly-anticipated return to the ring against Ortiz, who has only lost twice in 33 fights, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Ortiz won his WBC welterweight belt with a unanimous decision against Andre Berto in April, despite being knocked down twice, but Jeff Mayweather believes his nephew will take the 24-year-old "to school".
"I think Victor Ortiz is a beast, but I think Victor Ortiz is going to be taken to school like he's never been taken to school before in his life," he said. "I mean, Floyd has already fought Victor Ortiz. He fought him when he fought Ricky Hatton, and Ricky was a better version of Ortiz. I think that Ortiz is a guy who is caught up in the fact that he's coming off of his biggest win, and of course he's riding the wave, but the reality of it is this, Victor Ortiz has never faced anyone who is remotely close to having Floyd's ability.
"He's going to be taken to school, drowned in the deep water and get himself knocked out. He's too smart for him; he can stand right in front of Victor Ortiz and do whatever he wants to do to him."
http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/106177.html
More waiting time? :no:
Truthfully why should anybody believe either side when they have both been lying and BSing!!!
maybe coz people here love to bring up different sources and quotes to fit their agenda lol. And for the record, I do agree with you that both sides are BS'ng us.
I wonder who the Flomos are going to believe: Pac & Arum who says the fight with Floyd will happen in 2012, or Jeff Mayweather who says it's gonna happen in 2013?
So when is it? 2012 or 2013?
Truthfully why should anybody believe either side when they have both been lying and BSing!!!
I wonder who the Flomos are going to believe: Pac & Arum who says the fight with Floyd will happen in 2012, or Jeff Mayweather who says it's gonna happen in 2013?
So when is it? 2012 or 2013?
A fight should only take ayear at most to make. And this fight is long overdue so shouldnt be talking about 2 years.
And KHan wants Floyd in year as well, so if FLoyd dont mind losing a few fights before facing Pac, i suppose a 2 year wait is fine.
Came into this thread thinking a fan interpreted the quotes and drew their own conclusion. Turns out, it was ESPN. Wow, Smh.
Worst part is, like other sites, they didn't give FightHype credit for the content they wrote their story on.
ESPN long ago turned into the sports version of TMZ!!!
This thread and the people going along with the 2013 sh!t are fvcking retarded! PBF at a international press conference for his fight with Ortiz just said with cameras and tape recorders going "Yes Manny Pacquio you are next!!"
But some of yall gonna sit here and and try to explain why people should go along with anything just said by Jeff Mayweather who himself never said 2013. Yet these people swear they are smart.
Some people here are as sharp as a bowling ball!!!!!
He did say that the fight would take a few years to materialize though, so at the least he's hinting that the Mayweathers aren't thinking about Pacquiao next year. It's not only Jeff saying it either...
“Well I wouldn’t think he would fight Pacquiao right after fighting Victor Ortiz. I mean it would be crazy for Floyd to go in the ring with Pacquiao after fighting Victor Ortiz!" -Roger Mayweather, June 2011
http://www.**********boxingradio.com/wordpress/2011/06/roger-mayweather-%E2%80%9Cit-would-be-crazy-for-floyd-to-go-in-the-ring-with-pacquiao-after-fighting-victor-ortiz%E2%80%9D/
According to Mayweather Sr., although he’s confident that he has the right gameplan to secure a victory over the Filipino superstar, he’s concerned that his son may be spending too much time away from the ring and may require, not one, but possibly two tune-up fights before a fight with Pacquiao can come to fruition.
“I don’t care who it is, man. Anybody that stays out of a ring, I don’t give a damn who they is…it’s something to be concerned about, anybody being out a length of time, because boxing, man, you have to, in order to stay crisp and sharp, you gotta be sparring and stuff,” Mayweather Sr. would tell FightHype’s own Ben Thompson in an exclusive interview. “It is a deal where he might have to fight a couple of tune-ups.”
http://boxing.fighthype.com/2011/05/concerned-that-floyd-is-getting-too-old-mayweather-sr-says-a-couple-of-tune-ups-might-be-needed/
"But I am not worried about the Pacquiao thing at all. I can do whatever I want in this sport." -Floyd Mayweather Jr, July 2011
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/168181-mayweather-holds-court-with-the-brits
Sooner or later you people need to stop playing the 'see no evil, hear no evil' game and actually listen to what these guys are saying. They want to have nothing to do with Pacquiao and a boxing ring. Amir Khan is already penciled-in as Floyd's 1 fight for next year. Just another 'tuneup' to finally get ready for an easy one-dimensional fighter.
But this all means that Manny is ducking and Bob Arum is preventing the fight from happening somehow, right? Must be wonderful living in that fantasy world of yours :lol1:
yea but he didn't say 2013
Came into this thread thinking a fan interpreted the quotes and drew their own conclusion. Turns out, it was ESPN. Wow, Smh.
Worst part is, like other sites, they didn't give FightHype credit for the content they wrote their story on.
we all want to see the fight but jeff never said this.
He did say that the fight would take a few years to materialize though, so at the least he's hinting that the Mayweathers aren't thinking about Pacquiao next year. It's not only Jeff saying it either...
“Well I wouldn’t think he would fight Pacquiao right after fighting Victor Ortiz. I mean it would be crazy for Floyd to go in the ring with Pacquiao after fighting Victor Ortiz!" -Roger Mayweather, June 2011
http://www.**********boxingradio.com/wordpress/2011/06/roger-mayweather-%E2%80%9Cit-would-be-crazy-for-floyd-to-go-in-the-ring-with-pacquiao-after-fighting-victor-ortiz%E2%80%9D/
According to Mayweather Sr., although he’s confident that he has the right gameplan to secure a victory over the Filipino superstar, he’s concerned that his son may be spending too much time away from the ring and may require, not one, but possibly two tune-up fights before a fight with Pacquiao can come to fruition.
“I don’t care who it is, man. Anybody that stays out of a ring, I don’t give a damn who they is…it’s something to be concerned about, anybody being out a length of time, because boxing, man, you have to, in order to stay crisp and sharp, you gotta be sparring and stuff,” Mayweather Sr. would tell FightHype’s own Ben Thompson in an exclusive interview. “It is a deal where he might have to fight a couple of tune-ups.”
http://boxing.fighthype.com/2011/05/concerned-that-floyd-is-getting-too-old-mayweather-sr-says-a-couple-of-tune-ups-might-be-needed/
"But I am not worried about the Pacquiao thing at all. I can do whatever I want in this sport." -Floyd Mayweather Jr, July 2011
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/168181-mayweather-holds-court-with-the-brits
Sooner or later you people need to stop playing the 'see no evil, hear no evil' game and actually listen to what these guys are saying. They want to have nothing to do with Pacquiao and a boxing ring. Amir Khan is already penciled-in as Floyd's 1 fight for next year. Just another 'tuneup' to finally get ready for an easy one-dimensional fighter.
But this all means that Manny is ducking and Bob Arum is preventing the fight from happening somehow, right? Must be wonderful living in that fantasy world of yours :lol1:
it's mind-boggling they're postponing an easy fight, easy money. :haha:
whatever happened to his fans saying pac is amateurish, he fought nothing but bums, floyd would beat him in less than nine rounds. i don't think pac fans are actually angry this fight is not happening. the thought that their idol is being ducked by floyd is in some way enough to make them feel good. it doesn't have to happen. point is, why are floyd fanboys not so angry about this fight still not happening when floyd is preventing them the chance to see pac schooled by floyd in the ring? don't they want to see their fantasies become reality?
:bigeyes:
we all want to see the fight but jeff never said this.
it's mind-boggling they're postponing an easy fight, easy money. :haha:
whatever happened to his fans saying pac is amateurish, he fought nothing but bums, floyd would beat him in less than nine rounds.
i don't think pac fans are actually angry this fight is not happening. the thought that their idol is being ducked by floyd is in some way enough to make them feel good. it doesn't have to happen.
point is, why are floyd fanboys not so angry about this fight still not happening? floyd is virtually denying them the chance to see him school pac in the ring. don't they want to see their fantasies become reality?
:bigeyes:
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http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content10526.html
this is the same interview
where did jeff mayweather say that the fight will happen in 2013?
I see where this article is coming. Why bother with Pacquiao, when Floyd can fight Khan right before the Olympics in London, and cash in a truckload of cash from all the pre-olympic hype?