Erik Morales talks Floyd Mayweather, Pacquiao, Maidana - translation from ESPN Video

What so some of you people think Floyd is actually going to fight Morales? The stupidity of some people on here smh... Anyone with half a brain cell knows that this fight is not a serious option.

Flomos will label Morales a liar :D:D:D

Arum said Floyd is fighting Morales,Morales said Goldenboy offered Floyd,Floyd never agreed to anything.Floyd said it himself that he`s trying to make the Pacquiao fight. Paul Spadafora and Ray Hatton also claimed that there were talks of him fighting Mayweather and it turns out to be B.S. the bone of contention here is whether or not morales was indeed offered a floyd fight by gbp. and morales confirmed it. not whether floyd will indeed fight him in the coming days.

Even Roger doesn't know or decide anything about Floyd Jr. I remember him kind of insinuating that Spaddy was next in an interview. Even though Roger is his trainer and uncle. He's not part of Floyd Jr business team. He's part of the team in the trainer sense but he doesn't have any input in deciding what moves to make. GBP doesn't even decide or has any input. The core of the team is Ellerbe, Haymon, and Floyd Jr. That's it. They decide when and what moves to make. All these negotiations that GBP is making or things that Roger means nothing...It's Ellerbe, Haymon, and Floyd Jr who makes the decisions. Surprisingly, people still don't see this. Ellerbe and Haymon call the shots. Not Richard Schafer nor anyone at GBP.

Yeah and??????

No Gomez never said he confirmed talks with Floyd team or went to Floyd team with a Morales offer. That's not true... Eric Gomez: "We are in talks with Floyd Mayweather to match him with Morales" http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-floyd-mayweather-fighting-erik-morales-next--45758 Doesn't mean the fight is happening, despite Floyd having a date and venue set before Pac and JMM even lace them up. But both Golden Boy and Erik Morales are saying that talks are talking place. : Ducks and covers as my fan club enters the thread: :theyareon

Well, I heard after Mayweather's fight with Spadafora next month (Confirmed by Spadafora's 3rd Cousin's friends Myspace) that Morales is DEFINITELY next. I've been here before... Even Roger doesn't know or decide anything about Floyd Jr. I remember him kind of insinuating that Spaddy was next in an interview. Even though Roger is his trainer and uncle. He's not part of Floyd Jr business team. He's part of the team in the trainer sense but he doesn't have any input in deciding what moves to make. GBP doesn't even decide or has any input. The core of the team is Ellerbe, Haymon, and Floyd Jr. That's it. They decide when and what moves to make. All these negotiations that GBP is making or things that Roger means nothing...It's Ellerbe, Haymon, and Floyd Jr who makes the decisions.

you're both wrong...its Matthew Hatton...i read it on fighthype Well, someone tweeted a friend of a friend of mine and told me the 'Little fella' is actually Abner Mares. Considering the date is May 5th I'm inclined to believe him.

Morales: I've been talking with Golden Boy and they are offering me Floyd Mayweather. There is nothing concrete nothing clear they are just seeing if we can come to terms. straight from the horse's mouth. or is morales a liar too? Who's the chick on the Avatar?... Oh BTW GBP can offer anything they want ultimately Floyd decides. This means nothing.

Morales vs Mayweather would be a terrible matchup for El Terrible (lol). With Morales coming up in weight, he wouldn't stand a chance againt Floyd's speed.

why is everyone acting like this is a big deal? Its what is always done. You just check alot of different areas so you know where everything stands. Even Matthew Hatton said they contacted him about a fight when everyone was upset about that but they were never going to fight him. Its just what is done. They probably have contacted Spaddy also but theyre not going to fight him. If Arum didnt say anything then it probably would never even be known. It happens for every Floyd fight. They contact alot of different guys

Yes why not? They're still a new promotional outfit compared to the other big promotional companies And, it was never said that there was a fight or that they had even talked with Floyd Jr. And, for the love of God is not even Schafer...It's F'ing Eric Gomez. And, pretty much asked Morales if he would be interested in fighting Floyd Jr in May. GBP did the same with Campbell, Malignaggi, and Matthew Hatton. They went to them with a Floyd Jr offer. What GBP does is get names who are interested make a list and then give it to Floyd to chose. The partner of Nate Campbell who is in charge of onepunch confirm this. Then Floyd does whatever the hell he wants. GBP doesn't decide shit for him. Well, I heard after Mayweather's fight with Spadafora next month (Confirmed by Spadafora's 3rd Cousin's friends Myspace) that Morales is DEFINITELY next. I've been here before...

you think gbp will talk to morales about floyd then go public about it without floyd's knowledge? Yes why not? They're still a new promotional outfit compared to the other big promotional companies And, it was never said that there was a fight or that they had even talked with Floyd Jr. And, for the love of God is not even Schafer...It's F'ing Eric Gomez. And, pretty much asked Morales if he would be interested in fighting Floyd Jr in May. GBP did the same with Campbell, Malignaggi, and Matthew Hatton. They went to them with a Floyd Jr offer. What GBP does is get names who are interested make a list and then give it to Floyd to choose. The partner of Nate Campbell who is in charge of onepunch confirm this. Then Floyd does whatever the hell he wants. GBP doesn't decide shit for him.

First GBP matchmaker Erik Gomez confirms that he has been in talks with both sides. Now Erik Morales says that GBP offered a fight with Floyd to him. If this is all rubbish, and I dont see why both parties would lie, Floyd best to go put an end to all this because GBP is making him look pretty bad right about now! No Gomez never said he confirmed talks with Floyd team or went to Floyd team with a Morales offer. He went to Morales with a Floyd Jr offer...However, we don't know if Floyd Jr has co-signed that offer. This is not making Floyd Jr look bad. It just people blowing up what Gomez said out of proportion.

Because, that's how GBP work...What makes you think that GBP has talked to Floyd about Morales? you think gbp will talk to morales about floyd then go public about it without floyd's knowledge?

First GBP matchmaker Erik Gomez confirms that he has been in talks with both sides. Now Erik Morales says that GBP offered a fight with Floyd to him. If this is all rubbish, and I dont see why both parties would lie, Floyd best to go put an end to all this because GBP is making him look pretty bad right about now! making him look bad? who gives a flying ****. as long as the fight doesnt happen, who cares. gbp's job is to get their fighters fights so if they wanna throw erik morales' name around with floyd, thats on them. floyd has never stated he wanted that fight and there has not been any real negotiations, so seriously who gives a ****.

This transcript translated by me will be devoid of minor dialogs. ESPN: How are you Erik? Morales: Very well thank you. ESPN: Erik your return has been more than spectacular. You have fought five times and you've only lost one and the one you have lost against Maidana has been your best performance. Morales: Well, when we think about sequels or about returning to boxing it is out of necessity and circumstances. The statistics tell you that you are going to lose. However, we made a plan to return and fight maybe not the best fighters but very good fighters. The fight against Maidana I didn't win yet I won. I won the respect of the people I won that I didn't come to play that I was working seriously. I won that not only I thought i could do it that now I knew I could do it. ESPN: Morales in the negotiation tables there is talk of a fight with Antonio DeMarco, Floyd Mayweather or even a possible rematch with Maidana. What is next for El Terrible? Morales: I've been talking with Golden Boy and they are offering me Floyd Mayweather. There is nothing concrete nothing clear they are just seeing if we can come to terms. ESPN: In what weight? Morales: In 145 pounds. ESPN: Terrible he is a Welterweight though. Morales: He is a welterweight. I don't have problems with the weight. I am pretty tall for the division. I wouldn't have a problem going up it is a minor detail. Another option is I've just sat at the fight of Hopkins vs Dawson. Pacquiao was behind me and we talked a little bit about the fights and what we were going to do and I told him, "last time we fought at 130, you didn't want to go up 2 lbs now you fight at 147 why not." He told me, "Yes, I think yes." We ended up talking about a possible date and a few conditions. I agreed to come down to 135 lbs to fight Pacquiao. At that time the fight with Linares and DeMarco was happening and Linares was looking excellent and they looked at me with disbelief and said, "Morales you are really going to fight Linares?" I said yeah first with Linares then with you (Pacquiao). They were surprised then when DeMarco knocked out Linares I laughed even more because I said now we can skip that detail no? ESPN: Between DeMarco, Linares and what you speak of Mayweather and Pacquiao we are talking about major leagues in boxing which I believe you belong to the upper leagues than the lower ones. Morales: Yes, maybe but you have to remember that in leaving boxing for 2 and a half years and return little by little has been a lot of work. Not just fighting with the best, I would have fought the best from the beginning. But to aspire to win the fight, I want to go up there and leave with the victory. It is there where you have to plan things a little better. I don't believe I am there yet I want to have one more fight before I take on these guys. When I am ready it wont be me telling you guys, it will be you guys saying we should see Morales vs this guy or this guy. ESPN: Why does Maidana say you are afraid of him? Morales: Maidana says I am scared because at the end of the fight we felt we won, and you've seen on the tape at the end of the fight he tells us, "If you want ill give you the rematch tomorrow" or something like that. After a few days I sit with Golden Boy and I say, "Ok lets talk about the rematch with Maidana" and they tell me, "No, Contursi and Maidana say they have had too many tough fights they don't want to get in the ring with you right now." So I said ok. Time went by and I told Golden Boy ok he doesn't have many options give me the rematch with him. They tell me, "Erik, he just plain doesn't want to get in the ring with you." So we planned a new path for my career, he did as well he planned to fight with the Ghost then he got sick so he fought in Argentina where things didn't go so well economically. Now that things aren't going so well for him now he wants to mess with me. That's not fair. So now I tell him, when the opportunities were there he didn't want to and I've redesigned my career plan. It's not about fear, besides if I was scared remember that before the fight they were telling me he was going to knock me out and what not. However, the only one that was about to get knocked out was him, the only one that was really hurt was him. The only one that won more than lost was him because they gave him the fight. ESPN: Erik you've now won 4 titles in different titles. Travieso Arce had something to say about that what do you think? Why does he say these things about you. At this time a video comes up that is travieso passionately saying Morales won a fourth title but against who? Who was Cano? Not even Cano's Grandma knew him and what not. Morales: You probably remember that I used to represent travieso, I molded him, i taught him technique, what to do in the ring for certain scenarios but as time went by he got closer and closer to Fernando Beltran and he ended up going with him. Now there has been a competition since I've come back about winning the title and what not. The truth is that it is very childish. As you know, Ive won 4 titles and one could arrogantly say I am the best Mexican fighter since im the only one thats done it. However, Mexican boxing history is so rich and extensive with so many fighters. We have Raton Macias, he was never a world champion and he was an idol. Ruben Olivares was only champion in two divisions and he was also an idol. Napoles was another fantastic fighter. So winning titles is merely a statistic simply a data point. I don't know where I am at or if I am an idol, just good fighter, technician, or bad fighter but the only thing I know is that when I go up in the ring I give it my all and people applaud it and keep going to my fights. THE END For Spanish speakers here is the Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL4zXJ8SLlo Thanks for this. Morrales; well put champ.

Because, that's how GBP work...What makes you think that GBP has talked to Floyd about Morales? First GBP matchmaker Erik Gomez confirms that he has been in talks with both sides. Now Erik Morales says that GBP offered a fight with Floyd to him. If this is all rubbish, and I dont see why both parties would lie, Floyd best to go put an end to all this because GBP is making him look pretty bad right about now!

Small talk between 2 fighters while attending a fight is a lot different than a fighters promotional team talking to both sides about making this fight a reality. Why would GBP contact Morales about a possible fight with Floyd if Floyd never gave them the ok to do so? Because, that's how GBP work...What makes you think that GBP has talked to Floyd about Morales?

Another option is I've just sat at the fight of Hopkins vs Dawson. Pacquiao was behind me and we talked a little bit about the fights and what we were going to do and I told him, "last time we fought at 130, you didn't want to go up 2 lbs now you fight at 147 why not." He told me, "Yes, I think yes." We ended up talking about a possible date and a few conditions. Small talk between 2 fighters while attending a fight is a lot different than a fighters promotional team talking to both sides about making this fight a reality. Why would GBP contact Morales about a possible fight with Floyd if Floyd never gave them the ok to do so?