Floyd Mayweather: "I Only Want One Person, Pacquiao...Why Is He Duckin' And Dodgin'

Light_Speed14y ago

Undefeated WBC welterweight and pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather talked about his strong desire to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao when he makes his return to the ring on May 5. FM: The thing is this, I'm ready to fight May 5th. BT: Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like Pacquiao is ready to fight May 5th. I'm not sure if it's because of the cut he... FM: (Cutting in) I got cut in my last fight. I got a hole knocked in my face. BT: (Laughing) I know. According to Arum though, there's a number of reasons why. First he said Pacquiao's cut wouldn't allow him to spar until April. Then he said he wanted to build a temporary outdoor stadium for the fight to maximize profits, but it wouldn't be ready in time for a May 5th fight. Now he says they need more time to promote the fight. FM: Man, this fight is already sold, you know? The fight is already sold. All he gotta do is sign on the dotted line. I'm ready. He said he's ready to take the random blood and urine tests. I mean, his manager, what's his name? BT: Michael Koncz? FM: Yeah, Michael Koncz said he agreed to doing it. Like I said before, Floyd Mayweather don't want to fight nobody but one person. I don't want to fight nobody else but him. Nobody! I want him. I don't want to fight Cotto. Not Canelo. And I ain't looking to fight Marquez a second time. Nobody! I want him! I only want one person, Pacquiao! BT: I was going to ask you about some of those names that you just mentioned. There's been a lot of speculation as to who you might actually face on May 5th, assuming it's not Pacquiao. Names like Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero... FM: (Cutting in) I don't even know who "The Ghost" is. I don't even know who that dude Guerrero is. That didn't come from me. I'm not trying to fight Guerrero. I fought a southpaw; I fought Ortiz. Ortiz was a tune-up preparing me for Pacquiao because I thought that the fight was going to happen and that's the fight that I want to give to the world. BT: Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez were also names rumored to be in the mix with Guerrero to get the opportunity. Have you actually considered any of those names? FM: Like I said before, I recently heard about this guy, Guerrero "The Ghost", whatever, I wish him nothing but the best, but I'm not fighting no Guerrero "The Ghost" because I don't even know who he is. If I did have to fight Cotto, they're going to say I'm fighting Pacquiao's leftovers. I'm not saying Cotto is not a good fighter or he's not solid. To me, I think he's talented. If I'm not mistaken, back when Cotto fought Pacquiao, he fought him at a catchweight. You know me, if I was to fight Cotto, I'm not fighting him at no catchweight, but I don't want to fight him. Canelo, they'll say he don't have enough experience. It could be Cotto, it could be Canelo, but I'm not trying to fight either one of them. May 5th, I'm looking to fight Manny Paquiao. Why is he duckin' and dodgin' me? I mean, you say you're a clean athlete, I'm a clean athlete, let's take the tests and let's fight. Like I said before, May 5th, sure, it could be Cotto, or it could be Canelo, but I don't want to fight them. I don't want to fight nobody but one person, Manny Pacquiao. That's the only one I want to fight. Right now, my team may be looking for me to fight one of the other top guys out there, but I'm looking to fight one person. BT: I think you've made that pretty clear over the past few days, but all of them- Arum, Pacquiao, Koncz, and even Todd - are saying that they're not sure who to speak with on your team in order to negotiate. FM: Everybody knows that all my business is handled in a professional manner. I got people that work for me that handle my business. Everybody knows that Al Haymon is my go-to guy. What's that guys name again, his manager? BT: Michael Koncz. FM: Michael Koncz came to my boxing gym to tell me that Bob Arum is not in control. He gonna tell me, "Bob Arum don't have nothing to do with this at all." He basically said that Bob Arum is out of there; that Bob Arum is not in control, but he is in control. Then the next time I asked him about Bob Arum, he said, "Let me handle Bob." Come on, man, which one is it, let you handle Bob or he's under control? He said, "Don't worry about nothing. Bob Arum listens to me." Which one is it, Bob Arum listens to you, or Bob Arum is not in control? He came to the gym with a few different people, Joe Jackson and some other people, but like I said before, he told me me Manny Pacquiao would take the tests, random blood and random urine. Once he told me that, I said, "Yo, we can make the fight happen." Then I told him, "How can y'all even negotiate a fight if y'all got a lawsuit against me. If it's defamation of character, why are y'all even coming to the gym to negotiate?" I said, "I want to fight him, but before y'all can even negotiate the fight, drop the lawsuit so I know y'all serious." It's obvious they're not serious because they didn't drop the lawsuit. BT: Yo, speaking of Koncz and these investors, I was actually contacted by one of them who explained their offer to me. I was kind of surprised to hear that they were going to break Bob Arum off with like $40 million of his own. FM: Anybody that's bringing investors to the table are probably trying to take money from people. It's no different than Bob Arum trying to cut a side deal with some investors and saying something like, "Pay me $40 million, give it to me, and I'll step aside and let y'all do the rest." In my opinion, Michael Koncz probably brought the investors because he's trying to put something together so he can get money behind Manny Pacquiao's back. There's so many different people they're getting involved with. BT: Ah, that explains where Arum got his story about you supposedly meeting with investors this week. Well the latest coming from them is that they're willing to fight in late May, but they say you're going to have to find someone to guarantee your purse, and it sounds like Arum and Koncz still want that temporary stadium to generate an extra $40 million in profit. FM: Now let's get this straight, if there's $40 million, that's probably money he owes Pacquiao on the backend. Y'all talking about $40 million? I'll be honest, I was guaranteed way more than that on the first go around . How can a fighter that's supposed to be making eight figures...I mean, from what I'm hearing, he made, what, $6-$6.5 million? BT: I believe that's what was on his bout contract, $6.5 million, but he was supposed to be guaranteed like $20 million, or something like that. FM: How can a fighter who's making $6.5 million even negotiate with a fighter of this magnitude, you know what I'm saying? Bob Arum is talking about he gotta pay Pacquiao. Listen, Floyd Mayweather can make $50 million with a cab driver. In my last two fights, I made more money than Pacquiao made in his whole ******* career. Talking about can't nobody guarantee him $40 million. I made more than $40 million with Ortiz. Like I said before, Bob Arum is lying about that. All he did for years was tell people that I'm scared. Okay, he said I'm scared? Well why was he scared to take the tests. For two years he didn't want to take the tests. If he's going to take the tests, okay, let's fight. In my opinion, what they've been doing the whole time was piggybacking off my name and lying to the public, telling the public that I don't want to fight when it's really that Bob Arum don't want to put him in there to take that chance because that's his cash cow. He don't have Cotto no more, so if Pacquiao loses, he won't have no crazy revenue no more. Basically, that's what's been going on. You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I ain't no cheater and I ain't no loser. All I'm asking is one thing, let's give the fans what they want to see. I want to take the tests; he said he's going to take the tests. This sport is too tainted. Everybody is cheating. They putting stuff in their wraps, they cheating with the gloves, everything. And guess what? What I believe in my heart is the majority of the cheating is going on in my weight class. No wonder Antonio Margarito was trying to fight me so bad. Everybody talking about I was scared of him. All the fighters they say I'm scared of are all Top Rank fighters. When I was with Top Rank, I was never scared of no Top Rank fighters. When I was with Top Rank, I fought all the best fighters that they had, but they didn't want to let me get the fight with De La Hoya because, at that particular time, that was their cash cow and they didn't want to risk their cash cow losing. It's the same thing going on with the Pacquiao situation right now. FIGHTHYPE \\ FLOYD MAYWEATHER: "I ONLY WANT ONE PERSON, PACQUIAO...WHY IS HE DUCKIN' AND DODGIN' ME"

Comments (20)

Light_Speed

Which side? Both flip/flop the whole time. And don't tell me it's just one side. I suggest all calm down and not jump into conclusions. Everyone speaks about their own theories as if they're part of team money or team Pac. Chill out girls, coz it'll all work out for the best for the fans anyways. I'm sick of Floyd's antics, Pac being a puppet, and scumbag Bob's business savvy. You know which side. Floyd and his team have been consistent for the last 3 years : take the test and we got a fight. Pac and his team have come up with an impressive number of excuses. Arum has his own agenda, everybody knows he wants to milk his cash cow as much as possible before sending it to the slaughter, but Pac himself hasn't shown a lot of interest in the fight. Is he scared? No it's more like he doesn't care much if the fight doesn't happen, he doesn't feel like he needs this fight, his ego is that big. He's no puppet.

14y ago

IMDAZED

Which side? Both flip/flop the whole time. And don't tell me it's just one side. I suggest all calm down and not jump into conclusions. Everyone speaks about their own theories as if they're part of team money or team Pac. Chill out girls, coz it'll all work out for the best for the fans anyways. I'm sick of Floyd's antics, Pac being a puppet, and scumbag Bob's business savvy. GBP reached out to Arum and Arum, via Judge Daniel Weinstein, said they weren't interested in the fight. What you see with the social network talk is Mayweather APPEALING to the ducker who will remain nameless, who is perfectly content to regurgitate whatever his promoter says. Forgive Floyd's antics but nothing else has worked and, apparently, nothing will.

14y ago

Light_Speed

Am I missing something? Or are "real" negotiations taking place? So far all I see are twitter wars and write-ups, etc. But did both parties already sat down and talked about this formally? Did Floyd made any calls already? Did Pac finally stood up to scumbag Bob? Did anyone talk to anybody formally? :thinking: Coz if not, y'all are a bunch of whacks arguing the same thing for the past 3yrs already. Arum and the team negotiating thru the media, Floyd being all talk. These are all historically repeated. Nobody knows what's going on behind the scene but one side has been consistent and the other side has been flip flopping and coming up with one excuse after the other.

14y ago

Reloaded

I'm actually done, my tolerance for morons is gone. I'm just going to stick to talk boxing with people who have a clue of what they speak of. I'm wasting too much of my energy on these retards. You were done ages ago because your out of your depth , you just gotta have the last say so you keep coming back with a throw off ducking something you started lol ,,, I understand ,,,, so just pretend this aint here and your last post was the last one that way you can be happy , ok :)

14y ago

Shogunofharlem1

Cotto still has bad habits, the same ones that Pac took advantage of in the first fight. He still does that stupid lazy shoulder roll too. It's worse than Delahoya's, and it got him dropped vs Pacquiao. http://www.nowboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/PacmanknockdownCottoround3.gif And he still backs straight up, and he is still flat footed. Don't let fights with Mayorga and Margarito fool you. lol at him getting punched and then rolling the shoulder. I spit out my water on that.

14y ago

Kagami_Taiga

Cotto still has bad habits, the same ones that Pac took advantage of in the first fight. He still does that stupid lazy shoulder roll too. It's worse than Delahoya's, and it got him dropped vs Pacquiao. http://www.nowboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/PacmanknockdownCottoround3.gif And he still backs straight up, and he is still flat footed. Don't let fights with Mayorga and Margarito fool you. lol, cotto is much to far along for any of that to change. he can box in spurts but he always seems to revert. it is what it is. but i dont see him ever beating pac.

14y ago

jrosales13

jro im on workmans comp right now how do u keep this up? I'm actually done, my tolerance for morons is gone. I'm just going to stick to talk boxing with people who have a clue of what they speak of. I'm wasting too much of my energy on these retards.

14y ago

Reloaded

I'm quite confident in my knowledge that your ass can't out debate me in anything that concerns the sport. You're too idiotic to do so. Now doing this back and forth about who knows what is just ruining the thread. Again if I ever use the ignore function you will be the first idiot I would ignore. That's saying a lot since there are a lot of F'ing morons in this forum. That's how much I think of your opinion in this sport. I see your into revving your engines lol a coulda woulda kinda bigmouth , You see I want you to start a thread about weight and elite fighters thats what you called me on , then you are committed , then when I smash you I win lol ,,,,,, and you feel all bad and grumpy while disliking me some more :) buhahahahah

14y ago

Canelo_Phresh

jro im on workmans comp right now how do u keep this up?

14y ago

jrosales13

Where you going , to ask your promoter lol , you duck nearly as good as Pac lol Your fingered kid just like Pac is , your just a whiny kid that likes to stomp his feet , when he cant do that , he is all red faced punching his keyboard with baseless cracks that really show what you dont know , Here is a tip for your smart ass , get the knowledge before you want to smart mouth against it , then you can debate your point instead of running , your a spectator dont smart mouth an inside game when you got no idea . I'm quite confident in my knowledge that your ass can't out debate me in anything that concerns the sport. You're too idiotic to do so. Now doing this back and forth about who knows what is just ruining the thread. Again if I ever use the ignore function you will be the first idiot I would ignore. That's saying a lot since there are a lot of F'ing morons in this forum. That's how much I think of your opinion in this sport.

14y ago

Reloaded

You not even making any sense anymore. I don't even know WTF you're arguing....Weights? Yes because at 150 Cotto somehow becomes so much superior than Pac. :alcoholic You starting to bore make whatever thread you want to make or start making sense in this thread. Where you going , to ask your promoter lol , you duck nearly as good as Pac lol Your fingered kid just like Pac is , your just a whiny kid that likes to stomp his feet , when he cant do that , he is all red faced punching his keyboard with baseless cracks that really show what you dont know , Here is a tip for your smart ass , get the knowledge before you want to smart mouth against it , then you can debate your point instead of running , your a spectator dont smart mouth an inside game when you got no idea .

14y ago

jrosales13

No second prizes you got KOed in the first round lol , when you gunna start the thread about weight and fighters ,, come on PUNK buhahahahaha You not even making any sense anymore. I don't even know WTF you're arguing....Weights? Yes because at 150 Cotto somehow becomes so much superior than Pac. :alcoholic You starting to bore make whatever thread you want to make or start making sense in this thread.

14y ago

Reloaded

Been slap by who? What? Have you said anything of intelligence yet, you dumb fuck? No second prizes you got KOed in the first round lol , when you gunna start the thread about weight and fighters ,, come on PUNK buhahahahaha

14y ago

jrosales13

This aint the first time youve been slapped you sour loser , and you dont like it lol ,,,,, Ive told you before you know FUK ALL about the dynamics and conditioning of elite fighters you aint been closer to the game than a spectator . You know those people at the footy in turtle neck sweaters that feed seagulls at half time ,,, your one of them :) Been slap by who? What? Have you said anything of intelligence yet, you dumb fuck?

14y ago

Reloaded

I didn't even read everything you said here. I'm pretty sure I'm not missing since you're an F'ing idiot. Just stfu. This aint the first time youve been slapped you sour loser , and you dont like it lol ,,,,, Ive told you before you know FUK ALL about the dynamics and conditioning of elite fighters you aint been closer to the game than a spectator . You know those people at the footy in turtle neck sweaters that feed seagulls at half time ,,, your one of them :)

14y ago

jrosales13

Pac cannot beat a 150 plus elite fighter if that fighter is not dehydrated , in other words if that fighter is at his right weight he is too big for Pac , the only reason Pac beat Margo was Margo was as slow as a sloth and too weight drained , dont take the words weight drained so one way , on off like a switch , its not like that , its actually a scale of severe like ODH to , slightly drained like Cotto to semi drained in Margo . By the way Pac will NOT fight Cotto at 150 , nor will he fight Ortiz or Berto at 147 , look at his list of who he is gunna fight not a WW amongst them fancy that . I told you why he dragged JMM up to 144 , Roach verified after the fight practicably word verbatim why I said they did it , only thing Roach did wrong was Pac wasnt good enough to capitalize on JMMs slower speed , Roach learned going up is not the same as bring fighters down . These guys are F1s of boxing and whether you believe it or weight is critical if your on that performance edge , and in a boxer a 10th of a second lost because your a little tighter , when you legs dont have spring and feel sluggish , your fit and not windy but your dynamics is off , In bottom to mid competition after the fight they say , I just couldnt get it going I had a off night , in elite competition they get KOed and beat up bad because the skill level is so much higher and being that bit of is gunna hurt . Your too busy looking at the fight to understand the dynamics going on with the fighter , your like a spectator at the race track arguing who the best horse is , the trainer is looking how to gain 2 lengths which takes him from 10th to the winners circle . But you wouldnt know that because Im a moron and you know everything , start a thread about weights in boxing and lets see what you know ! I didn't even read everything you said here. I'm pretty sure I'm not missing since you're an F'ing idiot. Just stfu.

14y ago

check_hook

No he isn't! Its Pacquiao, he's the fighter, they all work for him! Manny is a Super star, a fake champion, but never the lesss Super star. Many casual boxing fans love him. He brings good money and has alot of weight behind him and his wishes. Manny is the only one to blame for this fight not happening! End of story! exactly. HE is the one running away.

14y ago

The_Sandman

Floyd has more to lose here. His record is 42-0. He is undefeated. Pacquiao has a chance to get rid of that 0. I mean, if Floyd's 0 goes away, his whole legacy is over. I mean, he'd still be great, no doubt. What I'm trying to say is, his fame, his money, his legacy comes from the hope of just one person, ANY person, defeating Floyd. Once he loses, the money won't be as much and a lot of his fan base will look towards the guy who beat him. When someone with so much to lose is calling out someone with nothing to lose and he's not accepting the fight, then you really can't tell me that Manny is the people's champ. I mean, after boxing, Manny can become a politician, a singer, or whatever he wants to be in the Philippines. Plus the fact that he already has 3 losses. What's a 4th loss going to do to his career?? Esp when that loss is to the best fighter in the world. Manny has nothing to lose. Floyd has everything to lose. So all I'm saying to Manny is, fight Floyd. Win and be successful. Or lose, and still be successful. Because him not fighting Floyd at all is just ruining his name.

14y ago

Reloaded

Once again you have proved that you're as big of an F'ing moron as the worse of the extremist Pac fans. I swear if I ever use the ignore function you would be the first moron that I would ignore. Before yessir, tatang(whatever), Puga and the rest of the idiots. Pac cannot beat a 150 plus elite fighter if that fighter is not dehydrated , in other words if that fighter is at his right weight he is too big for Pac , the only reason Pac beat Margo was Margo was as slow as a sloth and too weight drained , dont take the words weight drained so one way , on off like a switch , its not like that , its actually a scale of severe like ODH to , slightly drained like Cotto to semi drained in Margo . By the way Pac will NOT fight Cotto at 150 , nor will he fight Ortiz or Berto at 147 , look at his list of who he is gunna fight not a WW amongst them fancy that . I told you why he dragged JMM up to 144 , Roach verified after the fight practicably word verbatim why I said they did it , only thing Roach did wrong was Pac wasnt good enough to capitalize on JMMs slower speed , Roach learned going up is not the same as bring fighters down . These guys are F1s of boxing and whether you believe it or weight is critical if your on that performance edge , and in a boxer a 10th of a second lost because your a little tighter , when you legs dont have spring and feel sluggish , your fit and not windy but your dynamics is off , In bottom to mid competition after the fight they say , I just couldnt get it going I had a off night , in elite competition they get KOed and beat up bad because the skill level is so much higher and being that bit of is gunna hurt . Your too busy looking at the fight to understand the dynamics going on with the fighter , your like a spectator at the race track arguing who the best horse is , the trainer is looking how to gain 2 lengths which takes him from 10th to the winners circle . But you wouldnt know that because Im a moron and you know everything , start a thread about weights in boxing and lets see what you know !

14y ago

Doctor_Tenma4618

i think he will be safely matched for the rest of his career. ask yourself, why not make the fight rite now after his last bad outing? its the perfect time. all that tells me is they are in full conservation mode. milk him until the cow runs dry. dont take no risks. its the only thing that makes sense. this would have been the best time for the fight since the first negotiations. and even better floyd had a jail sentence hanging over his head. but they still couldnt pull the trigger. as far as im concerned the fight isnt gonna happen. I'm still sympathetic that a fighter who's accomplished this much, scooped so low. I really don't know what to say anymore, I guess the possibility of this fight is gonna continue to hold much of this sport hostage :sad:

14y ago