NEWS: Bob Arum: "Pacquiao’s next fight will not be against Mayweather"

Bob should have said with finality, "Mayweather will never fight Pacquiao. He's a cowwaaard." :D

LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao has chosen his next opponent, and it’s not Floyd Mayweather. In an interview at his office Wednesday, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Pacquiao has chosen his next opponent — whom Arum would only divulge was one of the four previously reported candidates, Juan Manuel Marquez, Timothy Bradley, Miguel Cotto or Lamont Peterson — and plans to make his return to the ring on June 9 at a new outdoor facility off the Strip. Arum reiterated that the problem with making a May fight with Mayweather was the timing. Mayweather has insisted that the fight take place May 5, tweeting Tuesday that “the date can’t change.” Arum says construction on a 38,000-seat temporary facility cannot be completed until later in the month. On Wednesday, Arum said he met with construction officials as well as officials from the Wynn and Sands Hotel. Arum also visited the construction site, a 40-acre plot jointly owned by the two hotels. “To be safe, they said they needed until the end of May to get it done,” Arum said. “Economically, it’s a problem that Floyd created. The amount that would be lost by moving it up to May 5th is enormous. The fight is not going to happen on May 5th. We’ll do the fight in November. There is no real magic in doing it in May.” Arum says he plans to move forward with building the outdoor facility and test it out in Pacquiao’s next fight. Arum added that he and Pacquiao were on the same page as far as Pacquiao’s future. “He realizes that economically the May 5th date is not smart,” Arum said. “If you postpone it two or three weeks, you can make so much more money. Mayweather told the court he was committed to fight on May 5th. I think they lied and said Pacquiao was ready to fight him. Now they are saying the judge ordered them to fight on May 5? Was the MGM behind this? If the judge says you have to surrender yourself on June 1st, what the f— does it matter to the judge if you fight on May 5th or two weeks later?” A call and text message to Mayweather’s adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, was not immediately returned. – Chris Mannix http://mma-boxing.si.com/2012/01/18/arum-pacquiaos-next-fight-will-not-be-against-mayweather/ Hmmmm yea the stadium was well tested in Pacquiao next fight wasn't it? Pac might act dumb but he plays Arums game too perfectly.

You can post a million articles about it...they will ignore and continue with the spin From Pacs own camp in 2011 MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao’s conditioning coach Alex Ariza took a swing at boxing promoter Bob Arum for allegedly preventing the fight between the Filipino boxing icon and archrival Floyd Mayweather Jr. from happening. Ariza claimed that Arum only wanted Pacquiao to fight Top Rank’s boxers so that Top Rank will get all the profits. “It’s clear as to why the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has never happened. It's always about what's best for Bob and his agenda… Whoever Manny fights, he has to fight in-house,” Ariza told Fighthype.com’s Ben Thompson. Ariza claimed that another reason why Arum is opposing a Mayweather fight because of his hatred towards the unbeaten boxer and his handlers. Ariza said Arum does not want Mayweather to make a dime out of Pacquiao. “Arum hates Floyd Mayweather, can't stand him, he doesn't want to see him make a dollar, can't stand Golden Boy, doesn't want to do business with them,” he said. Pacquiao earlier announced that talks for the Mayweather fight are now ongoing. He said he sent his adviser, Michael Koncz, to talk to Arum about the superfight. However, Ariza claimed that Koncz is in cahoots with the boxing promoter. “I know that Michael Koncz says that he's having a meeting with Bob to negotiate the Mayweather fight. They're having a meeting on how to make sure that this fight doesn't happen. That's what their meeting is about,” said Ariza. Ariza said he and boxing coach Freddie Roach have been actively pursuing the Mayweather fight because it will be good for Pacquiao. He said putting Pacquiao in another rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez is bad strategy. “If Manny wants to fight Floyd and if he fights Floyd, and hypothetically loses to Floyd, the Marquez fight is still there,” explained Ariza. “If Manny fights Marquez and he loses to Marquez, the Floyd fight is gone,” he added. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/11/25/11/ariza-arum-blocking-pacquiao-mayweather-fight

and people want to know why Mayweather doesn't want to work with Arum anymore.

On Wednesday, Arum said he met with construction officials as well as officials from the Wynn and Sands Hotel. Arum also visited the construction site, a 40-acre plot jointly owned by the two hotels. :rofl::rofl::rofl: :lol1:...it really is amazing the selective memories some posters on here have

On Wednesday, Arum said he met with construction officials as well as officials from the Wynn and Sands Hotel. Arum also visited the construction site, a 40-acre plot jointly owned by the two hotels. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Nope... probably not. Personally, people need to stop focusing on this B.S (it was obvious they weren't going to fight from the start) and focus on what's happening now. There are a ton of good fights coming up that're getting less attention than this bull Hypocrite..........

you don't that the roadblock right now is the split. a split that was agreed upon years ago. whether or not top rank is serious in making the fight or not is irrelevant if mayweather is demanding a bigger split. until they agree the split that fight will not happen and everything else is irrelevant. wake the **** up. The roadblock will always be to you whatever Pac is not agreeing too , not accepting 40 mill is a roadblock considering its nearly double his biggest purse , not accept a very fair for both drugs test is a roadblock , May 5th was a roadblock , the stadium was a roadblock , its tit for tat all the way . Like I said you will take whatever Pacs last no was about as being Floyds roadblock no matter how the big picture is painted , Floyd brings more money into every fight he is in and he wants a bigger slice , whether you think its fair or unfair is not a qualified judgement on the business side of the equation . To be honest I dont get it , I think its more about the animosity between Floyd Arum and GB than the money , if I were Floyd I would go hard for a winner take all deal , he likes to gamble well gamble it all on himself , but thats me thats what I would do in the situation they are in .

Yep, Bob is worried about what Mayweather would say to Manny and not about losing his cash cow. :lol1: I cant believe we still have imbeciles out there that believe Arum really wants the fight to happen. Its clear as night and day. Top Rank are good match makers, they know very well that Mayweather is just too dangerous, too high a risk for Manny. The probability of Manny losing against Mayweather is high, that's a risk Top Rank and Bob do not want to make. Arum and his company would rather Manny lose to an in house Top Rank fighter then to someone outside. Its smart business but when it comes to real boxing fans, its complete bullshit. Manny will never be allowed to face Mayweather until he leaves Top Rank and makes the fight himself. Which means, we're never going to see the fight, its simple as that.

This is deeper than boxing. This is deeper than boxing http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garethadavies/100021343/bob-arum-id-like-to-live-into-my-nineties-to-see-manny-pacquiao-become-president/ You just dont get it "I'm trying to weigh everything he does in his boxing career on how it will relate to the ultimate goal of being president. One of the reasons I never really was so keen on a Mayweather fight which I now truly believe is an easy fight for Pacquiao is because how Manny is going to be tainted by some of the vile things that Mayweather comes out with. Even though he'll be the good guy, God knows what Mayweather is capable of saying. It's one thing to talk about how much better a fighter he is and Manny can't do this or that, but Mayweather, who has no sensibility in this, is capable of insulting the country. The ignorance is so appalling"

U just dont get it do u huh ? you don't that the roadblock right now is the split. a split that was agreed upon years ago. whether or not top rank is serious in making the fight or not is irrelevant if mayweather is demanding a bigger split. until they agree the split that fight will not happen and everything else is irrelevant. wake the **** up.

no need to talk about stadiums, investors, and any other crap when one fighter is demanding more than 50/50. right now that's the biggest roadblock to this fight. it was the ost issue but supposedly that settled now what is preventing the fight is the split. they can get all the investors they want or not get them. they can build all the stadiums they want or not build any. it won't matter unless they agree to the split. U just dont get it do u huh ? http://tumblr-gifs.com/pics/88.gif

It won't be his next one either. It will be his last fight that Bob will allow the fight to happen. Bob will not let Pac retire without cashing out. Pac will accept the lesser share (again) and the fight will happen before he retires and it's then that people will see why Bob was so reluctant to even make the fight years ago.

no need to talk about stadiums, investors, and any other crap when one fighter is demanding more than 50/50. right now that's the biggest roadblock to this fight. it was the ost issue but supposedly that settled now what is preventing the fight is the split. they can get all the investors they want or not get them. they can build all the stadiums they want or not build any. it won't matter unless they agree to the split.

well we knew this

LOL Stadium. LMAO. I absolutely hate Bob Arum.

Im still looking for the investors and the new stadium. Nobody has responded. I guess Arum never said that

Do not under estimate Pactards. As long as Arum leaves some kind of food for the trolls they'll find something to talk about. Plus, Pacquiao is one Jimmy Kimmel serenade away from everything being back to normal for them. Believe me. They don't matter anymore. Their hero doesn't matter anymore. This embarrassing ending was inevitable.

I just hope History remembers why this fight fell through...... It wouldnt surprise me if Pacman's popularity and Mayweather's notoriety as well as the fact that this whole thing has been such a mess with so many lies contribute to it being viewed as a Mayweather duck in 50 years or so looking back.....

Bye bye, pactards. It's been a nice run. Do not under estimate Pactards. As long as Arum leaves some kind of food for the trolls they'll find something to talk about. Plus, Pacquiao is one Jimmy Kimmel serenade away from everything being back to normal for them. Believe me.