Was Floyd ever serious about fighting Pac on May 5th?

Let's move on people. This fight is not meant to happen. ;-)

Floyd: I'll offer you 40 millions PAC. Arum: Sh!t we'll offer you 45 millions Floyd :lol1:. Floyd: Hell no, I can make more than that off of this fight. Arum: Duh

I'll never understand this concept: Pacquiao says that he will accept a smaller share of the purse to make the fight happen. You have many Pacquiao fans praising Pacquiao for going that far to make the fight happen. Then you have Mayweather, who calls him out on it, apparently saying that a 50/50 split won't happen, and the same people that praised Pacquiao for saying he'd accept a smaller share almost immediately say Mayweather was never serious about making the fight. Meanwhile you have the whole Top Rank company throwing out every excuse they can come up with for why they can't do the fight, and somehow most of the blame still goes on Floyd, when in fact there were never any serious negotiations to begin with to actually negotiate terms on a split -- which is why Mayweather is a complete idiot to email Sportscenter with that babble about the 50/50 split. People on these forums crack me up

It was a negotiation, but albeit a stupid offer. That's why people are coming to these conclusions. I don't class that as a negotiation, Nothing gets negotiated without Arum.

Newsflash!!! Ringing Paq and offering him $40M isn't negotiation!!! Arum/Paq does not want to fight on May 5th and not for June 9th neither. It was a negotiation, but albeit a stupid offer. That's why people are coming to these conclusions.

Neither guy was ever serious about fighting each other. I said it all along.

Hell no. He knew since he made a reservation for MGM that he was going to fight Canelo. Canelo calling him out after Cintron fight. All this twitter BS, calling out Manny, step up punk is just a bunch of nonsense from Floyd.

Newsflash!!! Ringing Paq and offering him $40M isn't negotiation!!! Arum/Paq does not want to fight on May 5th and not for June 9th neither.

Sure under his conditions~

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If floyd was ever serious about fighting pac then it would have happened by now,floyd is a smart guy and enjoys playing these little games,may 5th was yet another facade

The refusal of 50-50 makes the think. I was almost on Floyd's side, now I'm back to thinking neither guy wants it. Just stringing us along to sell us their other fights.

Aside from all the B.S excuses that came out of Arums mouth, does anyone here really think Floyd really wanted to face Pac on May 5th? The last convo that went on as far as this so-called round of negotiations went was when Floyd spoke directly with Pacquiao on the phone. According to an interview Floyd gave to Floydhype, Floyd stated that Manny told him "50/50 and I"ll fight you anytime". We soon found out that Floyd made a counter-offer of a $40mil flat fee with no PPV upside for Pac. Now given this counter offer from Floyd, its hard to believe that he was ever serious about fighting Pac on May 5th and only wanted to keep his name in the press by using twitter to call Pac out. My answer: Hell No. It was a ridiculous offer and he never intended on fighting him May 5th.

Aside from all the B.S excuses that came out of Arums mouth, does anyone here really think Floyd really wanted to face Pac on May 5th? The last convo that went on as far as this so-called round of negotiations went was when Floyd spoke directly with Pacquiao on the phone. According to an interview Floyd gave to Floydhype, Floyd stated that Manny told him "50/50 and I"ll fight you anytime". We soon found out that Floyd made a counter-offer of a $40mil flat fee with no PPV upside for Pac. Now given this counter offer from Floyd, its hard to believe that he was ever serious about fighting Pac on May 5th and only wanted to keep his name in the press by using twitter to call Pac out. how do you knwo that Floyd didnt say a bigger purse before Pac even said 50/50 over the phone. In Pac's 1st few interviews he didnt even say anything about Floyd saying he wanted a bigger purse. We dont know what order who said what on the phone and even if true, you dont know if Floyd still had his mind set on what Pac already said. You cant ignore the fact that Pac did say he would take the lesser purse. Doesnt matter though. Who cares anymore. I dont think either side wanted to fight right now. I think both sides wanted it late in the year for different reasons

Yes. He just tried to take advantage of Pacquiao saying he'd take less money to fight. We can't comment on whether or not he'd accept a 50/50 split because the 2 camps never had legit negotiations.