From the Costas interview...
"...Absolutely not. I'm not giving up the split, I can't afford to..."
"With or without Pacquiao, Floyd M is ok. Floyd Mayweather fights for Floyd M.. At the end of the day, Floyd M has to be happy, because when your career is over, when everything is said and done, I have to be happy and I have to be comfortable."
"Now look at the Ali situation. When Ali can trade it all in... once again, when fans and the people were pushing him to get into the fights that he shouldn't have even been involved with... so guess what, they pushed him. They wanted to see what they wanted, and that's not what Ali wanted. If Ali can trade it in right now, for his health, he would."
"....I'm in the game to win, not just in the ring, but outside the ring, and my health is more important than everything."
There you have it folks, straight from the horse's mouth. Floyd is scared, not about his 0, but scared of what can happen to him if he fights Pac.
why doesn't pacquiao ever agree to what floyd offers just to prove to everyone floyd is lying?it's because team pac doesn't really want the fight.floyd has pulled their card about 3 times in the last 2 months ,pacquiao said that he was willing to take less money to fight floyd then goes and ask for a 50/50 split, goldenboy tries to get in contact with arum to negotiate the fight and arum says he doesn't know who to talk to to try to negotiate a fight so the following day floyd lets everyone know to talk to goldenboy and or haymon. did team pac ever agree to fight on may 5 ?
your ****ing dense you retard, what floyd is saying is ali was pressured into fighting and was fighting for the fans way past his best and look what happened ! Floyd isnt saying he doesnt want to fight pacquiao he is saying he's choosing what he does and its about him and his family not the fans ! people are so full of hate they cant use abit of intelligence and read between the lines and understand what someone means.
So for all you retards Floyd was making a point that he controls his own destiney and fights for himself and wont be forced into anything smart man i say. CONTROL YOUR OWN BUSINESS :boxing:
Another one lacking in brain matter.
Ali was not past his prime when he got physically damaged by Frazier, Norton, Foreman, etc.. Even if he won some of those fights, the punishment he received from those contributed to the eventual deterioration of his health.
But Ali knew and accepted that he chose a contact sport, a deadly sport where to achieve gain and fame, one must accept the pain.
If all boxers can cherrypick their opponents and duck the best because they are afraid of the possible dangerous consequences, then the sport of boxing would simply become a joke, a farce. There is no point in watching and supporting the sport.
Choose any sport, whether it's football, golf, tennis, basketball, chess, swimming,etc., any sport, the goal is to determine who is the best. And to be the best, you have to face and beat the best. Anyone who refuses to accept this universal principle in all sports but instead deliberately ducks dangerous adversaries is nothing but a COWARD and should not be in the sport in the first place.
Floyd is ducking Pac and has ducked so many serious threats in the past because, as he had said, he does not want to end up like Ali. "HIS HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING".
FLOYD IS SCARED OF THE PUNISHMENT HE WILL FACE FROM A DANGEROUS BOXER LIKE PAC!
ALL YOU FLOYD FANS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT!
To all those who are still defending Floyd, can anyone of you comprehend what Floyd is saying here? Are all of you that dense? Well, maybe you all are. On second thought, you all are definitely lacking in brain matter.
your ****ing dense you retard, what floyd is saying is ali was pressured into fighting and was fighting for the fans way past his best and look what happened ! Floyd isnt saying he doesnt want to fight pacquiao he is saying he's choosing what he does and its about him and his family not the fans ! people are so full of hate they cant use abit of intelligence and read between the lines and understand what someone means.
So for all you retards Floyd was making a point that he controls his own destiney and fights for himself and wont be forced into anything smart man i say. CONTROL YOUR OWN BUSINESS :boxing:
...failed! if you say that pac only fights inhouse so does mayweather (gbp boxers)...and if you say what about cotto now a free agent about to fight floyd ...so is jmm also a free agent when he fought pac!.
stalemate or checkmate nyahahhaha. but whatever it is still floyd who is scared of becoming vegetable when he gets older, while pacquiao fights everyone and doesn't care a bit because Manny Knows VEGETABLEs are good for everyone. nyahahahaha thats caring for his fans.
Can't agree to this, a guy who is suspect of juicing and that lost his last fight on the eyes of many unbias fans can't be the #1 P4P in the World. It's very clear that Mayweather earned the seat and so has Martinez.
Pacquiao was #1 before He started to fight inhouse bums and his last fight.
Less get real here....failed! if you say that pac only fights inhouse so does mayweather (gbp boxers)...and if you say what about cotto now a free agent about to fight floyd ...so is jmm also a free agent when he fought pac!.
He is NOT scared of PAC he is smart and stating that not only is he a boxer and a damn good one but that he is a HUMAN BEING and after his days in the ring he still has to be a father and a man not a vegetable. He is NOT saying he is scared of anyone. If you interpret that as being scared then you are not smart enough to understand life my friend.....LEFTY
Read your own post, man. You're saying exactly what what I've been pointing out. You are simply trying to save Floyd's face by softening the impact.
You stated that Floyd doesn't want to become a vegetable, he does not want to end up like Ali who was pushed to fight fights that he should not have been involved with. No matter how much you try to twist that, that is plain and simple CHERRYPICKING! That is being SCARED TO FIGHT THE BEST! Floyd's history of ducking is the best testament to that.
FLOYD SHOULD NOT BE A BOXER. HE SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN A SAFER SPORT LIKE PING PONG!
that is why Pacquiao is the real pound for pound champion
not mayweather
Can't agree to this, a guy who is suspect of juicing and that lost his last fight on the eyes of many unbias fans can't be the #1 P4P in the World. It's very clear that Mayweather earned the seat and so has Martinez.
Pacquiao was #1 before He started to fight inhouse bums and his last fight.
Less get real here.
He is NOT scared of PAC he is smart and stating that not only is he a boxer and a damn good one but that he is a HUMAN BEING and after his days in the ring he still has to be a father and a man not a vegetable. He is NOT saying he is scared of anyone. If you interpret that as being scared then you are not smart enough to understand life my friend.....LEFTY
You didn't really expect him to say "I'm scared of Pacquiao" did you? Or is that the only way he can convince you? I didn't think people needed special talent to understand what Mayweather was saying in that interview. It's so plain and to the point.
Okay sure you win Floyd as never been in a war for reasons you have presented. Now instead of focusing on that one line why dont you really reply to my post? Here I'll rephrase for you.
Do you really REALLY think that Floyd right now, who has never been beaten up is at the same health state as Ali when he fought Holmes? It could be 10 years from now and Floyd would still be in a better condition then Ali. With that being said Floyd has no reason to worry about his health by fighting Pacquiao. Don't take my word for it ask Marquez, ask Shane. A guy who can move has nothing to worry about.
NOW do you want to discuss why he has never been beaten up or do you ACTUALLY want to reply to me with an ACTUAL reply...
Those are things you could bring up to Floyd, maybe you could convince him to make the fight, just keep mentioning Marquez to him and it might cloud out his thoughts of Hatton gasping for his life.
I dont think he meant he was afraid of Pacquiao rather he doesn't want to fight as long as Ali or Holmes did which would jeopardize his health. He has often said he wont let boxing retire him, which has happened to ALOT of great fighters.
You must have serious comprehension problems. Do you really believe that Mayweather will go out there and spell it out for his dense fanatics, that he's afraid of Pacquiao?
The questions were regarding the Pacquiao fight and how come it's not happening. Mayweather then came out with his concerns regarding his health. He then used Ali's situation as a great example of what could happen to a fighter fighting the wrong guy in this deadly sport. He says he wants to come out a winner not just in the ring but outside and also after his career.
Floyd is afraid of Pac because Pac would provide a huge challenge for him.
If he cherry picks someone, I hope he picks a boxer who could be a real challenge for him.
I think he's seeing visions of Hatton gasping for his soul to come back. That's scary for anybody. Then he's thinking Ali. Those things are what's keeping this fight from happening.
I think floyd knows boxing well enough to know that pacquiao would be an easy fight for him, i like pacquiao but he is a very limited fighter. To be fair, we have to stop confusing exciting fan favorites with pound for pound elites. Pacquiao is awesome to watch but he has been matched extremely carefully, and he should be, they are aware that if they put him in with a live welterweight like floyd or devon or mike jones, he would get badly hurt.
Please just stop it! Are you listening at all to what Mayweather is saying? These are straight out of his mouth.
I don't care about his race, I'm a fan of his boxing skills.
Watch as I throw wild accusations like you are doing.
Pacquiao hates his fans! He said he wishes he didn't have any fans at all and he spits on all of you.
floyd says he doesn't fight for the fans.
floyd says he doesn't fight to prove who's best.
his skills outweigh all his ducking and cherry picking? why don't you become a fan of someone who's not afraid to match his skills with the best?
Your boy admitted he actually really doesn't want to fight Pacquiao. So all those lame arguments you are trying so hard to justify ever since are now futile. There are many black fighters to root for out there and just give up this coward who doesnt care about his fans.
I don't care about his race, I'm a fan of his boxing skills.
Watch as I throw wild accusations like you are doing.
Pacquiao hates his fans! He said he wishes he didn't have any fans at all and he spits on all of you.
I don't care what language you speak, don't call people retards when you misspell every other word.
Your boy admitted he actually really doesn't want to fight Pacquiao. So all those lame arguments you are trying so hard to justify ever since are now futile. There are many black fighters to root for out there and just give up this coward who doesnt care about his fans.