How Floyd Mayweather Engineered The Greatest Duck In Boxing History

How Floyd Mayweather Engineered The Greatest Duck In Boxing History By Scoop Malinowski Only in America does cowardice pay off in professional boxing. Here is an unofficial timeline compilation, including all of Floyd Mayweather's massive inventory of excuses since late 2009 to relentlessly avoid a world championship superfight against Manny Pacquiao... Floyd Mayweather: "All Pacquiao has to do is call out my name if he wants to fight me." Manny Pacquiao: "I want to fight Mayweather." George Peterson (associate of Al Haymon): "The fight will never happen. It will never happen. Some fights aren't meant to be made. Floyd will duck Pacquiao forever." Oscar: "It has to happen. There's just too much money involved." Floyd: "Manny already has five losses. There is no blueprint to beat me." Floyd: "I'm not doing the fight because Pacquiao is on steriods, he's won't take the test." Manny: "Okay, I will take all of your drug tests even on the day of the fight and right after the fight. Let's fight." Floyd: "I want more money. I'm not interested in boxing right now. I'm cleaning up boxing and cleaning up all sports." Manny: "Okay, I will take lesser pay, you can have 55%, let's fight." Floyd: "I'm not doing the fight if Bob Arum is involved. I hate Bob Arum. I'm cleaning up boxing and all sports, to make it a level playing field." Floyd: "I'm dedicating time to training kids at my gym I'm not interested in boxing." Manny: "Let's do winner take all." Floyd Sr: "I fear for my son's life if he fights Pacquiao. That's what it comes down to." Floyd: "Fans and media please support me, let me duck Pacquiao, I wear the red white and blue, Pacquiao takes money out of America and gives it to Filippinos." Floyd: "I don't love boxing anymore like I used to, because boxing isn't real anymore." Floyd: "I lied. Manny Pacquiao is clean, he never took no steroids. I'm sorry. I'm paying Manny a settlement for the defamation lawsuit. But I'm not revealing the three tests where I allegedly tested positive myself just like my two fighters J'Leon Love and Mickey Bey tested positive." Fans and media: "Pacquiao-Mayweather is the only fight that will draw the biggest numbers in boxing history. We want to see Mayweather vs. Pacquiao." Floyd: "Health is more important than money. I want to be there for my kids. I don't want to be walking with a limp or end up like Muhammad Ali. I'm smart. I'm a rich scared coward." Floyd: "I'm on vacation." Fans and media: "Shut up Floyd, just fight Manny." Floyd: "I'm not interested in boxing right now, I'm focusing on promoting. Pacquiao needs to avenge his losses to Bradley and Marquez first." Floyd: "I call all the shots, I'm my own boss. Pacquiao isn't his own boss." Steven A. Smith: "The way I see it Floyd is ducking Pacquiao." Pacquiao loses to Marquez by KO Floyd: "Manny is washed up now so I'm not fighting him. He has to sign with TMT and leave Top Rank." Pacquiao: "If it's such an easy fight then why not fight me?" Leonard Ellerbe: "Floyd is never going to fight Pacquiao, Pacquiao had his chance and he didn't take it." Steven A. Smith: "Manny, do you think Floyd is afraid of you." Manny: "I think it's kind of that ." Floyd: "I want my team to continue handpicking all my opponents. To steal more money from the fans." Pacquiao dominates Brandon Rios in Macau Floyd Sr: "Manny has to fight Canelo or Guerrero first then he can have a fight with Floyd." Floyd: "Manny is 1-2 of his last three fights. He just beat a lightweight that was tailor made for him." Floyd Sr: "Manny ain't ready for my son." Floyd: "Manny's PPV numbers are dropping, they aren't as good as mine. Amir Khan is a solid opponent." Manny: "I want to fight Floyd Mayweather" World Boxing Council: "We're installing Manny Pacquiao as the No. 1 contender to force Floyd to fight Manny next year." Floyd: "I don't need a belt, the belt doesn't make the fighter. I'm bigger than boxing. I will vacate the belt. I'm going to handpick Khan, he's a solid opponent. Al Haymon will manipulate Showtime to buy it. Khan is a solid opponent." Floyd Sr: "Khan is faster than Manny." Floyd: "The only reason Manny is trying to fight me now is because of his tax problems, he needs the money. He's not challenging me for the fans or to give the world a superfight, he needs the money." Showtime and Golden Boy waiting for the right time to announce Floyd Mayweather vs. Amir Khan, a fight better suited for ESPN or as a You Tube sparring session than PPV. Showtime desperately hoping Mayweather-Khan doesn't lose another $l2,000,000 as was the rumored financial loss on Mayweather-Guerrero. Al Haymon has been instrumental in allowing Mayweather to duck Pacquiao. Keeping Floyd undefeated is vitally important for Haymon to maintain his leverage and influence in boxing. As one astute scribe said it, "Floyd Mayweather is the Harlem Globetrotters, all his opponents are the Washington Generals." American boxing desperately needs a Tyson Ali Leonard type star to sell to the public. Floyd has been chosen to play the role of the modern American boxing star. Mayweather's cowardice combined with Haymon's desperate need to control an "unbeatable" corporate boxing entity are the two reasons why Floyd Mayweather has been permitted to successfully engineer the greatest duck in boxing history. 　 The only hope to make Pacquiao vs. Mayweather a reality is for annoyed fans to boycott and cancel their Showtime subscriptions until Mayweather is forced to sign to fight Pacquiao. http://ringobserver.com/articles/how-floyd-mayweather-engineered-the-greatest-duck-in-boxing-history

Comments (20)

I can tell you why he didn't fight those other guys: Cotto - He asked to fight him but Arum claimed Cotto wasn't ready at the time P. Will - He had 2 fans P. Will >>> gurerro, baldomir etc Margarito - He wasn't a big enough star. Mayweather told him to build his name. even other flomos will not agree with you... Remember, Margacheato is a Mexican and floyd like mexican boxer in his PPV cards... no wonder why! hahaha De La Hoya 2 - Floyd was upset because he felt he should be considered the Draw being that he whopped his ass already, but they were trying to short him on the money claiming De La Hoya was still the man. If De la Hoya will fight again today, it will still a PPV attraction. And guess what...looks like his business decisions turned out well. Wouldn't you agree? there you go...

12y ago

smoothsmg

How can he be listed top 5 p4p ever when he avoided Pacquiao who was fighter of the decade, with 4 lineal belts, and only 8 division world champ in the history of boxing? You take away Pacquiao off history and you got the likes of Gatti, Guerrero, Ortiz, Baldomir, Hatton, Alvarez, and Judah littering his B and C list of opponents. Recognized fighters like Dela Hoya, Cotto, Mosley, and Marquez were either faded or greatly disadvantaged by the time he fought them. And mind you how Pacquiao's wins against those were higher quality wins than Floyd's. And yes, Marquez included. Arum will always be a convenient excuse. If Arum was the only excuse not to fight Pac your argument would be mostly valid. But the litany of excuses one on top of the other and all documented to absolutely avoid a fight with Pacquiao makes Mayweather appear as the ducker. History will not be kind and harsh words like "petrified" and "coward" will hound him in boxing's books. Where is Marciano in boxing's ATG list? You people think an "0" is the greatest thing. Top people on ATG lists aren't undefeated. Pacquiao included. The bolded part kills me. So Manny fights De La Hoya and Mosley after Floyd, Cotto after his confidence (and brain) are almost killed by Margarito, and fights Marquez two more times after Floyd fights him. These fighters are considered faded or disadvtaged against Floyd, but I am so confused as how 4 of those 5 fights came after Floyd yet they are now considered GREAT WINS for Manny. Do you even realize what you wrote?

12y ago

sapaw

12y ago

IMDAZED

Give me a quote Pac refused 50/50 sharing. Shut up or put up. It was the unheard of OSDT which Pac refused. $40M with no PPV for a $100-200M fight? You kidding right? Truth is you are running out of excuses or quotations from Floyd. Your excuses are getting longer. What else? So he turned down 50-50 because of testing he would take four years later?? This mutherf*cker is a fraud :lol1: Pac stay ducking

12y ago

mrpizzand_beer

Pac turned down 50-50. Then he turned down a career high $40m. All that sh*t he talked and now he's got to fight for 25-75 and put Arum to the side :lol1:. I bet he ducks that too. Pacquiao keeps ducking Mayweather. What a fraud. Give me a quote Pac refused 50/50 sharing. Shut up or put up. It was the unheard of OSDT which Pac refused. $40M with no PPV for a $100-200M fight? You kidding right? Truth is you are running out of excuses or quotations from Floyd. Your excuses are getting longer. What else?

12y ago

mrpizzand_beer

Do you really believe Pac was fighter of the decade? C'mon, let's be serious. The same people claiming Mayweather is afraid of Pacquaio were saying he was afraid of Cotto....until Cotto left Bob Arum. Funny how that worked. If Arum won't let his puppet fight Mayweather, that's fine. He is WIDELY recognized as the best fighter of this generation and depending on how his career ends, I think he has a very legitimate shot of being considered a top 5 pound for pound. Does not matter that I believe, I'm just a boxingscene forum poster. You have the BWAA declaring him as fighter of the decade not me. You have the same people WIDELY believing and put Floyd as #1 p4p right now, and you don't seem to have a problem with it. Or do you really believe he is #1 p4p? And when are you going to get off the Arum excuse? Than deal with conjecture, tell me, did Floyd mention anything about Arum when people wanted Floyd to fight Dela Hoya II, Pacquiao, Margarito, Cotto, and Williams before he retired? Give me a link or anything to support your argument that Arum was the reason why he didn't want to fight those 4 before he retired. What I remember was Floyd saying "Cotto who?" and not because of Arum. The fact was Cotto was a nobody after he got beat to a pulp by Margarito and Pacquiao. Floyd took the fight after Cotto was a nobody. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3429729

12y ago

BlackSnakeMamba

Mayweather would beat Pacquiao. Pacman struggled against slick boxers and counter punchers. I still love to see this fight happen.

12y ago

TonitosWay

12y ago

Espada

12y ago

IMDAZED

50/50 split when Pac was the p4p #1 and hottest boxer in the planet. What else does he deserve? It's not like Floyd was the news at that time, remember retirement? To come back and act like a punk demanding something of an opponent never done in history sounds like a duck to me. Even existing and retired champs that time thought Floyd was out of his mind and he can f*ck himself. Pac turned down 50-50. Then he turned down a career high $40m. All that sh*t he talked and now he's got to fight for 25-75 and put Arum to the side :lol1:. I bet he ducks that too. Pacquiao keeps ducking Mayweather. What a fraud.

12y ago

mrpizzand_beer

50-50 split and Pacquiao walked away. Looks like was the one doing the ducking. Pacquiao ducked Mayweather. What a fraud. 50/50 split when Pac was the p4p #1 and hottest boxer in the planet. What else does he deserve? It's not like Floyd was the news at that time, remember retirement? To come back and act like a punk demanding something of an opponent never done in history sounds like a duck to me. Even existing and retired champs that time thought Floyd was out of his mind and he can f*ck himself.

12y ago

mrpizzand_beer

Do you really think I have enough time on my hands or even care about who you are a fan of? The only thing that is clear is that you are a butthurt hater. Did your boy receive a beatdown from Money May? If you can't appreciate the greatest boxer of your generation, just bow down and keep ya trap shut. Title of greatest boxer does not even belong to Floyd. If you want to be a real purist I think Lara and Rigo are better than Floyd. Floyd's boxing skills were highlighted due to brilliant match ups and (cherry) picks. In all honesty, I think Floyd would lose to Lara but you will never see that fight happen.

12y ago

IMDAZED

How can he be listed top 5 p4p ever when he avoided Pacquiao who was fighter of the decade, with 4 lineal belts, and only 8 division world champ in the history of boxing? You take away Pacquiao off history and you got the likes of Gatti, Guerrero, Ortiz, Baldomir, Hatton, Alvarez, and Judah littering his B and C list of opponents. Recognized fighters like Dela Hoya, Cotto, Mosley, and Marquez were either faded or greatly disadvantaged by the time he fought them. And mind you how Pacquiao's wins against those were higher quality wins than Floyd's. And yes, Marquez included. Arum will always be a convenient excuse. If Arum was the only excuse not to fight Pac your argument would be mostly valid. But the litany of excuses one on top of the other and all documented to absolutely avoid a fight with Pacquiao makes Mayweather appear as the ducker. History will not be kind and harsh words like "petrified" and "coward" will hound him in boxing's books. Where is Marciano in boxing's ATG list? You people think an "0" is the greatest thing. Top people on ATG lists aren't undefeated. Pacquiao included. 50-50 split and Pacquiao walked away. Looks like was the one doing the ducking. Pacquiao ducked Mayweather. What a fraud.

12y ago

mrpizzand_beer

If the fight never happens, I can see this as being true. But at the same time as that being the case, I can see Floyd widely listed as a top 5 pound for pound ever, and Pacquiao lost somewhere much farther away than that. And the truth of the matter is that in retirement, they should ask the same questions about Floyd to Pacquiao, but unfortunately the question won't be able to be answered accurately by him. The question would be best posed to Bob Arum, who might not even be around. Real talk. How can he be listed top 5 p4p ever when he avoided Pacquiao who was fighter of the decade, with 4 lineal belts, and only 8 division world champ in the history of boxing? You take away Pacquiao off history and you got the likes of Gatti, Guerrero, Ortiz, Baldomir, Hatton, Alvarez, and Judah littering his B and C list of opponents. Recognized fighters like Dela Hoya, Cotto, Mosley, and Marquez were either faded or greatly disadvantaged by the time he fought them. And mind you how Pacquiao's wins against those were higher quality wins than Floyd's. And yes, Marquez included. Arum will always be a convenient excuse. If Arum was the only excuse not to fight Pac your argument would be mostly valid. But the litany of excuses one on top of the other and all documented to absolutely avoid a fight with Pacquiao makes Mayweather appear as the ducker. History will not be kind and harsh words like "petrified" and "coward" will hound him in boxing's books. Where is Marciano in boxing's ATG list? You people think an "0" is the greatest thing. Top people on ATG lists aren't undefeated. Pacquiao included.

12y ago

Espada

Pacquiao has the most sorry ass fanbase. We don't even care if Floyd fights Manny or not. If it happens, it'll be a good fight. If not, who cares. Pacquiao fans on the other hand are desperate for a big fight. They know Manny's career is over, done, and finished. They wanna see Manny fight Floyd so bad. But DEEP DOWN.. they know. Just prepare yourselves for Manny's retirement as he finishes off his career with these fights: Bradley 2 Marquez 5 Provodnikov While the rest of us BOXING fans get to enjoy fights from a STACKED welterweight division :D DUCK DUCK DUCK! KEEP DUCKING! This is what Floyd exactly do and no wonder his fans are like this. reverting, making up stories and blaming his counterpart which the whole f**king world knows he's the ultimate coward of today's boxing :rofl:

12y ago

tank17211

Well you would have thought so, knowing floyd's penchant for apparent soft touches. I'm just not sure why the grubby little bumsniff thought that would offend me. Its pretty much common knowledge here that I'm not a pacquiao fan.:lol1: I have actually rooted for Floyd for every single fight he was in. I just want to see him fight live opponents. I think Pac's style will give him one of his toughest fights ever.

12y ago

TonitosWay

Pacquiao has the most sorry ass fanbase. We don't even care if Floyd fights Manny or not. If it happens, it'll be a good fight. If not, who cares. Pacquiao fans on the other hand are desperate for a big fight. They know Manny's career is over, done, and finished. They wanna see Manny fight Floyd so bad. But DEEP DOWN.. they know. Just prepare yourselves for Manny's retirement as he finishes off his career with these fights: Bradley 2 Marquez 5 Provodnikov While the rest of us BOXING fans get to enjoy fights from a STACKED welterweight division :D DUCK DUCK DUCK! KEEP DUCKING! Who cares? That's the whole reason boxing has become what it is today; because of you gullible ass casuals like you. Plenty of people cared when Aaron Price and Ray Leonard didn't fight; the golden history of boxing is built on the generation's greatest squaring up. Smh, clowns.

12y ago

junior_gong

This should be even more incentive for Floyd to fight Pac. Easy work right? Well you would have thought so, knowing floyd's penchant for apparent soft touches. I'm just not sure why the grubby little bumsniff thought that would offend me. Its pretty much common knowledge here that I'm not a pacquiao fan.:lol1:

12y ago

TMT2K

12y ago

tank17211

:thinking: This should be even more incentive for Floyd to fight Pac. Easy work right?

12y ago