Breaking down Mayweather

Would Pac give a shout out to showtime when he is fighting for HBO? Would showtime be happy if Mayweather say HBO name when he fights under their banner? At the end of the day it's up to the networks to work out where and how they want the fight, it's not up to Mayweather, just because he said come fight me on May 2 on showtime doesn't mean it's showtime or bust.

Floyd is adamant about fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend. Arum and Oscar would want nothing more than for fighters they do business with (Cotto and Canelo) to secure that date, it would sell a lot more than if they fought on any other weekend. Regardless of what date Floyd and Pacquiao fight on it would still do record breaking PPV numbers, so date shouldn't be an issue. Sure, Floyd's been fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend for as far back as 07, but that was before Canelo entered the PPV scene. If Floyd had any integrity he would step aside and let Canelo vs Cotto fight on Cinco De Mayo weekend for the Mexican fans, and all of Latin America in general. Floyd is known for playing the race card, but doesn't want to give a Mexican superstar like Canelo the honor of fighting on a Mexican holiday which in all respect should be a birthright to Canelo. How would the African American people react if a non-black boxer tried to take MLK day away from them? Chaos and rioting would ensue. Nonsense, the whole idea of a Mexican fighting on cinco de mayo was created by Bob Arum. I've heard several Mexican youtubers say that they found it condescending to say that only a Mexican should fight on Cinco De Mayo. Don't fall for Bob Arums BS, Latino fans want to see the biggest fight out there and that fight is May vs Pac. Floyd beat Canelo in a one sided fight and the whole world saw it. Now Canelo wants to call the shots just because he's Mexican? This kid had the opportunity to take thrown away from Mayweather and he blew it! And even Miguel Cotto has stated he wasn't sure about fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend so why is Canelo so adamant?

I've had more confidence in this fight happening in the past 3 months then in the past few years, but listening to Floyd's words when he was interviewed during the Showtime broadcast took away that confidence. He wants the fight to be strictly on Showtime knowing fully well that Pac has an exclusive deal with HBO. Both networks can work together to co-televise the event, Floyd should leave the networking to the networks. We already know Floyd is the "A-side" and has negotiating power but Pacquiao is by no means as powerless as Maidana or Canelo in terms of negotiating leverage. Floyd likes to talk logistics by mentioning PPV numbers like the 300k PPV buys that Pac and Algieri did in China without even acknowledging the fact that the Bradley rematch did nearly 800k PPV buys in the MGM, proving that Pac is still a big draw in the states. It's no secret that Pac has/had IRS problems or that he's been KO'ed by Marquez. Two things that Floyd often brings up whenever he talks about him, but none of that will have any relevance on his fight with Pacquiao so there's no point in even mentioning it other than to further separate his name from Pacquiao's to avoid fighting him. Mayweather claims Bob is the bad guy, and he might have been back when the first stage of negotiations fell through in the past, but after Pac's loses to Bradley and Marquez there shouldn't be any reason for Bob to prevent this fight from happening anymore. Considering all the above, in most cases the person who has the most to lose is usually the least likely to take a risk. And I think we can all agree who that person is in this case. #fightpacquiao they dont co televise events dip****. did they do that for tyson-lewis? why would they do it now? It will be on one channel or the other.

I like what the OP is saying. Floyd's the most powerful athlete in the sport and probably in all sports as a current athlete but he can't make the only fight that matters happen?? I don't by it. The showtime interview was him just fogging everything up and taking away the momentum of excitement and expectations from the fans to see this fight. Pathetic.

I swear we have a master thread on this man...you might want to delete this..mods are sick of these threads

Floyd is adamant about fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend. Arum and Oscar would want nothing more than for fighters they do business with (Cotto and Canelo) to secure that date, it would sell a lot more than if they fought on any other weekend. Regardless of what date Floyd and Pacquiao fight on it would still do record breaking PPV numbers, so date shouldn't be an issue. Sure, Floyd's been fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend for as far back as 07, but that was before Canelo entered the PPV scene. If Floyd had any integrity he would step aside and let Canelo vs Cotto fight on Cinco De Mayo weekend for the Mexican fans, and all of Latin America in general. Floyd is known for playing the race card, but doesn't want to give a Mexican superstar like Canelo the honor of fighting on a Mexican holiday which in all respect should be a birthright to Canelo. How would the African American people react if a non-black boxer tried to take MLK day away from them? Chaos and rioting would ensue.

Floyd is adamant about fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend. Arum and Oscar would want nothing more than for fighters they do business with (Cotto and Canelo) to secure that date, it would sell a lot more than if they fought on any other weekend. Regardless of what date Floyd and Pacquiao fight on it would still do record breaking PPV numbers, so date shouldn't be an issue. Sure, Floyd's been fighting on Cinco De Mayo weekend for as far back as 07, but that was before Canelo entered the PPV scene. If Floyd had any integrity he would step aside and let Canelo vs Cotto fight on Cinco De Mayo weekend for the Mexican fans, and all of Latin America in general. Floyd is known for playing the race card, but doesn't want to give a Mexican superstar like Canelo the honor of fighting on a Mexican holiday which in all respect should be a birthright to Canelo. How would the African American people react if a non-black boxer tried to take MLK day away from them? Chaos and rioting would ensue.

The Mayweather is a very overrated fight! The American Joe Calzaghe! He will hit the Pacquiao with many succession of right hands but the low volume will spell disaster! The Pacquiaos power has been underrated lately! the opponent know they must keep their guard up to survive! The Bradley was hurt very bad in second fight and Rios went to Clottey shell! Confucious say big dream like pie in the sky .