Yes, they are! Verbal agreements are not binding and the law says all legal, signed contracts can be cancelled within 72 hours! In this case, there was no contract signed, so it is a moot point. If there was a legally binding agreement, Top Rank would have either filed a lawsuit or would be threating to file a lawsuit by now!
business 101- business contract
A contract is an agreement entered into voluntarily by two parties or more with the intention of creating a legal obligation, which may have elements in writing. Contracts can be made orally.
pmsl a Rios fan calling Gamboa a coward??? GTFOH... Gamboa had to take the decision to leave his family behind for his career..., That takes more balls than i have or anyone i know has.. A coward is someone boiling down and killing themselves so they can bully smaller guys...
Just wait till rios starts at jww... He wont be able to bully as much and when he comes up against someone he cant walk through that has decent fundementals he will get fu*ked...
There is no honour in blocking punches with your face.. I wouldnt dare call him a bum as he is/was a champion and that i have to respect...
His boxing abilities are limited... He is a fu*king coward calling out a fighter 2 weights below him,,,,
wrong. It was gamboa who repeatedly called out rios.
please post a link,article or anything showing his father did drugs
He went to prison for cocaine trafficking.
For me, selling drugs is worse than taking drugs.
Selling drugs = Destroying many families
I hope people here learn something .... don’t encourage drug users/sellers by denying they did wrong.
It’s the sellers like Sr. that is responsible for the drug related crimes all over the US. Drug money raised by middlemen like sr goes to drug lords and it is use to finance illegal activities and other crimes.
i replied to a post that said floyd will do drugs cause his father did.yet there is 0 proof of his father doing drugs......and selling drugs=money.blame the people buying them
They are selling to kids using bullying tactics... ok, blame the kids. got that clear.
he SOLD drugs not USED drugs.meaning he was making money
Again, you don't know that for sure. His facial features tells me otherwise though.
Drug selling is worse than taking them. At least, be responsible enough to admit that.
Most people who sell never use...
~Don't get high on your own supply~
Pacquiao will be dead in 10 years from liver failure....WONDER WHY?
You don't know that...
Khan always had balls. No other star would travel to the opponents backyard. Khan got ball, anyone who says different is just hating.
On that aspect, yes khan got balls. But fighting the way he did against peterson is no balls in my book.
I am sorry Bush but that is how I see it.
duh.. i know peterson asked for the testing but it was khan who pushed for the rematch. without the rematch there is no testing and peterson would have cheated his way to victory against other fighters.. maybe even a fighter you like. so all praise due to khan for starting off the chain of events (pushing for a rematch) which led to peterson being caught.
WRONG. The test conducted on these fighters that turned positive for peterson was on the first fight.
Now that it has been established that Lamont Peterson used synthetic testosterone before the first fight, and given the controversy that surrounded the decision, have you gained new found respect for Khan's performance?
He fought backpedalling and pushing most of the time. That kind of performance gains no respect.
I was thinking along these lines. I have no idea what's really going on over in the Philippines. All these allegations might very well be true. But Pacquiao is a politically active man. He almost certainly has powerful enemies. People shouldn't immediately buy into everything they read....
His political opponent in his own district is a billionaire and comes from a powerful political clan.
They most certainly want their district's congressional seat back in their hands.
if this really did happen it could explain Manny's inability to beat Marquez convincingly cos surely his mind woulda been all over the place.. thats something which could throw anyones focus off, getting served like that the night before the fight.. its like his wife was trying to make him lose the fight or something.. maybe she wants him to quit that bad that she tried to throw him off his game with this move.. dangerous wife for any boxer..
You cheat on a Pinay wife, expect anything dreadful to happen including midnight castration.
I'm aware, but Cotto throwing right hands into it for half an hour is likely to have done some lasting damage. Imo Margarito is crazy if he gets in the ring again but he probably will.
Wasn't it Paulie's jaw?
I could have sworn it was Cotto's left that was landing on Margs right eye that did the damage.
Did I miss something here?
The funny thing is it's actually a bit of an interesting fight, just to see how pac does against Ortiz in comparison with floyd and because I bet it would be entertaining.
But the amount of criticism pac would get for "fighting floyd's leftovers" would be immense to say the least, so it's not a good move on pac's part.
^^^^^^ nice
By Dan Ambrose: The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz last month was supposed to have brought in huge numbers on pay per view, according to their promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions.
Schaefer predicted the fight would bring in between 1.4 million to 1.7 million PPV buys. However, Steve Kim is reporting that the Mayweather-Ortiz fight brought in only 850,000 PPV buys, which is rather sad given the popularity of Mayweather and all the hype and marketing that went into the Mayweather-Ortiz fight. HBO put together one of their 24/7 series for this fight, and it was advertised constantly on cable. If 850,000 is the best it brought in with all that marketing than it is truly sad.
Kim said this on his twitter: “I’ve heard as low as 850,000. Still no PPV figures released for the Mayweather-Ortiz yet, which is very telling.”
This isn’t good, is it? If all Mayweather vs. Ortiz brought in was a paltry 850,000 for this fight, it’s going to put Mayweather in a bad bargaining position with Manny Pacquiao, if he ever decides to fight him. With the exception of his fight against Joshua Clottey last year, which brought in only 700,000 PPV buys, Pacquiao has been selling over 1 million PPV buys for each of his fights since then.
It will be hard for Mayweather to ask for equal footing in the bargaining table if he’s bringing in low figures like that against a fighter as well known as Ortiz is with the casual boxing fans. It could be the economy in addition to the high price of the Mayweather-Ortiz card scared away a lot of boxing fans from buying the fight. Or it could be they just saw it as a hopeless mismatch and figured Ortiz didn’t have a chance and why pay to see a mismatch?
850,000 ppv is not bad considering the economic condition prevailing in the western world.
Lmao I heard it was Khan that got KTFO & they refused to let Khan spar with Brook again. Same result will happen when Khan faces Brook at 147 but it looks like the chicken would rather fight Matthew Hatton, haha!
Khan fought almost everybody at LWW including Maidana except for the one that choose not to fight him. He called out the fighter in your avatar who is considered one of the best boxer right now, and yet you call him chicken?
Who best suits that adjective??? hmmmmmmmm.......
Trust me 700,000 were for Canelo, No body wants to watch a cheating HGH user. He's not worth his asking price I hope Oscar took notice and pays him what he's worth 2 to 5 million. Poor Oscar he must have took a lost in this fight after paying this monkey 30 million and ortiz 5 million
It may not be a windfall profit for GBP but they definitely would make a modest profit from 850k ppv.
ODLH will be more prudent next time floyd ask for heaven.
I dont care what these WW say....they were at low points coming off losses to face pacquiao.
why didnt he face mosley after marg fight?
why didnt he face marg after cotto fight? ( instead he fought the loser of that fight cotto who got beat up with cement as we now know)
clottey is complete garbage so i wont even validate that fight
why didnt he face hatton before he was beaten?
why didnt he give marquez a rematch after he LOST to him( quite possibly lost twice but definitely once) and got a gift decision until he is 39 years old and obviously not the same fighter?
why didnt he face cotto before the marg fight?
Floyd vs Hatton happened on Dec 8, 2001 while the Mosley fought Margarito on Nov 10, 2007. That was when Pac was still fighting at super Featherweight (130). At that point, it was still unthinkable for him to fight the JWW (140) and WW (147) giants.
Can you imagine a full fledged WW challenging a fighter 3 weight classes below, and vice versa?
Meaning, it would have been unthinkable for Pac to fight Hatton, Margarito, Cotto, and Mosley during the time before they got their losses.
The ODLH fight happened in 2008 but it was due to Oscar calling out a midget Pac. Roach convinced Pac he can beat ODLH.
This entire argument is pointless because Mayweather has taken OST twice and Pac hasnt. No matter what the reasons are he still hasnt agreed. Saying it verbally and actually signing to do so are two different things.
Is Pac on PEDs? NOBODY KNOWS, but he wont allow himself to be subjected to the same tests that Mayweather, Mosley and Ortiz have. Its obvious that through this entire back and forth between camps, it is Team Mayweather who have remained consistent on their stance and its been Top Rank & Team Pac who have constantly flip flopped, lied, twisted stories and have made excuses. For what reason? Why has Pac fought Margarito, Mosley and now JMM? Floyd has been advocating for this fight while Manny has brushed it off as unimportant. Its clear as day who has been the reason for this fight not happening, not matter who you are a fan of.
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NO he hasn't. OST is year round.
1 huge difference ...Floyd didnt have 1001 reasons not to take OST'S............thats the only thing that made Manny suspect his teams own actions
In any blood test, what can they find a day before the fight that they can't find 15 minutes right after the bout? ... pls, educate me.
This is the reason why I think OST is a mere justification for not fighting.
Why is Manny talking nonstop about Floyd in his interviews lately? i thought his next opponent will be Marquez. I bet Manny sees Floyd in his dreams every night too..
Floyd is already in his head, and there isnt even a fight in the near future between the two, just imagine how fukked up mentally the Pacman will be during the promo for the superfight.. And once he is in the same cage with the Lion, he will be searching for a way out just like Ortiz :D
He was being asked by the interviewer about floyd. While floyd keep on talking about Pac even without being asked. See the difference?