I'll wait until the contracts are signed before getting excited.
Right now it's just trash talk and we don't know if the two teams will be able to come to terms on a deal.
i agree, but come on this fight would be massive!! i am v excited by the prospect, but i am a british boxing fan!. i also shed out $$ to watch mayweather vs de la hoya at MGM, was in worth it?, yes but as hatton said, i saw more action in 4 rounds than i did in 12 rounds pb vs hoya.
The big question would be at what weight?? if this fight was to happen?
pbf vs ssm dream fight of the decade...
but it will never be made, i am not sure floyd will fight again. if it is, he will take the biggest purse with these least risk (hatton)
pacquiao gets full credit for beating weight drained ODH who was also 10 years over the hill, but floyd aint gonna get any credit for beating shane mosley, who just destroyed margarito.
i can understand where floyd is coming from and he has made this point himself at the post fight conference after the jmm fight... he cant win!! whoever he fights apart from manny, he will get critisied....
thats a new take on the situation.....good post
agreed! very different take.. and the more i think about it, look how quickly they have put the clottey fight together...
people do sometimes forget the bussines side of boxing, if arum has made promices that he couldnt keep, it makes sence that he had to move on to another opponent... manny a puppett on strings springs to mind?
this might explain why manny was so suspicious on this interview, but who knows!!
if manny beats clottey
pac/may will happen late this year.
Idk why people wanted this on 3/13 that would of been only 3 months to promote the fight
a fight like floyd/manny needs 5-6 months of promoting. Its bigger then the superbowl or the nba finals.
fair point!!!
When i first heard this, i was hella suspicious of Manny. But the more i thought about it, i think it was his broken english that made it sound worse than what he was trying to say... I think Manny was trying to say, that he's weakened by the tests for a few days, and he wouldn't be able to participate in his "heavy training" on those days... thinking he would miss training before the fight...
its either a lame excuse, or manny feels he needs every minute of training possible to beat floyd...
i think you will find its a lame excuse, although i want to beleive manny its hard to after listening to that...?
You girls are hilarious on this site!! First everyone was begging for this fight and now that's it's close to getting made the excuses are flying...And you girls call yourselves boxing fans. :nonono::nonono:
this is exactly my point!! there are some serious jokers on this site...
try put chris john in a court of law and see how well he defends himself in english. sometimes i think people wish he was on something. pac is innocent, and agreed to more tests thats ever been done.
i hope you are right but he has done himself no favours with this interview, his management team should have thought about this... roach should have been there to back him up!
and i cant help thinking that this was a smart move by mayweather, if it was, he has got the exact result he wanted, some people on this site and a lot of other boxing fans will beleive that manny is on riods!! and untll he proves otherwise it will tarnnish his legacy
hey listen i am no mayweather fan but you have to admit he makes good calculated moves when it comes to choosing his career path and gaining leverage at the negotiations table. I have VALID points to just dissmiss them and call FMJ a chicken makes no sense and shows your ignorance to business aspects of the sport. lets face whether we like it or not it is called PRIZE FIGHTING for a reason....THERE IS A PURSE INVOLVED....The fact that PAC is causing Mayweather to choose a solid opponent is to our beneficary and we should not look upon it as a duck but the fact we are going to get two very good fights before the MEGA FIGHT in 2010....Lefty
you have made some very valid points mr lefty
For me
Beat
Shane Mosley
Manny paquiao
Any other reputable WW ( cintron, cotto, etc)
Then retire
a win over the mosley and pacman should just about do the trick.... but he could also close out his career with fights with margarito and williams, although i do think williams is to big for floyd..
this is from margarot goodman herself, if you cats dont know then you really dont watch boxing. She has served as ringside physician in many fights and worked for the nevada commission, so pac fans, after you read this, dont give us any more pac excuses, or crap about how the current nevada drug testing procedure is fine.
http://www.braggingrightscorner.com/drgpeds010410.html
boring!!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
You will all find out later than you've been angered, frustrated, but were actually just being sucked into Arum/De La Hoya evil marketing genius pre superfight hype.
finally someone on this forum that is talking sense! anyone that knows boxing knows that this is HYPE, i dont doubt there has been problems with the drug testing but when you are putting together a superfght like this there is always going to be disagreements! they are just hyping this look at this forum for fu*k sake evey post is about pac vs pbf!!! the world is talking about it thats this idea.
ths fight will happen and will break records for revenue and PPV!!
Maybe because manny does not the people on the other side to do right by him.
When caffeine is considered PED and the opponent is choosing the testing agency then Manny may be making the right moves.
THIS FIGHT IS NOT OFF!! MONEY MONEY AND MORE MONEY WILL MEAN THIS FIGHT WILL HAPPEN! When are people on this forum gonna realize this?????!!
It's stupid how many people come to conclusions based on uncomfirmed, and unofficial reports.
fear not this fight will HAPPEN! and there is one word to summerise why it will! MONEY.
Anyone on this forum that thinks this fight is off, knows sh8t about boxing!! there is toooo much ££££ at stake for this fight not to happen!!
Although it might not happen on March 13th it will happen at some stage?? When is the big question.
Its all about the money baby!!!!:boxing:
those of you that are saying this fight will not happen because floyd is a is this that and the other you are haters! course this fight is gonna happen floyd aint ducking pacman he is gonna make a hole heep of $$$$$ and that is enough for him to take the fight!! its a great match up so stop hating and support the fight 50/50 split with a win bonus gets the deal done!! mayweather deserves the larger split and could end up getting 55/45, pacman will take the lower offer and do the fight for the people!!! 1st may suits me fine, booked up for vegas holiday on the 26th April!!
Hmm is it just me or is this rather particular timing considering Floyd's opponent is still unnamed and he pushed his fight back to April...
Please don't le me be right
interesting point??!!! this would not suprise me at all!! very interesting!?
The Fight's On! Floyd Mayweather Has Signed to Face Shane Mosley
2/03/2010 3:26 PM ET By Lem Satterfield
Floyd Mayweather has signed his bout agreement to fight Shane Mosley, who already had inked his name on the dotted line on Friday, Mosley's attorney, Judd Burstein, told FanHouse.
Burstein said that he learned of the development concerning Mayweather (pictured right) from Mosley's promoter, Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Shaefer, which should set in motion the promotional and marketing of their bout to take place on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"Richard Schaefer just called me and told me that Al Haymon called him, and it's being faxed," said Burstein, with whom Mosley signed his part of the deal on Friday in Las Vegas.
"I'm ecstatic. Shane and I have been together for seven years, and I love him as a client, and he's going to show the world how great that he is," said Burstein. "A lot of credit goes to Richard Schaefer. We work together beautifully. And Al Haymon has proven that my assessment of him as a real, straight shooter and a good guy are correct. He came through."
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/02/03/the-fights-on-floyd-mayweather-has-signed-to-face-shane-mosley/
Happy days!!!!! i booked a Las Vegas trip about three months ago... and the dates could not have been better, 26th April to 3th May.... Guess where i will be on May 1st!!!!
Pacman for sure can't fight on May 1, 2010 because it's the election week in the Philippines. Meaning, his schedule will be so occupied campaigning leading to the 1st week of May. Imo, the ideal date for the Pac vs PBF fight is on September/Fall months.
i dont think that wll get in the way of making this fight