Arum: No Pacquiao-Mayweather in 2010

[Piper the Great]

Again, it doesn't matter who PBF got people to watch his PPV. It is a numbers game. Floyd numbers **** on Pacmans number. Floyd should get the bigger slice regardless

what you floyd fans dont realize is no other fighter or no other fighters fans give a **** about the numbers if the best is fighting the best. floyd and his cult is the only ones running round throwing ppv buys out there. think about it most ppv best sellers are american b/c i think (correct me if im wrong) we are the only country that has to play for fights. only a top foriegn fighter will sell here. how many times has fighter from another country came out and we was like who the **** is that? thats why to foreign fighters wont have the same numbers as in the american fighters. for example alot of bars didn't show pac/jmm but damn near everybody showed pbf/jmm. thats why that number **** dont mean **** to me. i want the best fighting the best. i wish they never started releasing the ppv numbers to the public.

[Shadow boxer 3]

pac has to get past cotto first people

[el malo]

pac has to get past cotto first people

yeah thats true.

[Pullcounter]

And people blame Floyd for fights not happeneing

it is flloyd's fault... he won't be realistic and do 50/50.

[VipersThunder]

I don't want to see Mayweather fight Pac anyway.

Every time Mayweather fights he stinks the place out - I don't know why people actually look forward to him fighting anymore.

This plus Mayweather's a ***. He should have stayed retired if he don't want to fight anybody good.

[el malo]

This plus Mayweather's a ***. He should have stayed retired if he don't want to fight anybody good.

i want to see floyd finally fight a top ww and not get away with avoiding one yet again. its been what 4 or 5 years since he got to ww. pathetic.

[andalusian81]

Damn why dont they both swallow their pride and accept the 50/50 share? Thats the best option right now.

[El_Cholo]

Damn why dont they both swallow their pride and accept the 50/50 share? Thats the best option right now.

thats what happened in the Hatton fight.

[inferno]

It should be a 60-40 split for Mayweather. He put up bigger numbers with common opponents so to say that Pacquiao should get 50 automatically is wrong in my opinion. Mayweather-Marquez put up more than both Pacquiao-Marquez fights put together.

[Steve Harvey]

MANILA, Philippines
– Bad news, boxing fans: Don’t expect the biggest fight in the sport to happen any time soon.

This came after Bob Arum, promoter of Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao, publicly expressed doubt on the possibility of his prized ward facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a bout pitting two of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters.

The ageless promoter said he’s having doubts that Pacquiao will take on Mayweather next if gets past Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 (Nov. 15 in Manila), citing problems that may possibly arise during negotiations.

“I don’t think (Pacquiao-Mayweather) will happen within the next year because of all of Mayweather’s posturing, the trash talk. That impedes any realistic negotiations. It would just be too difficult,” Arum told Michael Rosenthal of The Ring.

Even Pacquiao’s chief trainer Freddie Roach is on the same page as Arum.

“It seems like there’s a lot of things working against this fight ever happening,” Roach earlier told The Los Angeles Times. “It makes sense. It’d be a great fight, but it seems there’s a lot of distractions around it. I don’t think it’s going to happen.”

It was earlier reported that the issue of the purse split may derail a Pacquiao-Mayweather duel, as neither fighter is willing to settle for an equal sharing of the pot.

Mayweather came out of retirement to school Juan Manuel Marquez — Pacquiao’s arch-nemesis — cruising to a lopsided victory last Sept. 19.

Asked if Pacquiao is doomed to suffer the same beating as Marquez had if the Filipino goes up against Mayweather, Arum sang a different tune.

“Styles make fights,” Arum said, citing an age-old boxing adage.

“Mayweather is a defensive specialist and Marquez is a counter puncher. Mayweather forced Marquez to be aggressive, which isn’t his game. Marquez needs his opponent to be aggressive. When Manny fought Marquez — and it’s not the same Manny now — Manny was the aggressor. Marquez was able to win a lot of rounds because he’s a good counter puncher,” he added.

Arum even provided additional examples to stress
his point.

“Just because A beats B and B beats C, it doesn’t mean A will necessarily beat C. Look at the heavyweights from years ago. George Foreman could fight Joe Frazier and Ken Norton a hundred times each and the result would be the same, a Foreman knockout. Muhammad Ali could fight Joe Frazier 100 times and every one would be a war. The same with Ken Norton; he just couldn’t figure out his style. Then you put Ali in with Foreman and he’s able to knock him out. Manny is a different type of fighter than Marquez,” he said.

And what about the same fight which he thinks won’t happen at all?

“I think Pacquiao and Mayweather would be a fascinating fight,” Arum quipped.

So who's doing all the trash talking now?