Bob Arum's ever changing opinion of Floyd Mayweather.

[Jiddu Dali]

First off, I am FAR from a Mayweather nuthugger. I respect the guy inside the ring but his outside the ring personality is a different matter. Im not here to say if he ducks people or who will win in a Pac/Mayweather matchup up. I just want to refresh you guys if you forgot.

Bob Arum NEVER had a problem with Mayweather until he left Top Rank.

Bob Arum before Mayweather left:
"Floyd Mayweather maybe the best fighter in the last 30 years"

Bob Arum today:
"Floyd fights scared"
"Floyd is afraid to fight Pacquiao"

Moral of the post is that guys form your own opinions and dont listen to all the bull**** hype that gets thrown out by promoters and people in the game.

I know some of the responses will be that floyd has changed and thats why Bob has begun to hate him.

But i guarantee you if Floyd still fought for Top Rank. Bob would be singing a very different tune.

Please give us Mayweather - Pacquiao so we can put all this hype to rest and see who truly is better the way it should be...in the ring.

this was from a Conference call transcript with Arum, Mayweather and the media (which included Kevin Iole and Dan rafeal) right before the Zab Judah fight......

ROBERT MORALES: Hey, Bob, what makes you say – we all know all the fighters you’ve been involved in, all the fighters you’ve seen, what makes you say that Floyd is the best fighter you’ve seen in 40 years other than the young Muhammad Ali?

BOB ARUM: Well, you know, there are a number of aspects that make a great fighter. One is speed. His speed is phenomenal. The way he throws punches, phenomenal. The way he is conditioned, phenomenal. I mean, he’s the entire whole package. And beside all of those skills, he is the – again, put Ali aside – and during those couple of years with Ali , I mean, maybe because my eyes were younger then, but put Ali aside, other than Ali, he’s the most intelligent fighter that I have ever seen. I mean, Floyd, this is no bull****; Floyd can see a punch coming before the other guy knows he’s going to throw it. Do you understand that? I mean, I have never seen such ring intelligence that Floyd demonstrates.

And so he’s the whole package, and you know, Ray Leonard was a great fighter, Marvin Hagler was a great fighter, Duran certainly was great, Oscar had a couple of years where he was very good, but there’s nobody that is a whole package like Floyd.

[MidnightSpecial]

this was from a Conference call transcript with Arum, Mayweather and the media (which included Kevin Iole and Dan rafeal) right before the Zab Judah fight......

ROBERT MORALES: Hey, Bob, what makes you say – we all know all the fighters you’ve been involved in, all the fighters you’ve seen, what makes you say that Floyd is the best fighter you’ve seen in 40 years other than the young Muhammad Ali?

BOB ARUM: Well, you know, there are a number of aspects that make a great fighter. One is speed. His speed is phenomenal. The way he throws punches, phenomenal. The way he is conditioned, phenomenal. I mean, he’s the entire whole package. And beside all of those skills, he is the – again, put Ali aside – and during those couple of years with Ali , I mean, maybe because my eyes were younger then, but put Ali aside, other than Ali, he’s the most intelligent fighter that I have ever seen. I mean, Floyd, this is no bull****; Floyd can see a punch coming before the other guy knows he’s going to throw it. Do you understand that? I mean, I have never seen such ring intelligence that Floyd demonstrates.

And so he’s the whole package, and you know, Ray Leonard was a great fighter, Marvin Hagler was a great fighter, Duran certainly was great, Oscar had a couple of years where he was very good, but there’s nobody that is a whole package like Floyd.

Thank you! that was the interview i was looking for when i made this thread! i forgot which fight it was before. but point proven. I think Arum really believed this ****... but now since hes not promoting he cant say this kind of stuff