Comments Thread For: Mayweather vs Pacquiao Close To a Done Deal?

[The Great Shark]

Bigger in May because of the holiday but this fight is going to be big regardless.

[GameBullDawg]

I seen this at Yahoo so it seems pretty legit. Mayweather would be so ****** to walk away from this payday. Especially for a fight that plays so well into his hands. Hate to say it but Mayweather will make Manny look pretty bad on fight night.

Isn't this wonderful ! Its going to come down to gameness and who can take the punch. Pacmangs gonna get in his Punches , What makes you think fragilefaceweather will take the shots of Pacmang ????

LOL, don't hate to say it mang, just say it !!!!!

[Calza appy]

I was thinking that maybe it would be on the same HBO card.



Now that would be killer.

Two big fights on the same card?!! Pah, it will never work

[GameBullDawg]

I sure do hope so.....
Pacquiao wont possibly be ready for Mayweather by March...
Unless they start training december 15th.

Wow, that would be 12 weeks mang to the fight, I read where Roger the doger mayweather said his nephew had already started training , LOL, whats up with that ???? LOL Surely he ain't giving Pacmang respect is he ???? LOL

[jswa17]

gives Pacman only a month to recuperate and back to training...

would it benefit him? or would it be too early for him to return after tough bout with cotto?

either way, i'd rather see this fight in March then wait til September. The biggest fight of the decade.

[Deeznuts]

Espn has also posted an article:

The proposed super fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is getting closer.

Mayweather agreed to terms for the welterweight title bout on Tuesday, multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations told ESPN.com.

The proposed date is March 13, although there is a chance it could move to May 1, sources said. Mayweather, according to a source close to him, is OK with either date.

Pacquiao and Mayweather have fought recent bouts at catch weights. However if they complete their deal, the bout would be contested at 147 pounds, the maximum for a welterweight fight, a source said.

Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), was flying to the Philippines on Tuesday night to meet with Pacquiao and try to close his side of the deal.

Arum spent much of Tuesday getting open issues resolved in his negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who represents Mayweather, sources said. Once Arum was able to do that, he left for the Philippines and is expected back on Monday.

If the HBO PPV fight happens on March 13, it would force the tentative HBO PPV fight between light heavyweights Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins to move to another date. Hopkins and Jones both fight Wednesday and must win for their fight to go through.

The site for Pacquiao-Mayweather remains up in the air. There is interest from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to bring the fight to his new stadium. There is also interest from venues in Las Vegas, including the MGM Grand (which has hosted several Pacquiao and Mayweather fights), and the Superdome in New Orleans in hosting a fight many believe will break the all-time record for pay-per-view buys, which is the 2.44 million units sold for Mayweather's 2007 split decision victory against Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight moved front and center with heavy public demand for it following Pacquiao's dominant 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto to win a welterweight title on Nov. 14. The victory gave Pacquiao a title in a record-breaking seventh weight division and 1.25 million pay-per-view units.

Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs), who has won titles in five divisions, came out of a brief retirement in September to dominate Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight that generated 1.05 million buys.

Just a few days after Pacquiao's win over Cotto, Arum and Schaefer began negotiations.

One wrench in the talks was the date. Arum, Schaefer and HBO wanted to slot the fight on May 1. However, Pacquiao announced his candidacy for a congressional seat in the Philippines on Tuesday. With the election scheduled for May 10, it rules out a May 1 fight unless Pacquiao runs unopposed. Pacquiao lost the election for a congressional seat in 2007.

If Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't finalized, Arum has talked about matching Pacquiao with junior middleweight titlist Yuri Foreman, which would give Pacquiao an opportunity to win a title in an eighth division. Foreman defeated Daniel Santos to win a 154-pound belt on the Pacquiao-Cotto undercard.

Schaefer has talked about bringing Mayweather to England to match him with Matthew Hatton in the event Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't made. Hatton is the brother of Ricky Hatton, the former junior welterweight and welterweight titlist whom Mayweather knocked out in 2007.

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.

[al22tec]

It doesnt matter if its march or may, whoever follows boxing will watch this fight. And its good if it happens in March. Who knows, a rematch may be upcoming, and we get to watch such rematch in september!

[Ekscape]

Ok now that ESPN is reporting it really is official... I hate to say this but Pacquiao will DEFINETLY not win fighting Mayweather this early... Floyd is gonna giving him a schooling of a lifetime, on March 13th make sure you having your pens and pads in hand cause Floyd's taking you muhf*kas to school...

[JOM'S]

F-ck MARCH!

I wanted it on July-Aug!! tsk tsk anyway its better that the fight will be made irregardless of when ..

[jetgeomcx]

I think you're imagining things. Mayweather never said that he was either in favor of or against a fight on March 13th. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, said that Mayweather was against it.

But a quick question, do you really think Floyd Mayweather is scared of Pacquiao, Mosley or Berto? LOL

Anyway, the sooner this fight happens the better; and the sooner Mayweather-Mosley/Berto winner happens the better too. I can't wait for all of these emphatic "Pacquiao is the greatest fighter of this generation and all-time" declarations to be made to look utterly ******.

you didn't read the article, did you.
my quick answer is yes! yes, floyd is afraid of mosley-berto.
uncle rouge(r) is afraid of pacman for his lil floyd.
coz manny took all power shots cotto can give.
can floyd sustain those kind of power shots from cotto??

manny disfigured cotto's face , knocked him down twice and tko cotto.
can floyd do the same to cotto??? NO SIREE
i can honestly say that floyd is now worried about what pacman can do to him come fyt nyt....
floyd's only chance of winning is to run all nyt and pot shot manny for the points.
the first two rounds will be critical for floyd....he will test manny's power!!
cotto realised early that he cannot just pressure manny and try to walk over him....
he paid for it dearly with kd on 3rd and 4th....watch out lil floyd!!
you will soon join pacman's party of canvass kissers! :boobies: