Comments Thread For: Pacquiao-Malignaggi Looms; Schaefer Balks at Final Offer

[switchsouthpaw]

History will ALWAYS link Manny with ducking the FLoyd fight and ducking RANDOM blood test...the latter is WORST. You can believe that. This is why he chose to duck the RANDOM blood test...

History will also show that Mayweather started at the welterweight division in 2005 and in a span of five years did not face Cotto,Margarito,Shane, PWill,Clottey and any other top rated welterweights, opting instead to participate in "event" fights that while padding his bank account did very little for his legacy.

Lance Armstrong is presumed to have taken PEDs as well but having never tested positive once, his legacy remains intact, the same will be said for Pac unless of course the rumors turn out to be true.

What's indefensible to me and many others is that while Pac/Malignaggi is being balked at by boxing fans, I guarantee that if Mayweather faces Matthew Hatton as was his original intent, his fans will be fine with that and find a reason to excuse yet another mismatch.

[bxr09]

You know what's crazy!?

It's GBP (DLH and Schaefer). Mayweather is not one of their fighters. And THEY will make money on this fight becuase they have partial rights to Manny. What is their motive hear? What is their intentions? Can someone please explain that to me? Yes they will assist in promoting the fight but their not the number one promoter. Give me answers....Anyone?

[lcheezy]

i guarantee the paulie win a decision and they'll have a rematch.they can fight 3 times and it still won't add up to a fight against the real p4p king money mayweather.

[lcheezy]

because bob knows that manny can't beat mayweather top rank went from a possible ppv 3million buys to a march 13 date on hbo.great job bob and manny wackiao or is manny quackiao for ducking.

[bxr09]

You guys don't understand the thinking of choosing Paulie. He accused Manny of taking PEDS BUT he is WILLING to fight him under Nevada Rules. But with Floyd, he won't. So in the eyes of most sane boxing fans, this is a great move becuase this shows that PBF is a coward and does not want to fight him in the first place. This also shows that other boxers are looking at Floyd as an idiot and letting this opportunity go to waste. Paulie is jumping in to take that opportunity.

[WESS]

If Pacquiao would mention someone a little more dangerous that would give Mayweather less leverage in the negotiations. The standards of giving fans what they want have totally gone out that window. I don't know how hardcore supporters of Pacquiao can defend his actions as of late.

They cant, so they continue to use Mayweather's name even after team Pac has looked past it.

It's like team Pac never wanted the fight in the first place. Not the other way around. Everyone knows team Mayweather is ALL about the cash money.

Fighting for the fans idea has clearly gone out the window. How does one defend Pac if he ducks Mayweather for Malignaggi? Because this is what it will come down too? ALL because Pac couldn't agree to RANDOM (RANDOM: Haters look it up) drug testing......

[switchsouthpaw]

Imagine if Mayweather had asked Sharmbe Mitchell or Henry Bruseles to take a blood test, everyone on this forum would be in the fetal position laughing, that's how silly all of this is.

When Sugar Ray Leonard originally retired and decided to make his first comeback, after being away a few years from the sport, he opted to face Marvin Hagler and everyone seemed to think Leonard had a death wish and little to no chance in lasting past 6 rounds.

Mayweather coming out of semi-retirement rather than facing a legitimate "welterweight" threat his first fight back, opts instead to take on a man two weight divisions below him and in addition to that comes in over the agreed upon weight, giving him yet another advantage on fight night. Mayweather appears rather content to seek advantages rather than real challenges.

[lcheezy]

bxr09 how is going from a possible 3 million ppv buys to a march 13 date on hbo a great move?

[Queen_Leia]

no he shouldnt...he should fight the winner of berto-mosley

Not going to happen....Berto has the same manager (Alvin Haymon), that will kill that fight right there and Mosley is going to lose to Berto thus disqualifying him.

[Shadow boxer 3]

who's gonna pay 60 bucks for pac/malignaggi