Floyd was not FORCED to fight Shane. They mentioned fighting Shane back in NOVEMBER.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Shane Mosley Next For Mayweather if Pacquiao Crumbles

Posted by: Mark Vester on 11-20-2009.



By Mark Vester

Leonard Ellerbe, advisor to Floyd Mayweather Jr., told the Los Angeles Times that Shane Mosley would be their prime target if negotiations to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao fall apart. Mayweather is looking for the biggest financial opportunities out there, and the two biggest are Pacquiao and Mosley. Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions [acting on behalf of Mayweather] are going to do their best to make a deal for a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. Mosley has to win his January 30 welterweight unification with Andre Berto to keep the Mayweather possibility alive.

"If the fight can't be made [with Pacquiao], we'll fight Shane Mosley if he can get past Berto," Ellerbe said.

Negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao will be tough. Mayweather wants the bulk of the money, and so does Pacquiao. Ellerbe doesn't seem to care if Pacquiao's pay-per-view with Miguel Cotto lands a higher buyrate than Mayweather's bout with Juan Manuel Marquez. He stands with Mayweather's position of Marquez bringing very little to the table in terms of pay-per-view buys.

"It's no secret the camps don't see eye to eye, but this is bigger than boxing," Ellerbe said. "We understand the magnitude of this."

"The numbers don't lie, people do," Ellerbe said. "[Pacquiao] had good numbers, God bless him, but he had a dance partner [Cotto] this time."

So Please enough of that ****. Get facts straight. They already said they wanted Shane.

[Boxing Amateur]

it was just a tactic.

[Walt Liquor]

Burner,

How many times do I have to tell you, you are an idiot if you believe anything Floyd's camp has to say. You can keep all your fat Ellerbe quotes, there are about 1000 articles and quotes out there from them that completly refute any credibility they may have.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Burner,

How many times do I have to tell you, you are an idiot if you believe anything Floyd's camp has to say. You can keep all your fat Ellerbe quotes, there are about 1000 articles and quotes out there from them that completly refute any credibility they may have.

Read the article. I mean enough already this is why these boards suck ass sometimes. People just make up ****.

How was he FORCED to fight him. People acting like Floyd aint want the fight....lol.

[V.WEBB]

Burner,

How many times do I have to tell you, you are an idiot if you believe anything Floyd's camp has to say. You can keep all your fat Ellerbe quotes, there are about 1000 articles and quotes out there from them that completly refute any credibility they may have.

They are fighting Shane in May, that gives no credibility to the statement by Ellerbe Walt?

Come on bro.

[Thread Stealer]

How does one get "forced" into fighting someone for an eight figure payday? You can get pressured into it, with the threat of fans turning against you, making less money, if you're a champ you could lose your title if it's a mandatory, etc...But this isn't The Godfather, Floyd didn't have a gun pointed at his head with someone saying "your signature or your brains on the contract".

If Floyd fought some overmatched opponent like Malignaggi or Campbell, people would be pissed, and he'd make less money than usual. If he fought Pacquiao after that, how many boxing fans, whom have the memory of Guy Pearce in Memento, would boycott?

[soyotoyapex]

He's only willing to fight smaller opponents. He's clearly forced to fight shane

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

How does one get "forced" into fighting someone for an eight figure payday? You can get pressured into it, with the threat of fans turning against you, making less money, if you're a champ you could lose your title if it's a mandatory, etc...But this isn't The Godfather, Floyd didn't have a gun pointed at his head with someone saying "your signature or your brains on the contract".

If Floyd fought some overmatched opponent like Malignaggi or Campbell, people would be pissed, and he'd make less money than usual. If he fought Pacquiao after that, how many boxing fans, whom have the memory of Guy Pearce in Memento, would boycott?

Good post.....


Guy Pearce sealed the deal. I just watched that last night. His memory is **** in that movie...lol.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

He's only willing to fight smaller opponents. He's clearly forced to fight shane

Yet this article states that if the Pac talks crumbled they would fight Shane.

And this is from November.

[V.WEBB]

Yet this article states that if the Pac talks crumbled they would fight Shane.

And this is from November.

It really doesn't matter what proof or truth you provide concerning Floyd man, they will find some way NOT to believe it. But when its Manny, they believe ANYTHING.

Whatever, I'm just happy to finally see this fight.