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.

Bumped for anyone who thinks Floyd was "forced".

[BUSINESSMAN]

word on the e-streets is that floyd is a **** though.

[RisAri0]

word on the e-streets is that floyd is a **** though.

I wanna know the word on the streets about ur gif on ur sig homie

[Pullcounter]

word on the e-streets is that floyd is a **** though.

yep, also floyd was forced to fight mosley

[The Comedian]

this was in 05

[The Comedian]

Proff that pbf wanting a fight would be him proclaiming that he wants the fight like he did with hatton.....not discrediting mosley's career and ppv numbers...jumping in the ring in front of millions , telling the world that he wants the fight....not ***** footing when it was time to sign the deal.... quit fooling yourselves about pbf..

If Floyd said what Mosley said in this video, yall would be all on it.

[SteveJarvey]

So they were certain that PAC-May won't be made and talked of fighing Mosley since Mosley was supposed to fight berto January. And at that time, they figured Mosley-May won't happen too soon so they have plenty of time to come up with the perfect excuse

[tesla_power]

Lolz. How about Ellerbe's statement about Floyd's painkiller? . Do you believe that too?

I believe he was not forced to fight Shane. It is only logical that he went after Shane after the pac fight fell off. They were talking about a big name opponent prior to the Haiti incident. I was thinking then that they are offering a step aside for Berto. Oh well. It is just speculation at this point.

[Pullcounter]

they were forced to fight shane. who were they gonna fight? malignaggi? campbell? matt hatton? c'mon man

[Kagami Taiga]

dude...i dnt get this **** at all. first floyd ducks pac and then he's forced to fight manny...that whole logic is screwed. he fought a potentially tougher opponent because he ducked a guy who would have made him more money?? do u guys hear how ass backwards that is?? why cant we just enjoy the fights without all this talk about him ducking someone. hes fighting, who gives a **** why, thats his buisness. all that should matter to boxing fans is that he's climbin in the ring wit a dude that could potentially beat him.

grow the hell up. ppl on this site swear they kno what these dudes do in real life. u aint a star...**** u aint even part of a star's entourage. shut up n watch the fighters fight and tlk about their performances.