Comments Thread For: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Has To Happen, Says Arum

[tudedude]

just negotiate a reasonable cutoff date with Pac and it'll be good to go. Rejecting a counter offer like that would be weak sauce cowardice, just like the initial demand for Olypic drug testing was.

[check hook]

He's right about one thing......keep the negotiations private until both men sign on the dotted line.

But in all seriousness i would not advise Mayweather to fight without OST.........personally i wouldn't even offer a cut-off.....

If Bob is serious he will tell Manny to bite the bullet and stop bitching.

[MissDeeCole]

There was just as much talk about Tyson-Holyfield

[Tweezy316]

Manny will agree to the everything and they'll just keep it quiet that way they don't piss off the *******s. All we will know is that they agree to terms and the fight is going to happen.

[cottofan2]

In any big business deal there is compromise on both sides. Manny will not get 50/50 and a 24-day cut-off. Floyd will not get 60/40 and USADA up until the day of the fight. Both sides have to work this out in private. For all we know, Floyd will agree to 55/45 and a 15-day cut-off. None of us know, and I hope the negotiations remain among the parties and not on the internet until they are finalized. I am optimistic that this fight will happen because Floyd's confidence must be at an all-time high after the Mosley fight. I am no expert but from what I understand from other people I've spoken to, steroids cannot be consumed and then flushed out of the system completely within a 15-day period. I think the build-up and hype surrounding this fight will be the best thing this sport could ask for. Every fighter and boxing fan should want this fight to happen.

[Laborer]

yeah, we know that arum! it has to happen, but what are you doing about manny's irrational fear of needles. are you going to send him to china and put him in an acupuncture spa for a day and see if Pac's fobia with needles will come down to a reasonable level? I'd love to see boxingscene fans photoshop Pac w/ 100's of needles stuck in every mm of his face, like a boxing hellraiser!

[jltsmae]

he said that the other time also. Tell us something new Bob, tell us Manny is taking that TEST

So Floyd can't beat Pac without the test? Comm'n, tell Floyd to drop the BS test and fight. Stop hiding in the skirt of USADA. Trust the NSAC man.

[jltsmae]

How about USADA random blood testing until every round of the fight night BUT the fight will be held in Basilan (Mindanao), Philippines. Let see if Floyd really have the balls to go there.

[JK1700]

It's good to see that Arum is finally telling it like it is and trying to make the fight instead of always blaming Floyd. Maybe there has been a realisation that Mayweather is the best fight for Pacquiao at this moment and they just need to make it happen for the fans.

Let's hope Pacquiao will agree to the terms

[mrgreenfingers]

are these not the same quotes from another article?