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Ron Frazier on fighthype being interviewed by Percy Crawford
PC: We don't know much on the Mayweather/Pacquiao negotiations, but there is some talk of Mayweather fighting Martinez at 154 or possibly 160. What are your thoughts on that?
RF: I think that is an interesting fight. Martinez is the bigger guy. I think that's a guy Floyd can beat at that weight, especially 154. Even if he did fight him at 160, Floyd would probably come in at 155 or so. It's a heck of a challenge and we'll just see how it all plays out.
I hope the Pacquiao fight gets done, but money and ego is playing into this thing and you're always going to have problems when that's the case. Floyd wants it his way and Manny wants it his way. Not to mention, you have the Bob Arum factor and that is a guy that doesn't care for Floyd and Floyd can't stand him. They hate each other, so Floyd's not running to put money in his pockets. I mean, Floyd bought himself out of a contract to not be promoted by Arum. I know Floyd likes to purchase things for himself, but he doesn't like to buy himself out of things, so that shows you how badly he wanted out. I remember being at the post-fight press conference for the first Castillo fight and Bob Arum was upset that Castillo didn't get the decision. He was talking about investigating and you would have thought someone stole something from him. I remember looking at my friend saying, "Doesn't Bob Arum promote both guys?" You would have never known that by the way he reacted. I want to see this thing happen, but don't force things on me. Like I could never see Clottey fight again and be okay with that. He is not a pay-per-view guy. Give me some young guys that are hungry. That's one of the problems with boxing. They may have 2 undefeated fighters, but as soon as you put him in there with somebody that can fight, 9 times out of 10, they got exposed.
PC: We don't know much on the Mayweather/Pacquiao negotiations, but there is some talk of Mayweather fighting Martinez at 154 or possibly 160. What are your thoughts on that?
RF: I think that is an interesting fight. Martinez is the bigger guy. I think that's a guy Floyd can beat at that weight, especially 154. Even if he did fight him at 160, Floyd would probably come in at 155 or so. It's a heck of a challenge and we'll just see how it all plays out.
I hope the Pacquiao fight gets done, but money and ego is playing into this thing and you're always going to have problems when that's the case. Floyd wants it his way and Manny wants it his way. Not to mention, you have the Bob Arum factor and that is a guy that doesn't care for Floyd and Floyd can't stand him. They hate each other, so Floyd's not running to put money in his pockets. I mean, Floyd bought himself out of a contract to not be promoted by Arum. I know Floyd likes to purchase things for himself, but he doesn't like to buy himself out of things, so that shows you how badly he wanted out. I remember being at the post-fight press conference for the first Castillo fight and Bob Arum was upset that Castillo didn't get the decision. He was talking about investigating and you would have thought someone stole something from him. I remember looking at my friend saying, "Doesn't Bob Arum promote both guys?" You would have never known that by the way he reacted. I want to see this thing happen, but don't force things on me. Like I could never see Clottey fight again and be okay with that. He is not a pay-per-view guy. Give me some young guys that are hungry. That's one of the problems with boxing. They may have 2 undefeated fighters, but as soon as you put him in there with somebody that can fight, 9 times out of 10, they got exposed.
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