Comments Thread For: Roach: Pacquiao vs. Mayweather Fight Will Happen

[jtiger78]

I don't think FLoyd ducked in particular fighter as much as he might've ducked their promoter Bob ARum, can anybody name me a fighter outside of top rank who floyd shoudlve fought and didn't. Manny, Margarito and COtto all have one thing in common, Bob Arum. I think Floyd doesnt want to do any kind of business with him. Anybody who says that floyd has a history of ducking opponents like you quoted must've just watched boxing in like 2005 or 2006. The last time i checked FLoyd fought and beat more current and lineal champions that Pacquiao did. What kills me is that Floyd is held to a level of perfection and excellence that fighters like Manny are allowed to be average for. When was the last time Manny fought the top 135lber, cause last i checked David Diaz lost his prior fight before he fought manny, and at the time Juan Diaz was undefeated and called Manny out, did you see Manny running to fight him, or Nate Campbell at the time. How about when he moved up to 140lbs, i didnt see Timothy Bradley, Kendall Holt or Ricardo Torres on his list. At ww, lets see he fought de la hoya he fought at WW for the 1st time in over 10years and came into the fight on fight night at 146lbs, he fought Cotto at 145lbs,(and how that fight was allowed to be a title fight is beyond me). I give him credit for beating and knocking guys around that's bigger than him, but thats as far as my credit goes. He hasn't fought anybody ranked number1 in their respective weight class, so why is it on that Mayweather is receiving criticism for his choice of opponents when Pacquiao has been doing the same thing.

Its funny people use common opponents as a denominator to see who would win if the two ever met up. I hear people say well Pacquiao knocked out Hatton in 2rds and made de la hoya quit in 9. But those same people dont' dare look at Mayweathers fight with Marquez as the same denominator to back up Mayweather's claim that a fight between the 2 of them would be close. Why is that?

because there arent many real boxing fans who understand boxing

[ricky1978]

I hope the fight happens, it is the fight that should happen......

[sicko]

the fight is going to happen they are just waiting for the World Cup to end

official announcement and press conference coming sometime next month I think

[trainhard_187]

just a set up so pac can duck the fight again just like he's been doing from the beginning.i guarantee that if mayweather says 60-40 split in favor of mayweather pac will be happy and say no which will be pacs way of getting out of the fight as usual

I dont get what articles you are reading..

Pac has agreed to testing
Pac has said 50-50 and well fight

Floyd has made the new demand of 60-40

Hmm lets see
1. Floyds demands OST testing
2. Now Floyd demands 60-40 in his favor..

How obvious does that look.. Floyd is making the fight impossible from happening..

[jbpanama]

you guys are in for the biggest letdown of your life. The fight will happen, but mayweather will dominate manny like he does everybody. He will make manny look less than himself in the ring, then the manny fans will complain he didn't look right for one reason or another. I'm bookmarking this to throw it back in your faces later. Lol

wishful thinking!!!

[trainhard_187]

the fight is going to happen they are just waiting for the World Cup to end

official announcement and press conference coming sometime next month I think

Maybe they should announce it during the world cup. That would get the worlds attention.

[Mr. Chago]

Amazing. Now we shall see. If this is true, whoever backs out now is probably ducking the fight. I hope this gets made.

Now I can feel myself salivating for this presentation of boxing's maestros.

If he can't speak for Manny then STFU...Agree to every demand??!, lets wait and see to believe it.

[NesNY]

Every time one side talks they "leave the ball" in the other's court.

This fight won't happen. If Floyd drops random OST or gives a cutoff, he'll seem like a hypocrite.

If he doesn't accept 50/50, that's just ******. Both men make only a fraction of their cut for this fight with anyone else.
They don't need each other financially, this fight is for history books.

I still say it won't happen.

[mercadojglb]

Even if Manny agrees to 60-40 in favor of Money May and agrees to the testing, Mayweather will find a way to **** up the fight by asking for ridiculous shyt like a huge ass ring and trainers get tested too. The way I see it is for Manny to give in to all of Floyd's demands and hope that Manny wins the fight. If there is a rematch, Manny should ask for at least 60-40 in his favor. This way the fight doesn't get made and Floyd will leave the sport all butt hurt from not getting a chance to avenge his only loss.

[RR_1988]

Make the fight happen. I dont know why everyone cares that Floyd gets 60-40. They are not making anything off of it. Why do you care how much Floyd makes because your not getting any of it. In all reality though if its 50-50 Floyd would make more with that split then a 70-30 split with anyone else. Floyd and Mosley split 30 million where Floyd made 22.5 making it a 75-25 split. A 50-50 split with Pacquiao will still guarantee at least 40-50 million EACH!