Mayweather Jr up against the deadline by Dan Rafael

[qwerty07]

Mayweather wouldn't even break 500K with Clottey. People would be watching 2 guys throwing about 10 punches a round.

[qwerty07]

Pac vs Cotto II in November...Book it!

Another ***** who doesn't wanna see Pac/May.

I suspect many *****s are like that, which is why they put so much emphasis on the OBSTACLES that prevent the fight from happening, such as the drug testing, money split, etc. **** that shouldn't even matter to the fans.

[Ether]

Funny, Mayweather agreeing to a now old contract on now old terms?

[Deep Blue 1997]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=5376931


Bracing for the increasing likelihood that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not fight Manny Pacquiao in November, Pacquiao's adviser has met with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum in Las Vegas to look over alternative plans.

Mayweather has until the end of the week. He could wait until the last minute. If it's Friday and it's 11 p.m., and he says we have a deal, we have a deal.
” -- Bob Arum, Top Rank promoter

While awaiting Mayweather's decision -- Arum told ESPN.com that Friday is the deadline -- Michael Koncz and Arum on Monday discussed proposals for Pacquiao to fight former welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito or face Miguel Cotto in a rematch in the event Mayweather declines the Nov. 13 fight.

"We're ready to go on with the Mayweather fight," Arum said, "but we have to make contingency plans just in case and I don't really want to talk about that too much. But Mayweather has until the end of the week. He could wait until the last minute. If it's Friday and it's 11 p.m., and he says we have a deal, we have a deal."

Arum and Koncz said they were hopeful Mayweather would accept the deal, but that they had to be prepared in the event he doesn't. Arum has said for weeks that Mayweather's camp has a contract for the fight and that Pacquiao has accepted the terms, including provisions for drug testing (blood and urine) leading up to the bout.

When Pacquiao and Mayweather were negotiating during December and January for a fight in March, the talks fell apart when they could not come to an agreement on drug testing protocol.

Pacquiao then went on to easily outpoint Joshua Clottey to retain his welterweight title in March, while Mayweather dominated Shane Mosley in May.

"We're waiting on Floyd," Arum said. "He might not want to fight again this year. If he wants to say, 'See you next year,' there's always next year. But I don't think we can't wait much longer for him to make up his mind because if we do the fight we want to make it as big as we can make it, and that takes time. I think Floyd will give us the courtesy of a response one way or the other. What that response will be, I really don't know.

"That's the fight we want and that's the fight we're in for, but if we can't do that fight there are other opponents."

Koncz and Arum wouldn't go into specifics of the terms on the table for the fight with Mayweather but Koncz said "a 50-50 deal was proposed and there was no argument against it."

Koncz said Pacquiao wants to fight Mayweather, which would match the universally regarded top two fighters in boxing and one many believe would set pay-per-view and revenue records, but is prepared to move on.

"We don't know what Mayweather is going to do. Last week, I had dinner with Cotto in Puerto Rico to see where he stands and he's willing and able to do a rematch with Manny," Koncz said. "Bob and I have spoken about both fights, Cotto and Margarito. Manny asked me to get proposals from Bob on both fights, so that's what I am doing.

"We haven't heard back from Floyd yet and if we don't in the next few days, we will enter into a deal with one of the other fighters. Bob and I have spoken about both Cotto and Margarito. We will have a done deal and a signed contract for a fight by the end of this month, whoever it's against -- Mayweather, Cotto or Margarito."

Pacquiao's victory against Cotto netted him a title in a record seventh weight division. If he fights either Cotto or Margarito, Arum said Pacquiao will move up to the 154-pound junior middleweight division and fight for a belt in a record-extending eighth weight class. Pacquiao has already won titles at 112, 122, 126, 130, 135, 140 and 147 pounds.

If Pacquiao were to fight Cotto, Arum said he would challenge for Cotto's WBA belt. After the loss to Pacquiao, Cotto bounced back by moving up in weight and stopping Yuri Foreman on June 5 to win a junior middleweight belt.

If Pacquiao were to fight Margarito, Arum said they would meet for the vacant WBC version of the title, which Sergio Martinez relinquished after he won the middleweight championship in April.

A potential fight with Margarito, however, is complicated by the fact that he is not licensed in the United States because of the 2009 scandal in which he attempted to wear loaded hand wraps for his eventual knockout loss to Mosley. Nevada regulators tabled Margarito's application for a license last week and said it would not vote on it until Margarito first went before the California commission that revoked his license after last year's incident.

Arum and Koncz both said that if the Margarito fight comes to fruition and he is still unlicensed in the United States, they would consider an international location.

"It would be nice to have the fight in Las Vegas, but we can fight anywhere," Koncz said.

Pacquiao's 12th-round knockout win against Cotto drew 1.25 million pay-per-view buys and generated $70 million in domestic television revenue. However a rematch, or one with Margarito, would probably be more of a hard sell compared to one with Mayweather. The hand-wrap scandal has tarnished Margarito's reputation. Pacquiao's fight with Cotto did big business but it had a definitive conclusion and a rematch is not a fight that fans are demanding.

almost everyday we get a new statement from Bob Arum and Manny's camp (may it be Roach, Koncz, or Manny himself)

but why is it that we have not heard ANYTHING from GBP or Mayweather's camp about the situation?





....man i sure do hope this shit get's signed

and if not, Floyd better has a good reason not to do so.

oh well

at least we finally get some closure this friday

[Carpe Diem]

Another ***** who doesn't wanna see Pac/May.

I suspect many *****s are like that, which is why they put so much emphasis on the OBSTACLES that prevent the fight from happening, such as the drug testing, money split, etc. **** that shouldn't even matter to the fans.

How so? For all we know, we're just taking Arum's words with a grain of salt. No ones knows if he's telling the truth or not, except himself and people close to him. My opinions are based on what happened in their first negotiation, and if history repeated itself, don't be surprise to see Pac vs Cotto or another in house Boxer in November.

[Pacquiao'd]

almost everyday we get a new statement from Bob Arum and Manny's camp (may it be Roach, Koncz, or Manny himself)

but why is it that we have not heard ANYTHING from GBP or Mayweather's camp about the situation?





....man i sure do hope this shit get's signed

and if not, Floyd better has a good reason not to do so.

oh well

at least we finally get some closure this friday

thats because team pac and arum are in panic. they are doing everything they can to get the old terms but they know floyd isnt going for it and they will end up settling on floyd getting the lions gate share and no cut off dates

these cats are in str8 panic mode

[DR.ORGYY]

Just make it ****en happen!!!!!!!!!!

[The Big Dunn]

Another ***** who doesn't wanna see Pac/May.

I suspect many *****s are like that, which is why they put so much emphasis on the OBSTACLES that prevent the fight from happening, such as the drug testing, money split, etc. **** that shouldn't even matter to the fans.

Respectfully, why is it we don't want fight to happen? Because we don't think its good business to give manny what he wants? would manny do this for floyd if he was in floyd's position?

[Bee Keepz]

I can't believe people are still waiting for the duck to show his feathers.

[qwerty07]

Respectfully, why is it we don't want fight to happen? Because we don't think its good business to give manny what he wants? would manny do this for floyd if he was in floyd's position?

I knew it! You pathetic losers are emotionally attached to Floyd now. you can't bare the site of him losing, so you say anything you can to keep the fight from happening. I guess that's why they call you guys *****SEXUALS!