Will Floyd sign the contract this Friday?

[The Big Dunn]

I see so you would have Arum wait and wait and Pac wait and wait for Floyd but the second a deadline is created it's some conspiricy theory that Bob Arum is using to make Floyd look bad and hide manny's fear of fighting Floyd?


Jesus man have you always lived in bizarro land! You do realize that it's not in the best intrests of Manny to sit around waiting and waiting for Floyd to get off his ass and sign the thing. Manny has options and has fights that will make him money why should he sit around for Floyd.

Makes no sense to me why you always absolve Floyd of any responsiability of the fight not getting made, like somehow manny has to cater to Floyd or something.

pistol bob can make a manny fight with those guys without violating terms of the agreement to keep quiet about floyd pac. I agree with your point 100% manny shouldn't wait for floyd. But Bob is trying to win some media battle for his own sake, not manny's.

I mean do you really care if the media thinks manny caused the fight not to happen? Me, I could give 2 ****s if they blame floyd.

[madsweeney]

Floyd had very little options BUT to face Mosley at the time. He got a nice payday for fighting Shane, and now has some breathing room. He can take a year or so off and not have to fight Pac.

And fight who? Lets face it, I highly doubt the fans and boxing community will forgive Floyd for not facing Pac, especially if he chooses retiring again as he knows Pac's boxing career is most likely done this year.

[pistol whip]

The objective numbers suggest 55/45 is a true purse split. I agree manny is a big draw but he is not the main draw. Just my opinion. Ree****ylaus and others feel 50/50 is fine.

Yeah the main draw is the "two" best fighters in the world fighting each other. In other words a fight of this size wont happen unless both parties are involved. Anyother fight with a diffrent opponent will sell but not at this magnitude. So it's safe to say that both parties would be equally responsiable for the huge numbers this fight would generate so therefore anyone who wants anymore than 50% is just plain greedy.

[The Big Dunn]

Yeah the main draw is the "two" best fighters in the world fighting each other. In other words a fight of this size wont happen unless both parties are involved. Anyother fight with a diffrent opponent will sell but not at this magnitude. So it's safe to say that both parties would be equally responsiable for the huge numbers this fight would generate so therefore anyone who wants anymore than 50% is just plain greedy.

I disagree with your point and logic. IMO, if you think ODH should have given floyd or trinidad 50/50 just because they were the biggest fights available is not good business. ODH was the main draw and got paid appropriately. I think the same applies to manny in this case.

[pistol whip]

pistol bob can make a manny fight with those guys without violating terms of the agreement to keep quiet about floyd pac. I agree with your point 100% manny shouldn't wait for floyd. But Bob is trying to win some media battle for his own sake, not manny's.

I mean do you really care if the media thinks manny caused the fight not to happen? Me, I could give 2 ****s if they blame floyd.

He's a promoter this is what "all" of them do! Seriously dont be so naive when it's obvious you know enough about boxing not to be suprised by this.

[GT-R]

Id pick Floyd to win this fight by KO.
just amazed that he doesnt seem confident of it.
i expect him to not sign this contract, or any other involving Pacquiao.

easy work $40M+, right?

[The Big Dunn]

Yeah the main draw is the "two" best fighters in the world fighting each other. In other words a fight of this size wont happen unless both parties are involved. Anyother fight with a diffrent opponent will sell but not at this magnitude. So it's safe to say that both parties would be equally responsiable for the huge numbers this fight would generate so therefore anyone who wants anymore than 50% is just plain greedy.

Also, your opinion is its greedy. I think floyd has the facts to back up any purse split request where he gets the greater percentage. Manny's camp doesn't have those same facts.

[The Big Dunn]

He's a promoter this is what "all" of them do! Seriously dont be so naive when it's obvious you know enough about boxing not to be suprised by this.

Not naive at all. Like I said do you really care who is to blame if the fight doesn't happen? Blame floyd all day for all I care.

[pistol whip]

I disagree with your point and logic. IMO, if you think ODH should have given floyd or trinidad 50/50 just because they were the biggest fights available is not good business. ODH was the main draw and got paid appropriately. I think the same applies to manny in this case.

Ugh yeah Floyd had a grand total of 3 whole average selling PPV's when he fought Oscar while Oscar had been a PPV draw for a whole decade. Even you can understand why the two are not compareable.

[pistol whip]

Not naive at all. Like I said do you really care who is to blame if the fight doesn't happen? Blame floyd all day for all I care.

Oh no I blame Manny and his gigantic ego as well but that doesn't absolve Floyd in anyway shape or form.