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Top Rank chairman Bob Arum minced no words in calling Floyd Mayweather a “psychological coward” and said, in a Manila interview a few days ago, the Pretty Boy appears headed for jail.
“It’s not about Mayweather being afraid to box, it’s about him being afraid to lose,” said Arum. “I don’t know what his game is.But I think it’s not right that he jerked a group from South Africa around for 10 days then came up with a ridiculous amount for the fight with Manny (Pacquiao).”
Arum said he was approached by a certain Michael Lodge, representing the Nelson Mandela family, about the possibility of promoting a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in South Africa in November. A group of 10 South Africans, including bankers, lawyers and financiers, flew to Las Vegas to confer with Arum and Mayweather last month.
“I wouldn’t sign any document unless they get Mayweather to agree to fight,” said Arum. “That’s what I told them.”
Mandela’s youngest daughter Zindziswa or Zindzi attended the Los Angeles press conference presided by Arum to drum up Pacquiao’s May 7 fight against Sugar Shane Mosley last February. She expressed interest in staging a Pacquiao-Mayweather duel to honor her father who turns 93 on July 18. Zindzi was only 18 months old when Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment at Robben Island in 1961. She is known in media for reading her father’s speech refusing conditional pardon in 1985.
After the South Africans tried to pin down Mayweather for a fight, Arum said he received a text message from Lodge. Arum hasn’t deleted the message in his cell phone – it said Mayweather came back to the Mandelas with a price of $100 Million. Obviously, Mayweather has no intention to fight Pacquiao because the purse he’s asking for is unrealistic and unjustifiable.
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“It’s not about Mayweather being afraid to box, it’s about him being afraid to lose,” said Arum. “I don’t know what his game is.But I think it’s not right that he jerked a group from South Africa around for 10 days then came up with a ridiculous amount for the fight with Manny (Pacquiao).”
Arum said he was approached by a certain Michael Lodge, representing the Nelson Mandela family, about the possibility of promoting a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in South Africa in November. A group of 10 South Africans, including bankers, lawyers and financiers, flew to Las Vegas to confer with Arum and Mayweather last month.
“I wouldn’t sign any document unless they get Mayweather to agree to fight,” said Arum. “That’s what I told them.”
Mandela’s youngest daughter Zindziswa or Zindzi attended the Los Angeles press conference presided by Arum to drum up Pacquiao’s May 7 fight against Sugar Shane Mosley last February. She expressed interest in staging a Pacquiao-Mayweather duel to honor her father who turns 93 on July 18. Zindzi was only 18 months old when Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment at Robben Island in 1961. She is known in media for reading her father’s speech refusing conditional pardon in 1985.
After the South Africans tried to pin down Mayweather for a fight, Arum said he received a text message from Lodge. Arum hasn’t deleted the message in his cell phone – it said Mayweather came back to the Mandelas with a price of $100 Million. Obviously, Mayweather has no intention to fight Pacquiao because the purse he’s asking for is unrealistic and unjustifiable.
http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorn...bCategoryId=70
Another fan who got his wish dismissed by Floyd..
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