Pacquiao: I will make a decision about who I'm fighting next after Christmas

[15RC]

Sounds to me like they expect Floyd to have an opponent selected by then and turn things on Floyd. Arum will go on and say that Floyd didn't want the fight. Smart move.

[Someone88]

We will know

[Dempsey-Roll]

look at the double standards

i remember after floyd vs mosley, floyd was asked if hes going after pac, and he plainly says the same thing that manny is saying now. "durr hurr i just fought durr hurr i want to spend time with family etc etc"

and you guys supported him

[loui_ludwig]

LOL at the haters. Before the Pac-JMM fight was announced, Floyd said i have no intention of fighting. After it was announced, Floyd said his back.

If Floyd really does want Pac, then he should just tell Golden Boy Promotions to approach Top Rank to start negotiations.

[DE100]

LOL at the haters. Before the Pac-JMM fight was announced, Floyd said i have no intention of fighting. After it was announced, Floyd said his back.

If Floyd really does want Pac, then he should just tell Golden Boy Promotions to approach Top Rank to start negotiations.

Just arrived back on the planet?

Goldenboy is trying to get negotiations started. But Top Rank wont.

Ellerbe also informed Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer, who does not have a contract with Mayweather but has promoted his last five bouts, of the plan.

"I'm very excited that the sport's biggest pay-per-view star is going to be back on May 5," Schaefer told ESPN.com. "We have informed the pay-per-view industry and I have the arena on hold. I'm excited to continue my relationship with Floyd and his team. It's always fun to work with Floyd."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ght-possible-5

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But Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs), who turns 35 in February, announced last week that he will make the first defense of the WBC welterweight belt he won in September by stopping Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs) against an opponent to be determined on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Schaefer wants that "opponent" be Pacquiao.

"I think that Floyd Mayweather has made it very clear that he wants the big fights, and that he wants the biggest possible opponent. By that, I think that everybody knows that he means that the biggest possible opponent means that you've got to start from the top, and that's obviously a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight," said Schaefer.

"But that's assuming that Bob Arum wants to get the fight done. We're not going to be talking about that this week. This week, of course, the focus is going to be on Pacquiao's next fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. But after that, there will be plenty of time to talk about that match up between Mayweather and Pacquiao."

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Schaefer said the notification came in an email from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, the mediator who has worked closely with the sides to settle numerous lawsuits and issues in recent years.

"I am sick and tired of Bob Arum twisting the truth. It's another case of 'yesterday I was lying, today I'm telling the truth,' " Schaefer said, invoking Arum's most famous quote. "The truth of the matter is that we received this afternoon an email from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, who has informed us that Top Rank is pursuing a rematch with Marquez and, therefore, is not interested in immediate talks for a possible Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. This is obviously as clear as it can be that they have no intentions of making a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Therefore, Floyd Mayweather will have no other choice than to move on and identify and lock in another opponent for his ring return on May 5."


"He's the one who's stopping it from happening," De La Hoya said. "Bob Arum doesn't want to see the fight happen."

So what will it take to finally make the most anticipated boxing fight a reality?

"For Bob Arum to say, 'OK, we want the fight,'" De La Hoya said. "Our side, meaning Golden Boy and Floyd Mayweather, he wants the fight, we want the fight. Mayweather has his date for the fifth of May next year. He wants the biggest fight out there. He wants Pacquiao, there's no doubt about that. It would be very unfortunate if this fight could not be made because of Bob Arum."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ven-talk-fight

[noStylez]

Just get the Floyd fight done, win or lose at least the 2 best of this era did actually fight each other.

[Wapacman]

sorry kid , but your hero is a damn coward plain and simple..ask espn , and micheal irvin, etc, they'll tell you...

Puga sucks big ****s!!!

[x3_bazooka_x3]

sounds like a vacation to me

[Wapacman]

CHEAAAA, real talk homie, stay spittin real talk on these hoes that don't know **** about boxing

they can hate all they want but Pac still P4P king and Cash Cow



Haters need to step yalls pathetic game up

Check hooks likes big ****s in his @ss!!

[TOBYLEE1]

Usually he hasn't been done fighting someone when the have somebody lined up already.

Looks like the Floyd fight is really looming and he just ran out of excuses. A Marquez bout seems very real if Marquez comes to his senses.

IMO a 4th fight against Marquez won't prove anything

I just hope it is not Bradley or Guerrero.