New Stuff From Bob Arum Regarding Mayweather v Pacquaio

[IronDanHamza]

Cinco De Mayo is not Mexico Independence day. That's in September. Mexico doesn't even celebrate Cinco De Mayo. That's an Americanized holiday.

Pac-Hatton, Mayweather-Mosley, and Pac-Mosley all did big bucks on Cinco de Mayo weekend. Neither one of them are Mexicans.

I get the feeling that this might be another backwards excuse in the work by some fans.

"Arum want's Marquez for May 5th because he's Mexican"

As if that should be prioritized over Mayweather-Pac

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

yea i just re read. no stadium but still late may? but why tho? the cut?

Late May is the final duck move......
They know that Floyd can't go to that judge and ask for a later date.

Not after telling the judge that Mat 5th was locked and that they couldn't change it.

Floyds lawyers told that judge that May 5th was signed sealed and delivered.

[22k]

It is real

https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisMannixSI

@ChrisMannixSI: Bob Arum tells SI from Philippines that if @FloydMayweather accepts a 50-50 split and can guarantee his half, Pacquiao can fight in late May

@ChrisMannixSI: Arum says Mayweather is "Plan A" for Pacquiao. Says he doesn't like the idea of doing the fight at the MGM Grand but will do it.

@ChrisMannixSI: Arum says he is guaranteeing Pacquiao's half, if someone guarantees Floyd's the fight "can be made in ten minutes."

@ChrisMannixSI: Arum says if the framework of a deal with Mayweather isn't in place by Saturday, Pacquiao will pick from the Cotto/Bradley/JMM/Peterson list

[Barry Halls]

the same could be said about end of may.. why does may 5th have to be the date?

Because that's when Floyd has the contractual obligation (to mgm) that was the basis of his jail sentence getting delayed.

A better question is, why not may fifth?

[Slip Stream]

Bob Arum tells SI from Philippines that if @FloydMayweather accepts a 50-50 split and can guarantee his half, Pacquiao can fight in late May. Arum says Mayweather is "Plan A" for Pacquiao. Says he doesn't like the idea of doing the fight at the MGM Grand but will do it. Arum says he is guaranteeing Pacquiao's half, if someone guarantees Floyd's the fight "can be made in ten minutes." Arum says if the framework of a deal with Mayweather isn't in place by Saturday, Pacquiao will pick from the Cotto/Bradley/JMM/Peterson list.

Hmmmmm, Arum says 2+2=18 but gosh darnit I keep getting 4....

[onechance87]

Manny-I will take less money then floyd to fight him.

[immortal tech]

the same could be said about end of may.. why does may 5th have to be the date?

because May 5th is already reserved and is a big boxing weekend. late May is unrealistic how can Toprank expect Floyd to fight a week before he he have to report to jail? health wise doesn't he need some time to recover and get the fight finances in order before going

[joesaiditstrue]

may 5th is the date you senile prick

what's so hard to understand about it?

[littlemac]

sounds good...50-50 split seems fair, mgm grand is a good venue, and late may shouldn't be a problem. so, c'mon lets make this fight happen!!!

Do you realize that by Arum saying MGM is now ok, it totally discredits the point for the fight to be made in late May. Arum said it needed to be in late May only because he wanted to build a stadium. No stadium means no reason for it to be in late May according to Arum's own words(if he indeed say he was ok with MGM). So in Arum doesn't now accept May 5 it then becomes a clear duck you dump packla

[IronDanHamza]

the same could be said about end of may.. why does may 5th have to be the date?

Because May 5th is the date that Mayweather has had reserved as early as November.

What's the need to go for late in May when May 5th is already on the table and there's no reason for it to not happen then?

Plus, it would actually be a bigger event if they did it on Cinco De Mayo anyway.

Logically, May 5th is obviously the date.