Comments Thread For: Arum Bends: Gives Mayweather Deadline For Late May

[Osirus022]

This makes no sense at all. The point of it being in Late May was because of the Outdoor stadium as he said. Now he says that he is willing to make it at the MGM Grand Las Vegas YET he still wants late May? How the hell does that makes sense? Arum just wants to be a stubborn old man and not go by Floyd's rules or demand because he is still furious that he couldn't milk that cow anymore!!!

[LeadUppercut]

Floyd needs may 5th

Enough with the excuses arum!

So long as he surrenders on June 1st its ok ?

How does that work ?

[LeadUppercut]

LOL at Arum making deadlines. Is he going to put another "money countdown clock" on the Top Rank website? Does he think the public is that ******? Floyd has an agreement with the courts that he intends to fight on the 5th...and Team Pac has not given a good reason as to why that date won't work.

That is true.

Is that what I am missing here ?

Is Mayweather ABSOLUTELY tied to May 5th, or is the June 1st surrender date the only legally binding factor ?

[LeadUppercut]

So since he is no longer going with the build outdoor stadium excuse why does it have to be end of May?

Great point, the May 5th date must be legally binding.

Arum would know, being an ex-lawyer.

[boxingfan4life]

he should of thought about spending time with his family before he beat up that woman! *** him. MGN can take a back seat. they can afford it. they dont need a fight of any magnitude . Its vegas! There is no reason why he cant fight in the end of May to get the nego deals ironed out. Anything else is a sorry excuse!

the ones giving sorry excuses is pacquiao's promoter. but given your sig i see you are a die hard pac fan and if you dont see this as a way for pacquiao to get out the fight then you are very delusional my friend. floyd was the one that issued out the challenge for the 5th of may and he already has the venue reserved. arum could have easily agreed but came up with the building a new venue crap. now that its not being built why still say end of may when the reason for it no longer exist. face it arum doenst want the fight. mayweather and pacquiao wants it but not arum. pacquiao's needs to be the boss for a change and tell arum to make the fight happen may 5th. the nego details is an excuse itself because they can meet next week to get that taken care of. you are trying too hard to defend arum but everybody on this forum knows what he's doing, which is trying to avoid the fight.

[LeadUppercut]

So, where are we at ?

Does this all boil down to whether Mayweather is legally tied to May 5th ?

If he is not tied to May 5th, and the only legally binding issue is the surrender date, then Mayweather could damn near call them out on this one.

The strange thing is Arum dropping the stadium building excuse.

It was probably the best excuse left, because the cut excuse had failed.

Did he actually " bend " a little, or not ?

But if he was serious, he would just accommodate Mayweather on his May 5th MGM reservation.

Damned if I know whats going on with Arum (this time).

[Osirus022]

I know NOW for sure WHY Arum doesn't want this fight done just yet!! It is easy nd obvious guys, think about it. And you Pac fans shouldn't be backing Arum either, he is USING Pac til he squeezes EVERYTHING out of him!!!! If Pac fights Mayweather in his next fight, his shine is no more(and what I mean by this is because he knows clearly that Pac will lose, has no chance vs Floyd). Therefore the money will DECREASE for Arum, that is what Arum is afraid of. That old man is no sucker. But I sure as hell hate him for his greed!!!

[PAC-BOY]

the ones giving sorry excuses is pacquiao's promoter. but given your sig i see you are a die hard pac fan and if you dont see this as a way for pacquiao to get out the fight then you are very delusional my friend. floyd was the one that issued out the challenge for the 5th of may and he already has the venue reserved. arum could have easily agreed but came up with the building a new venue crap. now that its not being built why still say end of may when the reason for it no longer exist. face it arum doenst want the fight. mayweather and pacquiao wants it but not arum. pacquiao's needs to be the boss for a change and tell arum to make the fight happen may 5th. the nego details is an excuse itself because they can meet next week to get that taken care of. you are trying too hard to defend arum but everybody on this forum knows what he's doing, which is trying to avoid the fight.

i dont care what promoters do. This isnt anything new. Things like this have been going on for years. Its a business. And a sport. Arum this Arum that ... GBP this GBP that...who gives a ***. Yeah im a die hard fan. And Pacquiao Fan of course. Manny is a fighter. He has promoters worry about the promoting and he worries about his job. Saying Arum dont want this fight is IGNORANT! THINK ABOUT IT...If Manny loses or wins...Their will be another fight. Thats more money. win win for arum. Manny is a comeback fighter with 3 loses on his record. A lost wont end Manny! Or arum. Its a business. Wake up and see where the problems are really coming from and have been!

[GRUSTLER]

Why are people even discussing and debating this? Bob Arum don't want the fight plain and simple. He's been making people jump through hoops for YEARS. Dude was so adamant about making a fight with Floyd when Floyd was semi retired (Top Rank clock, 100 Mil, etc......) and off of the scene but once Mayweather came back (2X's) Arum didn't see Mayweather as a priority. I know Manny fans don't personally like Floyd but continuing to cosign Arum and Pac regarding this fight is making you look like ****** sheep.

[The_Sandman]

he should of thought about spending time with his family before he beat up that woman! *** him. MGN can take a back seat. they can afford it. they dont need a fight of any magnitude . Its vegas! There is no reason why he cant fight in the end of May to get the nego deals ironed out. Anything else is a sorry excuse!

I'll tell you a reason why it shouldn't be end of May. The end of May is uncertain. May 5th is definite. Floyd is fighting on May 5th. MGM Grand (a venue that both parties agreed on) will be available AND reserved for one of the combatants on May 5th. And on top of that, the whole world is expecting something on May 5th. Most of my friends (casual fans), don't know anything about end of May and aren't expecting anything on end of May. They don't read articles and go on websites like that. But they are expecting something on May 5th. While Bob Arum is talking about November, May and June within 1 week, Mayweather has stuck by May 5th ever since he called out Manny Pacquiao. And to me...no scratch that. To a normal person, it is safer to put your faith on that one definite date rather than some out of control, indecisive 3 different months of possible dates. Just saying.

Now you're turn. From a fan's perspective, tell me why it should be end of May instead of May 5th.