Pacquiao-Bradley will be made before Mayweather-Pacquiao.

[4Corners]

Hear me out.

Whether or not it's made right now, which I don't think it is, I think that fight has a better chance to be made before May-Pac, after hearing Arum and Pac refuse the Floyd fight.

Bob Arum wants to get as much money from Pacquiao as possible, but if he throws him in with a fight he could lose, he wants it to be with someone he can also capitalize on. If Bob actually tries to make the Floyd fight and Manny loses, he deosn't capitalize big time after that.

However, if he puts Manny in there with Bradley in June or November 2012 and Manny loses.....Bob has his next star, Timothy Bradley. If Bradley were to beat Manny, he would become one of the top 1 or 2 fighters in the world and would have done it on a major PPV fight. He would definitely become a star and Bob will have gotten everything from Manny that he wanted, while capitalizing on future profit with Bradley beating Manny.

I want Mayweather-Pacquiao, May 5th, but Arum and Pac don't. That's the most logical date, no doubt, and Manny has ABSOLUTELY NO LEGIT REASON TO REFUSE THE FIGHT FOR MAY 5TH, NONE AT ALL.

But, mark my words, Pacquiao-Bradley happens before Mayweather-Pacquiao, probably in November 2012.

Also, how is November 2012 a better date than May 5th for Floyd-Manny???? May 5th is historically the biggest boxing weekend for PPV's and Floyd would be 2-3 months removed from jail in November. Not to say Late November wouldn't be fine, but how in the world is that date better than May 5th???

[loui_ludwig]

I kind a agree with you. Pac has lost the fire or the intensity he used to bring in the ring before the Mosley fight. Pac's is also getting the wear and tear, both from years of fighting and fighting bigger opponents.

Bradley is the next big star for Top Rank.

[EdMon917]

Any slightly possible matchup will be made before Mayweather.

[Leohappy]

pac has 4 fights left who it will be is a matter of speculation. i'm sure the floyd fight will be made as pac's retirement fight. may or nov. 2013.
before that you got a bunch of top rank names. mj, rios, bradley, jmm, cotto ... ; depending how some of them do this year they might hop on the pac rollercoaster as well.

[Convicted_Felon]

A fight between Vitali Klitchko and Manny Pacquiao will happen before Mayweather-Pacquiao does. Let's just keep it 100 funky...Bob Arum would rather cut off his schmeckle before he puts Pacquiao anywhere near Floyd or any fighter who has a chance to expose this p4p fraud, without some form of an adavantage. They first sought to reduce Floyd down to 140 pounds. They've chosen Cotto again. Cotto just did 150 with Margarito. Let's see what weight they will force him to make. 150 looked well on Cotto so I wouldn't be surprised if they asked Cotto down to 148.

[4Corners]

Cotto did 153 with Margarito right??? Or am I wrong???

[kiaba360]

Floyd is the cash-out fight for Arum, that's become crystal clear. I think Arum should pit Bradley vs. JMM first, and the winner gets Pacquiao. Does it benefit TR if Bradley comes out the loser? probably not, but we know he will put up a great fight, that's a FOTY candidate. Both fighters will look better if they fight each other first, than if Arum simply matches Bradley with Pac, cuz then the fans will know who DESERVES to fight Pac. This way, they can keep avoiding Floyd and all the money stays in-house.

[sicko]

YEP! Because losing to Bradley is what Arum would prefer then to Pacquiao lose to Mayweather