Arum to Ask Judge to Further Delay Mayweather's Sentence?

[Jim Tom]

Ronnie Nathanielsz of Manila Standard Today reports that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum may possibly go before Las Vegas judge Melissa Saragosa to try and get Floyd Mayweather Jr's jail sentence further pushed back, so that a fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao can happen in late May or early June.

++++Arum indicated he was ready to go before judge Melissa Saragosa and request that she push back the incarceration date so the fight, which the world wants to see, can take place.

The belief is that the judge, who postponed Mayweather’s incarceration from Jan. 6 to June 1 to allow him to keep his contractual obligations for a May 5 fight, is likely to grant the request.

This would be a pretty bombshell piece of news if true, and would make the fight, dare I say it, very possible. Very, very possible.++++



Mayweather said yesterday via Twitter that the date of his scheduled fight (May 5) can't be changed, and says he has his guaranteed money in order and challenged Arum to contact Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions or adviser Al Haymon.

The biggest sticking point right now appears to be the date. If Arum really helped get the sentence delayed again, which it already was earlier this month, that's a serious move, and if successful, the ball would be entirely in Floyd Mayweather's court -- if he's willing to fight Pacquiao on May 5 and report for his sentence on June 1, a similar four-week arrangement to fight Pacquiao later and report to jail later should be reasonable on paper.

The article also mentions Dubai as a potential host for the fight, but we've heard about Dubai five hundred times and it never hosts a fight, so I'm choosing to ignore that. Freddie Roach says he thinks Cowboys Stadium would be best for the fight in the States, but you'd have to sell so many tickets there to equal a Vegas gate that it doesn't actually make sense. There are only so many high-priced tickets you can sell in Cowboys Stadium.

Anyway, this could all amount to nothing, but it has been reported, and if Arum really did make a move on this, that would be big time. And would do more than anything ever has to show that Arum and Team Pacquiao want this fight.

http://www.badlefthook.com/2012/1/18...may-june-fight

This is setting a bad precedent for the American justice system and I do not support this.There's enough time to make this fight without pushing boundaries.This is not fair

[dc3383]

Why doesn't Bob go to ***** to get Floyd Presidential pardoned while he's at it.

[Deevel916]

What if the judge did move the date again, and Floyd did pull some strings to make the fight happen June 9? What would Arum and Pac's excuse be to not make the fight then?

Why would arum ask to move the date back if his intentions werent to make the fight happen?

I wouldnt put it past him to make it happen. Arum has alot of political influence in Nevada.

[RL_GMA]

[AKATheMack]

Theres absolutely no chance money could influence a judge to push back a jail sentence.

[V.WEBB]

Why would arum ask to move the date back if his intentions werent to make the fight happen?

I wouldnt put it past him to make it happen. Arum has alot of political influence in Nevada.

How could he ask the judge, is he Floyd's attorney now?

[Biolink]

The floor is yours Jim Bob. I doubt anything comes of it, but it can't hurt to try. If he did try I would give him props because right now him and Team Pacquiao aren't looking all that good in the public eye.

[jtiger777]

lol at people still listening to these monsters

[welcometosaigon]

Who the f*** does Arum think he is? He's not fooling anyone. Mayweather has a CONTRACTUAL obligation. That means he signed a contract. That means Mayweather is fighting on May 5th in the MGM grand. And there is no reason Pacquiao shouldn't be the opponent.

[raf727]

thats one of my favorite gifs


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