Comments Thread For: Mayweather Explains Why 'He Can't' Give Pacquiao 50-50

[Mike_R]

Well Floyd v. Cotto won't be a fair comparison to Pac v. Bradley if you're going to be looking at PPV buys.

Cotto is a legitimate star, him and Floyd will do awesome numbers.

I hope Floyd doesn't use that as him being a significantly bigger draw than Pac and further avoid the fight. It is a farce if he does.

Pac has dead weight with Bradley on the bill. Not even to mention Floyd's undercard!

This whole thing is such a damn shame. Seriously. Everybody. Don't defend millionaire professional fighters for not fighting.

[tatangb45]

They only began negotiaions in early December, late November at the earliest, and everything was hammered out in no time at all. Arum said he was shocked how easy negotiations were going.

It is unlikely that Roach was involved in these negotiations as well.

I believe that those demands were mentioned in the early stages of the negotiations. They were part of Floyd's initial demands of coming in last, getting the marquee billing, the venue, etc..
I will try to find the link, if it's still possible.

[D4thincarnation]

Well Floyd v. Cotto won't be a fair comparison to Pac v. Bradley if you're going to be looking at PPV buys.

Cotto is a legitimate star, him and Floyd will do awesome numbers.

I hope Floyd doesn't use that as him being a significantly bigger draw than Pac and further avoid the fight. It is a farce if he does.

Pac has dead weight with Bradley on the bill. Not even to mentioned Floyd's undercard!

This whole thing is such a damn shame. Seriously. Everybody. Don't defend millionaire professional fighters for not fighting.

Cotto is the 3rd biggest draw in boxing at the moment, an with Canelo on the undercard, it should do big numbers, around 1.6m maybe.

[crazed_z06]

Pacquiao PPV buys have grown since Oscar. 1.25m for Oscar 1.41m for Marquez

Mayweather PPV buys have never got near what he did with Oscar. 2.44m for the Oscar fight to 1.25m against Ortiz.

Yea, Floyd seems to think he's the only reason people buy fights. That may be the case with joke fights like Mayweather/Ortiz and Mayweather/Cotta

With something like Mayweather/De La Hoya or Mayweather/Pacquiao, the other fighter is just as much a draw as Floyd. De La Hoya is half the reason he did 2.44m PPVs that night.. No DLH, no 2.44m PPVs.

If anything Pac rates 50/50 because he's the other half of this "Superfight" .. No Pac, no superfight. There is no subsitute for Pac either, so Floyd can keep fighting Cotto, Ortiz, and people like that and will never reach the level of Pac/May

[D4thincarnation]

I believe that those demands were mentioned in the early stages of the negotiations. They were part of Floyd's initial demands of coming in last, getting the marquee billing, the venue, etc..
I will try to find the link, if it's still possible.

Formal Negotiations began on the 23rd of November 2009 between Schaefer and Arum.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4682772

[tatangb45]

Formal Negotiations began on the 23rd of November 2009 between Schaefer and Arum.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=4682772

Here is another report about Floyd initially wanting the fight at 154 with 10 oz. gloves:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fighthype.com%2Fpages%2Fcontent6413.html&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fighthype.com%2Fpages%2Fcontent6413.html&ei=rL9YT-_fHYTq0gGPzb2XDw&usg=AFQjCNEHo6wmNXhau33D-3vwp8Cf00zQmQ

[tatangb45]

Here is another report about Floyd initially wanting the fight at 154 with 10 oz. gloves:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...-3vwp8Cf00zQmQ

Another important note on this article is about Pac signing the contract which puts to rest those lies that he refused to sign in Dec. 2009.

It was only later, on Dec. 12, 2009, that Mayweather added the ost to the stipulations after they had practically ironed out everything.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fighthype.com%2Fpages%2Fcontent6413.html&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fighthype.com%2Fpages%2Fcontent6413.html&ei=rL9YT-_fHYTq0gGPzb2XDw&usg=AFQjCNEHo6wmNXhau33D-3vwp8Cf00zQmQ

[pasawayako]

A coward will always be a coward.

[pasawayako]

Some Floyd fans are still reluctant to admit that their boy is scared of Pac. Although they are now putting more blame on Floyd, they still would not completely accept that Floyd is the main reason this fight is not going to happen. They console themselves and try to save face by outwardly saying that Pac is equally to blame and they try to justify it to themselves with flimsy and ridiculous excuses. And as a last resort, they point to Arum. Only the densest and most fanatical fans remain to defend a lost and ****** cause.

One thing is clear though, slowly but surely, more and more Floyd fans are beginning to see the light.

HALLELUJAH!

Amen to that.

[The Big Dunn]

Amen to that.

I bet that $40 mil, no ppv offer is looking better by the day. Floyd was being nice offering to wire manny the $20 mil for his taxes. Floyd just trying to help out. Floyd knows tax issue can be sticky.