Comments Thread For: Arum, 50 Cent Have Spoken Since Mayweather's Release

[WESS]

This fight doesn't even matter anymore, Pacquiao's lost his hunger for boxing. Would've been a close fight 2 years ago.

No he hasn't he just hasn't been in the ring with in house losing bums like Clottey, Margarito and Mosley to make him look better than he really is.

So now that he hasn't been fighting bums (JMM and Bradley), people think he lost his hunger? lol That is just laughable.

The fact is, his opposition is not shot to ****. They are champions even though their LW and JWW champions that had to move up to WW.

[Mr. Philadel]

WESS know what he talking about!!!...thats real!!

[4Corners]

What I've been saying to all these clowns saying Manny is past it or much worse than he was in 2010.

He's about the same guy he was in 2010, past his prime-still good. The only difference is he's fought Marquez and Bradley, two fighters who aren't just going to stand in front of you and get tagged over and over, and will use some movement. Where as in 2010 he fought the human punching bag that is Clottey and Margarito, who just stood in front of Manny all night long to get tagged over and over. And you'll see when Bradley did stand toe-to-toe with Manny, he got tagged with Manny's left hand, and the fact that he ate those are really just a testament to Bradley's solid chin.

[ddangerous]

This fight doesn't even matter anymore, Pacquiao's lost his hunger for boxing. Would've been a close fight 2 years ago.

^^^Not true. Both fighters would get up for this one. It's legacy defining. And I am one of the few folks left who will still say I believe it will be competitive and that it can go either way. Floyd is the better technical boxer but he still got tagged with some left hands in his last outing with Cotto. Pac's left hand can be devastating. Both guys have won their previous fight, and if it gets signed, people will get excited again, and it will be the biggest fight in the history of the sport.

[ddangerous]

And yes, I realize Pacquiao technically "lost" to Bradley, but he did not lose to Bradley whatsoever.

[Bullrider]

The problem is Bob Arum has been making fights for decades. It doesn't matter if it's Don King, 50 cent, or Mickey Mouse. If Bob wants the fight he WILL make it happen. In the meantime he has an agenda and Floyd is nowhere on it and hasn't been on it for years.

He uses Floyd's name to promote Pac. He won't let Pac fight FLoyd until he has exhausted all his options. If he where to let Pac fight Floyd years ago, that lie about Pac being the next man in line to beat Floyd would have been exposed and all the hype would have died. Bob's not ******, he's been in the game for decades and understands how to promote fighters. Besides, he's admitted to protecting his fighters so it would benefit his pockets down the line.

Bob Arum employed a mediator and a ped expert in the first round of negotiation just to convince Floyd he won't get hospitalized if he fights Paq. Hoya and Schaefer ended up siding with Arum, mediator and the ped expert trying to assure Floyd that it's okay to fight Paq. We all know how it ended.

Bob Arum attempted to make the fight happen for the second time in coordination with then HBO president Greenburg just right after the Mosley/Floyd fight. Floyd went on a long vacation and was seen hanging out with Don King.

The world knows this. These facts are already in boxing encyclopedias. You can't fool people. Floyd is a chicken. That's common knowledge.

[zuldo]

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Originally Posted by boxingmanic

This fight doesn't even matter anymore, Pacquiao's lost his hunger for boxing. Would've been a close fight 2 years ago.

No he hasn't he just hasn't been in the ring with in house losing bums like Clottey, Margarito and Mosley to make him look better than he really is.

So now that he hasn't been fighting bums (JMM and Bradley), people think he lost his hunger? lol That is just laughable.

The fact is, his opposition is not shot to ****. They are champions even though their LW and JWW champions that had to move up to WW.

great assessment..good stuff


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[Longjab10]

I don't get all the hate with Pac. Seriously? Do you think he is just not that good? C'mon now, it is true that he is levels below Floyd, but that doesn't mean he's just hyped. I mean, no average boxer can do what he did to those human punching bags you were talking about, hell, even remain standing in front of JMM, Margarito, Cotto, etc., by the end of the bell. My point here is, he got to this point not because of hype, he is just entertaining enough to be on the spotlight. Boxing is sport for the players, but entertainment for the fans, and we're here for the entertainment, and Pac is, and was entertaining, he might have failed at time but he definitely does his best to give us what we wanted. Peace ya'll.

[jcpryor]

No he hasn't he just hasn't been in the ring with in house losing bums like Clottey, Margarito and Mosley to make him look better than he really is.

So now that he hasn't been fighting bums (JMM and Bradley), people think he lost his hunger? lol That is just laughable.

The fact is, his opposition is not shot to ****. They are champions even though their LW and JWW champions that had to move up to WW.

I crack up everytime I see ppl say that too

[millcitymauler]

Arum - "Just get it done..."
What a sick joke.