Why Won’t Floyd Mayweather Pick Up His ‘Easy’ $75 Mil and Fight Manny Pacquiao?

[BoxingGenius27]

See that is the problem with Floyd fans. We are in 2013 and they still say that "Manny never agreed to drug testing" ..... it's like they have amnesia when this topic is ever brought up.

So explain to me why after Manny supposedly "agreed" to all proposed testing requirements from Team Mayweather, he was still talking about the commission doing their job?

[damned1974]

The demand isn't there? You sure?

ESPN Poll, 58% Want Floyd Mayweather to fight Pac

In a recent poll conducted by ESPN's Sports Nation, Boxing fans were asked to vote on who they feel should be Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr's next foe? With nearly 40,000 votes tabulated thus far (the polling is still ongoing) a whopping 58% (really should come as no surprise) want Mayweather Jr. to face off against none other than the 'Pacman', Manny Pacquiao.

The next highest name on the list is Danny Garcia, and he pulled in 18% of the votes followed by Adrien Broner with 12%.

Amir Khan edged out of the last spot with 7% of the votes just coming in ahead of Miguel Cotto with 5%.

58% of the votes from a calculated 39,782 cast votes is a lot and speaks volumes that even to this day a majority of fans truly believe there is unfinished business between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

And let's face it... if Mayweather vs. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has become the highest grossing PPV to this date (as the SHOWTIME press release sent out yesterday indicated it had)... I imagine Pacquiao vs. Mayweather can and would surpass #THEONE in terms of PPV sales.

So fans, if you still want Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, keep your voices heard... and at 58%, there is a lot of you.

Just remember not to use the "Manny is a shot fighter" excuse if this fight gets made and Mayweather schools him.

You guys keep thinking "Floyd has a weakness with southpaws", this, that and the other...the truth is-nearly every southpaw he has fought has been put down or severely outclassed.

Manny won't be able to close the distance, won't be able to fight on the inside and won't be able to hit Mayweather. ...not without chopping his legs off. Pac is the smaller guy who's speed and work rate have declined....


Pac is great, but Floyd is on another level imo.

[damned1974]

May I remind you of what Floyd's team and his fans said when a fighter caves in to Floyd's demands: "Canelo's team is to blame for accepting the 152 CW. It's not Floyd's fault for talking advantage of the situation"

or when Marquez came up from 130 the year before to fighting Floyd at WW while Floyd came it at his usual WW weight "Marquez is #2 P4P fighter so its legit"

What you don't mention is that each time Floyd came up with a new roadblock that Manny had to accept.

When randomized drug testing was a road block for a few years, you would have blamed Floyd instead of Manny. IMO, drug testing should never have been declined.

When Pac gets a career high offer of $40 million dollars from Floyd (who you guys believed was scared of Manny, yet he personally called Pac), you say this was a lowball offer and Manny shouldn't have accepted it....tell me at any point in Manny's career where he has earned close to that figure or ever will!

At this point, if Floyd was to offer 30 million to Pac he should take it. Floyd will make big money regardless of who he fights.The only question is if he will break his record for earnings...meanwhile, Manny is getting ****d by Arum and hasn't broke any records financially or on ppvs for some time. Even his loyal fans from his own country are fading in interest.

[Kuyukut]

pre-fight comment from Floyd couple of days before the cotto fight:

floyd: pacquiao you're next!

the next day:

floyd was asked about his comment the previous day concerning that he'll fight pacquiao next:

floyd (pissed off) to the interviewer: don't put words in to my mouth, i never said that...

[PAC-BOY]

Because Pacquiao is with top rank ... Why won't rios fight ortiz ? Rios fight garcia ? Bradley fight Mayweather ? Alvarado fight khan etc... It's always been about the promoters/greed. Mayweather has more going for him at this point. If manny ditches arum the fight happens no problem.

No No NO. It wont happen. Ever. No matter what. Just because Arum wont abide by Floyds dumb ass insane demands...itsall Arum...GTFO. Arum is a douche bag...for suuuuure! But he is still not a dumb businesses man and he is very resourceful. Arum has been in this business way before Floyd had pubic hair around his vagina! If Floyd WANTED this fight he would make it happen. He would work with Arum. Floyd is saying No fro many reasons...to many!

[KeepItObjective]

No No NO. It wont happen. Ever. No matter what. Just because Arum wont abide by Floyds dumb ass insane demands...itsall Arum...GTFO. Arum is a douche bag...for suuuuure! But he is still not a dumb businesses man and he is very resourceful. Arum has been in this business way before Floyd had pubic hair around his vagina! If Floyd WANTED this fight he would make it happen. He would work with Arum. Floyd is saying No fro many reasons...to many!

Floyd says Arum owes him money... seems like him and Arum hate each other... Floyd don't want Arum making big bank from this fight LOL

[rambov]

Didn't JMM put Pac to sleep?

[maguirre]

It's obviously not an easy $75 million for Floyd.

Just leave Floyd alone guys.

[tangalog2200]

By Ivan Goldman

If Manny Pacquiao is such an inferior opponent, which is what Floyd Mayweather tells us, why doesn’t Floyd go out and pick up that easy $75 million? It’s still the biggest fight out there – offering him at least twice the money he’d make against Danny Garcia, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana and Adrien Broner. These are the opponents we’re supposed to hunger for. They’re all excellent. They’re just not the best possible opponents for Mayweather, the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

The fact is, when it comes to fighting Pacquiao, Mayweather is not off the hook. Just because he says it’s so, and just because boxing “analysts” nod their head in bewildered agreement and no longer distress by Floyd bringing it up, that doesn’t make it so. Facts say the opposite. The only reason those other opponents make any financial sense is because Mayweather’s team negotiated such an advantageous contract with Showtime, which was willing to give away the store in order to inflict harm on HBO, its blood enemy. Apparently he could make millions against Butterbean.

In 1973 George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier in the second round. Frazier went down six times before he was counted out. It was a disaster for previously undefeated Smokin’ Joe. But it didn’t suddenly make him an unfit opponent for Muhammad Ali, who decisioned him the next year in Madison Square Garden. And a year after that came the Ali-Frazier Thrilla in Manila, probably the greatest heavyweight battle ever fought. It wouldn’t have happened if Ali tried to label Frazier as no longer worthy. Ali wasn’t that kind of guy. He wanted to beat the best.

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“Let’s do it again?”

The fact that Pacquiao was kayoed in the sixth round by Juan Manuel Marquez in their fourth go-around doesn’t erase Pacquiao’s entire career. He’s still a great fighter, strong, and quick enough so that he’s not always predictable. We know he’d be troublesome for Floyd because Team Mayweather doesn’t want him, and that may be the most knowledgeable team in the sport.

Sometimes guys get caught. It happens. It especially happens to aggressive fighters like Pacquiao who get so hungry in there that they sometimes forget to protect themselves. It can make them even more worth watching.

If Canelo Alvarez had knocked out Floyd, that wouldn’t mean Floyd was suddenly a big zero. You’d have to be crazy to say so. He’d still have stunning talent and 45 victories under his belt, many against great champions like Diego Corrales and Oscar De La Hoya. And maybe Canelo would get caught in the rematch. It happens. That’s boxing.

If you go back in fight history it’s difficult to find a big-money match that everyone knew should be made that never got made. Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jake LaMotta. Frazier fought Ali. De La Hoya fought Tito Trinidad, and Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling. The Celtics play the Lakers and the 49ers play Baltimore. It’s sport. That’s how it’s done. If Mayweather never faces Pacquiao it will stain the entire sport — and Floyd’s legacy.

The steroid issue is history. Both fighters have accepted surprise blood and urine testing before their fights supervised by respected agencies – not just state commissions. So what issues remain? Pacquiao must do well against Brandon Rios Nov. 23 in Macau to show he’s still the same Pacquiao. Showtime, HBO, Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions need to grow up. If they can’t stop squabbling they can succumb to arbitration, signing on in advance to abide by the decisions that result from those proceedings. It’s been done before. If nations can take disputes to arbitration, and they have, so can Bob Arum, Richard Schaefer, Stephen Espinoza, and Ken Hershman.

Time is wasting.

http://www.*************.com/columns...anny-pacquiao/

very good!!!!

so it likely boils down to egos and hatred getting over sporting sense and revenues..

the follies of men

[ADP02]

So explain to me why after Manny supposedly "agreed" to all proposed testing requirements from Team Mayweather, he was still talking about the commission doing their job?

Even Floyd himself said that testing is no longer an issue. I know, I know, Floyd's word is meaningless to Floyd fans IF it doesn't fit the agenda that they are creating .....