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

[BoxingFollower]

Also why do I see Bob Arum trying to force Mayweather to Macau to make the fight? Saying Manny won't fight in the USA?

[megadeth]

whether its a joke or not. Still want to see it and a lot of boxing fans still want this over other fights. Its an offensive fighter vs a defensive fighte. It will be fun to watch.

That said. Pac looked good with Bradley and Marquez, it was the knockout that kinda dented pac, but to say he doesn't have it just for that counter punch that any good fighter can get hit on just says alot how little faith you guys have for PAc.

Maybe, his jaw is cracked, but will see in the rios fight, If he looks stellar I say he can bust floyd up still. Remember cotto went offensive and gave Floyd a hard time. Wait till PAc goes on the offensive this will still be a competitive fight. Any fighter can get caught by a lethal punch that doesn't mean he's shot. The rios fight will tell if PAc still has it. Hope so.

What fight were you watching? Pac looked like straight garbage against Bradley. Taking all but 30 seconds of many round off and missing countless punches does not equal = " looking good".

[chito]

Tell Manny to leave Top Rank and come to Showtime and get his pay day

the complete unknown pac that annihilated barrera will certainly do that, lol

[The Big Dunn]

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/

Lemme guess, the boxing insider guys are getting mad that floyd is taking the high road in all his interviews and they need to keep their core audience engaged with articles like this.

[Larry the boss]

the complete unknown pac that annihilated barrera will certainly do that, lol

well outside of that there is no point in talking about this anymore..Floyd fights on Showtime,Floyd is the p4p king,Floyd is on top of the boxing world...if Manny wants Floyd..leave Arum and come to showtime..other then that they both can keep doing what they are doing and we can all move on

[Luilun]

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.

The problem is Manny is a Yes Man to Arum

[johnm is...]

I like how you keep ignoring the actual reasons the fight doesn't happen, and return to but "it's the MONEY fight".

Newsflash, big guy...every Mayweather fight is a money fight. Pacquiao needs Mayweather a lot more than the other way around. Whether you like it or not.

And the reason it never happened is because of Arum. Again, whether you like to admit it or not.

And I hope it does happen. Because it would be hilarious to see Pacquiao look so lost in there. Again, whether you like to admit.....you get the point.

[Canelo Phresh]

It's not just about money. It's about recognition as a professional boxer and having a chance to dance with fellow elite and beat him. Is a prize in itself. Don't you guys want that for Floyd to improve his standings as an elite boxer lol

That is not just any fighter that's Pacquiao. Used to be P4P and still is a multiple division champ which you just compared to the likes of a Canelo lol.. Geez enough said.

I swear this Flowmos don't want anything to do with PAc. Case in point. It boggles the mind lol

You're whole point was about money. You're opening sentence just conceded the very point you were basing this thread on. Pack it up Spoon, back to the floyd hate drawing board.

[Khalid X]

Floyd is at the point to where he will make a minimum of $50 mill per fight, regardless of the opponent.

[TGD]

I get that to most of us boxing fans on here the fight has lost much of it's appeal, but it's still a fight that will draw in the casuals. You mention boxing to people and they are the 2 names that will likely come up.

If Pacquiao can show he still has something left against Rios, then the fight with Mayweather is still a decent fight when you consider the alternatives.