No chance of Floyd vs PAC super fight

[The Big Dunn]

floydiots: pac is not relevant anymore, so why fight him? but floyd and khan is a good match.

I dont know any posters who are big floyd fans hat have said a khan fight is a good match.

[shade darkar]

Because he honestly felt Manny was on something. is that hard to comprehend?

based on what? why does floyd think he was on something?

[J The UnBiased]

floydiots: pac is not relevant anymore, so why fight him? but floyd and khan is a good match.

Who said that?

[The Big Dunn]

based on what? why does floyd think he was on something?

for the same reasons manny thinks rios is on something I guess.

[shade darkar]

I'm just as upset as you fight didn't happen. Please, i'm more interested now in your answers to irondan's questions. you seem to have painted yourself in a corner.

think what you want. im entitled to my opinion. i think mayweather was scared to death of fighting pacman, as many other professional fighters think aswell.

[IronDanHamza]

based on what? why does floyd think he was on something?

Why did Pacquaio think Mayweather would come in over 147?

What was that based on?

[J The UnBiased]

based on what? why does floyd think he was on something?

Possibly with Manny moving in weight maintaining all of his attributes, most fighters don't. I believed Manny to be an exception to that rule, but with his refusal of testing, it raised an eyebrow. Floyd wasn't the only one who felt Manny was on something, so he requested extra testing. Manny walked.

[shade darkar]

No it wasn't!


Mayweather loses $300K per pound

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in at 146 pounds on Friday afternoon, two pounds heavier than the weight stipulated in the contract for his comeback fight against lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The excess weight will cost Mayweather $300,000 per pound, meaning Marquez will get an additional $600,000 on top of his $3.2 million guarantee, a source told ESPN.com. Mayweather's minimum guarantee is $10 million, a figure likely to dramatically increase after the pay-per-view receipts are counted.

Marquez, who has never fought heavier than 135 pounds, comfortably made 142 pounds, two less than the 144-pound contract weight.

At Mayweather's request, nobody would speak publicly about the contract weight throughout the promotion that kicked off in early May and continued into the fall when the fight was postponed from July 18 because of a Mayweather rib injury.

However, several sources with direct knowledge of the contract told ESPN.com all along that the contract maximum weight was 144 pounds, three less than the 147-pound welterweight maximum.

But after Friday's weigh-in, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer finally addressed the issue, telling ESPN.com, "The fight was contracted as a welterweight fight with an agreed upon weight of 144 pounds. However, there were pre-negotiated weight penalties built in."

Schaefer would not disclose the dollar figure, but another source with direct knowledge of the contract told ESPN.com that the penalty was $300,000 per pound if either fighter was overweight.

According to the source, the Marquez camp knew Wednesday night that Mayweather would not make weight because Mayweather's team made overtures to Golden Boy Promotions in an effort to have Marquez agree to change weight on the bout agreements to be filed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

However, Marquez's contract had already been filed reading 144 pounds, according to commission executive director Keith Kizer. But Kizer said the bout agreement was retrieved from the commission by Golden Boy Promotions and changed to 147 with Marquez initialing it.

Mayweather's contract with 147 pounds was not filed with the commission until minutes before the weigh-in. Kizer said it was supposed to be filed on Wednesday.

Kizer said the Mayweather camp asked to file it Thursday and he said OK, but that deadline also came and went.

"We were very unhappy with the lateness of Mr. Mayweather's contract," Kizer said.

Kizer said that had the bout agreements not been changed to 147, Mayweather would have faced a fine from the commission in addition to whatever penalty he had agreed to pay Marquez. For being two pounds overweight, Kizer said the penalty would have been 10 percent of his purse, or $1 million. Had he been three pounds over (147 pounds), the figure would have jumped to a 20 percent fine.

ok, well either way, he still agreed to make 144, realized he couldnt and got it changed. that doesnt change the fact that he agreed to a weight and didnt make it.

[Rapid Counter]

It just seems manny and his fans are most annoyed that they couldn't just get what they wanted.

Shade Darkar: "but but but im not a Manny fan, im a boxing fan"

Yeah right!!

[shade darkar]

Why did Pacquaio think Mayweather would come in over 147?

What was that based on?

he didnt. it was based on his failure to make an agreed upon weight with marquez. its not rocket science.