Should Team Pacquiao/Top Rank make a play for the WBC Title

[cupocity303]

Just for show. Push the WBC to mandate this fight. Then take it to a purse bid.

Surely Top Rank can out-bid Golden Boy (Unless Vlad Hryunov pulls off the upset) considering that Bob Arum probably takes more from his Cash Cow than Golden Boy does from Floyd. Not to mention his three-decades worth of connections in the finance industry, who would be willing to lend their pockets for some up-front money. Then go for the typical 75-25 purse split.

Of course none of this would happen and Floyd would end up vacating, with Pacquiao taking his Green belt by fighting Luis Carlos Abregu. Meanwhile, you still have Bradley as the WBO Champ that you can milk.

Right now, Goldenboy has rights to three Title Holders at 147 (Maidana WBA, Porter IBF, Mayweather WBC). With this strategy it's 2 to 2.

[PACBOY]

Just for show. Push the WBC to mandate this fight. Then take it to a purse bid.

Surely Top Rank can out-bid Golden Boy (Unless Vlad Hryunov pulls off the upset) considering that Bob Arum probably takes more from his Cash Cow than Golden Boy does from Floyd. Not to mention his three-decades worth of connections in the finance industry, who would be willing to lend their pockets for some up-front money. Then go for the typical 75-25 purse split.

Of course none of this would happen and Floyd would end up vacating, with Pacquiao taking his Green belt by fighting Luis Carlos Abregu. Meanwhile, you still have Bradley as the WBO Champ that you can milk.

Right now, Goldenboy has rights to three Title Holders at 147 (Maidana WBA, Porter IBF, Mayweather WBC). With this strategy it's 2 to 2.

I totally agree.

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

Floyd would vacate the WBC belt and fight one of the GBP fighters with a 147 belt.

The green belt by itself is not really going to do Pac any good if Pac can only fight Top Rank fighters.

[AgainstTheRopes]

Arum's not willing to make the fight to begin with and you expect him to front over $100 million for the fight? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

[PAC-BOY]

They absolutely should!

[cupocity303]

Arum's not willing to make the fight to begin with and you expect him to front over $100 million for the fight? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

Did I not say "Just for show"? This fight is not make-able.

All it would accomplish is taking the WBC Belt out of the Goldenboy roster, which was my point to begin with. Then you can have a Bradley Vs Pacquiao unification fight instead of just Bradley defending his WBO against Pacquiao.

[cupocity303]

Floyd would vacate the WBC belt and fight one of the GBP fighters with a 147 belt.

The green belt by itself is not really going to do Pac any good if Pac can only fight Top Rank fighters.

It's a strategy in this network/promotions "Cold War". Take one of their belts and even it out. What's better, Bradley VS Pacquiao ll for the WBO Welterweight Championship or Bradley Vs Pacquiao ll for the WBC/WBA Unified Welterweight Championship?

[Slip Stream]

If the WBC tries to mandate that fight all they're doing is showing how blatant their politics are. Manny does not deserve to be the mandatory challenger for any title much less the WBC. He was knocked over the rainbow and into the land of OZ two fights ago, we should be discussing his retirement not if the WBC can force anyone's hand.

[-MEGA-]

Just for show. Push the WBC to mandate this fight. Then take it to a purse bid.

Surely Top Rank can out-bid Golden Boy (Unless Vlad Hryunov pulls off the upset) considering that Bob Arum probably takes more from his Cash Cow than Golden Boy does from Floyd. Not to mention his three-decades worth of connections in the finance industry, who would be willing to lend their pockets for some up-front money. Then go for the typical 75-25 purse split.

Of course none of this would happen and Floyd would end up vacating, with Pacquiao taking his Green belt by fighting Luis Carlos Abregu. Meanwhile, you still have Bradley as the WBO Champ that you can milk.

Right now, Goldenboy has rights to three Title Holders at 147 (Maidana WBA, Porter IBF, Mayweather WBC). With this strategy it's 2 to 2.

Sounds good to me! Let's get some unification going on....

[TonitosWay]

A unification fight between Pacquiao & Bradley doesn't sound bad; its a win/win situation.