Pacquiao not leaving Arum for Mayweather bout : inquirer.net

[ironmt]

Smh dude when did I downplay Manny's significance? U gitta pay attention. What I said is Floyd is the draw, which he absolutely is. Here would be the a side of the promotion. No way to slice that. U think team PAC doesn't understand that? In fact the only ones who don't are PAC fans.

So what your saying Is, Floyd Is the BIGGER draw, not the draw. This I can agree with. Pacquiao plays a vital role In how well this PPV would sell just as Alvarez, De La Hoya and Trinidad did.

[Ray*]

He shouldn't leave to sign for anyone, leaving Top rank would still be the best decision of his life, he has a name and that alone gives him options instead of just fighting recycle rematches at Top rank.

[Fetta]

He could take the cotto route and leave get fight get paid then return to fight tomato can and be called a beast again

[sampsonsimpson]

why do u act like those fighters made 10-15mil more than the others? like i said all those fighters didnt see anything pass 10+mil. floyd has a set price where he offer his opponents so now it depends on what manny bring to the table? so explain why all of a sudden floyd is bringing up pac's ppv numbers?? hmm could this be a way for him to use against manny IF a negotiation was to ever happen?

its well documented that hatton, cotto, canelo made more than $10 mill fighting floyd ... stop the nonsense

That was my whole point, you said It yourself, "It takes a big name for Floyd to sell a massive PPV. So why are you down playing Manny's significance? I never denied that Mayweather does big numbers on his own but again for the third time, It takes two.

what you fail to realize is that irrespective of the PPVs sold, floyd still makes $30 mill plus per bout. fighting manny is an expensive promotion for his company ... i guarantee he profited more from a canelo bout than he will a pacman fight at this point

[sampsonsimpson]

He could take the cotto route and leave get fight get paid then return to fight tomato can and be called a beast again

exactly this

declining a long term extension isnt the same as leaving TR

[R_Walken]

I still think this fight is happening soon regardless if Manny is with TR or not. I think it's more of a power move to get PAC to fight for less $ and add a FU to Arum to not be involved in possibly the biggest boxing match ever.

My question is if even if 20% of Mannys $ problems and being jerked around by Top Rank are true then why the f-ck would he want to stay with Top Rank with or with out a Floyd fight.

[big_james10]

Honestly. This whole, "leave Arum" campaign started from Floyd, and is another duck tactic. Manny's right. There is no guarantee that the fight gets made if he leaves.

Floyd didn't say that Pac had to leave Bob Arum in order to make the fight. He said that he will never fight Pac as long as Bob Arum is involved because Bob Arum is a crook who cheated Mayweather out of money that was rightfully Mayweather's. Would you be willing to work with someone who robbed your home or cheated you out of money that rightfully belonged to you?

Richard Schafer said the fight could be made if Arum was willing to take step-aside money and allow GBP to promote the fight. Arum won't take a $10 million step-aside fee as long as he can make a Pacquaio/Bradley fight and walk away with $30 million. That is why is why the fight won't get made.

[John Barron]

Maybe it because-as you and kurt (and other manny fans) have both said a number of times-that Manny wants the fight but Bob doesn't. If this is actually the case-manny wants it and bob doesn't-then it would make sense for floyd to ask for Manny to leave Bob.

If you guys are all wrong and Manny doesn't want the fight or its not Bob preventing nhim from fighting then yes it wouldn't make sense for manny to leave TR to get a floyd fight.

I would only add one thing-Alot of you, not you specifically, suggested Floyd wouldn't fight Cotto ever, even if he left TR. As soon as cotto did, he got a floyd fight and earned his highest payday.

MIND BLOWN

these simpletons and their swiss cheese arguments.

[ColdBlooded]

The smart thing for Pacquiao to do would be to become a free agent. That way, if he so desires, he can still work with Top Rank. However, it would also open up a lot of interesting options with Golden Boy. If Pacquiao really cares about the fans as much as he claims, then he won't resign with Top Rank.

[arizashakes]

In convinced this fight will never happen regardless of what is ever said by these two