Comments Thread For: Arum Pleads For Boycott, To Make Mayweather-Pacquiao

[McLeechin]

Marquez has pretty much said he is not going to fight Pacquaio again. And I really doubt that he will, considering the scorecard issues he has faced with each fight except for the last which ended in KO. Nacho is also not interested in a Pacquaio fight again either.

Arum has already made several attempts to do it unsuccessfully. It's more likely that Marquez will rematch Bradley, than fight Pacquaio again.

B-But Marquez wants that WBO welterweight title.

Oops... Pacquiao has it now? Gotta pursue another alphabet belt.

Oh no, Golden Boy has the other welterweight titles. Can't go back there either!

[hitking]

Did you guys notice that Arum wants Floyd to come to the table with no preconditions? As if both fighters are equals in negotiating power and drawing ability. This kind of bullshit is exactly why the fight has never happened.

I'm so glad that reporter brought up Provodnikov/Algieri and called Bob out on his hypocrisy. Does anybody know who the reporter was? Dude was gutsy, objective and knew his stuff like a real boxing journalist is supposed to.

Should have called his ass out on the Pac-Rios nonsense too. And JMM-Alvarado while he was at it.

[mrpizza-nd_beer]

Give Pac vs. Mayweather a chance. Let's see what Floyd and showtime does after the ppv does a measely 100k. Come on even if you're a Floyd fan it should be interesting how this plays out if they only get 100k ppvs. Unless, Floyd fans are really getting their pockets lined with each Mayweather fight.

[McLeechin]

Give Pac vs. Mayweather a chance. Let's see what Floyd and showtime does after the ppv does a measely 100k. Come on even if you're a Floyd fan it should be interesting how this plays out if they only get 100k ppvs. Unless, Floyd fans are really getting their pockets lined with each Mayweather fight.

Don't underestimate large groups of dumb people in debt to buy the next Mayweather PPV with a credit card.

[thack]

There isn't a fighter south of the middleweight division that could win more than two or three rounds against Floyd. That's even more evident after the events of last night. I think his PPV numbers will probably start dipping low enough that after next May, Showtime may be looking for a way outta the last fight of that deal.

Very good point sir but I would much prefer he fought Manny than Khan!

[JTfloyd]

Its funny how Floyd is two years older than Pacquiao but people still say Pacquaio isn't in his prime. Just shows how much skill Mayweather has. Truthfully Floyd wasn't in his prime when he and Pacquaio tried negotiations the first time in Floyd still would've schooled him. Last time Pacquaio was in his prime was the Magarito fight-Last time we saw prime Mayweather was in the Baldomir fight Two years before Pacquaio fought Magarito. So technically Floyd SHOULD be waaay past his greater years.

Floyd has slowed down ever since he grew into welter. The difference between him and Pac is that one of them has had a great defense and boxing IQ for his entire career. On the other hand, the next straight right Manny ducks will be the first. Getting KTFO certainly didn't help, especially since he subsequently got rocked by a career 140lber with zero power. lol.

This whole boycott nonsense is Arum realizing that he's running out of fighters to hand-pick for Manny. That's why he's so desperate to make Pac/JMM 5 while simultaneously hyping up Mikey Garcia as a future opponent for Manny. Anything to keep him away from Mayweather.

[McLeechin]

Floyd has slowed down ever since he grew into welter. The difference between him and Pac is that one of them has had a great defense and boxing IQ for his entire career. On the other hand, the next straight right Manny ducks will be the first. Getting KTFO certainly didn't help, especially since he subsequently got rocked by a career 140lber with zero power. lol.

This whole boycott nonsense is Arum realizing that he's running out of fighters to hand-pick for Manny. That's why he's so desperate to make Pac/JMM 5 while simultaneously hyping up Mikey Garcia as a future opponent for Manny. Anything to keep him away from Mayweather.

Who's running out of opponents faster?

Pac/Bradley 2 > May/Maidana
Pac/JMM 5 > May/Khan

Stop being delusional. Without Manny, Canelo was the last of the Mohicans for Floyd, unless he fights GGG or the winner of Cotto/Martinez at a catchweight for a middleweight title.

[richardt]

I kept thinking how the one thing fighters past their prime say is that they saw the opportunity but could not pull the trigger and that is what I saw with Pac. One of Pac's best moments was the flurry when Bradley was against the ropes on the left side of the screen where he got some punches in while Bradley had his gloves up. So taking one of Pac's best moments and applying that to Mayweather against the ropes, the difference is that Mayweather would be slipping, ducking, and countering and nullifying what would be Pac's best moments so for me, its a wrap that Mayweather would win unless Mayweather ages overnight and I don't see that. Mayweather by a comfortable margin. Closer fight 3 years ago, not so much now.

[McLeechin]

I kept thinking how the one thing fighters past their prime say is that they saw the opportunity but could not pull the trigger and that is what I saw with Pac. One of Pac's best moments was the flurry when Bradley was against the ropes on the left side of the screen where he got some punches in while Bradley had his gloves up. So taking one of Pac's best moments and applying that to Mayweather against the ropes, the difference is that Mayweather would be slipping, ducking, and countering and nullifying what would be Pac's best moments so for me, its a wrap that Mayweather would win unless Mayweather ages overnight and I don't see that. Mayweather by a comfortable margin. Closer fight 3 years ago, not so much now.

Fair opinion. If only Floyd calls Manny's 24-hour hotline now to prove it.

[GOD-FR33]

Well.......

Well, to Manny's credit, he's won 80% of the rounds he's fought. That's very impressive. He out-throws and out-lands his opponents. He's hard to win rounds against. One of Floyd's biggest flaws, is his low counter punching punch output. It's a 50/50 fight, TRUST ME. Manny is as special as Floyd for different reasons. Stop defending Floyd and challenge him to challenge himself. One fighter fights anyone, anytime, anyplace. The other fighter talks a BIG game but takes easy fights to make himself look better than what he is. Floyd is a great fighter BUT we still don't clearly know how great he is. Why did he struggle with a shop worn Cotto? Why did he struggle with an old part time fighter in Oscar? Those were his best opponents. You think he's going to dominate an ATG in Manny? Smh. You people just don't get it. Floyd is very smart in who he fights. Any other fighter who has called him out, he fought. Mosley, Ortiz, Roidquez, The Ghost.......none of those fighters are as unique and special as Manny. Floyd knows this. He knows it would be the fight of his life.