Roach admits it was pacquiao's fault the mayweather fight never happened...

[radioraheem]

Evidently so. Every year or so, there's a new crusade for them.

Freddie Roach just said otherwise, that BOTH fighters originally wanted the fight. And he said that HE KNOWS FIGHTERS. And what, we are supposed to take your word over Freddie's regarding a matter that he was directly involved with?

[ADP02]

Are you moving the goal post? The squabbles that led to contracts not being signed wasn't over split. They agreed to 50-50.

Floyd fans telling others if they are moving the goal posts .... funny stuff. Floyd has moved the goalposts so much that they are no longer in the field of play. Floyd does it with all the riskier opponents.

[V.WEBB]

I'm enjoying sitting back and reading this. Last week Dirk kept going off the subject and wanting to talk about me and my feelings, slant, etc. I was like, wtf? Ahh the irony today

Arguing ad hominem but then want to call out other posters for returning the favor. Irony at its finest. And I may have to go back and see those conversations to laugh some more at this guy.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Freddie Roach just said otherwise, that BOTH fighters originally wanted the fight. And he said that HE KNOWS FIGHTERS. And what, we are supposed to take your word over Freddie's regarding a matter that he was directly involved with?

I don't see anything revealing about what Roach said. In hindsight, maybe Team Pacquaio should have just agreed to the demands from Mayweather. At the time, Pacquiao was on top of the world and they didn't feel they needed to jump through hoops for anyone. Hindsight is 20/20.

Whether them agreeing to the testing in 2010 would have made the fight happen....I don't believe so and recent history has added credence to my view.

[ADP02]

Damn 15 hours later and the damage control is still going on ?? ahahaha

Floyd fans have been on damage control since DAY 1. Why? Well, because Floyd has been putting roadblocks since DAY 1.

For you guys to accept and defend all of Floyd's roadblocks is just crazy. That is what is funny and sad!

[joe strong]

both are great fighters & I like pacman better but I do recall manny turning down 40 million...

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Dirk accusing other posters of being emotionally invested

15 pages later here he is typing out essays.

I'm enjoying sitting back and reading this. Last week Dirk kept going off the subject and wanting to talk about me and my feelings, slant, etc. I was like, wtf? Ahh the irony today

Arguing ad hominem but then want to call out other posters for returning the favor. Irony at its finest. And I may have to go back and see those conversations to laugh some more at this guy.

It's like a knitting circle in here. I'll let you girls get back to it.

[radioraheem]

I don't see anything revealing about what Roach said. In hindsight, maybe Team Pacquaio should have just agreed to the demands from Mayweather. At the time, Pacquiao was on top of the world and they didn't feel they needed to jump through hoops for anyone. Hindsight is 20/20.

Whether them agreeing to the testing in 2010 would have made the fight happen....I don't believe so and recent history has added credence to my view.

That's your opinion though. But it's a fact that it was the only stumbling block remaining. All other more pertinent matters regarding the deal was agreed upon -- all except that. And since then, both sides have been reluctant and/or uninterested in coming back to the negotiating table.

If either side REALLY didn't want to make the fight in the beginning, they wouldn't have even come to the table to begin with. You think they wanted to waste their time for entertainment purposes? So they can play a game of charades? Please.

You just stubbornly want to take that stance because you cannot possibly believe Floyd Mayweather actually wanted that fight. That is all.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

That's your opinion though. But it's a fact that it was the only stumbling block remaining. All other more pertinent matters regarding the deal was agreed upon -- all except that. And since then, both sides have been reluctant and/or uninterested in coming back to the negotiating table.

If either side REALLY didn't want to make the fight in the beginning, they wouldn't have even come to the table to begin with. You think they wanted to waste their time for entertainment purposes? So they can play a game of charades? Please.

You just stubbornly want to take that stance because you cannot possibly believe Floyd Mayweather actually wanted that fight. That is all.

Why? The continuous failed negotiations built the profile of both fighters separately so they could milk the public with dud fights under the pretence that they were eventually going to fight each other.

If they fought in 2010, a loss for either would have been pretty devastating.

[maguirre]

Wow. Floyd Mayweather had four years to make the most lucrative fight of the century happen. And he dumped roadblocks after roadblocks into it. And he calls himself "Money."

And these cult members are telling me he is not a duck. hehe... Tell that to Hagler. hehe.