Comments Thread For: Arum Says Pacquiao Contract Extension is Close

[MindBat]

Pac will fight anybody even GBP fighters. The problem is Schaeffer don't want to work with Arum so Oscar should do something about it.

So the ball is in Floyd's court. He's the one with all the issues why not to fight. Arum's not in the way, it's all smoke.

You guys enjoy lying to yourselves hoping the facts somehow rearrange themselves to stuff you want to believe, don't you.

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[V.WEBB]

Pac will fight anybody even GBP fighters. The problem is Schaeffer don't want to work with Arum so Oscar should do something about it.

So the ball is in Floyd's court. He's the one with all the issues why not to fight. Arum's not in the way, it's all smoke.

[Jack Napier]

it's sad that Pac won't just go home
he got 1 more win and 1 more title
that's all that was needed, the man shouldn't fight anymore
any win looks good for him now because he's shot
but it's not worth the risk of getting damaged

[GodInFleshSuit]

Manny signs that contract and any chance of a Mayweather super-fight is out the door. He has to know that. Manny signing that contract is no different than Stevenson signing with Al Haymon to duck Kovalev.

[Bronx2245]

You keep telling yourself that son.

ARUM: "Manny Pacquiao, will never fight a Golden Boy Fighter!"

http://www.boxingscene.com/arum-pacq...fighter--38880

Thanks for that article. Once again, Bob Arum was wrong! Floyd will leave GBP, he won't do business with them? Well that was 2011. What about Floyd wasn't getting $20 million for a fight against ODLH? Wrong again Bob! Bob's stable has to be seeing what's going on with Haymon fighters. I can't believe they are all as ****** as Manny.

[mourinho1]

No I am not happy about boxing in general but that's besides the point. THe point is that BOXING has been relegated because of pure prizefighting. The promoters rule and there's no single governing body like the NFL, MLB, NBA to standardize testings, unification of belts and more accurate rankings.

Boxers shouldn't be cherry picking and there should be a mandatory defense system for champions with limited time given to defend it or lose it.

I want to see a strong governing body to revitalize the sport.

Good post.

but every suggestion and solution you offered will most likely take a lot of time to become reality. Your suggestions are ok, but we as fans are in the here and now and we wanna see as many great matchups as possible. And the majority thinks we will see those if pacman fights at showtime starting 2015.

regardless if he gets mayweather...

[Dafoo]

Originally Posted by Ivansmamma

Why can't pac be a free agent like cotto and have working relationship with both arum and golden boy? Serious question.

A good one actually, it's a shame that there arent manny promotors out there who are willing to educate the fans about the ins and outs of the business

IMO, I think the short answer is it takes a savvy adviser or manager to negotiate "free agent" deals with a promoter and it's clear Koncz is not that type of adviser.

[mourinho1]

Pac will fight anybody even GBP fighters. The problem is Schaeffer don't want to work with Arum so Oscar should do something about it.

So the ball is in Floyd's court. He's the one with all the issues why not to fight. Arum's not in the way, it's all smoke.

Hi Bob

thanks for letting us know

[mourinho1]

Manny signs that contract and any chance of a Mayweather super-fight is out the door. He has to know that. Manny signing that contract is no different than Stevenson signing with Al Haymon to duck Kovalev.

I dont completely agree, atleast Stevenson is going to the other side to potentially earn more money.

[Bronx2245]

how did bob killed it again?? i thought it was floyd who demanded ost from manny and floyd couldnt agree on the cut off date? so again how did bob ruin this again? what does oscar, canelo have anything to do with this? so oscar is offering canelo now? could of swear oscar says he wants to patch things up with TR, nothing about offering canelo to them LOL.. u keep acting like if floyd vs pac happens bob is gonna steal money from floyd LOL!! bob is not promoting floyd, maybe bob can steal from manny but what does that matter to floyd??

Read for yourself:

"Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions hasn’t worked on a fight of substance with his former promoter and on-again, off-again rival, Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions, in five years. But De La Hoya, declaring himself “back and better than ever” as the president of Golden Boy, told The Times on Tuesday that he recently engaged Arum in conversation about ending boxing’s cold war that has blocked several attractive fights from happening. One fight that De La Hoya says he’s interested in pursuing is a super-bout between Arum’s star fighter, Manny Pacquiao, and Golden Boy’s top star, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.“Anything’s possible,” De La Hoya said. “That’s one of the reasons I was extending the olive branch. The fans want to see these kinds of fights.”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-boxing-de-la-hoya-arum-pacquiao-canelo-20140422,0,5057374.story#ixzz30I6PP5IG

"Friday's turn of events made that pretty clear. There have been previous negotiations and lots of rhetoric. At various times throughout this whole ordeal, I believe both sides have been to blame. But at this moment, the fault of a fight not being made falls squarely on the shoulders of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who, in my view, simply doesn't want to make the match at a moment when there seems to be no legitimate impediment. Arum doesn't want to match his cash cow, Pacquiao, with somebody he doesn't control, and he has no control over Mayweather. He once did, but that was years ago, before their nasty breakup."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...yweather-fight