Comments Thread For: Pacquiao-Algieri: Bob Arum Sets Thursday Meeting

[IMDAZED]

Al Haymon is bad for the sport. He's putting the so called 140 champ in with Ron Salsa. Sure this fight is bad but blame Floyd. He had a chance to fight Manny. He didn't have an opponent, Manny doesn't have an opponent, yet he's the one reluctant to work with Arum. Arum putting on a weak fight and yet this guy is still coming off a better win than Ron Salsa. Who else is there then then can possibly fight?

When in doubt, go with old reliable. It's Floyd's fault, eh? Isn't it always?

[Gigantes]

You want to blame Floyd for this? Who told Manny to re-sign with Arum? Why was Arum talking up Algeri against Provodnikov? He was setting this up from the get-go! Manny did this to himself. There are plenty of fighters in the WW division. He could pick Thurman or Khan right now. If he can't fight them because they're with Haymon, then that's not Floyd's fault.

Where's the gaurantee if Manny didn't sign with Arum he would've fought Floyd?

Floyd had the power to say "I'll fight Manny", but he didn't

When in doubt, go with old reliable. It's Floyd's fault, eh? Isn't it always?

[Risen]

"We need Al Haymon out of boxing, he's bad for the sport!"

"Bob Arum is a great match maker, look at all the great fights he puts on HBO!"

Yup, without Al Haymon we would've had Pacquiao-Mayweather in their primes.

[Bronx2245]

50/50 lol, riiiight

They had 4 fights, 1 draw, 2 decisions, and 1 KO by Marquez which was the last fight. I think that deserves 50/50. Is it better to take 50% of 1.5 million PPVs with Marquez, or 75% of 500,000 PPVs against Algeri? You can't have too much pride when the man knocked you the **** out!

[SERVILEV]

I won't buy this garbage. No disrespect to Algeria! But how the hell u gonna sell this crap? I'd actually rather see pacq fight any other name worthy opponent!

[Bronx2245]

Yup, without Al Haymon we would've had Pacquiao-Mayweather in their primes.

Either you're just ****** or you never heard about this before:

Earlier this week, Arum said he wasn't planning on Mayweather being available for a late-spring bout, and was going to discuss possible fights against Timothy Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Lamont Peterson or Miguel Cotto with Pacquiao.

Now the discussion has changed.

"May 5 is out for us, it can't happen, because we want to explore the idea of getting a [temporary] stadium/arena up on the streets of Las Vegas that can seat 40,000," Arum said. "The end of May is a possibility."

Arum said he's intent to explore the idea of the larger outdoor venue because "having the fight in a 40,000-seat arena rather than a 16,000-seat arena seems like a no-brainer."

Additionally, Arum said Pacquiao is still healing from a deep cut over one of his eyes that he sustained in the Marquez fight.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/floyd-mayweather-jr-manny-pacquiao-boxing.html

[AP♠]

How can ppl say this is not worse then a Garcia/Salka fight when your paying for it

[Deevel916]

This will be the first Pacquiao fight that I will not pay for. .

[Mike D]

Is there any chance that this could somehow be put on regular HBO subscription? Bob has to know that this would be a disaster on PPV.

[Det. Conan]

Yup, without Al Haymon we would've had Pacquiao-Mayweather in their primes.

i DONT KNOW IF iM CORRECT OR NOT, BUT I DONT REMEMBER ANY OF HAYMON'S FIGHTERS WHO ACTUALLY FOUGHT PAC. IM SUSPECTING ITS BECAUSE HAYMON WAS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT ARUM DID.