Comments Thread For: Mayweather's Nevada License Likely Sign of Solo Move

[davidandrei]

people must be crazy if you think boxers are going to be treated fairly in Mayweather, Schaefer, Haymon alliance. As much as i like what they are doing, they arent the ones who should be running boxing. These guys are intelligent, greedy, shrewd businessmen. We see today how good they are at the business aspect of boxing. But thats for themselves. You think they are going to give boxers a fair shake when they are promoting using their own money? No, they are gonna be bigger ***s than Arum.

[Reloaded]

^ But Floyd's the one still making excuses and that's just another excuse, Arum is a **** promoter sometimes, but he's made historic fights happen before many of you boxing fans were ever born. He's been in the game ever since many of today's boxing fans like you were still in your dad's sack as a baby *****. It's not like it's a handicap fight with Arum and Pac vs Floyd in the ring. Floyd knows now he can make and earn more of the split. Pac has said he will agree and comply to everything under fair terms. But again, Floyd don't want to make the fight or give boxing fans and his own fans the fight. It's excuse after excuse after excuse. Floyd can make the fight happen more than anyone today. But still, Floydie fans make excuses. If Floyd said an additional requirement is for Pac to use actual pillows as gloves, you guys would agree and repeat what Floyd says.

Floyd even laid the requirement of Pac having to sign to Mayweather Promotions, fight a couple fights and then Pac gets a chance to fight Floyd.

If you ever get married and then divorce with a lot animosity you will have nothing to do with your X , this is Floyd and Arum , and the more Arum has backed out of the fight first on the Random testing issue then on the 40 mill offer to Manny , now Floyd is saying I am the A side and they come to my terms or fck off .

Floyd says thing before he thinks about it , he is not a public speaker he is fighter with a massive ego and not a very smart public relations officer , if you believe he means for Manny to sign over his contract your gullible and you guys pay way to much attention to gossip , the fight can easily be made by Arum stepping aside with that promotion which is not unusual with big fights , Maybe Arum should have allowed the random testing back when it really mattered or allowed Manny to take the 40 mill offer which is Mannys biggest pay check and the fight would have happened when they were both near prime .

I personally think it will still happen before Floyd retires its just too much money for it not to happen , Floyd offered Manny 50/50 and Manny refused on drug testing issues I think Arum and Manny made a big mistake then .

[Reloaded]

people must be crazy if you think boxers are going to be treated fairly in Mayweather, Schaefer, Haymon alliance. As much as i like what they are doing, they arent the ones who should be running boxing. These guys are intelligent, greedy, shrewd businessmen. We see today how good they are at the business aspect of boxing. But thats for themselves. You think they are going to give boxers a fair shake when they are promoting using their own money? No, they are gonna be bigger ***s than Arum.

Not bigger ***s than Arum , the same ! they are all as bad as each other and Manny is right in with them , boxing is a corporate business and the power players always skim the cream , do think with the money generated today with PPV and the internet that these guys are going to be fairy god mothers lol .

[texasboi15]

people must be crazy if you think boxers are going to be treated fairly in Mayweather, Schaefer, Haymon alliance. As much as i like what they are doing, they arent the ones who should be running boxing. These guys are intelligent, greedy, shrewd businessmen. We see today how good they are at the business aspect of boxing. But thats for themselves. You think they are going to give boxers a fair shake when they are promoting using their own money? No, they are gonna be bigger ***s than Arum.

Everybody's greedy. You..me.

[billfifty]

This isn't the past anymore this is the present. Please Floyd fan stop bringing up the past to utilize it for the present. Pacquiao deserves to fight Floyd, we all want to see it, it doesn't matter about someone's past record in this case anymore, they're both getting old. The fight is long overdue, and if you don't want to see the fight then you are not a true boxing fan, just a Floyd nut hugger. What's Floyd's excuse now? "Pacquiao still has Marquez problems". But doesn't Maidana still have Khan and Devon Alexander problems? And didn't Marquez made it clear he doesn't want a rematch with Pac?

So now your record doesn't matter?....LOL...you Pac guys make it up as you go along. This shiat is a classic promoter move....Arum didn't want to give up his golden goose so he wouldn't negotiate...has to be 50/50 split extc....so he used him up and now that he's damage goods and barely a shadow of what he was 5 or 6 fights ago, now the fight must happen. Floyd needed Pac when he was on his power pallets and knocking guys into outer space, but the difference is this ....one guy maintained his skills, still undefeated, and reported to make 70 mill (+ppv) on his next fight.....the other got knocked out, all of a sudden can't knock anyone out and look like his skills have declined, body is completely soft now as Atlas pointed out (someone needs his power pallets)......who needs who, why in the hell would I want to see the pd4pd king beat up a bum? why? and I say bum only because I"m comparing him to the pac of 5,6 fights ago. Rios was a heavy bag with feet...a C level fighter that was in front of him all night....geez never mind this getting old and I can go all day....it's to easy....

[Pony Boy]

Greed will be their stumbling stone....

[texasboi15]

Let's be clear about something. Floyd Mayweather IS Mayweather Promotions. As long as he keeps boxing and winning, people will continue to tolerate him and do business with him. They really have no choice. But once Floyd retires or let's say he were to lose a few times and his power over the game slip, Mayweather promotions comes to an end. Sad but it's true. Once Floyd loses his star power and no longer able to generate millions, no one will want to business with him. It happened to Roy. Haymon and Shaefer will continue to roll. They're going to be alright. My bet is Floyd fights well into his 40's to keep all this sht going.

[HIGHNESS]

Reloaded - Arum and Floyd did not have that type of relationship, Arum actually help build Floyd. He gave him some fights, made him earn good money that no one could have helped him make because Top Rank was basically the only major promoter. Just like Arum helped Oscar's career hence why he wants to work with Arum again. 50-50 wasn't even agreed upon on Floyd nor Shaefer first of all. According tohttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/boxing--floyd-mayweather-and-manny-pacquiao-nearly-agreed-to-a-2010-fight.html and also the testing was brought up in the MIDDLE of the negotiations. How would you feel if I accused you of cheating when you never cheated your whole life? You'd feel offended. That's not how you would negotiate a contract with another business to make money.

billfifty - In Pac's case it doesn't matter. Amir Khan was on the poll and he was basically the same record, why was he on the poll? lol The Bradley first fight was a robbery, even Floyd's Father and Uncle say it was robbery. 50-50 was fair, especially because at the time Floyd 'retired' and probably dropped from P4P, and Pac's team even accepted 45-55 with Floyd getting more, and a winner take all was offered yet Floyd still declined. When has Floyd ever knocked anyone out except for a cheap on break TKO to Victor Ortiz? There's many contradicting things Floyd has said to deceive his fans like you. Today it seems like Floyd has a massive head, I guess he's using PEDs too? Pac in the last 2 fights fought a hard hitter Rios who can TKO Pac anytime and then fought a guy Bradley who was fast and moved his feet. Floyd only fights flat footed slow no stamina fighters now.

Teddy Atlas said Canelo would beat Floyd...He is wrong on many things too. SO using him for your argument is pointless.

Floyd has ducked Paul Williams and didn't want to fight prime Cotto, or even Antonio Margarito for $8 million, his highest pay day. He said on video he doesn't want to prove who's the best is. What's up with that?

Floyd mentioned a surprise in May, but recently he said Pacquiao still has Marquez problems, I guess the surprise won't be Pacquiao. Floyd is scared to fight Pacquiao. Period.

[Ringlife]

I think we will start seeing some Al Haymon fighters start fighting under the Mayweather banner soon. Maybe around November

[ManUtd626]

Haterz will throw up on themselves. And find new ways to hate. Good stuff floyd. He set up the game to where he got most of the profits from his fights, turned around, flipped it and got his license with two fights left. Maybe now floyd and arum might dp business because this cuts out the third man which is golden boy. If canelo fights on may 5 th, rest assure floyd will counter that with his own big fight.

Unless Mayweather lines up a super fight with pacquiao maidana (if maidana wins), or some other top draw, i doubt he will go head to head with separate ppv against Canelo. If canelo is fighting a top draw like Cotto, GGG, Chavez Jr. (this assumes the cold war is over) I can see Mayweather losing face if he doesn't completely outsell his PPV and he can be a laughing stock if he loses on the PPV.