Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather Explains Ariza Situation, MX Gloves

[The Big Dunn]

dunn, when u retired and come back that doesnt make u the a-side again. u have to work ur way up for it. and i knew u were gonna reply with the bolded part, so typical of u. floyd accepted all except for the cut off which pac was trying to dictate since he was the "a-side" at the time.

what. LMFAO. the cutoff was offered because manny wouldn't agree to full testing. save this for another thread-this is about Floyd and gloves for the mayhem fight.

[gamefrk]

ok. well you are consistent. I would have loved to see a thread on this before all this so we could've debated the issue outside of Floyd.

Regarding ring size-do you think choosing the bigger or smaller ring also creates an advantage and is that something that must be standardized as well?

You can ask me any questions you wish to, I;ll always be consistent. Can;t support this shyt blindly in boxing like some ****** fans do.

I don't think I had registered on BoxingScene when stuff like this went down in the past.

Regarding ring size: I already said this too should be/can be standardized by the commissions. Boxing is a sport where foot work & movement is crucial..I'm no expert on how big/small it should be exactly..but it can be decided upon by the right people.

[gamefrk]

With or without the gloves Floyd wins but I do think he's acting like a little b!tch regarding the gloves. If the commission approves of it, I think that's all that should matter. Let him use the gloves.

You hit the nail...

[New England]

when did floyd ever sound good though? he's always all over the places, stuttering, etc.

much, much better than he does here.


like i said, perhaps there's other stuff going on. if that's really as well as he can talk, he should retire.

[The Big Dunn]

You can ask me any questions you wish to, I;ll always be consistent. Can;t support this shyt blindly in boxing like some ****** fans do.

I don't think I had registered on BoxingScene when stuff like this went down in the past.

Regarding ring size: I already said this too should be/can be standardized by the commissions. Boxing is a sport where foot work & movement is crucial..I'm no expert on how big/small it should be exactly..but it can be decided upon by the right people.

As will I stay consistent with my opinion that its no big deal. well, I respect the way you debated even though we have drastically different opinions.

Until the next time.

[gamefrk]

much, much better than he does here.


like i said, perhaps there's other stuff going on. if that's really as well as he can talk, he should retire.

I think he's just tired in these videos. He seemed perfectly fluent/ok in the press conferences.

[bigjavi973]

what. LMFAO. the cutoff was offered because manny wouldn't agree to full testing. save this for another thread-this is about Floyd and gloves for the mayhem fight.

That is an utter lie. On December 13, 2009, Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, said Mayweather's request for Olympic-style drug testing was a laughing matter and they had no concerns whatsoever about it. "Our reaction is, 'So what?' We know Manny doesn't take any illegal drugs or anything. And none of this is getting under Manny's skin or anything. I'm here with Manny, and to him, it's like a joke. It's a laughing matter," said Koncz.

After reports had surfaced that both parties had agreed to all terms, Golden Boy Promotions released a press release on December 22, 2009, revealing that Pacquiao was unwilling to comply with the Olympic-style drug testing requested by Team Mayweather. The following day, Bob Arum, Top Rank founder and CEO, declared the fight was off and Pacquiao would be facing a different opponent. "We appeased Mayweather by agreeing to a urine analysis at any time, and blood testing before the press conference and after the fight. Mayweather pressed for blood testing even up to the weigh-in. He knew that Manny gets freaked out when his blood gets taken and feels that it weakens him. This is just harassment and, to me, just signaled that he didn't want the fight," Arum told David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press.

Not long after declaring that the fight was off, Arum had a change of heart and offered Mayweather a 24-hour take-it-or-leave-it deadline to accept Team Pacquiao's terms for drug testing. Top Rank sent out a press release explaining their position on Mayweather's request for random Olympic-style drug testing. In it, Arum said Pacquiao was willing to submit to as many random urine tests requested, but as far as random blood tests were concerned, he was only willing to subject himself to 3 tests: one in January, one 30 days from the bout (no later than February 13) and immediately after the fight. "Let's be very clear on the real issues we differ on. It's not about being tested....It's about who does the testing and the scheduling of the procedures....The major issue related to the testing rests with which independent agency will administer these tests. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) cannot do it because they will not amend its procedures to accommodate the blood testing schedule we have outlined. USADA, under its guidelines, would have the right to administer random blood tests as many times as they want up to weigh-in day and that is ludicrous," Arum explained.

Freddie Roach told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times on December 22, 2009, that he would prefer for Pacquiao to give his final blood sample a week before the bout and no later than 72 hours before.

On December 28, 2009, video from an episode of HBO's Pacquiao-Hatton: 24/7 surfaced on the internet showing Pacquiao giving blood in the weeks leading up to his May 2, 2009, bout with Ricky Hatton. Documents confirmed that the video was recorded on April 8, 2009, 24 days prior to the fight and past the 30-day cut-off date that Pacquiao had demanded for a Mayweather fight.

Pacquiao filed suit in U.S. District Court in Nevada on December 30, 2009, against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions executives Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer, alleging that they made false and defamatory statements accusing him of taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Both sides agreed to enter into mediation on January 7, 2010, in hopes of coming to an agreement on the blood testing issue. Retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, who successfully resolved a prior dispute between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, would again act as mediator. Two days later, after hours of negotiating during mediation, Arum declared that the fight was officially off after Mayweather refused to agree to a 24-day cut-off date. Mayweather revealed that he offered a 14-day cut-off date to Team Pacquiao, but it was rejected.

[Bigg Rigg]

Geez, rigg. plastic man and mr fantastic don't stretch this much.

Floyd would have tried to weasel his way outta it one way or another.

[The Big Dunn]

Floyd would have tried to weasel his way outta it one way or another.

LOL, I guess that's what you have to go with since Manny refused the fight.

You should be more concerned about the next deep cut Bob's son in law finds derailing the fight.

[PACnPBFsuck]

dunn, when u retired and come back that doesnt make u the a-side again. u have to work ur way up for it. and i knew u were gonna reply with the bolded part, so typical of u. floyd accepted all except for the cut off which pac was trying to dictate since he was the "a-side" at the time.

When was the last time you seen the A-side fighter agreeing to a 50-50 split?