Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Mayweather Moved Too Much, Got Hit A lot

[cuzzlo]

Only one we can say really impacted Floyd was Oscar, because Floyd retired after that and never took the rematch. Maidana and Castillo beaten decisivlely in the returns. I feel he wasn't necessarily ducking Manny but dislikes fighting Southpaws, so wanted the best return on it.

[Real Hero]

1 year left and we're done with this chicken duck!

[v.cassiusali@ya]

chickenfloyd claiming he's the best ever is a shame...hagler, hearns, leonard are way better than the running chicken man...

[$tate of Mind]

Why so butt hurt?

Manny went out on his shield trying to close the show and lived up to his word. I can respect that and any real fight fan does. No shame in going out like a warrior.

Floyd really did run, he wasn't even popping jabs or one twos off the back foot like Paulie does, Floyd was mainly throwing a punch and clinching all night. Don't worry Chris Algeiri will show you master boxing and stick and move boxing when he schools Pac on November 22.

Hopefully Floyd fights Chris next.

Getting knocked unconscious face first is humiliating. Stop trying to rationalize that. People will always remember Manny laying face first and motionless on the canvas.

[Real Hero]

Foolyd Jr is done!

[HeroBando]

Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. rejected promoter Bob Arum's $8 million offer to fight welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito, and he instead exercised a provision in his contract to buy Arum out and become a promotional free agent, Arum told ESPN.com on Monday.

According to Arum, Mayweather turned down the career-best purse to meet Margarito on Aug. 12 on HBO Pay-Per-View, instead opting for free agency by buying Arum out of their deal for $750,000...

Arum said Mayweather preferred to await the outcome of the May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga fight instead of committing to Margarito because he would prefer to fight De La Hoya...

Many in the sport believe a De La Hoya-Mayweather fight is the biggest fight on the horizon and the only one capable of generating 1 million-plus buys on pay-per-view.

The reason Mayweather opted for the buyout rather than waiting for the May 6 result was because the contract had a limited window for the buyout, one that expired before the De La Hoya fight. However, Arum said he would have extended the window if Mayweather had asked. What Arum wouldn't do, he said, was raise the guarantees for other fights outlined in the contract.

Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million.

Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn't interested in participating in.

"That's not in the cards," Arum said. "He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It's not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. We'll talk about things down the road."

The split frees Mayweather to make a potential deal with De La Hoya without Arum as part of the promotion. His involvement would have made making a deal almost impossible: The head of Top Rank has openly feuded with De La Hoya, his former superstar, and their companies rarely do business together as a result.

Arum said he was simply not interested in participating in a De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, but not because of his distaste for De La Hoya.

"I don't want to, because if I did that fight, I would be working for such a small percentage, it's not worth it," he said.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=2420382

So Mayweather turned down $8 Million to fight Margarito, which then freed him to fight Oscar, which Arum had no intention of doing. WOW! Floyd turned down $8 Million to be in the highest selling PPV event in boxing history. I guess some will stay say he was ducking Margarito.

Arum had no intention of guaranteeing him 20m for DLH. Floyd ended up taking 10m tsk tsk

[HeroBando]

Yet Manny would never step in the ring with Canelo. The excuses would be the size differential. However, Maweather is small too and he still stepped in and not only beat Canelo but EMBARASSED him. Do you remember Canelo's face after the fight? He looked like a lil baby that just dropped his ice cream cone on the cement. LOL!

I would love to see Manny in with Maidana. Manny gets KTFO!

Just like he got KTFO against another Floyd victim, JMM.

The only fighter that gives Floyd a true run for his money is SWIFT.

[tangalog2200]

Only you will think that, point blank manny doesnt have many fans, proof: If he did his PPV's would do alot better. If he's so exciting why doesnt that convert to PPV sells. He's horrible with his money and business decisions and he keeps ducking floyd, Ill show you where his promoter admits he kept him away from fighting Floyd, cause he said he knew floyd would "beat the daylights out of him" then he needed all kind of stipulations for a PED test. (if youre clean why do you need all the stipulations, why did he leave golden boy when they proposed the floyd fight? He broke a contract and signed with Arum to get out of it. then he wouldnt fight floyd when floyd called him out, his excuse was they needed to build a stadium but fought againt clottey in Cowboy STADIUM sits over 100k, then on jan 21st of this year he turned down another fight cause he wants more money you guys are easily misled so i dont blame you its your education or lack thereof.

think you have not factored in the product endorsements by pac?

if you have a product to sell, would you go to one who has not much of a fan base?


world wide at that?

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Hey dumb-a$$, maybe you should take a page out of Mayweather's playbook. Movement is a good way to avoid getting KTFO. You should try it sometime...

I think by "moved too much" he meant "ran away". Manny is just a polite guy.

[tangalog2200]

Getting knocked unconscious face first is humiliating. Stop trying to rationalize that. People will always remember Manny laying face first and motionless on the canvas.

in boxing, there may come a draw, a win on points, a tko a ko or no contest...

a fighter getting ko'd then is nothing new...a risk a fighter has to take...

pac may be remembered for that face first ko...so ok...

at least that ko falls within the realm of boxing....

but ducking and running? track and field, anyone?