Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Pacquiao is Broke, Desperate For Payday!

[Aristocrat]

I think it is safe to say Floyd and Manny are never fighting. dammit

[Bronx2245]

Your article actually proves the opposite of what you are trying to convey. It shows he was willing to do everything in 2012 and it still wasn't enough.

Actually what I was trying to convey is that Pac didn't "come around" until 2012. Then do you know what happened in 2012:

January 7, 2012, 3:41 AM ET

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...

It was just this week that Arum said he would go to the Philippines to meet with Pacquiao and present him with the names of four possible opponents for May or June: Miguel Cotto, Marquez, Lamont Peterson and Timothy Bradley Jr.

Arum figured Mayweather would be in jail and off the table. Now that Mayweather is available and seemingly would like to make the match, Arum suddenly isn't interested.

He used the lame excuse of the cut Pacquiao suffered against Marquez, saying he might not be ready for May. (I've never heard of a cut taking more than six months to heal.) However, earlier this week, when Arum thought Mayweather would be on ice behind bars, he said there was a good possibility Pacquiao would fight in May.

Moments after Mayweather was granted the continuance, Arum changed his tune.

"We're fighting in June, one of the four guys," Arum told me over the phone.

I asked him, now that Mayweather was available, would he at least be part of the conversation when Arum meets with Pacquiao next week? A perturbed Arum's response was, "Absolutely not. Nope."

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

So now do you see why I say "**** Bob Arum?" That was strike 2, and in my opinion, when Manny re-signed with Arum, that was strike # 3! **** you Manny, you're out!

[Beater_of_ass]

Really? I didn't see that on their latest earnings release. Explain.

Showtime has been putting on more TV shows while cutting back on boxing programming like they just did with Shobox.

[IMDAZED]

Showtime has been putting on more TV shows while cutting back on boxing programming.

And what does this mean to you?

[Aristocrat]

Manny wants the fight but I believe Arum doesn't want it.

[Beater_of_ass]

And what does this mean to you?

You asked me how he broke Showtime, I gave you the answer. Now, you don't like the reply so your now saying why should I care... Why would you care if I'm saying they are broke in the first place?

[Divine Hammer]

fight pacquiao you coward. stop putting up so many roadblocks. this fight will do huge numbers and make a lot of money for both of you.

[IMDAZED]

You asked me how he broke Showtime, I gave you the answer. Now, you don't like the reply so your now saying why should I care... Why would you care if I'm saying they are broke in the first place?

If he broke Showtime, how could they allocate money elsewhere? You make no sense.

[luisivich]

I'm not looking this up, because i'm tired of doing all the research, but has Manny done better with any other fighter, than he has with Marquez? Floyd has the largest PPV event, and the largest revenue making fight in history. Clearly, if Manny is his equal or better, shouldn't he be able to break records without Floyd? I mean Floyd has done it twice without Manny. I'm sure that since Manny turned down 2 offers, and Floyd has broke records since then without him, he's pretty much Ok with telling Manny "Go **** yourself!'

floyd has done those numbers because he has a good name in the opposite corner. pac is the best dancer to dance with(every welter got two left foot compared to pac). floyd should offer fair compensation.

[IMDAZED]

floyd has done those numbers because he has a good name in the opposite corner. pac is the best dancer to dance with(every welter got two left foot compared to pac). floyd should offer fair compensation.

Yet Floyd has him beat #'s wise on nearly every common opponent they've both faced.