Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Hopefully I'll Face Floyd Mayweather Next Year

[junior gong]

Sorry Manny, but floyd doesnt want to fight you. He's been avoiding you like the ebola virus for 6 years!

[WESS]

lol this is just getting worse by the week. Talk about crashing and burning.

Next up, Vargas releasing a statement.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Pac is begging so hard. It's really sad.

[bigjavi973]

So you are backing up Arum? You really think that was a legitimate obstacle to making the fight in 2012?

January 7, 2012 ESPN:

Friday's turn of events made that pretty clear. There have been previous negotiations and lots of rhetoric. At various times throughout this whole ordeal, I believe both sides have been to blame.

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

I agree with Dan Rafael! Arum killed that fight on purpose, to keep his cash cow safely in his pocket. I won't ever blame Floyd for not fighting Pacquiao while he is promoted by Arum. If Manny never gets the fight, it's his own fault, he should've dumped Arum after this stunt...unless he really ddn't want the fight in the first place.

assumptions, assumptions and more assumptions. Thats the only thing ya come up with. Why does it bother ya so much that pacquiao wants to fight floyd?

[bigjavi973]

Cotto, Canelo, Maidana vs. Rios, Bradley, Algeri...no contest!

I think you mean..... canelo, maidana, maidana vs rios, bradley, algieri. Take out the rematch of maidana and you have...
guerrero, canelo, maidana. The same maidana that has alexander and khan problems. Oh thats right floyd fought him twice smh

[bigjavi973]

Because that was the only other option right? You are so full of crap.

Yea im full of crap that I think a fighter should leave his promoter just to get in the ring with a guy that obviously doesn't want the fight. Its 2014, damn near 2015. When was the last time floyd stated that he wanted to fight pacquiao?

[Vasyl’s dad]

Very well said! I can't understand Pacquiao. How does moving out of the welterweight division help you get a fight with Floyd? At least Floyd is not even talking about fighting you. Why is Manny still talking about a Mayweather fight? And Mayweather is not the entire WW, or Jr. WW division, there are other credible opponents! Oscar, Haymon, and Roach, are all onboard for a Pac vs. Garcia bout. Why not that? Why not Khan or Porter? Why not Kell Brook? Algeri? Vargas? Really Manny?

Manny has you talking about him. Manny is a marketing genius! !

[Bronx2245]

assumptions, assumptions and more assumptions. Thats the only thing ya come up with. Why does it bother ya so much that pacquiao wants to fight floyd?

Because people like you keep saying that, even though all the actions of his trainers, his S & C coaches, and his promoter (and other promoters too) say otherwise. You'll be buying PPVs of Pacquaio vs. Vargas, Crawford, Mikey Garcia, etc. by Thanksgiving 2015!

[Kuyukut]

Pac is begging so hard. It's really sad.

very true but the scared coward fraud jr doesn’t want any part of it.

that's embarrassing...

[bimhead]

Because people like you keep saying that, even though all the actions of his trainers, his S & C coaches, and his promoter (and other promoters too) say otherwise. You'll be buying PPVs of Pacquaio vs. Vargas, Crawford, Mikey Garcia, etc. by Thanksgiving 2015!

I'LL WATCH'EM...BUT I AINTA BUYIN' 'EM!