Comments Thread For: Arum and De La Hoya on May 2nd: That's Canelo's Date

[Ray*]

As a fan, it's disheartening. But ultimately, it's up to Manny. He just said it's not about the money and that it's about legacy. I doubt he gives a **** about date either. He needs to force Arum to make this fight happen.

Pac is not smart, intelligent non educated enough to deal with Arum, this is a man that re-sign a contract with Arum when he was on the verge of becoming a free agent, this fight would never happen. I accepted that back in January 2010.

[RespekonMyName]

I wish people would stop acting like Cotto-Canelo is going to be some huge PPV bonanza. If Canelo wanted that date so bad, he should have beat Mayweather to claim the superstar status he THINKS he has. The dude is so freaking average.

[IMDAZED]

Pac is not smart, intelligent non educated enough to deal with Arum, this is a man that re-sign a contract with Arum when he was on the verge of becoming a free agent, this fight would never happen. I accepted that back in January 2010.

Yea I accepted it then too. I guess time makes you forget. Can you believe this fight could've happened when it was at its peak for an even split? Why would you re-sign with a guy you know has no intentions of making the fight you claim you want? When you could have negotiated more money for yourself as a free agent? Arum has to have dirt on him. Being uneducated is no excuse for having no sense.

[NEETzsche]

Arum has to have dirt on him..

i suspect that is the case. i assume arum handles pacquiao's taxes and finances to some extent and is perhaps not entirely above board

[Ray*]

Yea I accepted it then too. I guess time makes you forget. Can you believe this fight could've happened when it was at its peak for an even split? Why would you re-sign with a guy you know has no intentions of making the fight you claim you want? When you could have negotiated more money for yourself as a free agent? Arum has to have dirt on him. Being uneducated is no excuse for having no sense.

Well unless Arum is holding Pac hostage with some sort of blackmail or whatever I don't know how a congress man would re-sign when he can make a fight easily with Arum and triple his income. He either is really dumb, being blackmailed or plain ******. Either way we are not getting this fight with Arum around, I saw that with Cotto when he said Arum wouldn't make him fight Mayweather.

[p4p-champ]

Because this fight took off and was "decided" before Mayweather croaked with his decision to fight on May 2. Clearly Mayweather did this inorder to confront TR and Arum and another roadblock.

Right, because Floyd has never fought on Mexican holiday weekend before....give it a rest.

[p4p-champ]

Exactly. Bob, Oscar, Pac, and Canelo have been pulling Floyd's hoe card in public for weeks and all he's come back with is 'Marquez problems doe'. Uncle Bob has been playing this game since before Floyd was a crack baby.

Floyd's a coward though, he'll never fight Manny, not even on the Mexican holiday he's held his PPV's on for the past few years.

Its clear you want the fight as much Arum does. Pathetic.

[NEETzsche]

Exactly. Bob, Oscar, Pac, and Canelo have been pulling Floyd's hoe card in public for weeks and all he's come back with is 'Marquez problems doe'. Uncle Bob has been playing this game since before Floyd was a crack baby.

yeah, let's all applaud bob arum for the media skills and business sense he has exhibited in ducking floyd mayweather for the past five years

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

you pac fans are the freaking greatest smh how can you even try to defend this???

[IMDAZED]

yeah, let's all applaud bob arum for the media skills and business sense he has exhibited in ducking floyd mayweather for the past five years

Prince is really the court jester. But I'm glad he posted this article. Hopefully Manny has read it as well.