Comments Thread For: Arum: Mayweather Disrespect, Poaching Mexican Holiday!

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Pac wants May
Floyd wants May
De La Hoya will move Canelo off the date.

Again who is Arum speaking for? Who is he representing?

http://sports.abs-cbn.com/boxing/news/pacquiao-responds-mayweather

There's the link conversation should be over. Arum is the only thing preventing this fight from happening. If it was a snake you'd be dead for a few days now.

[Bronx2245]

And people here on BS wonder why I hate Bob Arum?

December 20, 2014:

By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: In the latest news out of Top Rank when talking about making Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao mega fight, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum claims that Floyd is poaching Cinco De Mayo, where Floyd has fought for the last four years. Arum also claims it’s disrespectful to Mexicans for non Mexicans to be fighting on that date. Now I will say this.

The mega fight would sell no matter what date they fight on. I totally agree. How convenient for Arum to bring that up at this juncture and journey with me if you will with this questionnaire. Manny Pacquiao fought Ricky Hatton on what Mexican holiday; was A) May 2nd 2009 Cinco De Mayo, B) Cinco De Mayo May 2nd 2009 C) A Mexican holiday or D) All of the above.

Pacquiao fought Shane Mosley on; A) a Mexican holiday in 2011; B) Cinco De Mayo May 7th 2011; C) both A and B D) All of the above. If you answered A, B, C, or D then you’ve guessed right. Is Pacquiao Mexican? How about Hatton? Last time I checked Hatton was born in England. What about Mosley? Isn’t he black and was born in Lynwood California? I’m just trying to really understand Arum’s point of poaching. It wasn’t poaching when he staged fights on those dates, but when Floyd, or Miguel Cotto for that matter (who is considering fighting Saul Alvarez on Cinco De Mayo) fights on that date its poaching?

My, my, my, and what is really baffling is that no journalist in the boxing industry has asked Arum about him staging two fights on those dates. I could see If Arum never put Pacquiao on those dates then he would have an argument. But he has. Twice. If Arum doesn’t want to fight on those dates, then that’s fine. But don’t use “poaching Mexican dates” when’s he’s done it. Now some fans, with Top Rank being the B-side, won’t see this as Arum trying to avoid the mega fight. Rather they will spin it and say Floyd is trying use this as a way not to make the fight. Like I stated above, I could hear that “Floyd is using May 2nd as a way for the fight not happen” if Floyd all a sudden picked that date. But he’s been fighting on those dates for the last four years. So Arum’s argument is no good.


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[MPX309]

It'll be funny if they call Floyd out again during the Vargas build up.

[NEETzsche]

It'll be funny if they call Floyd out again during the Vargas build up.

what do you mean "if"

[junior gong]

Why would Floyd consider another date when Arum's sole reason for suggesting another day is to maximize revenues for the Canelo v Cotto fight which benefits HBO, TR, Canelo and GBP?

So Bob and some of NSB expects Floyd to put his competition's interests ahead of his company's and their partners interests. Think Bob would ever do that?

So that is why the date change is out of the question-because Bob asking for another date is solely about him and his business interests not connected to the Floyd v Manny match and not about the fight or the boxers involved in the fight.

Why is this of any relevance? Floyd's earnings will be unaffected by what Canelo or Cotto do. Its none of Floyd's business. Does he want a $100 million dollar payday or not?

You cant look at this objectively until you stop viewing it from a 'It must be what floyd wants/I hate Bob arum' standpoint. I know that not only you cant but wont do that.

This fight cannot be allowed to collapse because floyd is saying only one date out of 365 is possible. That would be a scandalous and shameful duck, his worst yet and there have been some bad ones already.

[Zhang Yong Jun]

Why is this of any relevance? Floyd's earnings will be unaffected by what Canelo or Cotto do. Its none of Floyd's business. Does he want a $100 million dollar payday or not?

You cant look at this objectively until you stop viewing it from a 'It must be what floyd wants/I hate Bob arum' standpoint. I know that not only you cant but wont do that.

This fight cannot be allowed to collapse because floyd is saying only one date out of 365 is possible. That would be a scandalous and shameful duck, his worst yet and there have been some bad ones already.

Ha, Ha, Ha!

The Big Dunn doesn't want to see a ''rival promoter'' to his favourite boxing businessman Al Haymon, profit from another date.

And they say P*ctards are worse than Fl*mos! Fanboys of promoters?! The height of fantardation!

[Rath]

It'll be funny if they call Floyd out again during the Vargas build up.

It's even more funnier if Floyd calls Pac out again during the Floyd khan or Garcia build up

[junior gong]

Ha, Ha, Ha!

The Big Dunn doesn't want to see a ''rival promoter'' to his favourite boxing businessman Al Haymon, profit from another date.

And they say P*ctards are worse than Fl*mos! Fanboys of promoters?! The height of fantardation!

Well yeah, that and making a mock asian alt in a desperate and failed attempt at humour.

[Bronx2245]

Why is this of any relevance? Floyd's earnings will be unaffected by what Canelo or Cotto do. Its none of Floyd's business. Does he want a $100 million dollar payday or not?

You cant look at this objectively until you stop viewing it from a 'It must be what floyd wants/I hate Bob arum' standpoint. I know that not only you cant but wont do that.

This fight cannot be allowed to collapse because floyd is saying only one date out of 365 is possible. That would be a scandalous and shameful duck, his worst yet and there have been some bad ones already.

Pacquiao vs. Hatton: May 2, 2009

Pacquiao vs. Mosely: May 7, 2011

Now suddenly, Manny can't fight Floyd on Cinco de Mayo weekend, because it's disrespectful to Mexicans. Yep, Floyd is ducking Manny again!

[junior gong]

Pacquiao vs. Hatton: May 2, 2009

Pacquiao vs. Mosely: May 7, 2011

Now suddenly, Manny can't fight Floyd on Cinco de Mayo weekend, because it's disrespectful to Mexicans. Yep, Floyd is ducking Manny again!

What was Canelo doing back then?