Comments Thread For: Ariza: Mayweather is Fighting on 5/2, Not With Pacquiao

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Floyd this time Cotto kick your ass!

[Flash13]

No, it wasn't close. Arum told ESPN he wasn't interested in the fight.

Oh wait... The same Dan Rafeal you say isn't reputable at all? Dude you are such a ****ing homer its unbelievable. You can't have it both ways. I'll just add that article was written in nov 2011, a lot happened in the next two months.

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Oh wait... The same Dan Rafeal you say isn't reputable at all? Dude you are such a ****ing homer its unbelievable. You can't have it both ways. I'll just add that article was written in nov 2011, a lot happened in the next two months.

No, the same Bob Arum.

[Deevel916]

We've already discussed this. Yes, both sides were "negotiating" with Greenburg, not each other. This time and back in 2009/2010, both sides said they were directly negotiating.

Oh now you're changing your tune! LOL. Just the other day you were saying that just because they were talking doesn't mean negotiations were going on.

Stop being a damn fanboy and be a fan of the sport for once!

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Oh now you're changing your tune! LOL. Just the other day you were saying that just because they were talking doesn't mean negotiations were going on.

Stop being a damn fanboy and be a fan of the sport for once!

That's why I put it in quotation marks.

[Flash13]

No, the same Bob Arum.

It was written by Dan Rafeal. You have already questioned his journalistic integrity, therefore you cannot use ANYTHING he says... Yet, when he writes something pro floyd you're all over it. What a joke you are.

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It was written by Dan Rafeal. You have already questioned his journalistic integrity, therefore you cannot use ANYTHING he says... Yet, when he writes something pro floyd you're all over it. What a joke you are.

Where he quotes Bob Arum.

[Porter's Dad]

It will. It will. But boxing fans, especially Pacquiao fans, can't continue to delude themselves. Not those who really just hate Mayweather or whatever their hidden motivations are. The true Pacquiao fans who support and cheer for him regardless of who he's facing. Why would you make the same mistake twice?

The last time the fight was this close to happening, Pacquiao made a terrible decision by bouncing from the table, leaving a fair offer on it. His competition level waned and while he remains a household name, his drawing power has dipped considerably. Even worse, he's lost a controversial decision, won a controversial one, and suffered the most shocking and worst KO in a long time. A fight his promoter chose while spellbinding his fans with stadium and cuts chatter.

But guess what? Redemption is nigh. He's in a similar situation. Except his options are even worse. Provodnikov? Garcia? Vargas? We're talking serious flops on the horizon. Yet his fans continue to delude themselves. "Moonves is gonna fire them all! What, he said he won't? Well then he's lying." Or "Mayweather is cornered now!" You don't believe that, do you? Cotto or Khan? He'll be fine, while Pacquiao risks his legacy against the likes of Jessie Vargas in front of a disinterested Macau crowd. I'm hoping fans don't make the same mistake twice. More important, I hope Pacquiao doesn't allow his ruthless promoter to make that decision for him.

Pacquaio's legacy will be fine, even if his career peters out. It's Mayweather who won't recover from this. His career is done; no-one cares about Cotto 2 and Khan after this farce.

Has there ever been a fighter who created such a toxic atmosphere in the boxing community? Has there ever been a fighter who people have wanted so badly to get out of boxing? (just think about that for a minute).

Pacquaio, meanwhile, will remain beloved, leaving behind a brilliant fightography, full of era-defining fights, even ones he lost in.

The day Floyd retires will be a fresh start for boxing, though his noxious, corrosive influence will linger for a few more years, until the day he is charged again for beating on someone he shouldn't. And this time, his boxing status won't save him.

Pacquiao will be fine. You don't worry about him. Focus on perfecting those vague excuses about Bob Arum stopping this fight happening.

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Pacquaio's legacy will be fine, even if his career peters out. It's Mayweather who won't recover from this. His career is done; no-one cares about Cotto 2 and Khan after this farce.

Has there ever been a fighter who created such a toxic atmosphere in the boxing community? Has there ever been a fighter who people have wanted so badly to get out of boxing? (just think about that for a minute).

Pacquaio, meanwhile, will remain beloved, leaving behind a brilliant fightography, full of era-defining fights, even ones he lost in.

The day Floyd retires will be a fresh start for boxing, though his noxious, corrosive influence will linger for a few more years, until the day he is charged again for beating on someone he shouldn't. And this time, his boxing status won't save him.

Pacquiao will be fine. You don't worry about him. Focus on perfecting those vague excuses about Bob Arum stopping this fight happening.

Ok. You're entitled to your opinion.

[Deevel916]

That's why I put it in quotation marks.

So which is it? Were both sides negotiating with the HBO Sports President as a middle man? Or is Ross Greenburg lying?