Comments Thread For: Bob Arum Gives Update on Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

[AgainstTheRopes]

Are you kidding? Manny sealed his legacy years ago by being the first to knock out Barrera which he did twice, and the first to knock out Morales and beat him twice. Beat a prime Juan Marquez twice and knocked him down 4 times in those fights. Made a prime cotto beg his corner to stop the fight, schooled Tim Bradley, totally schooled margarito whom Floyd ducked in the past. Fighter of the decade, 3x fighter of the year, first and only 8 division world champion. He has better credentials than Floyd mayweather. And hes exciting to watch unlike Floyd. Also second highest ppv sales by any boxer, just behind mayweather. Manny doesn't need Floyd for his legacy, he would go down in history top 3 best ever without Floyd. Floyd would just be the icing on the cake.

People still dont get it.

I simply said a lot of Pacquioa's lure CURRENTLY is that he is the biggest threat to Mayweather. If Pacquiao loses to Floyd, he loses that as apart of his appeal. I dont know how anyone could refute that.

[HeGotPacProblem]

People still dont get it.

I simply said a lot of Pacquioa's lure CURRENTLY is that he is the biggest threat to Mayweather. If Pacquiao loses to Floyd, he loses that as apart of his appeal. I dont know how anyone could refute that.

More like he is an entertaining boxer who will put on a great show win or lose. Sly defensive boxers who don't throw anything but counters won't appeal to mainstream fans.

[bluebeam]

Haymon doesn't do interviews so he doesn't have to answer why he's been screwing up boxing with all of his tactics. Peter quillen vacating his belt, Danny Garcia fighting rod salka, Adonis Stevenson ducking all the top light heavyweights, so on and so forth. Arum and pacquiao and kontz has been totally transparent the whole time and are the only ones from either side who have given any good information. Arum is the one who started negotiations with les moonves, and pacquiao did the foot locker commercial before mayweather said he would fight pacquiao. Without arum this fight wouldn't even be a possibility right now so I tend to believe arum and his media updates rather than a totally silent Floyd mayweather who always has millions if excuses over the years. Look on YouTube, there's literally hours and hours of footage of mayweather giving hundreds of different reasons why he doesn't want to fight pacquiao. His health was a main reason, pacquiao has a boss WA another, I'm a rich coward and so on. We are tired of excuses and we want Floyd to say yes #sign the contract

i don't need too look it up on youtube because i live boxing. i know every excuse you are referring too. mayweather vs pacquiao needs too happen. im just saying arum talking too the media is useless. until arum or floyd comes out and says the fight is on or off nothing else matters.

[Stuntman Mike]

oh well Khan or Mayweather,most likely Khan ... still an exciting Ko win for Pac..looking forward to it

[jjsmyth87]

People still dont get it.

I simply said a lot of Pacquioa's lure CURRENTLY is that he is the biggest threat to Mayweather. If Pacquiao loses to Floyd, he loses that as apart of his appeal. I dont know how anyone could refute that.

I think he knows he will be the number one p4p and ppv attraction again if he can just get mayweather to agree to fight. The sport would really get a big boost if they fought, and everyone could move on to future fights and all this discussion a out those two can be done once and for all once we find out who wins that fight which will surely be fighter of the decade Manny pacquiao

[HeGotPacProblem]

i don't need too look it up on youtube because i live boxing. i know every excuse you are referring too. mayweather vs pacquiao needs too happen. im just saying arum talking too the media is useless. until arum or floyd comes out and says the fight is on or off nothing else matters.

He's just making a last ditch effort to try to pressure Floyd. Arum urged the public to bombard Floyd on Twitter for the fight to happen.

[Mayabang]

No, I'm not. Im turning the tables around and posing the question if some folks really believe Floyd would be anywhere near where he is at this point of his career and legacy if it weren't for his record. Like I said, his career and drawing power is because of his record. Floyd has more to lose. Pac has lost to lesser opponents, so it doesn't make sense for all this nonsense that Pac is ducking Floyd.

No I was talking about the guy you're responding to. But I just saw his recent response and I guess he was referring to pac lol.

[Bronx2245]

Really Bob??? "i'm not going to say one thing or another..." He's been talking all throughout the negotiations, but now that Espinoza speaks up, he's quiet. Whatever!!!

[AgainstTheRopes]

Relax about this is there contract, isnt there a Manny-Floyd contract. There***39;s a deal memo. IF pts agreed to then it goes to full contract.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) January 27, 2015

OH

[RSBonos]

You would imagine that even Floyd's yes men are telling him that the public is demanding the fight. He will get blasted if he fights anyone else, no excuse will do.