Comments Thread For: Arum: Mayweather-Pacquiao Miami Meeting Helped A lot

[MisanthropicNY]

Arum is hardly to blame about whether there was an All Access or 24/7, these massive issues Floyd apparently is reported to have had.

Don't forget Floyd's major issue with having his own personal ass-kisser and Pac-hater Paulie Malignaggi doing the telecast...

And Floyd had the nerve to run around saying "What did Pacquiao agree to doughhhhhh"...

[Teetotaler]

I still don't believe the fight happens. This whole sh it is getting tiring.

[Weebler I]

Ok, so lets look at this. Arum said the networks were in agreement for 2 weeks, Pac already agreed to all terms and they're waiting for Mayweather to sign a contract.

After the Miami meeting, Arum admits there is not contract and in fact he said the papers were and are still being drawn up, and he also said the networks were "now" in agreement.

It seems that all of Mayweathers terms were never met, and HBO for what ever reason was reluctant to acquiesce to 2 simple "rumored" terms, no Lampley and no All Access or 24/7. We already knew about the delay rights issue.

So since the Miami meeting which was initiated by Mayweather, Arum has stopped lying, the networks are now in agreement and papers are being drawn up, yet you still find a way to say Mayweather is the problem.

SMDH.

It's called negotiation, not dictation, meaning there are two sides in any deal, even more than two in this particular one and they all want their terms met.

Blaming Arum for a dispute over All Access and the HBO commentary team is myopic especially since Arum is the one who is reported to have sorted it after Koncz contacted him the next morning.

Moreover, it's Arum who has put the wheels in motion for the entire negotiation in first place by going above Espinoza to the head of CBS Les Moonves.

I'm no fan of Arum's but based on what has been reported trying to blame him for the latest delay is wide of the mark.

[MisanthropicNY]

So if the only issues left to resolve are two Network issues... doesn't that prove that Mayweather was being facetious when he was running around saying...

"But what did Pacquiao agree to..."

FIomos: "But there is no contract to sign doughhhhh, Arum lying doughhhhh"

[MisanthropicNY]

If Floyd is demanding no Lampley and no 24/7... how is that not adding roadblocks to the fight? LOL...

Seems that FIomos would rather take Arum's words out of context about a contract rather than confront the fact that Floyd is placing more roadblocks in the way of making the fight happen

[Yogi007]

It's not going to happen... and it's going to piss me off because it's so ****** for it not to.

I think it is going to happen. I have never seen Floyd keep his big mouth shut this long. I think if the fight wasn't going to happen, Floyd would be out there running his mouth, coming up with reasons why he shouldn't fight Pac.

[MisanthropicNY]

The play-by-play go on Showtime is dull as fk... without Lampley the telecast loses all of its energy and excitement...

Floyd is already making the fight less interesting

24/7 > All Access.... Floyd wtf are you doing?

[MisanthropicNY]

Floyd is placing conditions on HBO now

[Nightfall]

The play-by-play go on Showtime is dull as fk... without Lampley the telecast loses all of its energy and excitement...

Floyd is already making the fight less interesting

24/7 > All Access.... Floyd wtf are you doing?

fack lampley. i rather have larry merchant.

[johnm is...]

I'm not talking about the fight not happening, I'm talking about them not taking advantage of the 110 Million people all about to be watching their TV and them not taking advantage of it.

It would be so sick. Like at halftime. On the stage at midfield. Have them in attendance. Announce the fight and have a staredown.

Son, I gots chillz, yo.