Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Mayweather Was Pressured Into The Fight

[Chaos]

So Manny wasn't allowed to take any fights when Floyd walked away?

[Nightfall]

poor oscar. doing and saying everything to try to make himself feel good.

[Dan Gutierrez]

From the very start, even the ordinary boxing fan knows how scared Miss Flor Mayweather Jr. is when it comes to facing the great Manny Pacquiao in the ring. Mayweather put in too many plans and excuses to avoid the fight. He even threatened to fire his very own father if he make comments regarding the fight. Now that he got boxed in and forced to sign the contract to fight the Pacman...Miss Flor Mayweather Jr. is scared to death and people are wondering how Miss Flor is spending his sleepless nights.

[Marvellous1]

It's not less money than the 40 million offer. And the first round of negotiations Floyd was expecting Manny to agree to terms that had never been requested of any boxer before, so they had every right to resist and negotiate. Floyd wanted up to 2 weeks before and Manny said a month. Manny eventually agree to 3 weeks before and a test immediately after the fight. Floyd walked away. Whether Roach thinks they should've taken it now doesn't change the fact that it was Floyd who walked away and was making demands that had never been previously made, and at that time they were both A-sides so Manny had no reason to concede.

Again wrong. That type request had been made before (Tyson/Holyfield). Holyfield accepted and beat Tyson up. Freddie openly admitted "we were against the drug tests so it was our fault". Asking 10 mil weight penalty isn't standard but they requested and Mayweather accepted it. The 40 mil offer was crap. Simple as.

So after 5 years taking and offer for 40% is fine when you refused for 50% right? Why was it fine to refuse before and would it be ok to walk away now?

[PACnPBFsuck]

So Manny wasn't allowed to take any fights when Floyd walked away?

Floyd didn't walk away genius, Bob gave him a deadline and this fight was signed hours after the deadline was over.

[Gary Coleman]

So I guess Floyd will be pressured into victory as well?

[Chaos]

Again wrong. That type request had been made before (Tyson/Holyfield). Holyfield accepted and beat Tyson up. Freddie openly admitted "we were against the drug tests so it was our fault". Asking 10 mil weight penalty isn't standard but they requested and Mayweather accepted it. The 40 mil offer was crap. Simple as.

So after 5 years taking and offer for 40% is fine when you refused for 50% right? Why was it fine to refuse before and would it be ok to walk away now?

Sorry but you're wrong. Pacquiao was also an A-side p4p #1 at the time, so he had no reason to give in to those demands. And it was the first time random blood tests up to the day of the fight were demanded against someone in Pac's position, Tyson-Holyfield was not like that.

The weight penalty was because Floyd showed up overweight for the JMM fight and chose to pay out rather than show up at the proper weight, so it was a logical demand to ensure he makes weight because 200k obviously wasn't enough of a hit for him. And they NEVER refused the 50%, they were negotiating and Floyd walked away. Keep up the lies, it shows the weakness of your position.

[Chaos]

Floyd didn't walk away genius, Bob gave him a deadline and this fight was signed hours after the deadline was over.

So Manny should not take a fight while Floyd keeps delaying and making unreasonable requests? Manny was A-side at the time so there was no reason to give in to Floyd's demands.

[Rath]

So I guess Floyd will be pressured into victory as well?

If that's how your logic works then yes

[Rath]

Floyd didn't walk away genius, Bob gave him a deadline and this fight was signed hours after the deadline was over.

Pac tweeted the signed contract, now tweet yours