Comments Thread For: Arum: Mayweather is Excellent, But Pacquiao Stops Him

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, is confident his man will win by knockout on May 2nd, when he faces WBC/WBA welterweight king Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

If the fight would have happened six years ago, when it first discussed in 2009, Arum believes Mayweather would have been a much tougher opponent. In the present, Arum (and Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach) sees Pacquiao as the fresher fighter, having the better legs for movement, being the faster fighter in every aspect and throwing the better arsenal of punches.
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[mike1010011]

Inb4arumdksab.........

[bambam182]

lol arum, pac hasnt knocked anyone out since he stopped his roid/ped usage back in 2009. he couldnt stop algeri, yet he will stop mayweather? this is why even the scrubs here at boxingscene dont respect you, because you say dumb**** like this that only the pac-tards believe.

[SkillspayBills]

Counter for a left straight is a left hook. Counter for a right hook is a left hook. Counter for a right jab...you guessed it a left hook. Pac will be smothered, he will be flustered, he will be countered and he will be beaten to a pulp.

[Kagami Taiga]

Less than a month left ppl, less than a month left...

[CANELOLUJAH]

I agree with Arum, he is actually more qualified then anyone here to give his opinion on the matter been involved in boxing 60+ year let alone how long he been a fan.

Mayweather is gonne feel that Manilla ICE!

[jacksonrr]

this is why even the scrubs here at boxingscene dont respect you, because you say dumb**** like this that only the pac-tards believe.

I'm not a fan of Arum but he's a promoter?

it's literally his job.

[Jab-Slip-Troll]

lol arum, pac hasnt knocked anyone out since he stopped his roid/ped usage back in 2009. he couldnt stop algeri, yet he will stop mayweather? this is why even the scrubs here at boxingscene dont respect you, because you say dumb**** like this that only the pac-tards believe.

How u gonna stop somebody always back peddling like a b1tch that has a telescopic hands looking like the ***** Dhalsim from Street Fighter. If Money May fought Algieri... that would be the lowest punch per round fight in the history of hand-to-hand combat.

[ChicoEscuelaNYC]

While there is a general assumption that Manny Pacquiao will get by Ricky Hatton next month and then move on to face Floyd Mayweather later in 2009, Bob Arum wasn’t so sure. “I haven’t talked to Manny about it because we’re concentrating on Hatton because Hatton is a tough fight,” Arum said this week. “The question with a Mayweather fight is at what weight? That’s the big question. At 140 I don’t think there’s any problem making that fight. If Floyd wants to come in at a higher weight, I don’t know.”

“A catch-weight is a possibility also. But none of that has been discussed and I won’t let anyone discuss it. Until after this fight.”

What about the little fact that Mayweather has said many times to the media that he would never do business with Bob Arum again. “But he could go f*** himself, tell him that,” said Arum, as the reporters Franklin McNeil, George Willis and Tim Smith all burst into laughter.

I approached Arum a few minutes later for clarification, explaining the reason Mayweather said he won’t do business with Top Rank again was because he used it as a handy excuse to duck Cotto and Margarito when Arum tried to produce Cotto-Mayweather and Margarito-Mayweather clashes over the last two years.
Arum’s reply: “F*** Mayweather. Pacquiao’s the big attraction. He has to come to us if he wants it. If he doesn’t come to us, there’s dozens of other guys we can fight.”

Mayweather may have to come to terms with the fact he may have to accept the short end of the purse with Pacquiao, along with moving back down to 140. Because Mayweather really doesn’t have any other viable options, as Juan Manuel Marquez reportedly won’t fight him at 147, Sugar Shane Mosley is too much of a risk, and Paul Williams is even more of a dangerous risk for Floyd than Mosley.

This is all assuming Pacquaio takes care of business with Hatton, which is far from a certainty.

April 16th, 2009


Arum putting up roadblocks even way before the failed 09 negotiations. Hysterical

So glad this fight is going down once and for all.

[GRUSTLER]

Manny has the better legs but his legs are cramping up and they have to use $2500.00 cream.