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I've had more confidence in this fight happening in the past 3 months then in the past few years, but listening to Floyd's words when he was interviewed during the Showtime broadcast took away that confidence.
He wants the fight to be strictly on Showtime knowing fully well that Pac has an exclusive deal with HBO. Both networks can work together to co-televise the event, Floyd should leave the networking to the networks. We already know Floyd is the "A-side" and has negotiating power but Pacquiao is by no means as powerless as Maidana or Canelo in terms of negotiating leverage.
Floyd likes to talk logistics by mentioning PPV numbers like the 300k PPV buys that Pac and Algieri did in China without even acknowledging the fact that the Bradley rematch did nearly 800k PPV buys in the MGM, proving that Pac is still a big draw in the states.
It's no secret that Pac has/had IRS problems or that he's been KO'ed by Marquez. Two things that Floyd often brings up whenever he talks about him, but none of that will have any relevance on his fight with Pacquiao so there's no point in even mentioning it other than to further separate his name from Pacquiao's to avoid fighting him.
Mayweather claims Bob is the bad guy, and he might have been back when the first stage of negotiations fell through in the past, but after Pac's loses to Bradley and Marquez there shouldn't be any reason for Bob to prevent this fight from happening anymore.
Considering all the above, in most cases the person who has the most to lose is usually the least likely to take a risk. And I think we can all agree who that person is in this case. #fightpacquiao
He wants the fight to be strictly on Showtime knowing fully well that Pac has an exclusive deal with HBO. Both networks can work together to co-televise the event, Floyd should leave the networking to the networks. We already know Floyd is the "A-side" and has negotiating power but Pacquiao is by no means as powerless as Maidana or Canelo in terms of negotiating leverage.
Floyd likes to talk logistics by mentioning PPV numbers like the 300k PPV buys that Pac and Algieri did in China without even acknowledging the fact that the Bradley rematch did nearly 800k PPV buys in the MGM, proving that Pac is still a big draw in the states.
It's no secret that Pac has/had IRS problems or that he's been KO'ed by Marquez. Two things that Floyd often brings up whenever he talks about him, but none of that will have any relevance on his fight with Pacquiao so there's no point in even mentioning it other than to further separate his name from Pacquiao's to avoid fighting him.
Mayweather claims Bob is the bad guy, and he might have been back when the first stage of negotiations fell through in the past, but after Pac's loses to Bradley and Marquez there shouldn't be any reason for Bob to prevent this fight from happening anymore.
Considering all the above, in most cases the person who has the most to lose is usually the least likely to take a risk. And I think we can all agree who that person is in this case. #fightpacquiao
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