The "All Things Mayweather/Pacquiao" Express!!!!!!

Say what exactly?

you're trying to make out Joe dodged prime Roy and Bernard?

Roy moved up to 175lbs, than HW during Joe's rise to s****om.
Bernard was just some MW, who JUMPED SMW, because Joe was there.

Joe never had to go chasing neither of these guys to prove himself.

 

Give him 40 mil or **** off.
No PPV money.
KO6 ?????
The fight wont be competative anyway.

 

fighters who go to the US get career-defining fights
you only have to look at frank war+en's resume to see that his fighters never do that
at SMW, joe didn't have too - but - he kept on calling out jones and Hopkins during their prime, but made sure he didn't do something about it

hatton left war+en, crossed the pond, and look at the fights he got
khan left war+en, crossed the pond, now just look at the exposure he is getting
joe left war+en once jones and Hopkins were faded and dethroned by younger challengers who were willing to ante up, and suddenly he wanted to fight them

tell me what i'm missing

 

like maidana vs fmj? lmao

 

Lem Satterfield

December 13, 2014

Promoter Bob Arum said a potential fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao on May 2 — the same day on which Canelo Alvarez and Miguel want to fight — “is not going to happen” on that date.

Mayweather announced during an interview on Showtime Friday that he “would love to fight Manny Pacquiao” on May 2. Alvarez and Cotto have been negotiating to fight that Saturday night on Cinco de Mayo weekend, which Mayweather calls “Cinco de Mayweather.”

Click here for Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s full video interview with Steve Farhood

Arum, who promotes Pacquiao and has been working with Cotto in negotiations with Alvarez, said Alvarez is more entitled to the date because of his Mexican heritage.

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Alvarez and has had a working relationship with Mayweather, agrees with that sentiment.

“Let me tell you something, and this, I really feel very, very strongly about,” Arum said. “That weekend celebrates Cinco De Mayo, which is a Mexican Holiday, which commemorates the outstanding, courageous stand of a lot of Mexican civilians who turned back the French Imperial army, and it’s a significant holiday in Mexico and among Mexican Americans who live in the United States. That being said, neither Mr. Mayweather, nor Mr. Pacquiao, nor Mr. Cotto, who is Hispanic, but not Mexican.

“The only Mexican in the group is Canelo Alvarez, who is a big attraction among the Mexican people. And to poach on that date, which is a Mexican holiday by non-Mexicans, shows a terrible disrespect for the Mexican people, both those living in Mexico and those living in the United States. And anybody who does the poaching ought to be ashamed of themselves. That goes for hotels and that goes for fighters and that goes for any of us. I’m willing to make that statement.”

Said De La Hoya: “Bob has promoted boxing for more than 50 years and understands the importance of the Mexican and Mexican-American fan. Canelo wants to take back the tradition and fight on Cinco De Mayo for his fans all over the world.”

Arum stopped short of saying he would not participate in the planning of a long-awaited Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown on the same date as Cotto-Alvarez.

“I’m not saying that,” said Arum. “I’m just saying that it’s poaching on a Mexican date and it’s disrespectful to the Mexican people. Period. I’ll make that stand.”

Mayweather made it clear with his announcement that he doesn’t plan to give up the Mexican holiday weekend, on which he has fought five times since 2007 — including each of the past three years.

“We’re trying to make that fight happen,” Mayweather said during an interview with ****yst Steve Farhood as part of the network’s broadcast from San Antonio.

“… The fans would love to see the fight, and, of course, I want to go out with a bang. So let’s make this fight happen.”

Meanwhile, De La Hoya announced that Alvarez has agreed to terms for a May 2 fight against Cotto on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Alvarez, who lost a majority decision to Mayweather in 2013, announced this past September that he would seek to take back the weekends of the Mexican holidays of Cinco de Mayo (May) and Mexican Independence Day (September) from Mayweather.

Another potential conflict for that date is the fact that Cotto is now trained by Pacquiao’s longtime corner man, Freddie Roach.

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/370247-bob-arum-on-may-2-thats-canelo-alvarezs-date

Floyd breaks his silence and surprise, surprise it didn't take long for Arum to come up with an excuse

 

anyone voted for 50/50 is a class A pacturd. How can it still be 50/50 when Manny got 2 losses, sold less, rank lower, and ruined the fight by getting ktfo by jmm?

 

for christ sake move the canelo~cotto to the pacmay card as the co main event

 

Maidona would eat Pac for breakfast.

 

"tell me what i'm missing "

Joe Calzaghe is without a doubt the best 168lbs fighter in history.
You're missing the fact, your heros never beat Joe at this weight to prove that sentiment otherwise.

If GGG decides to stay at 160lbs for the rest of his career, beats everybody there, does he lose legacy because he never went up to 168lbs to fight andre ward?
No.

GGG, is 160 fighter.
Rigo, does he lose his standing in history as probably the best p4p boxer EVER due to him not moving up and chasing fights?
no, he's in his natural weight class.

Joe, was a natural 168lbs boxer, the most DOMINANT in history.
If Hopkins wanted the fight with Joe at 168lbs, it could have been made but hopkins ruled himself out of the fight with stupid demands back in the early 00's
this is mainstream news btw
Prime Roy, never beat collins, so was never really the guy at 168lbs in the first place,.

He was just a guy in the 168lb division who fed on ****py boxers, and went for easy titles, Ruiz being the obvious one here.

 

and in all the posts I've ever made, I've never doubted calzaghe's credentials at 168 - never
but you're talking about calzaghe beating a prime roy jones, so tell me what i'm missing from my previous post
you're using misdirection without replying to me

 

arum ducking, when does Arum start giving a f?

 

You tell me what prime roy jones was?

The guy who beat Hopkins at MW, or the guy with the most devastating left hook EVA destroying Griffin in their rematch at LHW?
Toney? Benn, eubank, collins, Joe, would have ****ed up overrated toney.

 

and like I said before, fighters who go to the US get career-defining fights
calzaghe got Hopkins when he did, but he got him when he was in his mid-40's and already dethroned by jermain taylor

 

jones was the mythical P4P king
considering how weak the divisions were from MW through to LHW, how hard would it have been for joe to fight them when it mattered?
and there you go again, giving fantasy wins to benn, eubank and calzaghe over toney....

 

You Americans thought at one time Pavlik would beat Joe.
Hopkins never had the ***** to fight him at 168lbs, neither did roy.

end of story.