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

I do. No other options for either guy that make sense. Any other fight for Floyd or Pacquiao makes them look bad.

They've milked the PPV train as long as they can.

 

But the next stage of negotiations lie in two rival networks agreeing to the broadcast rights and money. The two networks are set to meet today according to the LA Times.



This was done years back when Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson faced off. At that time Lennox Lewis was with HBO and Mike Tyson with Showtime. HBO the network with more subscribers had the A-side in Lewis the 1st time around and HBO produced the broadcast. This go around Showtime has the A-side in Mayweather, so that might figure in huge with negotations of the joint pay-per-view.




http://thaboxingvoice.com/mayweathe...nd-showtime-are-scheduled-to-meet-today/38353

 

floyd is really backed into a corner pacman has him where he wants him

 

Wow man you're such a loser. Stop typing such childish responses. Seriously, who says **** like this?

 

Sam Watson, longtime confidant of Mayweather adviser Al Haymon and one of few in the fighter’s tight-knit inner circle, said Wednesday the final details are being worked out and an announcement for a May 2 fight is imminent.

“They’re putting it together now,” Watson said. “They’re going to do a Showtime-HBO [joint pay-per-view] like they did last time with Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson. They’re working on the monies now and everything they’ve got to work on to make it happen.


“I can’t wait. It’s going to be huge.”


http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...onfirms-deal-to-fight-manny-pacquiao-is-close

 

Floyd Mayweather’s team confirms deal to fight Manny Pacquiao is close

• Longtime Mayweather confidant says deal for Pacquiao fight is nearly done
• Sam Watson says May 2 bout will be rare HBO-Showtime joint pay-per-view
• Pacquiao has already signed off on deal according to promoter Bob Arum

Bryan Armen Graham in New York
Wednesday 14 January 2015 21.04 GMT

The richest fight in boxing history — a much-anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao — appears closer than ever to happening.

Sam Watson, longtime confidant of Mayweather adviser Al Haymon and one of few in the fighter’s tight-knit inner circle, said Wednesday the final details are being worked out and an announcement for a May 2 fight is imminent.

“They’re putting it together now,” Watson said. “They’re going to do a Showtime-HBO [joint pay-per-view] like they did last time with Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson. They’re working on the monies now and everything they’ve got to work on to make it happen.

“I can’t wait. It’s going to be huge.”

The remarks lent credence to previous reports of a deal-in-progress between the two most decorated fighters of their generation — and marked the first time Mayweather’s team has addressed the fight beyond abstracts.

Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs) has two bouts remaining on his six-fight, 30-month contract with Showtime and CBS — the landmark deal worth a potential $250 million he signed in February 2013 — yet the supply of credible opponents is running dry. Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs), an eight-division champion, is aligned with HBO, though a rare detente between the network rivals could make the welterweight summit a reality.

Both fighters’ pay-per-view buy rates have trended down in recent outings as dissatisfaction over their refusal to fight one another has approached a critical mass.

Watson spoke on behalf of Haymon following a news conference at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday to announce a multiyear agreement between NBC and Haymon Boxing that marks the sport’s return to prime-time network television.

Haymon — a Salinger-level recluse who rarely ventures into public, refuses all interviews and has been said to have no office or answering machine — is widely regarded as boxing’s most powerful figure, not least for his role as architect of Mayweather’s rise to world’s highest-paid athlete.

He did not attend Wednesday’s announcement in Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live, though Watson wryly admitted he was in the building.

“He’s here,” Watson said, “but you don’t see him.”

Seldom do two fighters considered the best in the sport come from the same weight class — and rarer still are both roughly the same age. A superfight between Mayweather and Pacquiao was a fight the public made years ago and its failure to materialize has represented an indictment of a sport.

But while a deal should have been struck years ago when both were nearer their athletic peaks, there’s no question it remains the biggest fight that can be made today. If set for May, Pacquiao will be 36 and Mayweather will be 38, though both still rate among the world’s best fighters regardless of weight.

Better late than never.

“It’s a fight that’s going to break all records,” said five-division champion Sugar Ray Leonard, whose 1987 showdown with Marvin Hagler was subject to similarly laborious negotiations. “The numbers are going to be awesome, incredible.”

If it happens. But it’s looking better than ever.

“He’s my best friend, I work for him, I’m with him every day,” Watson said, stressing that he spoke for Haymon. “I believe it’s going to happen. I believe that everybody involved wants it to happen. I know Floyd wants it.”

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ight-manny-pacquiao-is-close?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

They should of done usada and vada both testing instead of just usada pac will be fighting a guy who is juiced they will cover up floyd

 

I CANT WAIT to see this fight in recording the next day. These prima donnas don't deserve my money.

 

Another excuse. If you're scared Pac will lose just admit it. atsch

 

no pac will whoop him but usada is known to be shady and floyd pays them money to hide results im not happy with that

 

Hahaha this guys a fool.

 

So that's what you're running with? Floyd will be on PEDs? You're scared for Pac and you guys won't even admit it. It's painfully obvious. You guys drum up any excuse you can muster on why Pac will lose.

 

Floyd has signed the contract.

The fight will take place on the 31st of next month.

 

usada is not neutral i am only stating facts what is to say floyd will pay usada to make them fail pac in the test?

bottom line is i am not happy with usada they have a history of being shady and have a abnormal relationship with mayweather at least vada catches people

 

Lance Pugmire @latimespugmire · 14m 14 minutes ago
And, of course, now told there's still work to do on some far-apart TV issues but plan is for @SHOsports and @HBOboxing to reconvene Thurs.

Lance Pugmire @latimespugmire · 7m 7 minutes ago
@YankWriter @SHOsports @HBOboxing as long as they keep working, they'll get it done. But it's a white-knuckle ride all the way...