Mayweather's Pattern of Ducking Revealed!

When did Pac lose at WW?

 

You have failed to "reveal" or establish a pattern. You've just cited a bunch of separate data and called it one.

 

Cotto and Margarito should not be mentioned as fighters who would've given Floyd hell...

 

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According to Arum, Mayweather turned down the career-best purse to meet Margarito on Aug. 12 on HBO Pay-Per-View, instead opting for free agency by buying Arum out of their deal for $750,000.



"I did hear from him," Arum said of Mayweather. "He decided not to fight this summer. I made him a tremendous offer. I think Margarito is the riskiest fight for him of anyone out there."


Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN.com that Mayweather passed on the fight not because he is ducking Margarito, but because he couldn't be ready to fight by Aug. 12. Mayweather injured his right hand during a dominating April 8 victory against Zab Judah.


"Floyd is not 100 percent healthy," Ellerbe said. "He has a bruised right hand. His hand is not broken. It's bruised, but it's a bad bruise. He wants to go into any fight 100 percent healthy. If Antonio Margarito happens to be the best available option when he is healthy, so be it.


"We are not turning down Margarito. I want to make that crystal clear. When and if he is the best available option for Floyd's next fight, that's the direction he will move in."



Arum said Mayweather preferred to await the outcome of the May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga fight instead of committing to Margarito because he would prefer to fight De La Hoya.



"We're not sitting waiting on De La Hoya," Ellerbe said. "He's in a tough, tough fight with Mayorga."



Many in the sport believe a De La Hoya-Mayweather fight is the biggest fight on the horizon and the only one capable of generating 1 million-plus buys on pay-per-view.



The reason Mayweather opted for the buyout rather than waiting for the May 6 result was because the contract had a limited window for the buyout, one that expired before the De La Hoya fight. However, Arum said he would have extended the window if Mayweather had asked. What Arum wouldn't do, he said, was raise the guarantees for other fights outlined in the contract.



Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million.



Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn't interested in participating in.



"That's not in the cards," Arum said. "He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It's not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. We'll talk about things down the road."
Ellerbe said Mayweather opted for the buyout so he could be "more in control of when and who he fights next. It's as simple as that. There is nothing bad between Floyd and Bob."



Arum agreed that the split with Mayweather was not on bad terms like their brief breakup last year. In fact, Arum said, "We intend to be back together. Everything with this was honorable and good. I had offered him numbers [for a multi-fight contract extension] that were livable. His expectations are in the stratosphere. He was entitled to buy me out, and he did. We decided this was the best way to handle it. He is a free agent. We have agreed to work with each other [in the future]."



The split frees Mayweather to make a potential deal with De La Hoya without Arum as part of the promotion. His involvement would have made making a deal almost impossible: The head of Top Rank has openly feuded with De La Hoya, his former superstar, and their companies rarely do business together as a result.



Arum said he was simply not interested in participating in a De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, but not because of his distaste for De La Hoya.
"I don't want to, because if I did that fight, I would be working for such a small percentage, it's not worth it," he said.

PBF asked Arum for 10mil guranteed to fight Cotto, Arum turned it down only offering 7 mil. Which is why PBF wanted Cotto to fight in more PPV so that he could get that 10mil gurantee. Also how could he offer 8mil for Margo but only 7mil for Cotto. Was Arum more willing to allow Margo to fight and lose to PBF since he already had 4 losses. Was Arum not ready to risk Cotto taking a loss to PBF at that time which is why he wanted to low ball PBF.

Arum stated 20mil was not there yet PBF got 20mil. The part about PBF's hands are a fact as well. If you watch the 24-7 for PBF Baldo you would see PBF getting hand treatment by some female doctor. PBF also was looking to fight Mosley, Tszyu, DLH in Nov if you remember him calling them out after Judah, which is backed up by Mosley stating he didn't want to fight PBF in Nov but wanted to take a yr off. Facts back up that PBF's hand was indeed injured and that PBF wanted a Nov fight which Arum and Margo must have declined for Nov because they wanted Aug 12 though im not sure if PBF didn't want to fight Margo in Nov either, I'm not sure.

But it clearly is stated BY ARUMS OWN WORDS that PBF would have taken 8 mil to fight Margo, and ASKED TO FIGHT COTTO and HATTON for 10mil. Of course this will be slide under the rug in a week.

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Ok Mayweather beats them easy, happy now?

 

The funny thing is, Mayweather wanted Cotto when he was still green.

 

link or shut the f*ck up.

 

From a fan's perspective, how is it better for a superstar boxer to retire. Stop making excuses! Its pitiful already.

 

Boxing will be better once Mayweather and Pac retire! Mayweather refuses to fight the best out there while Pac fights the best with an advantange; i.e. catchweight B.S.

I hope when they retire, and I hope very soon, we have up and coming stars like Saul Canelo, Juanma, Gamboa and a few more make it big!

 

Typical of how biased boxing fans are.

Margarito, Cotto, Hatton, Oscar, Diaz, Clottey just aren't the best available, in any conceivable way.

Pacquiao has picked and chosen opponents above 130, even worse than Mayweather has

 

You are right and I am not defending Pac. But Pac has fought more times recently and a bit better opposition than Floyd even though, like you mention, he chooses his opponents and then asks for an advantage ala catchweight which is B.S.

I am just sick and tired of those two lil ****ers thinking they are God's gift to boxing! I think boxing will do better without them been in boxing.

 

Pek Pek

The problem with pacquiao is two fold:

1: He's very dishonest, and talks a lot of BS

2: His fans are so incredibely stupid that they just believe anything he puts out into the media.

Within 12 hours of Manny "agreeing to do 14 days" both Arum and his manager had to come out to the media, and say that the claim was fundamentally wrong.

Manny "calling out" Mayweather, was little more than his people putting crap into the media, for PR. Anyone who thought those words were spoken by Pacquiao, hasn't heard the guy speak before....................

It's all just media spin. These are the facts.

They had a deal in December. Mayweather wanted drug testing until 14 days. Pacquiao refused and walked out ont he deal.

In March, they talked, but according to most sources, Pacquiao had no intention of making any real concession to make the fight work, so Mayweather's people didn't bother continuing with it.

Floyd wants full random testing. Manny won't do it.

If Manny agreed to full random testing, where would Mayweather go from there? He'd have to fight him.

He won't though. Why? Probably because his sudden ability to throw 1200 punches a fight, at 31, is linked to what he sticks in his veins

 

:rofl A bloated light weight? An overtrained old man? Great options.