Hmmmm, interesting. Haymon has some splaining to do. But Oscar already let the cat out of the bag. We knew what was going on.
I'm quite sure Team Mayweather was well aware... Anyone who believes that haymon was negotiating on Floyd's behalf without his knowledge, only does so because they have an agenda.
No negotiations was probably the worst lie you can you make in this case. Did they really believe the boxing fans would buy it?
Do you mean Greenburg is lying too? *****s are so sure that Ellerbe is not lying, so it must be Greenburg.
And then ODLH comes out with this statement... "Oscar De La Hoya on Monday afternoon walked into Fortune Gym in Hollywood, Calif. He was* there to help play host to a media day featuring four of the fighters scheduled to compete*on Saturday's card at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.* As soon as De La Hoya entered the gym, reporters were on him. One from ***********.com asked him why he told Univision during a June television interview that an accord for a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was close to being reached. Especially since, according to Mayweather adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, no negotiations ever took place - something backed by Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions; De La Hoya's company helps Mayweather promote his fights.* This was De La Hoya's answer to a question posed in June, by Univision reporters, wanting to know*what was happening with the talks: "Up until now, it's been a very difficult negotiation process for various reasons, but right now we're very close. We're very close in finalizing the contracts that were once very complicated. The two fighters now realize that this fight* must be made. It has to be made because the boxing fans want to see it happen and right now it's the biggest fight that can be made in the world. It's going to be a big, big fight. I think right now we are very, very close in finalizing the contracts. I can't talk right now in detail about the negotiations, but I will say that we are very close." Asked about that Monday, De La Hoya's face took on a very serious look. "I think I said it because I get the question asked so many times that, obviously, I was fed up and tired of it and I just said like, yeah, yeah, it's gonna get made," De La Hoya said to ***********.com. "So it was a quick answer that I should have obviously thought about. But, obviously, negotiations weren't going on. Nothing was going on. Like I said, Mayweather has the key to making that fight happen." WTF man?? do you think that the whole lot of boxing fans are dumb?? ODLH (though i was a fan) is a ****ing ***** and GBP are lying sacks of ****
The statement: “Fights like Mayweather vs. Pacquiao are significant because of these fighters’ ability to connect with sports fans around the world. It’s unfortunate that it won’t happen in 2010. I had been negotiating with a representative from each side since May 2nd, carefully trying to put the fight together. Hopefully, someday this fight will happen. Sports fans deserve it.”