Arum: "Mayweather-Pacquiao targeted for May 2011"

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  1. RAW

    RAW Active Member Full Member

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    I've been saying this since arum first mentioned 2011. & as far as the 154 talk, that's ti put a stop to the catchweight crap. It will be @ 47, no doubt.
     
  2. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Between Pac and May which guy has been fighting more guys coming off of losses and/or bad performances?
     
  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    :think

    He's a politician. They have to spend lots of cash just to get into power.

    Just because someone is rich doesn't mean they stop caring about making money. Floyd doesn't want to fight manny right now, so there's nothing wrong with emmanuel making another fight. Why not milk all your worth in boxing before the end of your career?

    He has businesses to maintain, businesses to start, staff to pay, charity to donate to, fees for future political campaigns, etc. Stop being stupid. It's not funny.
     
  4. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I really don't understand why 'boxing' fans such as yourself keep looking into boxers pockets....
    I just want the fight to happen, if they are rich or poor.
     
  5. Gander Tasco

    Gander Tasco Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fight won't happen. Keep wishing for it, but Floyd isn't going to fight Pac. The negotiations will be even worse by next year. Floyd can request anything from bigger purse splits to a a higher catchweight/154, etc. Plus he'll be coming off a year layoff.

    My whole theory on the Don King thing is Floyd is trying to move to Showtime or he's just going to set up a string of easy paydays. Whatever it is, there's no doubt he's not going to risk his record against a prime Pac. Unless Pac looks unimpressive against Margo, then he'll take him on. That's the only way.
     
  6. JUSTAFIGHTFAN

    JUSTAFIGHTFAN Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Plus the fact it looks like Pac is serious being a congressman that he now intend on training in the compound where they have sessions. With that I think this would be Pac's last fight, hope I'm wrong though.
     
  7. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Cash is their motive for fighting. Who wants to fight someone who has been training for months just to hurt them for free?

    emmanuel's biggest payday is on vacation right now, so he's fighting marg for a couple of mil.
     
  8. JM22

    JM22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why not 2012 or 2013 ??? this ****ing fight should had happen a long time ago. :-(
     
  9. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    I know, I hope he continues to fight too. Floyd is a primadonna and needs to put that aside and just fight Pacquiao. It doesn't make sense that he says he's "not thinking about boxing" yet he hangs with Don King & supposedly visited Cotto's team in PR.
     
  10. ceebz

    ceebz Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oh, you're right. I forgot Roach runs Team Pacquiao. He tells Manny and Bob who to fight, at what weight and when. :roll:
     
  11. ceebz

    ceebz Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have always said that Roach talks out of his ass. About the only thing I take seriously from him, are his fight predictions.
     
  12. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd might have been hoping for a decisive alexander victory vs kotelnic so floyd could fight him (as a tune up for floyd). Alexander is a fast southpaw. Alexander had good hype prior to the gift win vs kotelnic. Now the lackluster performace of alexander has that not seeming likely.

    I don't know why he would need don king for anything else. Floyd knows the biz so he don't need king to advise. Floyd definately doesn't want to give don king a piece of his pie, so I just don't know why he is needed unless floyd is talking about future match ups.

    I think margo was picked so pac wouldn't look bad and have any technical problems shown. A guy like berto could show how to beat pac in a losing effort. Margo doesn't present that problem of exposing technical flaws.
     
  13. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion

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    It better happen in May 2011 or else....
     
  14. Reppin501

    Reppin501 The People's Champ Full Member

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    I've said all along this past "negotiation" wasn't a negotiation and both sides were intent on fighting spring of 2011. Glad it's starting to get into the public and I'm looking forward to the fight, PBF wide UD or late stoppage.
     
  15. time

    time Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Here we go, part 3 of this sorry saga, i wonder who will be blamed this time

    Lets hope its a no excuse may, from both of them