How do you negotiate a 100 million dollar fight and never ever talk a single word with the Mayweather camp. Seems like negotiations were never that serious and Arum wanted this all along.
mediator or not, when the deal comes down to the brass tacks, it's time for both parties to come together arum has dealt with shaefer before, so this hands-off approach is b/s
We all know that Arum is pulling a lot of bull**** just to make Pac PPV numbers go up ,since he didn't do so well his last fight....this is just a plan to make Mayweather look bad and alot of people are falling for it....now whats going to happen is when Floyd do talk the real truth will be heard.....People are so easy sway its a damn shame.....Floyd aint ducking no one ....I can sit here today and write a bogus article about Pac or Floyd and many people will believe it without a major source....Point Blank.
I ****ing hope they both loose their next fight, kill the money for this and Arum can cry as he watches his money go down the drain.
Are you stupid? 700k with clottey is phenomenal. This isn't a ploy to make mayweather look bad, it's a ploy to keep interest and mouth frothing alive. He is baiting the fans along, not convincing them to hate floyd.
Arum's still better than any Promoter out there!!! Look at GBP?? They like Bribbing and ripping off their fighters.
Such as the completely baseless allegations of Pac and steroids, a side meth and EPO's? Or how about the imaginary email that apparently had Pac's team asking to keep the drug test results hush hush if Pac was guilty? Or how about the imaginary rehydration clauses Pac set up for his opponents? Floydtoys are sure quick to believe those. Without source.
you can't be serious i understand nuthuggers sticking up for their favorite fighter, but this is just sad and for your reading pleasure: He has been involved in a forty year feud with Don King, who once called him a "rat fink" in 2000 for admitting during a federal trial that he bribed the International Boxing Federation president in order to gain a more favorable rating for one of his fighters. [1] [2] He was penalized $125,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 1995 for a bribe to get one of his fights sanctioned. [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Arum[/ame] and what's his cut of his fighter's purses? like 1/3?
they all suck but you insinuated arum was ok because he doesn't bribe people or take too much $ from his fighters, then you went on to attack GBP arum is by far the worst, but GBP isn't far behind king was a villian, but at least he put together decent cards (something else arum is notorious for NOT doing) if i had to chooe, i guess dibella
Arum is apparently going to get exactly what he wants which is to extend Manny Pacquiao's fighting career. It's fair to assume that Mayweather will probably wind up being Pac's final opponent before retiring from boxing and focusing his efforts on politics. By positioning Margarito and/or Cotto as Pac's next opponent, Arum effectively will have perpetuated Pac's boxing career knowing that a potential Mayweather fight will almost certainly loom in the aftermath. This tactic allows Arum to maximize his earning potential thus achieving a prudent business decision.
I will admit to being a floyd fan, but also like Pac man so am unbiased. To be totally honest the stupid Floyd haters belive what they want to hear (basically everything that Arum says) but in reality its all one sided typical Arum talk. If you take an unbiased apporach and think about this logically you can only come to the conclusion that you know nothing. Arum said Pac agreed to all drug testing protocols requested by Mayweather.... But he wont actually say if this was the 14 day or totally random Blood testing. Arum said they are waiting for Floyd to sign. But how can Pac sign a contract as we all know there are other issued that need to be ironed out, like the purse for each fighter. And this cut off date thing is complete rubbish. We all know Floyd thinks he is the most important thing in boxing so to think for one second that he will let Arum dictate to him is complete rubbish. The fact that Floyd has been silent at least shows that he kept his end of the bargain by not discussing negotiations. Arum on the other hand is clearly breaking the rules. Sorry for this anti Arum rant, but i really hate him! I wish pac would haveleft Top rank.