Cotto announces that he's a free agent

Mayweather 'all of a sudden when I left Top Rank I supposedly became scared of Top Rank fighters but when I was with Top Rank I fought all any of Top Rank's fighters'

You have to ask, would Arum have even made Mayweather-Cotto in 2007? He wouldn't allow Margarito to fight Mayweather in April 2006. I've no doubt either fight would take the fight if they're paid right

 

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.

 

10-7=1 :huh

 

Ahhh so it was just a reading comprehension problem and not a reflexion of your mathematically ability? That's okay it's important to accurately diagnose the learning difficulty

j/k R, do you know when Mayweather and Haymon came together?

 

TBF Junior used to train at my old boxing gym and I was on the hypetrain, ****er blanked me on myspace, I must have been his only fan too. His dad and Vanzie's dad used to be really competitive with each other both being from Bradford, they went 1-1 in the amateurs. Were you a fan when Vanzie was around? He got robbed twice (badly) against Earl for his British title.