Erik Morales: GBP offered me Mayweather!

STFU lounge *****...atsch All these "Didn't the article..." questions you ask sugests you don't even know what it says if you have to ask all those. :roll:

 

This nonsense is still going on. I've seen nothing on ESPN with this interview. It would have to be on ESPN deportes if the TS needed to translate. Furthermore, I don't trust the translation.

Here's what Rafael had to say about it in his blog on ESPN;

I've heard a lot of crazy rumors and stories in my years on the boxing beat, but Monday I heard one of the craziest ever: that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is looking to make Erik Morales his opponent on May 5, the date Mayweather announced last week that he would return to fight an undetermined opponent at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Let's get this out of the way quickly: It's not true.
I ignored it at first because I get tons of tweets that are nonsensical. But throughout the day, I received a steady and overwhelming stream of them from Fight Freaks asking me if it was true. Others, without a shred of actual information, simply believed the rumor and slammed Mayweather for trying to make a fight that would be viewed as an utter mismatch of the highest order.

About a decade ago, when Mayweather was junior lightweight champ and Morales, in his prime, was taking care of business at featherweight, it might have been an interesting fight. Now, with Mayweather still going strong as an elite welterweight and with Morales far past his prime as a junior welterweight, it would be a massacre.

The rumor apparently began with an interview that Golden Boy matchmaker Eric Gomez gave to a Mexican reporter this past week in Cancun, where he was working on the James Kirkland-Alfredo Angulo fight.

Golden Boy promotes Morales, and although it doesn't have Mayweather under contract, it has promoted his bouts on a fight-by-fight basis for the past several years.

When I called Gomez on Monday afternoon to ask if there is any truth to the rumor, he explained that a reporter had asked him if a Mayweather-Morales fight was possible. It was a silly question to begin with, but Gomez said his answer was that, sure, Morales would like to fight Mayweather because he always wants to fight the best, but Mayweather was the one in position to pick and choose his opponents.

That's a long, long way from "they are working on a fight," as some apparently took it to mean.

According to Gomez, nobody from Mayweather's camp has ever remotely suggested that Mayweather would (or wants to) face Morales. Gomez said there has been no talk at the company about such a fight.

The fact that Morales wants to fight Mayweather is no surprise. Probably every single fighter on the planet would like to fight Mayweather, because it would translate to a career-high payday. So that Morales is one of the many who wants to fight Floyd isn't exactly news. Equating his desire to a plan for the fight is a monstrous reach.

"It's not true," Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer told me Monday night. "It is absolutely not true."

If Mayweather was looking to fight Morales, believe me, I'd be the first to slam him. But it doesn't seem that he is -- despite what many are tweeting.

 

Well according to *****s lil floyd can sell himself alone.

 

LOL.

Can't answer any of the questions because you don't like the answer.

If we take on face value that the article posted is true, then we must also acknowledge everything I alluded to was true and that Morales negotiated with Mayweather AND Manny. :rofl

 

You came on here talking about how Mayweather fans need to come to Jesus if the fight gets made. Go on to say it would be Floyd using Manny's name JUST to help promote the fight. And it can't be defended..


I'm asking you DO YOU believe it's a reality? Simple question, simple answer.

 

How the **** should I know. Jesus Christs dude...

I used the word "IF" for a reason you know. :-( That was clear in my post.

 

you can't say IF you believe something? :thumbsup

 

There's nothing to address. I know you THINK You made a valid point, but no, you made none. Just the same ol **** you post in the lounge.

Make that leap if you want, it's only YOU doing it troll. :roll:

 

First Arum, then Ellerbe, then Rafael, then Morales. Who will it be tomorrow? Peep the Pacquiao troll threads though. Nothing talking about the fight this weekend. It's just Floyd baby, its all about Floyd.

 

Exposed.

try better next time *******.

 

Dude refuses to give an opinion on a matter, but wants to act high and might and judge those who voice an opinion. I seriously thought he was a real poster and not a troll, had me good for a year now it seems!

 

Do you know how to read? I know that's not a prerequisite to be a floyd fanboy. But please, if you need to, grab an adult, and have them look over what I said.

You asked me if I think this will happen? How the **** should I know. Do you honestly believe that's a yes/no answer that fans on a message board can answer?

I toletrate your bull**** questioning, though most of the time is pretty pointless.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl :thumbsup Yeah Lance. We can't give an opinion on what we think will happen.. Why the **** do we even discuss **** unless it's a known fact?!

 

Look ******, I answered you. And you STILL pull **** ****? :roll:

BTW, why don't you look at what HE asked me before you jump tpo his defense like the pyssu floyd fans seem to always do.

Look at what he asked. Like the **** you seem to ask, it was nothing. But to idiots like you two, you think you have some TOUGH question that people avoid. The truth is, they more more pointless and do NOT advance any talks forward, hence no need to waste time answering something YOU think is pertinent.

 

If Floyd fights Morales, ill make Lanceuptheass suck every Pacquiao fan off at Texas stadium, on ppv where you can see it up close and personal on the jumbo tron.