WELL WE ALL KNOW WHY MR ARIZA WOULD WISH THE FIGHT NEVER EVER HAPPENS!!! "Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiaos strength and conditioning coach believes the Mayweather-Pacquiao axis could be irretrievably split. Ariza, for the past two and a half years the head strength and conditioning coach at Freddie Roachs Wild Card Gym, in Hollywood, told Telegraph Sport that the schism between the two sets of promoters has left a bitter taste in the two camps. The pair Roach and Ariza deal with both promoters. Pacquiao is promoted by Bob Arums Top Rank Inc. based in Las Vegas; Khans future since he parted with British promoter Frank Warren earlier in the years is now being overseen by Oscar de la Hoyas Golden Boy Promotions, in Los Angeles. Ariza told me this week that he has genuine, serious doubts that the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout, which was expected to generate in the region of $200 million, will ever come to fruition. I really dont think so. I dont think it will be anything to do with Manny and Mayweather in the end. I think it will come down to the relations between Bob Arum and Golden Boy. Bob Arum was seriously fed up of the messing for this fight and wanted to get it signed, he said. They dont want to mess around with Mayweather. I think for him it is a case of whether he humbles himself and raises his position walks into Golden Boys offices and just signs the papers. There isnt anything to say about it. If Mayweather wants the fight he is going to have to bite his tongue and go with whatever is stipulated in the contract. Will Mayweather do that ? I think he wont. Not once he sees what Manny does against Joshua Clottey. Thats going to instil even more fear into Mayweather. One thing is certain. Mayweather, purported to have serious tax debts, needs the fight more than Pacquiao, who has, in is mind, the pressing matter of an election to campaign for in The Philippines. If boxings biggest fight for a generation fails to materialise, between the two top pound for pound fighters of this generation which seems improbable on deep analysis the sport will have shot itself in the foot. This fight, which had the world talking about in December, must happen"
I pretty much don't care about this fight anymore. Let these two prima donnas alone to go their separate ways.
Bob Arum was seriously fed up of the messing for this fight – and wanted to get it signed missed that part?
Weird that Pacs fitness trainer is sure that the fight ain't get made. I wonder which stipulations of Mayweathers worry him...shady ****.
Exactly.... this guy is one shady son of a *****! He needs to be scrutinised with that close bond he has with Manny. Anybody ever see a fitness guy go head to head with the boxers manager and dont get sacked like this guy did prior to the Cotto fight! Why does Manny appear to need this guy like he needs oxygen! Shady mother****er!!!
