I hope you all are paying attention for what I predict is about to go down after Pac beats JMM. Bob has actually been planting the seeds for this for about a year now. By now we all know why he got so upset about Floyd picking a venue and date. It's all about the narrative. "He who strikes first, strikes twice" the last time there were supposed to be secret negotiations without talking to the media, the first person talking to the media was Bob. Striking first. and twice and thrice basically going unchallenged up until the Oritz fight. So now with both Pac and Floyd with no definitive plans to fight anybody, Floyd decides to strike first. Now it's a problem. Why? Because Bob doesn't control the narrative. The narrative has been Floyd doesn't want the fight. He'll do anything to get out of the fight. We've agreed to everything (lol), he wants more money. Now that last part is important. Here's what I predict. Arum wants to keep the negotiations out of the media because he doesn't intend to negotiate at all. I guarantee you this **** will end up a he said he said and Bob knows he can win that PR battle against Floyd. Bob will say, "We tried to get a deal together and Floyd wanted 754 million dollars. he wasn't serious. We had to walk away" Floyd or Ellerbe will say, "That's nonsense. We asked for a 50-50 split" Pac's fans/Floyd haters will believe Arum and Floyd's fans will believe Floyd Regardless, Arum will get what he wants....no fight and essentially no harm no foul for Pac. It's absolutely genius if not for it destroying the sport of boxing.
Floyd should take the initiative instead of refuting or denying bob's lies. People tend to believe the accuser
i dont like to cheerlead, but that was genuinely funny. to the ts, i can see how someone, if they tried really hard, could believe your theory. unfortunately, most of us have to deal with floyd and ellerby and their history, when we map out the equation. its like, who do you believe, charles manson or satan and the antichrist? i believe none of them and base my opinion on their actions not their words.
Arum is a PR expert, there's no doubt about that. However, Floyd and Haymon have come a long, long way in this regard. I'm not going to say they are the equal of Arum, but they are very close to Arum's level now and their tactics have been effective. I don't think either side wants the fight at this point, and I don't think the fight will ever be made. So, it becomes a battle of who gets blamed for the fight not happening.
First negotiations after mediation. here's what the mediator said This content is protected Weinstein also scolded comments like those by Arum as "violations of the strict confidentiality to which the parties and their representatives agreed and which they authorized the mediator to enforce."
like i said, arum is a greedy ***** and will make and continue to make his inhouse fights, all the while blaming floyd. as long as the mass media continues to ride arums dick, floyd is going to shoulder all the blame. floyd has no choice, fight pac or fight a credible opponent like martinez. failure to do so, he will continue to be viewed as ducker, chicken, coward as portrayed by the media. ball really is on floyd's court. it has been there for 2+ years now. all this posturing about venue, dates, other opponents, will do nothing for floyd. arum will just spin it. then its back to square one. arum doing his inhouse while blaming floyd. floyd will be back fighting mismathces, so forth and so on. floyd can not expect to win an all out media war against arum. arum has been in the game for how many decades now, 4, 5, 6? his war chest is so massive he can do whatever he wants. he can go hbo, or go to showtime or put up his own ppv. he can go vegas or cowboy stadium. floyd has an opportunity to do something right. fight pac , by calling arums bluff or fight martinez. will floyd do it? or continue remain a ducker?