by Christian Ramos:
www.BoxingNews24.com
After a sudden disappearance from the public, Pretty Boy Floyd broke his silence. The boxing world has been waiting for a response from its biggest attraction after Bob Arum announced a deadline for Floyd to respond to the negotiations regarding himself and Manny Pacquiao. For the first time since anybody can recall, Mayweather has been completely without words during an attempt at negotiations.
Once the deadline arrived and Mayweather was a no-show, Bob Arum announced he would move on to negotiate between both Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito to fight Manny Pacquiao. He also reassured Mayweather still has the first dibs at Pacman, as long as Manny was not under contract to fight anyone else. Floyd would just simply have to respond for Top Rank to push the fight.
There were many speculations as to why Floyd never responded to the negotiations. Many fans believed Money was scared or ducking. Others however, including Bob Arum himself, took a more rational approach and brought up the issue regarding is uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather and his up-coming trial date. Roger Mayweather soon has a trial date and faces the possibility of going to jail for quite some time. There was also a huge speculation to what was actually on the contract that both sides supposedly agreed on, but no one really saw it.
Well, after his brief absence, Pretty Boy himself responded to the boxing world. His response was short and simple. It was a comment that only Floyd Mayweather Jr. can make when regarding possibly the hugest fight in the sport’s history. He’s simply not interested.
“I’m not interested in rushing to do anything. I’m not really thinking about boxing right now. I’m must relaxing. I fought about 60 days ago, so I’m just enjoying myself, enjoying life, enjoying my family and enjoying my vacation. Like I said, I’m just supporting my family and relaxing. That what I’m doing right now.”
This would have you think for a minute. Is he really that concerned about his uncle’s case? After all, everyone mentions that he’s so important to training, but more importantly, Roger’s his blood. Did Arum make his biggest mistake in trying to pressure Floyd into the fight? Or most importantly, how appealing was the offer from the promoters?
One thing is sure though. The fight is not happening this year. Can some just find Don Corleone! Hey Don, make Floyd an offer he can’t refuse!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Manny Pacquiao agreed to drug testing all the way to the fight
By Simon Sheppard:
www.BoxingNews24.com
The generosity of Manny Pacquiao can not manifests itself better than in this light. He could have turned away and rejected Floyd Mayweather’s demands on the testing using the NSAC as his point of argument. But no, he conceded to the demand.
Bob Arum told Dan Rafael of ESPN that Pacquiao accepted the terms of the random drug testing, blood and urine, leading up to the fight. He wasn’t forthcoming on the details, but Michael Koncz, the advisor of Pacquiao, said that there was also no argument regarding the 50/50 purse split.
Manny Pacquiao seemed to have got tired of all the nonsense. Like ok, whatever you want, let’s just fight. Knowing it’s the fight everybody wants to see, he did everything on his part to make it happen. Going against his principles to please all the boxing fans. Wanting to leave a lasting legacy. Wanting to answer the big question, once and for all, inside that squared circle.
However the negotiations turn out, Pacquiao will still fight on November 13th . What is still undecided is if it’s going to be against Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito. Whomever he faces of the two, Pacquiao is gunning for another record, an 8th weight class, the Junior Middleweight 154 title. Against Miguel Cotto it’s for the WBA belt. And against Margarito for the WBC version, which Sergio Martinez vacated.
Now it’s up to Floyd whether the fight gets made or not.
Floyd can forget the fans.
He can forget the legacy, of which he doesn’t care anyway.
Floyd can do it even just for the money.
We would understand perfectly, even applaud him for it.
Like Arum said “It’s Friday, and it’s 11:00 pm, if Floyd says we have a deal, we have a deal.”
But if Floyd wants to fight next year, they even gave him that option.
Both fights, Cotto and Margarito, would be a hard sell to most fans.
Cotto was dominated by Pacquiao in their previous fight, while Margarito lost a lot of his fans after the handwrap incident.
It is very rare in an era, or in a generation, that two prime fighters at their peaks get to face each other. Many questions will be answered with this fight. Questions like who will prevail – slugger vs. the pure boxer? Offense vs. defense? Who will be faster?
And the biggest question of all – who is truly the Pound for Pound King in this generation?
It’s all up to Floyd now to have the chance to answer all those questions.
www.BoxingNews24.com
The generosity of Manny Pacquiao can not manifests itself better than in this light. He could have turned away and rejected Floyd Mayweather’s demands on the testing using the NSAC as his point of argument. But no, he conceded to the demand.
Bob Arum told Dan Rafael of ESPN that Pacquiao accepted the terms of the random drug testing, blood and urine, leading up to the fight. He wasn’t forthcoming on the details, but Michael Koncz, the advisor of Pacquiao, said that there was also no argument regarding the 50/50 purse split.
Manny Pacquiao seemed to have got tired of all the nonsense. Like ok, whatever you want, let’s just fight. Knowing it’s the fight everybody wants to see, he did everything on his part to make it happen. Going against his principles to please all the boxing fans. Wanting to leave a lasting legacy. Wanting to answer the big question, once and for all, inside that squared circle.
However the negotiations turn out, Pacquiao will still fight on November 13th . What is still undecided is if it’s going to be against Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito. Whomever he faces of the two, Pacquiao is gunning for another record, an 8th weight class, the Junior Middleweight 154 title. Against Miguel Cotto it’s for the WBA belt. And against Margarito for the WBC version, which Sergio Martinez vacated.
Now it’s up to Floyd whether the fight gets made or not.
Floyd can forget the fans.
He can forget the legacy, of which he doesn’t care anyway.
Floyd can do it even just for the money.
We would understand perfectly, even applaud him for it.
Like Arum said “It’s Friday, and it’s 11:00 pm, if Floyd says we have a deal, we have a deal.”
But if Floyd wants to fight next year, they even gave him that option.
Both fights, Cotto and Margarito, would be a hard sell to most fans.
Cotto was dominated by Pacquiao in their previous fight, while Margarito lost a lot of his fans after the handwrap incident.
It is very rare in an era, or in a generation, that two prime fighters at their peaks get to face each other. Many questions will be answered with this fight. Questions like who will prevail – slugger vs. the pure boxer? Offense vs. defense? Who will be faster?
And the biggest question of all – who is truly the Pound for Pound King in this generation?
It’s all up to Floyd now to have the chance to answer all those questions.
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