Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny Pacquiao Master Discussion Thread

[Black_Jesus]

Already back tracking, as always with Floyd. Before the fight happens he's scared, but AS SOON AS it's announced people come up with a barrage of excuses

He didn't announce anything faggit.. He only admitted what Arum and Pac had been saying all year.. The other day he said they were lying about any negotiations taking place

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

http://www.fighthype.com/mayweathernews/story18783.html

BT: Champ, you had a lot to say during the Showtime broadcast. Was there a reason why you wanted to make those comments about the potential fight with Pacquiao? FM: I just got to a point where I'm just tired of the fans being misled and lied to. We like to handle business like true professionals, behind the scenes, and then once we sit down and come to an agreement, we like to bring everything to light and tell the fans, "This is who I'm facing." That's what we've been doing for years. Like I said before, we have been trying to make the fight happen for a long time behind the scenes. Before, all I asked for was random blood and urine testing, but Bob Arum and Pacquiao's camp had a problem with that. That's why the fight didn't happen before. Then after that, I offered Manny Pacquiao $40 million, but he said "No!" He wanted 50/50. So then I said, "Well, it's obvious you don't want to fight because you're not the A side." Of course we all know he's not the A side by his pay-per-view numbers. Now he lost to Marquez, he lost to Bradley, and his pay-per-view numbers are horrible. I'm not 100% sure, but from what I've been told, he hasn't even reached 300,000 homes [for his fight with Algieri]. We'll have to keep our fingers crossed for him to reach 300,000 homes. And not taking nothing away from the guy, I don't really know his name, Algieri, he tried his best from what I heard, but Algieri and Maidana are two totally different fighters. Two totally different fighters! So basically, you guys are constantly talking about "you want to fight, you want to fight." I'm the A side, so if I'm the A side, the A side calls all the shots: Mayweather Promotions, Showtime pay-per-view, 147 unification bout, and that's basically it.

BT: It seems like both fighters want the fight, so fans want to know why the fight hasn't been made yet. Is there something holding up negotiations?

FM: Bob Arum is in the way of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. People don't really understand business. I was once with the promotional company Top Rank. I left Top Rank to become my own promoter. It was hard doing business with Bob Arum when I was signed to his company, so if I'm not signed to his company, you know it's going to be even harder because he's going to be trying to do whatever he can do. Me knowing Bob Arum for 18 years, in my opinion, Bob Arum only cares about Bob Arum. That's the feeling that I felt forever.

BT: When you say that Bob is the one that's in the way of the fight, is there anything in particular that he is or is not doing that makes you think?

FM: They have been lying to the critics, all the websites, the blogs, social media and everyone for years. We never came out in public and spoke about the fight because a lot of times, I say certain things, but Manny Pacquiao, he don't really understand when I'm speaking slang. When I do say certain things, it's obvious whatever I'm saying gets under his camp's skin, and then the next thing you know, I'm hit with a lawsuit for defamation of character just because I voiced my opinion or I was having fun talking trash. I think that's a coward move. You know, people that's in the entertainment business may take shots at Floyd Mayweather and say certain things about Floyd Mayweather. I beef with people that's in my field or do what I do. If I was an R&B singer, I would probably beef with other R&B singers. If I was a rapper, I'm pretty sure I would beef with other rappers. If I was a football player, I would beef with other football players. I'm not a boxer that's going to beef with a basketball player. I'm a boxer that's going to beef with other fighters because that's what I do.

Ben, the sport of boxing has been great to me. The fans have been unbelievable. I think the expectations for Floyd Mayweather are so, so high. The bar is set so high. I mean, no matter what, it's never going to be good enough. With everything that's going on in my life, I love everybody and I don't have any hard feelings towards no one. I've said some things about Oscar in the past and he spoke about me in the past. We're human. Those things happen. I've never claimed to be perfect. That's a joke that I always say amongst my camp. I say, "Nothing or no one is perfect." Then I say, "You know what? God only made one thing perfect and that's my boxing record (laughing)." It's just a joke we always say. But like I said before, I'm still learning, still living. I have good days, I have bad days. You know, I just went through a lot. It was a tragedy, as you know. Earl Hayes and Stephanie Moseley both were my friends and they both will be missed. I loved both of them.

 

[Black_Jesus]

Is fighthype yall bible?

 

[THE MACHINE]

Paulie
Floyd

that man Floyd has spoken




Now, lets get this fight going

 

[_Anghellic_]

He didn't announce anything faggit.. He only admitted what Arum and Pac had been saying all year.. The other day he said they were lying about any negotiations taking place

Get your dikk out of Pac's ass and get a father. Resorting to ad hominen over your hero god damn it's not that seriousY'all fatherless PAC stains would be e-rioting on the internet if Floyd was ducking drug tests and fighting Rios, Chris Aligeri, dropping down to 140, and Jessie Vargas. The breathing room that PAC gets is baffling.

 

[Newzz]

Floyd finally fighting back from the Arum slander


Pacquiao needs to take the 40 mill and 35% upside, get in there with Floyd, and take that inevitable L that they've been avoiding

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Floyd finally fighting back from the Arum slander


Pacquiao needs to take the 40 mill and 35% upside, get in there with Floyd, and take that inevitable L that they've been avoiding

never understood how u could stan A.B. and dislike his idol

 

[Jello Biafra]

We never came out in public and spoke about the fight because a lot of times, I say certain things, but Manny Pacquiao, he don't really understand when I'm speaking slang. When I do say certain things, it's obvious whatever I'm saying gets under his camp's skin, and then the next thing you know, I'm hit with a lawsuit for defamation of character just because I voiced my opinion or I was having fun talking trash. I think that's a coward move.

That is an incredible pile of bullshyt right there.
Floyd and everyone in his camp was calling Pacquiao a steroid user in every public outlet they had access to. There was no confusion over slang or language barrier.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

That is an incredible pile of bullshyt right there.
Floyd and everyone in his camp was calling Pacquiao a steroid user in every public outlet they had access to. There was no confusion over slang or language barrier.

Footage of floyd blatantly saying this verbatim?

 

[Newzz]

never understood how u could stan A.B. and dislike his idol

So, because you like a boxer.....that means you're supposed to like everything/everyone they do as well?

That makes NO sense at all.....zero sense

 

[Master Teacher]

That is an incredible pile of bullshyt right there.
Floyd and everyone in his camp was calling Pacquiao a steroid user in every public outlet they had access to. There was no confusion over slang or language barrier.

and he never took the TEST, why ignore all that bullshyt

Everything Floyd said has been said again and again, only people in denial are manny pacquiao stans who never hold him to task for ADDRESSING ANY of the things that have held up the fact

He only spoke facts, Manny got KO'd, Manny's ppv number are down, he's not in any position to dictate a goddamn thing

he never took the test the first time the fight was on the table, that is a fact

he turned down 40 million it was a fact, he's just restating the shyt to general public who haven't been following this shyt

 

[Black_Jesus]

Floyd finally fighting back from the Arum slander


Pacquiao needs to take the 40 mill and 35% upside, get in there with Floyd, and take that inevitable L that they've been avoiding

You must not have been paying attenton.. Floyd just said they not getting that

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

So, because you like a boxer.....that means you're supposed to like everything/everyone they do as well?

That makes NO sense at all.....zero sense

NO. you have so much unrelenting faith in a bootleg version of floyd but you're looking for his superior model to lose. A.B. is more disrespectful and not close to as good so i dont get it.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

Floyd finally fighting back from the Arum slander


Pacquiao needs to take the 40 mill and 35% upside, get in there with Floyd, and take that inevitable L that they've been avoiding

You must not have been paying attenton.. Floyd just said they not getting that

After selling less than canelo and cotto solo ppv's respectively, he doesn't deserve that.

The 4th biggest ppv draw doesn't deserve numbers like that. Pac fans need to accept reality man.

 

[Newzz]

You must not have been paying attenton.. Floyd just said they not getting that

I heard that and went

I don't believe Mayweather though, because he doesn't decide how much Pacquiao gets as a guarantee from the networks. If Showtime offered him 40 million and 35% upside, like Espinoza & Paulie claims, that's separate from what Mayweather will get (which sounds like 75 million and 65% upside if went 65/35 split across the board)