Mayweather Agrees to Pacquiao Fight
by Brickhaus on Dec 2, 2009 1:52 AM EST
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According to ESPN's Dan Rafael, multiple sources close to the negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are reporting that Floyd has agreed to terms for a Pacquiao superfight. At this point, Pacquiao has yet to agree to the terms, but Bob Arum is traveling to the Philippines to seal the deal. According to the sources, the fight would be contested at the 147 pound welterweight limit. No word on any of the other negotiating concerns - the split, ring size or gloves.
The date is still up in the air. Per Rafael, sources close to Floyd have stated that he is okay with either a mid-March date or an early May date. From a marketing perspective, May 1 probably works better for everyone; however, since Manny Pacquiao is running for Congress, Philippines election law would prohibit his fight from being aired in the Philippines in May unless he runs unopposed. This hurdle seems to make a March 13 date much more likely, unless Pacquiao decides to abandon his political aspirations until the next election. According to Yahoo's Kevin Iole, a March 13 date is all but set.
The location is also unknown. The lead contenders, which have been broken down by Scott and myself, are the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a temporary stadium built by the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, or at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, with the New Orleans Superdome serving as another stalking horse.
Obviously, this would be one of the biggest fights in recent memory. It's rare that the two biggest stars in the sport are in the same weight class, and it's even more rare that they're both in their prime and the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Now it's incumbent on Pacquiao to make it happen.
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Good way to end the evening
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Top Rank retweeted Iole's article
Which also makes me think there’s some real meat to it.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Heard about this while out. Someone texted it to me. Thrilled this is the idea right now.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Ah sweet this pretty much confirms it...
The only real hiccup was the split so if thats out of the way the fight is practically a certain.
ESPN said their resources put the date at either March 13 or May 1st and Mayweather is fine with either date.
It is going to take plact at 147 according to their sources as well and there are no problems or conflicts in regard to ring size, gloves etc.
So basically it’s just the split that was holding the fight up. With that out of the way it’s just a waiting game now I suppose you could call this a done deal in my opinion.
Thanks
I need to read more carefully.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Interesting Situation
Mayweather agreed to everything and Pac might hold things up because of political aspirations.
Obviously we would all much rather
that his career in politics was postponed for two years till the next congressional election but his politics seem to mean a lot to him. I wouldn’t be too surprised if we see further difficulties around this fight being caused by the election.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 2, 2009 4:10 AM EST up reply actions
I don't like the chances....
Here is the Philippine election code. Skip to Sec. 85 and 86. The fight could easily be considered propaganda and promotion.
Bring on March 13 since its 3 days off my birthday it would make a great present.
I can see Pac coming back with a change to the contract and this goes back and forward. I’ve been wrong about few things with Mayweather – Pac so hope i am here to
"Good, so it can’t go any deeper." - Arturo Gatti after being told he was cut to the bone
YHIHF
This will be the greatest 24/7 ever. Seriously make it like 20 episodes, and sweep the emmys, its going to be awesome.
It will be great
The Roach against the Mayweathers. You will see more subtitling than you’ve ever seen before. :)
Every fighter has a game plan until he get's punched in the mouth.
-Mike
by Craigman on Dec 2, 2009 6:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I might get HBO just for that month :D
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
get hbo for the tv shows man
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
curb your enthusiasm PERIOD
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Curb your enthusaism is the best show on televison
but I was under the impression that there was a very real chance that it was done.
i actually haven’t seen the latest season with the seinfeld reunion since i’m still working on the earlier seasons, so i can’t confirm if its done already.
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
actually i think i saw that one. it ended with a doctor’s visit right?
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure
It prominently involves Danny Duberstein. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you haven’t seen it.
A friend of mine recently turned me on to Eastbound and Down, and it is amazing. Good call.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Dec 2, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
basically a 30 minute version of the apatow movies. guaranteed to be awesome
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
basically a 30 minute version of the apatow movies. guaranteed to be awesome
I don’t think it’s much of anything like Apatow’s work except that both are funny. It’s a little goofier than Apatow usually goes; more Hot Rod than Knocked Up.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
i think its mostly the constant “dick” and “sex” jokes that remind me of apatow. that and both danny & the black dude were in pineapple express
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Ick
Can’t stand E&D. True Blood is great, and Entourage used to have its moments, but this time of year, the Showtime lineup (Dexter, Californication) owns HBO.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Entourage was a fun show for two seasons, and has disgustingly overstayed its welcome. I think HBO’s original programming is still living off of the reputation of The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, and I guess some people still like Oz.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
I still contend that two of the three funniest shows on american tv
are on HBO (minus it’s always sunny).
curb and e&b? my two funniest shows atm are californication and oddly enough community/modern family. again i’m not too familiar with recent CYE, so i can’t really say anything
btw true blood is AWESOME.
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
btw true blood is AWESOME.
wtf
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
DRINK the blud(kool)-aid SC. fall into the trap of true blood awesomeness. worship and obey eric
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
yep
I like community better than modern family, but those are the two best new comedies imo. I also like “The League”, but it’s prolly because I’m a man child who devotes an unhealthy amount of time and emotions into a fantasy basketball league.
i watch glee GLEEFULLY. thats right i had the balls to do that awful pun.
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
never heard that phrase before. gonna dvr glee tonight and watch a bhop war!
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:20 PM EST up reply actions
the league is legit. its kind of like a mini sunny, but thats not a bad thing
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
I watched the first episode
It had a couple of moments that were ‘spit out your food’ funny, but the rest of it was kinda meh.
Love Sunny, and fortunately this season has been better than last year so far.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
It's not some groundbreaking thing
but it’s good enough for me to give it 30 minutes a week.
Sunny is amazing.
season 5 is on par with seaon 3 to be honest. the first episdoe was shit, but sunny has been great. season 4 as you alluded to was ABHORRENT though
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:20 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sorry
didn’t Season 4 include The Nightman Cometh? The rest of your season could be 2 girls 1 cup and it’s still an awesome season.
yeah the musical finale was great, but the poop episode was awful as was the history of paddy’s episode, and the rest. they just went for shock value throughout that whole season, but this new one they toned that shit down
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
I thought the poop episode was the best of the season
But to each his own. Maybe I just like Artemis and the McPoyles a little too much.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
The poop episode was great. “Nah! I did it! I did all the poops!”
The history episode was awwwwwwwwfuuuuuuuuuul.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
seriously CANNIBALISM?!?!?!
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
literally nothing is on on hbo during the fall so obv showtime wins, but summer belongs to HBO period
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by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
Otherwise known as Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7
or De La Hoya-Mayweather 24/7
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I'm kind of shocked the deal has progressed so fast
Mayweather-Pacquiao in the first half of 2010? Holy cow. This is going to be awesome.
Yeah, that’s the biggest shocker to me. I thought the negotion process was going to be a long battle wage through the media.
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by VeeisAnimated on Dec 2, 2009 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
March 13 sounds amazing to me.
But I wouldn’t complain about May 1 either. I am excited that it appears it will happen either way.
I hope the fight is here in Dallas…..I want to host a big hotel party and invite all my cyber boxing friends. Or as my wife calls them my pretend friends.
still holding out some hope for N.O.
I can assure you that you all will have a better time coming down here to watch the fight than you would in Dallas :)
by The Boxer Rebellion on Dec 2, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
If the fight ended up in New Orleans, I would seriously consider flying out from CA for it. I love New Orleans, so it would be an amazing excuse to get back out there.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Dec 2, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Looks like
Mayweather wanted this fight more than people believed. I want to say more than Pacman because of the leak of Yuri Foreman yesterday but who knows if that was actually coming from him.
March 13 sounds good to me; My birthday weekend is going to be so good.
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
As he always says
“if it makes dollars, it makes sense.” This fight therefore makes a whole lot of sense.
Kudos to Mayweather for quickly agreeing to the fight. Here’s hoping Manny signs on the dotted line shortly.
by The Boxer Rebellion on Dec 2, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
That’d be my birthday weekend too. One day before my birthday in fact. And I thought Marquez-Pacquiao II on March 15 in ’08 was a good birthday weekend fight.
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by Scott Christ on Dec 2, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
Ha mines falls on the 15th and my wifes on the 14th
Hopefully it does fall on that weekend; I will make it a three day event.
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
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Reminder: no spoilers.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Apologies, ‘haus. Nothing intended. As for this fight…the anticipation might be better than the event ultimately, but unlike similarly hyped events (De La Hoya-Rollerboy, for example), it’s a really intriguing clash of styles where we can’t safely say whose style will make the fight. So let’s finalize this thing, and start a nice 3+ months of sweet, sweet speculation.
This is certainly a fight that's more for the historical significance than for the fight itself
There are two possibilities for the fight. One is that it’s an ugly style clash, and Floyd stays on his bike as much as possible, making the fight damn near unwatchable. The second is that he does try to trade a bit because the shoulder roll doesn’t work as well against southpaws. Historically, Floyd has warred more with southpaws than with other fighters (see: Judah, Mitchell), so who knows.
But I’m mostly excited because the fight makes history. #1 vs #2 pound for pound, which is only the 4th or 5th time that’s ever happened since Ring started keeping P4P rankings. Both guys in their prime. Both guys jockeying for position in the all time standings. Possibly the biggest single event in the pay-per-view era of boxing. Manny likely going for an absurd 5th lineal title.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
by Brickhaus on Dec 2, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
GREAT POST!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 2, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
There is one problem here.
“Mayweather Agrees to Fight”, but on what terms?
Mayweather agrees to Fight Pacquaio, As Long As He Gets 65% Of The Purse" has a whole different ring to it.
Do we know what terms Floyd has ‘agreed’ to? Because until we do, I will refrain from getting too excited…
Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)
Obviously they're terms that were okay with Arum
Who was negotiating on behalf of Pacquiao. Otherwise we wouldn’t be hearing about it. And if they’re okay with Arum, they’ll probably be okay with Pacquaio.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
But will they be OK with trusted adviser and general genius Michael Koncz?
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by Scott Christ on Dec 2, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Another reason I wouldn't vote for Pacquiao if I had a vote in the Philippines
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
If Arum is traveling to meet Manny
then the terms are close or exactly what they were looking for. No way Arum makes that trip if it wasn’t so.
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
ah this is so freaking awesome, i really hope it lands on the 13th which is actually my birthday , im so excited cant really contain myself early prediction pacman by ko, mayweather hasnt fought someone that could have conceivable beat in a long long time and thats gonna hurt him, pacman on the other hand has faced the way better competition and will be up for the challenge that will be the difference, we just dont know how mayweather will react to someone whos just as good as he is,
Time for the Mayweather family to do some shopping...
…for a pine box. I will never root for Manny Pacquaio harder in my life.
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by hakimdropstheball on Dec 2, 2009 1:26 PM EST reply actions
After this fight, Manny will be the new "Undisputed" congressman of the Phillipines
This fight will be target practice for Mayweather. Manny takes to many shots to give shots.
Too quick?
I like the March 13th date too if only because its sooner than May 1st, but doesn’t it seem a little quick for Pac to get back in there? He didn’t come out of Cotto totally unscathed, so he’s got only this month to heal. Then eight (?) hard weeks of training then the fight? Seems like a major advantage for Mayweather who will have had over 5 whole months to recover from the bludgeoning (ha ha) he took from the gigantic Marquez. No disrespect meant for Marquez, he’s still one of my favorites.
Pacquiao was set up to fight on 3/13 again anyway assuming no major injuries, and I think his ear was the only thing that was really bothersome for him. Other than that, normal bumps and bruises, but he should be OK.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
this is amazing news. for a real i was actually doubting my willingness to follow pacquiao through hell if he fought yuri, but lets hope that he signs the contract and we get the showdown that the world’s been waiting for
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:37 PM EST reply actions
I think this has to be the quickest boxing negotiations ever
2 weeks! Who ever thought that a high profile bout involving Floyd and Bob Arum would only take 2 weeks to negotiate? I mean really these guys are the two biggest stumbling blocks for good fights happening. Absolutely incredible. If this gets signed sealed and delivered I will go from reasoned boxing fan to unabashed fanboy in under 2 seconds.
by waldo47 on Dec 2, 2009 4:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Manny Really?
Really? If we have to wait until September so be it but come on boxing is more important than running for politics. That can wait until after his career. How can he say he will be working for the people but concentrate on other things?
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
Credit must go to Mayweather
for being an easy person to deal with and letting Schaefaer handle the negotiations. Obviously we don’t know the details but it seems unlikely that the split is anything other than 50-50. We can pretty much presume that Floyd has, at least to some degree, swallowed his pride. It appears that his ego has not got in this way of his fight and I feel he should be commended for this.
And it isn’t often I commend Mayweather for anything he does outside the ring!
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