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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Mayweather Calls Out Pacquiao On Twitter

Floyd Mayweather has made the call-out. But is it too late to mean anything? (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

Floyd Mayweather likes to use Twitter for a whole bunch of things, namely posting his betting wins for everyone to see. On Wednesday, Mayweather decided to use the medium to publicly call out Manny Pacquiao, urging the Filipino star to fight him on his reserved May 5 date at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

@FloydMayweather: Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see.

He continued:

@FloydMayweather: My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.

So now it's up to Pacquiao to accept right? Why wasn't it so easy this whole time?

Because this "call out" by Mayweather means absolutely nothing. All it does is allow Mayweather to sign a fight with Robert Guerrero or Canelo Alvarez next week, and when everyone crows about another failed Manny-Floyd negotiation, Mayweather can say "But look! I called Pacquiao out last week!"

The blame seems to be falling on Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter who apparently refuses to negotiate with Team Mayweather. Even Pacquiao has said that the fight being made falls on Arum's shoulders. If it's indeed true that Arum is the one holding the fight up and Mayweather and his team have moved elsewhere, the tweets simply give Mayweather "proof" that he wants the fight. Even if he doesn't. And maybe he does this time, after seeing Pacquiao struggle against Juan Manuel Marquez.

But tweets and call outs aren't going to make the fight that is, as Mayweather said himself, what the world wants to see. It'll take everyone involved to put their egos to the side. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

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Lol i agree..

Why wasn’t it so easy to organise this before? When people pull out allegations of either man being scared of each other i dismiss it, they know how good their own abilities are, and i truly believe they shouldn’t necessarily fear their opponent, these are the two best fighters out there, why fear anything?

Anyway hopefully this leads to the fight being made, maybe it won’t live up to the hype since both Pacman and PBF aren’t at their respective peaks any more necessarily. However just to see them both in the ring ready to fight will be enough for me personally, and i know it’ll do a ton of good for boxing as a sport

by HeartbreakShot on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 PM EST reply actions  

Also...

If Pacquiao responds to this promptly, before Floyd can get another fight signed, surely to save face alone PBF will have to get the fight with Pacquiao signed?

by HeartbreakShot on Jan 10, 2012 2:38 PM EST reply actions  

Fuck this guy, so transparent.

by Shitali Klitschko on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions   1 recs

… and the saga continues.

by Clove_art on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 PM EST reply actions  

too bad manny doesnt post how own stuff on twitter…anyways in other news..paris vs judah is a solid nbc sports main event

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:40 PM EST reply actions  

Do you mean Vernon Paris is fighting Zab Judah? Dude that is a very solid main event, and pretty good test for Paris who I think has a high ceiling.

by 36_chambers_ofdeatH on Jan 10, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions  

yep main events won the purse bid and is putting that as one of their main events on the nbc sports network

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Pac & May doing the same thing

I mentioned it in the other thread, but Pac and May are doing the same thing.

“Hey look I said I wanted the fight…what else can I do?”

"Boxing is like dealing with a ho"
-Bernard Hopkins

by erod on Jan 10, 2012 2:42 PM EST reply actions  

exactly

the loser of this will be the one who signs first to fight another opponent. Pac pulled his ‘I want the fight, but Bob is master of my path’ card yesterday and now Mayweather has upped the ante. Dan Raf is running (mmmkay, walking real fast) to ESPN to do speak about this in one of their video interviews as well as a brief write up.

That’s the desired effect. To get those in the media to jump hoops so the public can voice the issue (those that still care anyway).

IF GoldenBoy insists that they will come to the table, the fighters insist they want the fight, but its Bob Arum literally making up excuses on the fly why the fight ’can’t’ happen. Then its on Bob Arum and by proximity, Manny Pacquiao.

Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses. --The Knockout Mechanism.

by battlestar on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions  

i agree with this.

i think there should be a BLH decoder ring for Floyd/Pac non-negotiation negotiations. As soon as Floyd got the clink date pushed back, Arum came out and was pretty clear that he didn’t want the fight (but Manny surely does!). Floyd has a limited amount of time to get a fight signed up, promoted and trained for, so he needs to find someone fast (guerrero is elite!), Manny says he wants the fight, but it’s up to Arum (but Manny surely does!). Floyd says he wants the fight (no he doesn’t…It’s a trap!).

Sho’nuff.

by Sentimental on Jan 10, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Lmao at the ‘punk’ comment… Floyd reminds me of Sho ’Nuff, the villian from The Last Dragon.

by Clove_art on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions  

This probably is a PR attempt.

Only way we can know, though, is if Top Rank make a legitimate proposal now. Time to call Mayweather’s bluff, methinks.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

As posted elsewhere...

Pacquiao won’t respond to Floyd’s tweet, the cut above his eye is preventing him from seeing it.

Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.

by Dafs on Jan 10, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Brilliant!

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 10, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Whatever

We all know why Floyd did this, but it still gives Manny the blame.

People seeing it on twitter first, and not a BLH article yesterday will put him in the doghouse.

by edub001 on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions  

Mmmm I don't know

I want to give some credit to the power of the #NoToGuerrero movement on Twitter last night.

by Craig111 on Jan 10, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions  

Whereas some of you see Floyd as scared to fight or call out Manny, I have never thought that. How could anyone after Manny’s last fight?

by Craig111 on Jan 10, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions  

He called out a bigger De La Hoya in his prime for years before the fight. Why would he be scared to call out Manny? Some have said (pakinpower) on this forum that he has never said that he wanted the fight. Now he does and it’s fake?? Don’t get it.

by Craig111 on Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions  

everyones been wanting it and now that he does it…its a bluff or a media ploy..i mean it might very well be..but he did it..now lets get it signed or move on already!

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Call me naive but

I think he got a lot of tweets last night from angry fans saying they don’t want that Guerrero fight so he decided to give it one last try with Pac before he locks another fight in on Friday.

by Craig111 on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions  

if thats the case then great..if not then oh well..i loved that he did it cuz roach and arum always blowin smoke that yeah ellerbe said we want pac or roger or jeff mayweather said it but never floyd..now that he said it they could stfu saying he really doesnt want it

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions  

gotta love the step up punk at the end of his tweet..never past floyd to show disrespect to an opponent haha..

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 2:50 PM EST reply actions  

If Floyd really wanted the fight BLH commentator and member of Todd Deboef’s inner circle, PakinPower, would know (he has sources). We should wait for him to tell us if this is a real offer or not before passing judgement.

by Sammlung on Jan 10, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree

I look forward to the impartial analysis given by Pakin.

by AusEagle on Jan 10, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Actually I’m in New York walking on sidewalks reading this and laughing my ass off watching you geniuses flounder about.

You seem so well-informed, I’m just Gonna wait for you to figure it out.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 10, 2012 11:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Still waiting, fellas.

C’mon. Bring me a little something. Just for shits and giggles.

I was having such a good time earlier reading this brilliant thread. I thought for sure you would have provided me some of your astute insights and unique wisdom based on other fan posts on other sites.

Keeep me posted.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 3:33 AM EST up reply actions  

Floyd wants the fight, Pacquiao wants the fight, GBP wants the fight.

Care to remind us why this fight hasn’t been signed especially since Pacquiao said he is willing to take the tests and take a smaller cut than Mayweather?

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jan 11, 2012 3:47 AM EST up reply actions  

I know right. This whole saga is so bogus.

by FlaGators on Jan 10, 2012 7:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Believe it when I see it

Is there anything less interesting than a fighter “calling out” another fighter? It happens all the time and it just never matters that much. Most of the time it’s a dude calling out someone clearly better (Haye → Klitschko, Bradley → Pacquiao), which is useless. And other times, when it’s a “lateral” move like this, it just doesn’t do a damn thing to change the fundamentals of the negotiation. It works occasionally but is mostly just marketing.

by AndrewDM on Jan 10, 2012 2:56 PM EST reply actions  

And that's partly my point

It’s always guys calling out the better or top guys. He feels like he is the top guy. I think that why he hasn’t done it until now. Oscar was his last call out I believe. After that, he felt like the king of the mountain.

by Craig111 on Jan 10, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions  

The jail sentence puts the fight off for another year by which time both will be old shopworn men.
This is the biggest cocktease in the history of the sport. Terrible.

by cyke on Jan 10, 2012 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

Pakinpower finally got his wish.

"We've come a long way, and I'm not talking about Virginia Slims, either." - Art Howe

by EastCoastA on Jan 10, 2012 3:21 PM EST reply actions  

would you slow down? He hasn’t told us if this is a real offer or not. At least wait for him to get off the phone with Todd first.

by Sammlung on Jan 10, 2012 3:22 PM EST up reply actions  

r u serious or employing sarcasm? just wondering

by Vicmatic1 on Jan 10, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll have to speak to my sources and get back to you on that one.

by Sammlung on Jan 10, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Please, don’t insult Mr Pakin Power. I personally am honoured that Mr Power shares his unprecedented access with pond life such as ourselves, and look forward to a night of condescension and denial. I vote him a knight of the realm of Bad Left Hook.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Erod

He ordered some but when he read your informed comments he was he actually spit them out…..laughing so hard.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:35 AM EST up reply actions  

I think Scott should really hire other companies’ PR men. It doesn’t seem fair that Top Rank gets his own spokesperson here and none of the other companies are represented (BTW, I already know the answer to that one ;-)

"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto

by Apprentice on Jan 10, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions  

If you want PR men, I can just print every crappy press release I get. Same thing.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I got a press release a couple of days ago. It was pretty terrible.

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jan 10, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Well that makes you official, I guess.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Wooohooooo……..

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jan 10, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Waldo is the official Andre Ward PR person here at least =)

"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto

by Apprentice on Jan 10, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

no no, press releases don’t argue in the threads… you need to hire PR people from Golden Boy and other companies who will actively argue in the threads =)

"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto

by Apprentice on Jan 10, 2012 10:22 PM EST up reply actions  

now that I think about it, I wish De la Hoya would comment on these threads… comedy gold!

"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto

by Apprentice on Jan 10, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions  

I do too.

And he should pay me more to listen to your boxosphere dribble when you talk about the business.

I told him I would give him information because occasionally I do find someone who knows a bit or two abour boxing.

I did recommend that he sells off the BLH Business page the Onion.
They place great value on humor.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:39 AM EST up reply actions  

ha

It will get down to the referee instructions and one of them (Bob) will call it off saying… you win you win….

by Sweet science on Jan 10, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions  

At this point, I’ll take it.

by FlaGators on Jan 10, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions  

BTW

We should really get an undercard of Ms. Jackson vs. Jinkee if this fight ever happens. Money’s got the better looking girl, but Filipina women don’t mess around. What would the odds be on that?

by AndrewDM on Jan 10, 2012 3:37 PM EST reply actions  

I get the feeling Jinkee has some pent-up aggression. I don’t really mean anything by that — it’s just I always see her kind of forcing a smile. I think deep down in her heart she’d like to be going all Rachael Cordingley ringside. KNOCK FUCK OUT OF HIM, MANNY!

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions  

it’s just I always see her kind of forcing a smile

so true. Never really looks comfortable to me. No idea why, could be wrong.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on Jan 10, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Her husband give her grief BA

Their marriage is a tension convention.
Let me put it this way.
Manny is no saint

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 2:56 AM EST up reply actions  

thought i was the only person who noticed that. its like she doesnt like being on camera or something. very awkward.

by The Twillness on Jan 11, 2012 2:40 AM EST up reply actions  

Ms. Jackson is 25% plastic, so factor that in.

by Sammlung on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 PM EST reply actions  

I'd hit it...

Atlanta chicks usually do the ass-shots, not so much the silicon.

by Clove_art on Jan 10, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Anyway, here’s my take: Mayweather’s calling him out because he knows he won’t take the fight on May 5, or rather that Arum won’t take the fight. It’s a no-risk situation basically and he looks good to a bunch of people. PR move, like everything from the other side usually is, too. He also knows there will be no bluff-calling, because if there IS any, it will be Arum confident that FLOYD is bluffing, and then this bunch of a-holes runs the risk of actually winding up in the fight if they keep it up too long.

This is not a shot at Floyd. He was smart to do this and take some PR advantage. That’s all this fight really is anyway. A bunch of yakkity yak bullshit. Consider this a great counter right near the end of another round.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 5:46 PM EST reply actions  

Did you give any credence to the Arum excuse of “May 5th is too soon to build a temporary stadium and make a ton of money at the gate.”

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jan 10, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Not really. I mean, I believe that yes, in an ideal world where Arum wanted to do this fight, he would like the time to build an outdoor stadium. But since he doesn’t want to do this fight, no, I don’t really give it much credit. It’s just another excuse of his many to avoid saying “Fuck it! Why should I make that fight! I don’t care!”

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

This site is laughable. Dan Rafael, 99% of the other scribes and all of the fans are firmly on Mayweather’s side now. Arum is the proven liar. Of course Mayweather wants this fight, he will embarrass Pacquiao and make it look easy. It is up to Arum and Pacquiao now.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 10, 2012 8:04 PM EST reply actions  

???

i think you’re mischaracterizing/misinterpreting what’s going on here

by nickfoxx on Jan 10, 2012 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m not sure what you’re really trying to say because you seem to believe you’re stating some massive argument against “the site,” but we’ve pretty much been on the same track as everyone else the last few days.

I still don’t want to ask Floyd if I can send him roses, nor do I believe there’s any actual substance to his tweets.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I see u guys being impartial...

But I do see what he is saying a bit. Despite Floyd’s adjustment to not being a runner, he still looks the best out of the two as far as ring performance.

So why does a guy who is definitely more skilled and physically still in shape, worried about a fighter who has trouble chasing fighters down and who gets counter punched consistently. .

I definitely think Manny is no longer a risk to Floyd, so the motive of Floyd avoiding the fight kinda doesn’t make sense anymore.

by Clove_art on Jan 10, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Who’s he gonna fight who IS a risk then? Robert Guerrero? Slow ass Canelo Alvarez? it’s the biggest fight in boxing and whether anyone on any of these web sites wants to still admit it or not, it’s the fight people care about and still the fight being demanded. I don’t see anyone asking for Robert Guerrero.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Sergio Martinez!!!!!

I’m not supporting the Guerro fight! I want Manny and Floyd to fight, too. I just don’t care to hear why Floyd is avoiding Manny, when Floyd is the obvious favorite!

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions  

what the hell does that

mean. if he wanted the fight why nit call Todd arum and start real talks. not some fucking tweet that means less then the time he took. too send it both sides don’t want this fight and that is obvious. until there is financial incentive to make it it’ll just be a bunch half ass tweets from moneys camp and bull shit and butt fucking from arum

He knows the guy with the bandage on his ass is going no were. Were you going fucking no were

by Elstriko on Jan 11, 2012 12:11 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

Because, you guys have this picture of Floyd wearing a business suit negotiating his own fights, when in reality he has other people for that. This whole promotion thing he’s running is just for him to get bigger cuts from his fights. This guy never went to college or anything and you see him as this big boxing promoter who has tons of connections after leaving TR.

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 12:16 AM EST up reply actions  

I have no such

illusions sir. what I do have is a very keen bullshit detector and it goes off every time ur uneducated money starts spouting off on his videos or twitter or 24/7. just the same when bob arum says next may or November or the 30th of February or that its pacs cuts or he is a congress man and thank of what it will do if floyd says these thing in promotion of the fight.
cause its all bull shit man floyd wants no part of Pac now and Pac and team don’t want any of money but hey there is always November right

He knows the guy with the bandage on his ass is going no were. Were you going fucking no were

by Elstriko on Jan 11, 2012 2:06 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

I don't see it one way...

Floyd is just as responsible as Manny and Arum, but I still don’t see him as handling all his negotiations. That’s all.

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 2:24 AM EST up reply actions  

oh deff

but he does give the marching orders on who he wants.

He knows the guy with the bandage on his ass is going no were. Were you going fucking no were

by Elstriko on Jan 11, 2012 4:19 AM EST via Android app up reply actions  

+1

No one with authority but Floyd has called or spoken about meeting and negotiating with the people who make the fights at Top Rank.
Only Floyd.

And he has said no one takes for him but him.
Not Golden Boy. Not any middlemen.

What he did NOT say is that he wants to negotiate this fight.
He said only that he wants the MGM Grand.

No mention from Floyd about Pacquiao to Paquiaao’s agent.

tough to make a deal with some one who wants to text and talk but not talk about the white elephant in the room.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:24 AM EST up reply actions  

Just my opinion but you can be an obvious favorite and still avoid someone to avoid the hassle of actually proving it. Floyd was an obvious favorite over Margarito in 2006, but he avoided him. You could say Martinez is an obvious favorite over Pirog, but has somewhat avoided him. It’s not unprecedented.

@KoryKitchen32 on twitter

by Kory Kitchen on Jan 11, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions  

Then i feel you can have those suspicions on just about any fighter who didn’t fight a certain fighter. There would be a long list of fighters who avoided Paul Williams back in the day.

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 12:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Who would have been favored over Paul WIlliams “back in the day” at welterweight? Maybe Floyd, but that’s probably it.

@KoryKitchen32 on twitter

by Kory Kitchen on Jan 11, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions  

Shit dude, I don’t know, the only big name he beat was Margarito. So he beat up a slow fisted, cement head, who was still wasn’t that big of a draw outside of boxing circles in the US. But there were a ton of name boxers that he didn’t fight.

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 12:35 AM EST up reply actions  

fair enough on Sergio

But being the obvious favorite is not a big deal here. it’s THE fight. It has been for three miserable years and still is and will be tomorrow and after they both diddle around in May/June too.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 11, 2012 12:58 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, it’s probably the worst thing in American sports… rivaling the steroids era, which actually spilled over into this mess briefly.

by Clove_art on Jan 11, 2012 1:09 AM EST up reply actions  

Hang around longer before you judge the site. I’ve never seen your name.

by El Destruyo on Jan 10, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Golden Boy reached out to Top Rank multiple times in the last two months and Top Rank refuses to respond. Leonard Ellerbe said two days ago that Golden Boy is in charge of all negotiations pertaining to Floyd Mayweather. Lets stop with the bullshit badlefthook and put the real facts out there.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 10, 2012 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

So you’re just going to believe Leonard Ellerbe? The same Leonard Ellerbe that is Mayweather’s best friend, and blatantly lied last year about negotiations never happening? Puh-lease.

Both parties are to blame for this being so drawn out.

@KoryKitchen32 on twitter

by Kory Kitchen on Jan 10, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions  

I am not talking about last year. I am talking about right now. It is obvious who is avoiding the fight. Mayweather is a genius at picking his spots, he sees Pacquiao as slowing down, and vulnerable. Now he and his team are doing everything they can to make the fight, and Pacquiao claims he is willing to do the tests and even take a smaller purse…it is Arum dragging this out and avoiding it. It is is PLAINLY obvious. Wake up and realize this is 2012. If anyone knows who is allowed to negotiate on Floyd’s behalf it is his “best friend” as you called him and business associate. Arum is running away.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 10, 2012 8:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Never said you were talking about last year. Just pointing out that you can’t trust Ellerbe either because he has lied in the pas as well. They all have.

@KoryKitchen32 on twitter

by Kory Kitchen on Jan 10, 2012 8:21 PM EST up reply actions  

*past

@KoryKitchen32 on twitter

by Kory Kitchen on Jan 10, 2012 8:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree, but I referenced Ellerbe stating that all negotiations have to be through Golden Boy, which further refutes more of Arum’s obvious lies. Ellerbe would not lie by stating to go through Golden Boy if it was not true, it has nothing to do with PR etc.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 10, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions  

You know for someone who said this site is laughable, you sure do have a hilarious pro-Floyd agenda.

by Shitali Klitschko on Jan 11, 2012 1:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

In Ellerbe We trust

I read that on one of the 100 dollar bills that I picked up at the nightclub the night Floyd three ‘money’ at his people.

I only got one because some other fanboy was so far up his behind he had better access. Was that you?

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:32 AM EST up reply actions  

Meant for Fausto Veracity

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:33 AM EST up reply actions  

Arum a few days before Mayweather was to turn himself in “Pacquiao will look to fight May 5th now that Mayweather is going to jail, likely against Marquez”

Now Arum states “he can’t fight in early May because of the cut” then today Manny said “the cut is fine, lets do it” now lets hear Arum’s excuse.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 10, 2012 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

Mind you, I dislike both sides of this and wouldn’t dare pick one: frankly, I hate all promoters and dream of a world without them, knowing that dream never will be. What I don’t understand, in any fashion, is where you pull Mayweather and Company as the good guys out. You have to dig pretty deep into the Trainspotting toilet to find anything shiny and pure in any of this, frankly. Or, be delusional.

by El Destruyo on Jan 10, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Golden Boy are the white hats riding in to save boxing. There are actually people who think this despite Oscar De La Hoya learning literally everything he knows about the major league lying game that is boxing promoting from The Devil Himself, Bob Arum. Oscar SAYS he does things differently, so believe it or not, against any and all proof or logic, some people think it’s true!

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 10, 2012 11:14 PM EST up reply actions  

bringing the fights to the fans, man

Mayweather-Guerrero! Woo!

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 11, 2012 5:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I think fausto has a point. I have no idea of what it is is but I do think he has one.

first of all, when richard schaefer left banking….ten years ago….running an internal hedge fund in Switzerland, it was clear from his extensive experience in boxing that we were but a decade away from being saved.

Ten years is a long time. that kind of acumen accumulated in a decade is huge. iI mean he probably saw the fight of the century (well the new one at least) and consequently he is able to bring his exceptional history and eperience to bear.

I for one have his picture in my locker. I took down muy old Don King (too tall) poster and my , yes…it’s true….Bob Arum vintage comb-over poster as well.

I am waiting for Oscar and Dick to announce whatever they have in store for us with baited breathe….but understand that I may have to wait until they first get their toy….I mean belt…back for their entitled child, Amir Khan

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 5:12 AM EST up reply actions  

Despite your incoherant ramblings you still did not answer the facts. Which are GB reached out to TR multiple times to put this together, and TR refuses to even discuss it the post free months or return the call. You are as credible as Steve Kim, maybe less.

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 11, 2012 1:19 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

According to Floyd himself, GBP does not represent him.

He said ’no middlemen.

So why the f*%k would or should any agant talk to another agent when the principal said not to.

Gl=olden Boy has zero power (and no contract) so they are just a third party that thus far has not been invited and/or empowered by anyone. So what they say is not just Bull Shite…..it is meaningless

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 1:30 AM EST up reply actions  

You might want to look up what incoherent means. And how to spell it. But gathering from your previous level of reading comprehension where you were unable to gather that no one was attacking your best friend Floyd or taking evil Manny’s evil side with evil Bob Arum the Devil, I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that you find any of this “incoherant.”

Golden Boy has said “Bob knows our number.” That about covers it. And sometimes the standard line has been that Golden Boy does not negotiate for Mayweather, and that indeed they do not have a say! There was even a time when Floyd was said to be very upset with their handling of previous negotiations! It’s funny how things change so frequently. It’s almost like more than one side is out to make themselves look the best while also not actually fighting! What could it be, though?

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 11, 2012 4:29 AM EST up reply actions  

Scott, please.

Dont be so hard on this young man.
He is giving me for one indescribable pleasure.
And knowledge otherwise not seen anywhere but FightHype.

Mr Fausto, Sir.
Can you share with us the size and cut of Floyd’s briefs.
They must be huge.

Now stop it.
I’m talking about the legal briefs.
What did you think I was talking about.

S

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 4:43 AM EST up reply actions  

Hey, Pakin. While you’re at it, why don’t you give us the size of Todd’s briefs? With your unprecedented access, you must have wiped his arse a couple of times, right? Because if you’re going to piss-take someone for impartiality or selective vision, realise that you are the absolute embodiment of it. If you spent even half your time on these threads not talking about ‘facts’ and ‘information’ and ‘sources’ inaccessible to the rest of us feeble beings – as if you want us to worship you and the do-gooders at Top Rank – you might not see so much mockery when something happens which directly contradicts most of your ‘facts’ and ‘information’. It’s tiresome.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on Jan 11, 2012 5:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

Teach me something

Tell me one fact about Top Rank and Golden Boy promotions…. or boxing as a business in general…. I did not already know befiore you became a contribitor to BLH.

I have been reading your pap for a dfew minths and still get more information from primary sources than all of you =r words put together. thankfully your tomes dont hurt the enviromemnt.

They do annoy the crap ot me becasue thsi site was less than a year ago a place for information. Your editorial ….which is being kind….is meaningless and your jabs without substance so easy to parry I have moved most of my reading back to TSS and others elsewhere.

Ii like men who box, train, or wriite afier speaking with those that do. Not those that do niothing and write.

Got that Oli.

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali

by pakinpower on Jan 11, 2012 5:22 AM EST up reply actions  

Tell me one fact about Top Rank and Golden Boy promotions…. or boxing as a business in general…. I did not already know before you started commenting on Bad Left Hook.

I have been reading through your comments for the last 3 seconds and still get more information from Fausto and Zfan than I have ever gleaned from one of your “sources.”

Your posts annoy me because its called a paragraph, use them.

I like commenters who have well-thought out opinions or at least something funny to say.

Got that Pakin!?!?

"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi

by Waldo Rastel on Jan 11, 2012 5:38 AM EST up reply actions  

well this thread has become the shits

So I think I’ll just gavel it down.

Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."

by Scott Christ on Jan 11, 2012 5:40 AM EST up reply actions  

#in the past few months

by Fausto Geraci on Jan 11, 2012 1:20 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

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