Mayweather: I Only Want Pacquiao, But It Could Be Canelo or Cotto on May 5
by Scott Christ on Jan 13, 2012 6:43 PM EST
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In a typical (and quite interesting) interview with FightHype.com, Floyd Mayweather Jr says that he's only looking to fight one man: Manny Pacquiao.
"I don't want to fight nobody else but him. Nobody! I want him. I don't want to fight Cotto. Not Canelo. And I ain't looking to fight Marquez a second time. Nobody! I want him! I only want one person, Pacquiao. ... Why is he duckin' and dodgin' me? ... Like I said before, May 5th, sure, it could be Cotto, or it could be Canelo, but I don't want to fight them. I don't want to fight nobody but one person, Manny Pacquiao."
Mayweather also says he doesn't know who Robert Guerrero is (that's what Guerrero was responding to later in the day), and that he thinks Bob Arum is just full of hot air. That was nicer than he put it.
I was amused by this bit:
"If I'm not mistaken, back when Cotto fought Pacquiao, he fought him at a catchweight. You know me, if I was to fight Cotto, I'm not fighting him at no catchweight, but I don't want to fight him."
Yeah. You know Floyd. He doesn't honor catchweights. He just blows them off and gives you some money.
Oh, also, we're supposed to all start calling him Floyd Joy Mayweather instead of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
I won't be doing that.
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I DIED @ “I won’t be doing that.”
"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
-George Lopez
by Eddie Gonzalez on Jan 13, 2012 6:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
why you wanna fight only in may 5 mr floyd? im guessing its your favorite date..
"Effort without Efficiency is nonsense.." -rk mag
1. That date, no matter what Bob Arum says, DOES have significance. There is a major fight every single year on the first Saturday in May. The last time it happened to actually be Cinco de Mayo, Oscar and Floyd set records. It’s a big boxing weekend. Every year.
2. Arum, I will guarantee, is pissed off that Mayweather has the date. He’s been pissed off since Mayweather announced it in November, pre-Pacquiao vs Marquez III. When it looked like Floyd would go to jail and not be available on May 5, Arum clearly wanted to move Pacquiao to that date at the MGM.
3. Manny’s unavailability for May 5 is questionable at best.
4. Mayweather may legally have to fight on that date. Nobody’s asking that question directly to him, or explaining it, but so far he seems to have a more legitimate reason to fight May 5 (his judge wanted to give him about a month to heal from cuts and such before reporting for his jail time) than Arum does for Pacquiao (“he’s cut! well… he’s…we can’t. We just can’t.”)
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by Scott Christ on Jan 13, 2012 6:58 PM EST up reply actions
Probably because he’s had the date reserved. His team even said then that they were aiming for the “little guy” then too.
by RRod806 on Jan 13, 2012 7:19 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Floyd is so eager to fight now! Fantastic!
It’s almost as if Manny hasn’t looked very good recently…like that A-Side Meth is no longer as effective as it once was…
Don’t forget that according to Roger, he still got them steroids in his ass
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by Scott Christ on Jan 13, 2012 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
Floyd should allow Pacqiuao to use steroids just to make this fight a little more interesting, give Manny a little bit of a handicap…
And yes I’m probably being a little too hard on Manny, but I feel like there must be some relationship between how loud Floyd is about the fight now and how crummy Pacqiuao’s looked twice in a row.
Playing devil's advocate...
Just around the time Manny got accused of that stuff, he hasnt KO’d anyonE since then… Kinda weird.
His last 4 opponents have been Clottey, Margarito, Mosley, and Marquez. Only Margarito has ever been stopped out of those guys.
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by Kory Kitchen on Jan 13, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
And questionably at that.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 13, 2012 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Questionably?
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by Kory Kitchen on Jan 13, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
The Cotto fight, I mean. I brainfarted and didn’t think of the Mosley fight, too.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 14, 2012 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Not that weird. Since the accusations, Manny has fought a defensive wall in Clottey, a chin made of reinforced concrete in Margarito, an incredibly defensive and iron-chinned Mosley, as well as the boxer extraordinaire and never-knocked out Juan Manuel Marquez. Now, he might not have cracked Margarito’s chin, but he did break his face, and he might not have stopped Mosley, but he did knock him down and have him retreating all night long. So, in conclusion, there is nothing “wierd” or even remotely convincing here, just a silly conspiracy theory that falls to pieces when you consult the proper evidence.
"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 13, 2012 8:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
(Excuse the spelling of weird)
"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 13, 2012 8:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Just Devils’ advocate, but I still believe someone with a reputation, at the time, of KOing fighters, should be able to stop guys who are running away or are extremely cautious.
But watevs.
That’s the opposite of how reality works. If someone with the skill of Joshua Clottey or Shane Mosley (and yes they are/were elite level fighters) wants to shell up and just survive, they’ll be able to do it. We’re not talking about Friday Night Fights levels here.
by theninthlayer on Jan 14, 2012 3:00 AM EST up reply actions
Okay so every top fighter that ever got in trouble in a fight was able to survive? Tell that to Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, and Oscar De La Hoya and shit even Ali. But what do I know, i guess those were all bums who couldn’t protect themselves, right?
If Shane Mosley had quit on his stool like he wanted to except Naazim pushed him back out into the fight, would you be making this argument?
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by Scott Christ on Jan 14, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Originally no, because that would be a TKO for Pac. But anyways I know this argument doesn’t hold much, because they were all still easy wins for Pac. At the end of the day (or the next one) it doesn’t really matter.
to Clove_art, seriously man if you’re good enough at ko’n people you can ko anyone. no. and thats not even counting bad training camps and off nights, no matter how good a boxer you are there will always be people who make you look worse than you are, and though some of the greats got knocked out to my recollection most of the fighters you mentioned didnt go out with survival mentalities they were just unable to cope the surprise of their inefficiency of handling their foes whereas clottey never came to fight and mosely realised early on the only thing he could achieve was hearing the cards at the end of the night
That’s not what im saying at all. But good points. Manny was still landing punches on those men. The point I was trying to make was that he could have stopped a fighter who was wasn’t willing to fight. It has happened before in boxing.
By saying running away will allow you to not be KO’d u are creating an unrealistic notion that u can’t be caught by being cautious.
u are creating an unrealistic notion that u can’t be caught by being cautious.
Oh, come on. He didn’t say you can’t be caught and he didn’t “create an unrealistic notion”. The person who’s being unrealistic is you, offering nothing of consequence to a ludicrous conspiracy that Pacquiao could be on steroids because he hasn’t knocked out a bunch of iron-chinned fighters who fought defensively. Give it up.
"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 16, 2012 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
But It Could Be Canelo or Cotto on May 5
well im also good with that.. c’mon floyd..
"Effort without Efficiency is nonsense.." -rk mag
although i envision cotto TKO’ed from too much bleeding caused by a mayweather jab..
"Effort without Efficiency is nonsense.." -rk mag
Really???
You have stupidity, then you have people talking out of there….
You killed two stones with one bird!
Cotto vs May is a great fight!
Look at all the shared opponents (styles makes fights) and tell me it would not intrigue the people, you even?
Mayweather fights at a pace that would suite Cotto. He falls in Cotto’s lap!
I’ll eat my words if Im wrong!
I dunno...
In Floyd’s last fight he was pretty much the aggressor backing up Ortiz. I dunno if Cotto can handle getting a lot more frequent punches landing on him, than what Margarito was able to do.
I’ll eat my words if Im wrong!
Go ahead and start eating because you’re dead wrong. What shared opponents are you talking about? Mosley? What does that teach us? Cotto has almost no chance against Floyd.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 13, 2012 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
I agree
Not sure about the Jab…
But i do see cotto swelling up and bleeding loads from all the straight right hands. Margarito didnt land many punches in the last figh and cotto still looked bruised.
I wonder if he knows the difference between Guerrero and a bag of white rice?
by RRod806 on Jan 13, 2012 7:21 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I’m glad Mayweather mentioned Cotto… even if it was to say that he didn’t want to fight him haha.
"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto
Why would he fight Manny’s leftovers. lol
He wont because Arum could so essily give him a great payday against Manny and Chavez, thus Cotto has two too many very lucrative options just staying put.
Floyd knows that.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Well, when Cotto’s contract expired, Penagacarino, Cotto’s legal adviser, said in the Puerto Rican media that while they would continue working primarily with Top Rank, they would also explore working with other promoters and that was the main idea behind deciding not to renew an actual contract with TR.
I am not opposed to a Manny rematch, but would not like the Chavez fight for reasons I’ve stated before (re: size)
Not sure a Chavez fight would make more money right now than a Mayweather fight either. People in PR have been waiting a long time to see a Mayweather fight.
"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto
Chavez is an easier money fight than Floyd. Miguel will make more. It will be easy to negotiate. And he has a better chance of winning and thus keeping his brand alive for an eventual fight with Floyd.
The money he makes fighting Manny and Jr is huge. And Huge is what he is looking for.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Cotto? Really??
are they really negotiating with him? sure cotto can sign to fight may. or is this just another way to irk arum?
by DXB Jerome on Jan 14, 2012 12:15 AM EST via mobile reply actions
are they really negotiating with him?
No.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 14, 2012 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Went on Fight Hype to read the full interview and lasted 10 seconds.
Boring, biased, Floyd brown nosers.
by Shitali Klitschko on Jan 14, 2012 12:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions
what do you expect?
It’s fight hype… they get to do this interview with floyd because they are bias to him.
they dont ask questions that floyd will have a hard time answering.
by DXB Jerome on Jan 14, 2012 1:34 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's an 'open mike' interview
Anything he says he gets printed. I suspect that he may even get final approval (not unusual) of the text before it is posted.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
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