Bob Arum: "We're Not Waiting On Mayweather; Bradley Could Be Next for Spring PPV"

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Who is Floyd fighting next?? How do u sign a fight when floyd is on vacation and is not thinking about boxing? That's ur words not mines.. When asked wheres Floyd *****s say he's on a break and he'll come back whenever he wants then *****s cry when PAC have his next opponent picked out?? Wtf are u guys ******ed???

Nobody has had trouble signing Floyd before , Arum contacts all of Mannys selected opponents , but they dont make official contact with Floyd , they dont contact floyd and say he dont want it , Floyd is saying when asked take the test and we have a fight ,,,, you dont have to be that smart to figure Arum is avoiding anything official with Floyd , Arum will contact all the others officially but in the media Floyd must contact them but its the fight Manny wants .. how gullible are you boys with Arum .

[Roja's480]

just take the blood test manny

[maguirre]

all floyd fanboys are more interested in girly things than anything else. they'll fight tooth and nail defending this drug testing thing demanded only by cowards. and they still don't get it. don't even know why they're in this thread when it's been clear that they don' want pac for mayweather, ie, pac is juicing, will never take the test. otoh, they say pac is easy work for floyd, he's amateurish, floyd will make him look ordinary.

why these fanboys are not demanding their idol to fight other fighters is beyond me.

I don't understand it either when Martinez is waiting and ready for Floyd.

[Bee Keepz]

I don't understand it either when Martinez is waiting and ready for Floyd.

...and he called him out.



HE CALLED FLOYD OUT!

[CholoPino]

I think a Pac-Bradley match up would be interesting. Tim is young, fresh and undefeated. Style-wise, not too sure if it'd generate fireworks. Isn't Bradley known for his headbutting?

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because Floyd is special right? So Floyd needs a special proposal letter from top rank and team pacman...

Because they have said numerous times in the media Floyd is who they want , well just go through the standard official means , instead of calling the people that handle JMM and Bradley , have Arums man officially contact AL Haymon just like everybody else that has fought Floyd has done , its not special its just the way deals are made ,,, Arum is all media with Floyd and nothing official .

[madsweeney]

They have to make official contact with Floyd , they are not doing that with Floyd but they do it with Clottey Cotto Margo JMM and Bradley ,, not Floyd , they announce all this crap in the media and make no official contact with him , its a Arum scam and you swallow it hook line and sinker .

It's obvious they're done actively pursuing Floyd. Of course they made official contact with those other guys, Arum's been the promoter. Who Is Floyds? He claims its not Golden Boy, HBO has no say all we got to trust is Ellierbe who is just as two-faced as Arum. Why does the ENTIRE ****ING BOXING WORLD know Pac wants to fight Mayweather, but Floyd is still playing the same old "If you really want to fight me you'll do what I say".

Yea I understand a bit of business, I understand these two ****ing divas are at a stalemate beacause they're not sure how things will end up.

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13 QUESTIONS FOR AND 13 ANSWERS FROM FLOYD MAYWEATHER

By Ben Thompson | May 19, 2011

Last evening, a member of the FightHype community informed me of an avid reader of the site who was eager to ask undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather some questions regarding his career. Evidently, after thoroughly enjoying our exclusive Mayweather After Dark series, the reader had a number of topics that they still needed some clarity on, so they compiled a list of questions for me to ask Mayweather the next time I spoke to him. Although some of them have already been answered, and others were based on inaccurate information, I contacted Mayweather to get his take on each and every one of the "burning" questions. Never one to disappoint a fan, or even those that hate, Mayweather gladly took time out of his busy schedule to respond and you don't want to miss what he had to say!

[NOTE: The following questions, in italics, were forwarded to me via email and relayed to Mayweather over the phone.]

BT: So Floyd, like I was telling you earlier, a reader of the site found these questions posted on some message board and emailed them to me. I guess, after watching the Mayweather After Dark episodes, somebody felt as though I should have asked you some of these burning questions. Some of them you've already answered, and others sound like they're simply misinformed, but I'll just throw them all out there.

FM: No problem Ben. Go ahead.

BT: Okay, here we go. First question. Floyd you said God won't let you lose. Why not just fight Pacquiao if you know God will not let you lose – or have you lost faith?

FM: I don't remember ever saying God won't let me lose. If I ever did take a loss, I want a fighter to beat me fair and square. I stand on what I believe. That's why I said me and any opponent that I face has to take the random blood and urine tests. Not just Manny, but this goes for all future opponents, myself as well. Me and Shane did it for our fight.

BT: Next question. The Pacquiao fight fell apart last time supposedly because your team said no negotiations took place. And then you said you decided you had lost the urge to fight and needed a vacation. What made you lose the urge if at one time as you claim you really wanted the fight and had your outfit ready to go?

FM: Look, I agreed to everything that they asked from me during our actual negotiation. They said they would give random blood and urine tests, but they asked for a cutoff date. A month prior to the fight, they wanted a cutoff date.

BT: I know you've already answered this next one before because I've asked you about it a couple of times. Why did you recently demand $100 million to fight Pacquiao if you already supposedly signed the previous contract which you obviously deemed monetarily acceptable?

FM: I never asked for $100 million dollars. That's false. I said with my guarantee and on the back side, it's possible that I can make $75 to $100 million dollars in one night.

BT: No clue where this one came from. Is it true or false that a deep-pocketed someone has loaned you between $10 and $20 million to pay off creditors?

FM: It's false, but if it was true, I live my life the way I want to live it. I thought I live in a free country. I thought America was a free country.

BT: As Pacquiao vs. Marquez has not been signed yet and you are the #1 target of Pacquiao and Bob Arum, what amount of cash exactly do you want to fight Pacquiao next, in October of this year? Would you accept the terms of the contract you supposedly signed? Would the 18-day random blood test cutoff you accepted for Shane Mosley be acceptable for Pacquiao too, or would you prefer 14 days?

FM: How much I want for the Pacquiao fight is me and my team's business. And me and Shane never had a cutoff date.

BT: You promised in one of your videos earlier this year that you would fight Pacquiao for your fans. When do you intend to keep that promise?

FM: I don't think I promised nobody anything. I said the fight probably could happen in the future, but I never promised nobody anything.

BT: You used to say, rather famously, "If it makes dollars it makes sense." But now you say it's not always about money? What, why and when did you change your philosophy and will you be dropping the moniker "Money Mayweather?"

FM: It's about money, but my health is more important than money.

BT: You said that you were going to take time off from boxing and devote your energies to cleaning up boxing and all sports of PEDS. What steps have you taken to clean up boxing, if any?

FM: I'm making a step by letting the boxing world know that we need to start randomly testing the blood and urine of all of our fighters to clean the sport up because there's so much cheating going on in the sports world today. I took a step by randomly taking a test myself for the Shane Mosley fight. That was the first step.

BT: Next question. I get the sense you are itching to box again. Who would you most like to fight next and why?

FM: When I do decide to come back, I'm not sure who my opponent may be. The last time I took a two year break, I came back without a tune-up and beat the #2 pound-for-pound guy, which was Juan Manuel Marquez at that time.

BT: Who ironically is going to be Manny Pacquiao's next opponent (laughing). Crazy! Anyway, next question. You said that you "don't want to watch a coward fight or a scared fighter fight". That means you believe there are cowards and scared fighters in pro boxing. Which pro fighters would you term as a coward or a scared fighter?

FM: People are always saying Floyd Mayweather is scared and is a coward. I'm trying to find out why do people want to see me fight if I'm supposedly a coward and if I'm scared?

BT: Okay, next one. If the Pacquiao fight can't be organized soon, have you thought about officially retiring from the sport?

FM: Floyd Mayweather's career is not based on Manny Pacquiao.

BT: You said boxing Pacquiao would be a "no-win situation." Can you explain how earning $50 million and beating the best fighter in the sport today, in what would be the biggest fight in boxing history, is a "no-win situation"?

FM: I thought they just said I demanded $100 million dollars. Now how did they get back to $50 million dollars?

BT: (Laughing) I know, man. Like I said, I think some of these questions were based on inaccurate information and taking some of the things you've said out of context. But hey, they can't say I didn't ask. Okay, last question. This one sounds like it came from someone who's not your biggest fan (laughing). Do you regret all your immature and classless behavior over the years which has resulted in your attaining a small fanbase, compared to the humble and beloved Manny Paquiao who is revered all over the world?

FM: Only God can judge me. I'm a lot of things, but I'm not a cheater!

BT: Ouch! Well there you go. That's all the questions they wanted me to ask you. I hope that clears up any confusion they may have had. That's all I got. I just wanted to touch base and get those questions answered real quick for those that try and say I'm just serving as a mouthpiece for you.

FM: No problem Ben.

And just to clear things up for any of you aspiring "journalists" out there, the Mayweather After Dark series was not meant to be some sort of hard-hitting, sit-down 60 Minutes type of interview. It was simply a mini-documentary about what it's like to hang out with Floyd Mayweather for an evening. For those members of the media who tuned in hoping to find out the answers to every single one of your burning questions, I apologize if you were under the impression that the mini-documentary was done in order to satisfy your needs. Unfortunately, I can't do your job for you, so in the future, you'll just have to get a hold of Floyd yourself.

Thanks to the growing number of internet bloggers who call themselves reporters, there's a great deal of inaccurate information that's floating around out there. In previous interviews, like this one where all of the rumors were addressed, I've asked Mayweather the type of questions that I personally needed clarification on. In my opinion, some of the questions that I relayed to him today are a perfect example of what's wrong with "the media" in boxing. There are far too many misinformed people who try to pass themselves off as knowledgeable and credible sources, when the reality is that they're simply taking guesses and writing about their opinion as opposed to stating facts. That's just my two cents though.

[Twako]

answer me this *****s, why did floyd retire, or went on vacation in HIS PRIME? probably around the time PAC stepped into his division. can you say 'shook?'

would any other fighter in his PRIME do this?

[Bee Keepz]

This "5 days" talk just didn't come out from nowhere. There must have been something going on for Roger to mention it, but look who spoke with Conte - "PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER".

PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER - "No negotiations."

Ross Greenburg - "Yes, there were negotiations."

Victor Conte - "I was contacted by people associated with Floyd Mayweather when they were having the judge arbitrate how to come up with a (drug testing) program and what I recommended and I clearly understand Manny Pacquiao is not the first athlete that has had an adverse psychological response to having their blood drawn. Asafa Powell from Jamaica for many years was the world record holder for the 100-meters, the world's fastest human, in Beijing said that he was affected by having his blood drawn before the 100-meters there. Not it may only be psychological, but it's a valid explanation. Some people don't like it and it has an effect upon them,"

"I think you got to take it a step at a time. And I don't think you can just walk in and take over the sport and implement Olympic caliber testing by USADA all at the same time. I think you have to compromise, you have to look at the specifics of boxing and you have to develop a program that is tailor-made for the sport of boxing, so I suggested 5 days out because there are certain things you can do to more easily circumvent as opposed to using the 14-day or the 24-day out as a cut-off for testing. I would recommend 5 days, but if you're hungry a half loaf of bread is better than none and I think you need to compromise. And I don't think it's ever going to be perfect,"

"That's why him and my nephew never fought, because he didn't want to take the test himself. He said he would take a test five days out," said Roger Mayweather. "Who in the hell would do that? Aint no such thing as taking a test five days out. You can take the test the day before the fight, that's it. The rest of that stuff don't mean nothing."