Foolprooof plan: How to make the Mayweather-Pacquiao Super Fight reality now
Michael Marley, Boxing Examiner
November 20, 2011
SANTO DOMINGO
1. Voluntary gag order on loose cannon Bob Arum. He says nothing about nothing until the names of Floyd and Manny are signed on the lines which are dotted. Ditto for Oscar de la Hoya, he must stop his blame game.
2. Gag order imposed on Mayweather henchman Laughing Lenny Ellerbe. One day last week he branded Pacman, Coach Freddie Roach as "cowards" and then a day later opined emphatically that Pacman would insist to Arum that he fight undefeated "Money" next. So which is it, Leonard....is Manny the "coward of the county" or will he demand Bossman Bob get him Mayweather bout? As it stands, your slip is showing. If Big Al Haymon tells Leonard to zip it, the he will. (Michael Koncz will keep his Canadian cool the whole time.)
3. Let Top Rank president Todd duBoef get face to face to with Mr. Haymon. Toddster is in Las Vegas and Haymon in the San Fernando Valley so maybe they can meet at a truck stop in Baker, California, near that fabled giant thermometer. Like Haymon, duBoef likes to run silent, run deep without the braying of Uncle Bob and Mr. Ellerbe.
4. Mandatory Adult Supervision. Meaning that when differences arise, and you know they certainly will on key deal points, HBO suits intervene in the role of faciliation. HBO's interest in getting the fight the world is demanding done is crytsal clear. So when the Mayweather and Pacquiao sides start clawing at each other, they can bring them to relevance, back to reality. There's more than enough moolah for all parties.
5. Money split remains 50-50 on all revenue streams and I do mean all.
6. Obvious site is the MGM Grand Las Vegas unless Jerry Jones steps up to the plate which I doubt.
7. Tradeoffs. For example, Mayweather weighs in first, Manny takes to the scales second. And/or Mayweather does ring walk/entrance first with Pacman entering second.
8. No rematch clause, no encumbrance on future of either superstar. If there is public demand for a sequel or two, it will happen naturally, organically. Don't panic, go organic!
9. Both Floyd and Manny look hard at the other opponent landscape and consider the relative peanuts they will make fighting people other than each other.
10. Both Floyd and Manny give a nod to the ring history they can create.
12. When the contracts are inked and the promotion starts to roll, both sides sing from same hymn book and the constant theme is answering the worldwide fans demands. In other words, you asked for it and now you got it.
Michael Marley, Boxing Examiner
November 20, 2011
SANTO DOMINGO
1. Voluntary gag order on loose cannon Bob Arum. He says nothing about nothing until the names of Floyd and Manny are signed on the lines which are dotted. Ditto for Oscar de la Hoya, he must stop his blame game.
2. Gag order imposed on Mayweather henchman Laughing Lenny Ellerbe. One day last week he branded Pacman, Coach Freddie Roach as "cowards" and then a day later opined emphatically that Pacman would insist to Arum that he fight undefeated "Money" next. So which is it, Leonard....is Manny the "coward of the county" or will he demand Bossman Bob get him Mayweather bout? As it stands, your slip is showing. If Big Al Haymon tells Leonard to zip it, the he will. (Michael Koncz will keep his Canadian cool the whole time.)
3. Let Top Rank president Todd duBoef get face to face to with Mr. Haymon. Toddster is in Las Vegas and Haymon in the San Fernando Valley so maybe they can meet at a truck stop in Baker, California, near that fabled giant thermometer. Like Haymon, duBoef likes to run silent, run deep without the braying of Uncle Bob and Mr. Ellerbe.
4. Mandatory Adult Supervision. Meaning that when differences arise, and you know they certainly will on key deal points, HBO suits intervene in the role of faciliation. HBO's interest in getting the fight the world is demanding done is crytsal clear. So when the Mayweather and Pacquiao sides start clawing at each other, they can bring them to relevance, back to reality. There's more than enough moolah for all parties.
5. Money split remains 50-50 on all revenue streams and I do mean all.
6. Obvious site is the MGM Grand Las Vegas unless Jerry Jones steps up to the plate which I doubt.
7. Tradeoffs. For example, Mayweather weighs in first, Manny takes to the scales second. And/or Mayweather does ring walk/entrance first with Pacman entering second.
8. No rematch clause, no encumbrance on future of either superstar. If there is public demand for a sequel or two, it will happen naturally, organically. Don't panic, go organic!
9. Both Floyd and Manny look hard at the other opponent landscape and consider the relative peanuts they will make fighting people other than each other.
10. Both Floyd and Manny give a nod to the ring history they can create.
12. When the contracts are inked and the promotion starts to roll, both sides sing from same hymn book and the constant theme is answering the worldwide fans demands. In other words, you asked for it and now you got it.
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