Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Ready: I Will Tell Arum I Want Mayweather Next!

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WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is set to have a meeting with his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, and adviser Michael Koncz, in the next few days in the Philippines. Arum will present a list with four potential opponents for Pacquiao's next fight, including Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson, Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez.

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" higher priority " sounds a little half-arsed to me.

Pac, you are well-aware that Arum has been blocking that fight.

Demand it, and tell him that you will not fight anyone else.

Not convinced at all that Manny really wants to fight Mayweather.

Believe it when I see it.

[PAC-BOY]

If team Pac believed what your saying this fight would've been happened. If it does and I say that because I dont believe it will, FLOYD WILL STOP MANNY WITHIN 8 ROUNDS!!!!!!! Either by cuts or surrender!!!!!!!!

no it wouldnt have already happen. hell no! in between slandering names random drug testing ....jail beating up women and Money....there has been a lot in the way of this fight...oh and Arum. Cant leave that out. i say by 9 Manny stopss floyd. But im hung up for now because i feel Manny will jump fast and hard on Floyd and beat him up quickly. Round 4 early stoppage. to soon though! one way or the other....Floyd gets stopped!

[Oxn]

The thing is, why won't Manny speak in Tagalog on ESPN while the world is watching? Also, if he can humiliate us with his singing voice we're patient enough to say "I WANT FLOYD ON MAY 5TH". He can say it in his normal routine, uhhhhhhhh, I want to fight Mayweather uhhhhhhhhhh on the uhhhhhhh the May 5th.

Cant tell if youre trying to be funny, or youre just that ******. Well know its not funny, so i guess the latter.

[PACnPBFsuck]

This is what the ****k I'm talkin about. Let's do this!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thats great. But Bob will say there isnt enough time to build the 40,000 seat stadium that he wants so that he can maximize gate revenue. And he also will claim that Pacquiao's cut wont be healed for sparring until april so that they wont have enough time to prepare properly. And Floyd isnt budging from the May 5th date.

Exactly, this changes nothing.

" higher priority "

Screw his list up Manny, and demand Mayweather, you know whats up.

Not convinced at all, and will believe it when I see it.

Heard all this before.

[Light_Speed]

That is Manny's ticket to get out of a Mayweather fight; always has been. He'll pull that shit out on Tuesday when Arums tells him he isn't fighting Mayweather.


Arum works for Manny, not the other way around. Funny how in the same article he says he wants to do what the fans want for them to be happy...what a load of crap.

Yeah he always has the final say. Arum is probably offering a LOT of money to fight these in-house opponents.

If arum agrees to this demand from pac and floyds fights someone else on may 5.. Floyd will look like the biggest coward in the history of boxing!!

To simpletons maybe.

[CHOWWOKKA]

This is a bit of an ignorant statement but I also understand you're trying to eliminate any conspiracy theories, so I'll help you out. Manny delivered this information in Tagalog which is a language spoken by about 4 out of every 10 Pinoys/Pinays. Whenever Manny is speaking in Tagalog, he is pretty damn precise and is void of the "uhs, ums, you knows" etc. Does that answer your question???

No whenever you translate any language to any other language there is a bit of lost dialogue. Things you say in Tagalog don't make sense in english and vice versa and that applies to probably every languagem. It's just hard to imagine pacquiao saying those words.

[Rip Chudd]

Have they both signed a contract to fight each other yet? No? Then this means nothing, just all talk. Let me know when they step in the ring. All this back and forth crap is lame.

[tomatocantender]

The thing is, why won't Manny speak in Tagalog on ESPN while the world is watching? Also, if he can humiliate us with his singing voice we're patient enough to say "I WANT FLOYD ON MAY 5TH". He can say it in his normal routine, uhhhhhhhh, I want to fight Mayweather uhhhhhhhhhh on the uhhhhhhh the May 5th.

The reason he speaks English on ESPN is for crossover appeal. Most great fighters experiencing World and meteoric status will learn at least some English when their major fights happen on US soil. Only fighter that comes to mind that was on the cusp of US breakout stardom (nipping at De la Hoya's heels especially after beating him) that never bothered learning at least some English was Tito Trinidad. All the others like Manny, Cotto etc. try to strengthen their respective "brand" by speaking in English. Of course sometimes they need a translator by their side if the back-n-forth dialogue becomes too complex (like Merchant can get off topic with). I salute these guys like Cotto & Manny for giving respect to the location & venues they make 10's of millions of dollars in and try to converse in that language.

I hope this topic is now dead as I feel embarrassed for having to defend Manny's "uhms, uhs" etc when this guy is a distinguished Congressman and can speak Tagalog as well as any Senator/Rep of the US can speak English.

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WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is set to have a meeting with his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, and adviser Michael Koncz, in the next few days in the Philippines. Arum will present a list with four potential opponents for Pacquiao's next fight, including Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson, Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez.

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Run tell that Bob Arum!!