Comments Thread For: Bet on it, Folks…Pacquiao-Mayweather is a No-Go

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

“I read them saying Mosley was huffing and puffing for air in the fourth or fifth round,” Arum told Marley. “To me, that is the real tipoff for an aging fighter. Even Big George Foreman did that in his 40s, but he always had that big, big punch, like in the (Michael) Moorer fight. What I’ve read is not very supportive to make any Mosley-Pacquiao bout. Look, he’s going to be 40 and he’s in the lighter weights, where speed is so important. He’s on a show with guys … old enough to be his son.

“I guess Shane needs the money due to his (divorce). I’ve always considered Shane to be a nice guy but this is what happens to fighters when they age. It’s like (Bernard) Hopkins: He still knows how to fight, but who wants to pay to see him now? His fights are not very scintillating. What you see with Hopkins, we’re beginning to see with Mosley.”

[blank916]

Good there is more to boxing than these two. Pac fans cry about how scared he is how much he sucks and then want to fight the guy ? Go fight someone who is worth pac's time. Like marquez over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.......................................

[Fetta]

I love how i have been saying this exact thing since Pac got all chesty and now some of same folks on NSB who were telling me to STFU and get off floyds nutts and i need to learn sport are all of the sudden backtracking and begginning to sing a different tune. SMH!

[Vasyl’s dad]

Dont change history you lying troll. Mosley called out Pac RIGHT AFTER he KO'd Marg.

Pac and Roach wanted NOTHING to do with him. I cant remember the full quote but Roach said something about Shane being too good.

Mosley even said he fight him at 143 pounds and Pac STILL didnt want it. It wasnt until after he lost to Floyd and looked like shyt against Mora that Pac decided to fight him.

Dont try to change history.



Here is the 49 page thread right here:
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Show me where I changed history.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Not particularly. But all we heard before that was "MANNYS DUCKING SHANE".

Manny agrees to fight him and floyd stans went bat **** crazy. Why get mad when he fights someone you say hes ducking?

Change was a bad word. You "omitted" history trying to act like you didnt get why MOST fans of boxing period, not just Floyd fans didnt want that fight.

Your memory jogged yet?

[$tate of Mind]

I no longer care about this fight. However, I'd still like to see Floyd beat Manny just to shut the haters up.

[edgarg]

I thought the point of being a journalist and reporting stuff was to show neutrality..the writers bias just oozes with contempt over the screen. It's cleverly built up with an easement of politeness and then just gets downright nasty. As a sports journalist isn't your job to create discussion not division? "Mop the floor with him"..troll for controversy and board fights much? I don't care for this fight personally only did back in 2009 when it was interesting..I also used to be a Mayweather fan until he pulled the stunt of retiring because he did not want to fight Paul Williams...to say either guy is innocent to me is bullshh..to blame this on a promoter to me is bullshhh..these are two grown men and humongous stars..either one could have easily gone on a campaign publicly and really made this happen. The fact is both are too comfortable making a kings ransom fighting other people. Pacquaio has no business above 147 and Floyd needs to stop fighting more than 4 times in 5 years..neither one in my book is top 5 due to the opposition they've faced lately..there are more active fighters actively fighting the best in their division who in my opinion deserve to be listed above them both on the p4p list. Sergio being the lead in that list as p4p #1. To me Floyd's next fight should be a tune up and then a fight with sergio. Pacquaio/Marquez should be the end and retirement for both.

It's a breath of fresh air to read your post. These days, with all the crappy posts full of "shudda went"s and "whadda ya got"s, I generally begin looking from the last page, and give up after a couple. By a computer quirk your post was on-screen when I switched on.

Fitzsimmons is a particularly low sort of writer-I wouldn't call him a journalist- with no standards below which he won't stoop. He contradicts himself continuously, and if he wasn't on the internet, would be sued right out of his grubby underwear. What we call a drek mixer. I've rarely, if ever, seen a writer so blatant in his prejudices, both against and toward. I actually stopped reading after a few lines, once I saw what it was. Then, after readin your post, I read the whole item. It didn't change my view.

Nobody seems to understand -if you labour through a few posts you'll understand why- that boxers of the stature of Pacquiao and Mayweather can't be manipulated or bullied into "compliance" or "submission" by Simon Legree overseers/promoters. They are surrounded by several layers of high-priced lawyers and accountants etc. They also seem to think that Bob Arum has specially made pockets in which he carries all the Pacquiao loot with him and counts it every night.......

To say they're medieval is to insult a particularly primative and ignorant era.

And, whilst writers like Fitzsimmons are around, they'll never learn better -even assuming they're capable, which is not a given.

[KnockUTheFukOut]

Both sides are a JOKE...I am done with both and tired of both...great opportunity to a new star to EMERGE...A Fighters that is willing to fight ANY AND EVERYBODY with NO EXCUSES...and that is why I have Andre Ward as my clear cut #1 P4P and Sergio Martinez #2

Sadly the future is not looking all that better either with young up and coming fighters like Canelo who are already Cherry Picking and Ducking and being protected...boxing needs another Tournament or something

[deejd]

And why isnt Floyd openly pursuing any damn thing??

It's how he's always been. Remember the whole "we agreed to testing" campaign guy, his trainer, and his promoter went on before the Margarito fight while Mayweather was silent the whole time. Then, it comes to light that they never agreed to random testing on the first episode of 24/7.

I'd rather Mayweather is silent then he come out spewing lie after lie.

[New England]

lyle is a talented writer (the best pure writer on bscene,) but his takes on boxing are comically bad.


he's the only bscene writer i still read, though. i always want to see what nonsense he's churning out this time around.


my personal favorites are his views on the hall of fame

he wanted bobby chacon and joe friggin frazier to be taken out of the hall of fame
and he voted for, and wrote an article in support of, the induction of sven ottke. sven the friggin spider.


don't quit that day job of yours, lyle.



manny pacquiao and floyd mayweather put a huge dent in the sport, but it will survive. both fighters and both promotors are to blame. fans are to blame, too. we bought all of their nonsense PPV that they promoted by not fighting each other.