Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao Master Discussion Thread

[Weebler I]

As if that's a neutral source lol. Rafael is not sitting in on the negotiations. He only repeats what he's told which is unquestionably from top rank.

lol you didn't hear him throw in that part about Bob dying? If he's tight with Top Rank he has a funny way of showing it. This is the same guy Arum says can't fit on a plane.

[The Big Dunn]

lol you didn't hear him throw in that part about Bob dying? If he's tight with Top Rank he has a funny way of showing it. This is the same guy Arum says can't fit on a plane.

I'm not going in on Dan as a lot are but you know he is extremely close with the top rank matchmaker. They have Seder dinner together on many occasions.

I don't think he's as anti Floyd as many suggest but it's clear where he gets a lot of his info.

[Weebler I]

I'm not going in on Dan as a lot are but you know he is extremely close with the top rank matchmaker. They have Seder dinner together on many occasions.

I don't think he's as anti Floyd as many suggest but it's clear where he gets a lot of his info.

Bruce Trampler? would a matchmaker really be involved in negotiations, there's not much match-making to be made on this one, it's #1 v #2.

Can you sum it up??

Basically Floyd's team agreed to everything, Moonves was the go-between and then later Floyd decides to get personally involved and starts adding all these new conditions.

Rafael says he doesn't think the fight happens in 2015, says the negotiations are groundhog day.

[Hype job]

lol you didn't hear him throw in that part about Bob dying? If he's tight with Top Rank he has a funny way of showing it. This is the same guy Arum says can't fit on a plane.

loooooooooooooooooooooooool

Did he really say that?

[Weebler I]

loooooooooooooooooooooooool

Did he really say that?

yea because Fat Dan wouldn't fly to Macau to cover the Algieri fight

[Pigeons]

I read Dan Rafael's ESPN chat log every Friday. He's gone full Pactard.

[jcpryor]

Everyone should listen to this if they haven't already, Rafael sums up where negotiations are:

Rafael has absolutely no idea where negotiations stand. Neither do you or I. It's all opinion and assumptions right now.

[Stuntman Mike]

Great my much needed thread about should manny get to chose his gloves with a poll has been deleted ,you can only discuss so much in here... i guess the mods were butthurt my thread was so popular and boxingscenes journalistic threads were getting pushed to page 2... blah

[joseph5620]

lol you didn't hear him throw in that part about Bob dying? If he's tight with Top Rank he has a funny way of showing it. This is the same guy Arum says can't fit on a plane.

I heard him briefly mention it without going into detail in the way he does for you know who.

He's also biased in favor of top rank and that is well known.

[The Big Dunn]

Great my much needed thread about should manny get to chose his gloves with a poll has been deleted ,you can only discuss so much in here... i guess the mods were butthurt my thread was so popular and boxingscenes journalistic threads were getting pushed to page 2... blah

Maybe someone posted something offensive. Fwiw, b sides have won often despite glove choice. I always saw it as the mark of a great fighter. If Manny wins, he's the better fighter and he'd be doing same thing other greats, including Floyd, have done.

If Floyd wins it's because he is the better man. No need to create excuses to try and change that. Instead of repeating the pattern of Hatton, Shane, cotto and canelo fans, why not do the opposite dude.

If Floyd wins just acknowledge his being the better fighter. Don't go to something petty to discredit it. Didn't NSB have enough of that when JMM beat Manny?