Comments Thread For: Arum Pleads For Boycott, To Make Mayweather-Pacquiao

[hitking]

He's mad because Mayweather's fight will outsell his PPV once again. He built the Pac Bradley fight bigger than it really was by forcing a rematch (due to the outcome of the first fight) and probably make a 3rd fight.

Everyone said Pac won the first one but Bob wants rematches. Anything to keep Pac from Mayweather because his hype is built on beating him. Once that is proven false nobody will give a **** and search for someone else who is supposed to beat Floyd.

Ironically they will all be in the middle weight or super middle weight divisions. lol

This has been crystal clear to everyone not willing to let Pac nut in their face for years now:bukkake:

[LoadedWraps]

Not until Floyd fights Maidana in a rematch.

[Carpe Diem]

Same old story with these floydspastics. hehe...

If only these spastics join the boycott and execute some kind of tough love, their fantasy win would have a chance of happening.

Boycotting the fight wouldn't prove anything. The only reason Arum is desperately saying that is because he wants to gain a certain leverage where he can ask for a 50-50 split, get a bigger piece of the pie, and call the shots. In other words, he wants Floyd to be just another "opponent" for Manny just like all of Manny's previous opponents, but whether the fight do sell well or not, Floyd will never let Arum have control over him again.

[hitking]

Marquez is very unlikely to fight Pacquaio again, whether he beats Alvarado or not. And even if Alvarado wins, you know that fight will do worse than Rios.

I'm not even convinced JMM beats Alvarado. JMM looked like **** against Pac outside of a couple punches that Pac walked into. And taking nothing away from Bradley. But the reason I picked him to beat JMM had more to do with how lousy JMM looked against Pac than it had to do with me think Bradley was this awesome fighter. I think tha if JMM gets past Alvarado, signs to fight Pac within about two minutes because he can't beat any other top fighters. Actually, it doesn't even sense for him not to take that fight. Most money he'll earn and most winnable big fight, even though I'd pick Pac to beat him. Where else does JMM go for. A check like that. Floyd? Been there, don't wanna go there again. Canelo? Probably kills JMM in the ring. Cotto, in the unlikely event he beats martinez? Please. JMM has to fight pac again.

[radioraheem]

I'm not even convinced JMM beats Alvarado. JMM looked like **** against Pac outside of a couple punches that Pac walked into. And taking nothing away from Bradley. But the reason I picked him to beat JMM had more to do with how lousy JMM looked against Pac than it had to do with me think Bradley was this awesome fighter. I think tha if JMM gets past Alvarado, signs to fight Pac within about two minutes because he can't beat any other top fighters. Actually, it doesn't even sense for him not to take that fight. Most money he'll earn and most winnable big fight, even though I'd pick Pac to beat him. Where else does JMM go for. A check like that. Floyd? Been there, don't wanna go there again. Canelo? Probably kills JMM in the ring. Cotto, in the unlikely event he beats martinez? Please. JMM has to fight pac again.

Marquez has pretty much said he is not going to fight Pacquaio again. And I really doubt that he will, considering the scorecard issues he has faced with each fight except for the last which ended in KO. Nacho is also not interested in a Pacquaio fight again either.

Arum has already made several attempts to do it unsuccessfully. It's more likely that Marquez will rematch Bradley, than fight Pacquaio again.

[hitking]

I think if Floyd stepped up offensively, we could see your scenario. But he coasts and waits too much, which is why we saw a crazy judge score 114-114 against Canelo and Canelo doesn't flurry. It's not about giving Pac too much credit, it's really about judges scoring the fight. Flurries vs. counterpunching always make controversial scorecards.

Its not by coincidence that pretty much everyone Floyd fight's punch output is significantly lower than their norm. Me thinks that after about Rd6, Pac's "flurries" would be few and far between.

[hitking]

Marquez has pretty much said he is not going to fight Pacquaio again. And I really doubt that he will, considering the scorecard issues he has faced with each fight except for the last which ended in KO. Nacho is also not interested in a Pacquaio fight again either.

Arum has already made several attempts to do it unsuccessfully. It's more likely that Marquez will rematch Bradley, than fight Pacquaio again.

Last I heard, JMM has softened on that stance.

[JJRod]

The fight needs to be made. Neither guy has any more meaningful anymore.

Pacquiao has to wait on Marquez, and there is no guarantee he'll come out of the Alvarado fight.

Mayweather has no one else. Collazo will beat Khan and I doubt highly they're going to push Collazo. Danny Garcia looked bad in his last fight, Keith Thurman is still too green, and Canelo isn't getting a rematch.

Bob needs to do the boxing world a favor, step aside for the fight, let your step son handle the negotiations and get this fight done!

[Rapid8Fire]

Its funny how Floyd is two years older than Pacquiao but people still say Pacquaio isn't in his prime. Just shows how much skill Mayweather has. Truthfully Floyd wasn't in his prime when he and Pacquaio tried negotiations the first time in Floyd still would've schooled him. Last time Pacquaio was in his prime was the Magarito fight-Last time we saw prime Mayweather was in the Baldomir fight Two years before Pacquaio fought Magarito. So technically Floyd SHOULD be waaay past his greater years.

[FloydvsPac]

Boycotting the fight wouldn't prove anything. The only reason Arum is desperately saying that is because he wants to gain a certain leverage where he can ask for a 50-50 split, get a bigger piece of the pie, and call the shots. In other words, he wants Floyd to be just another "opponent" for Manny just like all of Manny's previous opponents, but whether the fight do sell well or not, Floyd will never let Arum have control over him again.

Showtime (and Golden Boy to a certain extent) will eventually force Floyd into fighting Pacquiao for the 6th and last fight of his SHO contract. This is the same scenario SHO had with Tyson. In order for them to come out ahead financially, they needed Lewis-Tyson to happen. So if the PPV numbers aren't great for Mayweather-Maidana, SHO may not wait for the 6th fight to demand Floyd fight Pacquiao. IMO, even if the Mayweather-Maidana PPV performs poorly, Floyd will still make everyone wait. He'll just fight two bums at a low cost to SHO and then fight Pac last in 2016. It's the safe bet...which is Floyd's motto.