Arum: "It's all 'Alice in Wonderland for Floyd"
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Or Pinocchio? A walking contradiction? Liar to the nth degree?
Real recognize real. And as far as Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s claims and statements on fighting boxing's pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, the Grand Rapids, Michigan native has been more like Pinocchio than keeping it real ala The Real Deal Evander Holyfield. But unlike Pinocchio, Pretty Boy isn't trying to become 'a real boy'. Boxing fans want him to simply man up.
<-- Click here to watch and listen to the Arum Interview courtesy of ***************.com
Truly, Floyd's conflicting stories have been straighter than a Ricky Martin and Elton John concert in Palm Springs. From saying he never had any negotiations regarding fighting Pacquiao a year ago, only for HBO exec Ross Greenburg himself to disprove him, to saying he had an outfit ready and had already signed a contract to fight Pacquiao, down to the obvious like announcing to fight Juan Manuel Marquez the same day Pacquiao fought Ricky Hatton instead of waiting just a few more hours to challenge Pacquiao among many other claims, Mayweather is definitely blowing a lot of smoke. It'd be tough to pick between him and Pinocchio on whom has grown the longer nose.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has his own take on it. "It's all 'Alice in Wonderland'. This is not rocket science. You saw Juan Manuel Marquez come in with his lawyer in LA and he signed a contract," Arum told Elie Seckbach of ***************.com, when asked about Mayweather's claims about having an outfit ready and signing a contract to fight Pacquiao. "What do you mean he signed a contract, what do you mean he had an outfit?" Arum continued and added, "That's sort of pathetic. We never started a contract. Was the contract he signed when we had no negotiations, that he said he had no negotiations?"
As far as his faith in whether a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather can ever be made, Arum left little hope on the table, if not to challenge Mayweather. "You can't say never, but it doesn't look likely that the fight will ever happen. And the reason why the fight isn't likely going to happen is because there is no doubt in my mind that Mayweather is afraid of this guy, otherwise the fight would've happened. The drug testing was the first obstacle, then when Manny said unequivocally said that 'that's not an issue' and do any kind of testing- blood, urine, random- but Floyd keeps bringing it up like it's still an issue, but it's not an issue," Arum shared, and closed by saying, "There's nothing more to it, he'a afraid to fight him, because he's afraid to lose."
Or Pinocchio? A walking contradiction? Liar to the nth degree?
Real recognize real. And as far as Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s claims and statements on fighting boxing's pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, the Grand Rapids, Michigan native has been more like Pinocchio than keeping it real ala The Real Deal Evander Holyfield. But unlike Pinocchio, Pretty Boy isn't trying to become 'a real boy'. Boxing fans want him to simply man up.
<-- Click here to watch and listen to the Arum Interview courtesy of ***************.com
Truly, Floyd's conflicting stories have been straighter than a Ricky Martin and Elton John concert in Palm Springs. From saying he never had any negotiations regarding fighting Pacquiao a year ago, only for HBO exec Ross Greenburg himself to disprove him, to saying he had an outfit ready and had already signed a contract to fight Pacquiao, down to the obvious like announcing to fight Juan Manuel Marquez the same day Pacquiao fought Ricky Hatton instead of waiting just a few more hours to challenge Pacquiao among many other claims, Mayweather is definitely blowing a lot of smoke. It'd be tough to pick between him and Pinocchio on whom has grown the longer nose.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has his own take on it. "It's all 'Alice in Wonderland'. This is not rocket science. You saw Juan Manuel Marquez come in with his lawyer in LA and he signed a contract," Arum told Elie Seckbach of ***************.com, when asked about Mayweather's claims about having an outfit ready and signing a contract to fight Pacquiao. "What do you mean he signed a contract, what do you mean he had an outfit?" Arum continued and added, "That's sort of pathetic. We never started a contract. Was the contract he signed when we had no negotiations, that he said he had no negotiations?"
As far as his faith in whether a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather can ever be made, Arum left little hope on the table, if not to challenge Mayweather. "You can't say never, but it doesn't look likely that the fight will ever happen. And the reason why the fight isn't likely going to happen is because there is no doubt in my mind that Mayweather is afraid of this guy, otherwise the fight would've happened. The drug testing was the first obstacle, then when Manny said unequivocally said that 'that's not an issue' and do any kind of testing- blood, urine, random- but Floyd keeps bringing it up like it's still an issue, but it's not an issue," Arum shared, and closed by saying, "There's nothing more to it, he'a afraid to fight him, because he's afraid to lose."
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