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According to this article and his dad's quotes he's stated he WILL return to fight Pac next year!
Boxing: Mayweather Jr hints at comeback | Setanta
Really hope he does and i think he's just been waiting for the right man to pose a proper challenge really...
Well according to this little blurb that I just read, he's not even considering it.
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Clearly he hasn't been waiting for the "proper challenge", at least not solely. Paul Williams would be a MUCH MUCH more dangerous fight for Floyd than Manny. I actually dont give Pacman much chance at all if this comes off, unless Mayweather has completely slipped which is extremely extremely unlikely. He's not going to be weight drained at welter, he will be bigger much stronger far more skilled and just as fast as Manny. There is really absolutely no comparison between the Oscar that Floyd fought and who showed up to fight Manny on saturday, it's pretty futile to say that would be any indication of how Manny would deal with Floyd imo.
Wonder if Floyd's playing hard to get? I just read Manny said Floyd's camp sent out feelers saying they'd like to fight him. With all his options, not sure why Manny would make something like that up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diane
Greg Leon's a twat, but if anyone was going to have credible news on Floyd, it would be him. He's a major Floyd nuthugger, and he is tight with Floyd and his crew.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackRazorWonder if Floyd's playing hard to get? I just read Manny said Floyd's camp sent out feelers saying they'd like to fight him. With all his options, not sure why Manny would make something like that up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Diane
This is boxing so of course Floyd will fight Manny next year...
It is a buisness as much as a sport;)
way too much money would be at stake and Floyd will 100% want his number 1 p4p status back and his ego won't like the fact that Pacman did to Oscar what He (Floyd) couldn't;)
Probbably the best thing you've typed since you joined here.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
But what about the 3 years i was posting before you even were a member?
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The only way Arum would let Floyd near Manny, would be if Floyd is willing to take on the winner of the Margarito/Cotto rematch first.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
Arum makes more money that way. There is no love lost between Floyd and Bob, and Arum is holding all the cards right now.
I doubted they would be any different that the ones posted after I came on the scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
Yeah, I agree. That can't sit well with Floyd that Manny gave Oscar such a beating the fight didn't even make it to the judges decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
Agreed, i was going to say the same thing. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
Lefty respect your elders ;) ;D
Just rumors is all.....
Mayweather has said if the money was right he would come back, how well did the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight do PPV wise?
I don't see Paul Williams giving Mayweather trouble at all, did you see what Quintana did to him in the first fight? And Quintana is a southpaw, Mayweather would be able to land that right hand ALL night long by counter punching, and Paul Williams doesn't have the power to hurt Mayweather nor does he have the technical skills to deal with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Manny is so much more explosive, he's a much better and more accurate offensive fighter who not only matches Mayweather's speed, but is difficult to hit, and has faced the top fighters in the sport. Since learning how to box no fighter has outboxed Manny, even JMM it was close fight where I had him up 1 point even without the knockdown round. They were essentially even, but JMM I think had the perfect style to fight Pacquiao judging by their back-to-back fights with Barrera, and how much easier Pacquiao beat Marco.
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Originally Posted by DeanrwThe only way Arum would let Floyd near Manny, would be if Floyd is willing to take on the winner of the Margarito/Cotto rematch first.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
Arum makes more money that way. There is no love lost between Floyd and Bob, and Arum is holding all the cards right now.
i really hope not that would be dumb for arum to do that. might as well do it right away before Manny loses to somebody.
It'll be nice to hear something solid in the future, as for now i see floyd as "semi-retired" with just another name added to the list of opponets that can pull him out of retirement and beat him. Manny just fought so for now it's him, cotto will fight again and the pac fight will be forgotten and he'll be the guy, then tony will fight and he'll be the guy so on and so forth. How bout we match up some of these current opponets and stop stroking floyd's ego in such a rush to dump more money in his acct for him to floss around.