End of Day 2 of Mediation - No Agreement - They say fight is off

[Diane]

We'll see if this holds up, but it's being reported that the fight is off.

Mayweather-Pacquiao: No Deal Reached! - Boxing News

[Diane]

Here's confirmation from ESPN.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight is off - ESPN

[Diane]

This won't be a popular post by most of you, but below was my prediction that I made when the fight was first being discussed.

I stand by this statement, and still believe it to be true.

However I will say, that if Manny has nothing to hide, he should just take the damn test, just to shut them up.

I guess that I'm also hoping that Manny does not have anything to hide, because it would just kill me to know that Miguel's only two losses, came at the hands of two cheaters, and that both of them thought that they needed something extra to beat Miguel. That would make me lose a lot of faith in this sport, and I don't want to lose faith.

Mayweather played his cards right, and now he doesn't have to get into a high risk fight, and comes out of this with Manny being the bad guy. Just like I said.


BTW this post was part of my thread that I started about Mayweather to possibly face Matthew Hatton.

Tune up my a$$.

Mayweather is all low risk, high reward these days. He knows that if he fights one of these guys in the US, he would not be able to sell out the arena, but take it on the road over to UK, and he knows that no matter who he's fighting, it will get sold out.

Do you really think that he's going to get into the ring with Manny? I sure as $hit don't, he's to afraid of losing that zero on his record. Mayweather will make such ridiculous demands during any negotiations, that it will make it impossible to strike a deal. Then he'll put all the blame on Manny and his team, saying that Manny didn't want to fight him.

Just guessing here, but I wouldn't be surprised if the source for this story is Mayweather Sr., he talks to one of the main writers of the site all the time.

[bcollins]

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

[Greig]

I can't believe this.

What a circus, what a joke. I think really Floyd and Pac should be ashamed, but especially Pac. Nobody LIKES to give blood, but seriously, as a world champion boxer - HARDEN THE FUCK UP.

[Andre]

I can't believe this.

What a circus, what a joke. I think really Floyd and Pac should be ashamed, but especially Pac. Nobody LIKES to give blood, but seriously, as a world champion boxer - HARDEN THE FUCK UP.

Thats just an excuse,He must be guilty and hiding something, give me 30 minutes with him he would skip into the room to give blood ,phobias are easily fixed these days even with females with long standing blind panic styled ones with snakes and spiders. There are people in his country, all countries that could fix that one up in no time flat.

[Gandalf]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. How frustrating can boxing be?

Manny Pacquiao is a disgrace. All he had to do was agree to the kind of checks that teenage gymnasts readily go through in the Olympics and he couldn't even do that.

His career is done as far as I'm concerned. There is no demand for a fight with Foreman and Malignaggi has certainly done nothing to warrant a shot.

It all boils down to the question as to why Manny so vehemently refuses random blood testing. You would think fair enough "test me" if you have nothing to hide and you want to cement your legacy. And instead he risks his entire reputation because he doesn't want to provide a blood test?

He is either seriously unhinged or hiding something. There is no rationale for his behaviour.

[josef4334]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. How frustrating can boxing be?

Manny Pacquiao is a disgrace. All he had to do was agree to the kind of checks that teenage gymnasts readily go through in the Olympics and he couldn't even do that.

His career is done as far as I'm concerned. There is no demand for a fight with Foreman and Malignaggi has certainly done nothing to warrant a shot.

It all boils down to the question as to why Manny so vehemently refuses random blood testing. You would think fair enough "test me" if you have nothing to hide and you want to cement your legacy. And instead he risks his entire reputation because he doesn't want to provide a blood test?

He is either seriously unhinged or hiding something. There is no rationale for his behaviour.

i guess you didnt read the espn link huh? well arum said it so he might be lying. blame manny. mayweather seemed like he really wants random. maybe hes hoping that manny gets his blood drawn while he does his ring walk. he agreed to get his blood taken right after the fight so do you think he'll stop taking PEDS 2 days prior to the fight so he'll pass?

[Gandalf]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. How frustrating can boxing be?

Manny Pacquiao is a disgrace. All he had to do was agree to the kind of checks that teenage gymnasts readily go through in the Olympics and he couldn't even do that.

His career is done as far as I'm concerned. There is no demand for a fight with Foreman and Malignaggi has certainly done nothing to warrant a shot.

It all boils down to the question as to why Manny so vehemently refuses random blood testing. You would think fair enough "test me" if you have nothing to hide and you want to cement your legacy. And instead he risks his entire reputation because he doesn't want to provide a blood test?

He is either seriously unhinged or hiding something. There is no rationale for his behaviour.

i guess you didnt read the espn link huh? well arum said it so he might be lying. blame manny. mayweather seemed like he really wants random. maybe hes hoping that manny gets his blood drawn while he does his ring walk. he agreed to get his blood taken right after the fight so do you think he'll stop taking PEDS 2 days prior to the fight so he'll pass?

I have read it. The only change in Mannys camp was an offer to reduce the window for testing from 30 days to 24 days. That is far from any acceptance of random blood testing.

Manny has thrown away the fight, and it doesn't matter how Arum tries to spin it. The facts are there in the article. Mayweathers demands were the same as they have been all the way through negotiations. It is Manny's camp that offered the lame proposal of 24 days before the fight. A very weak move to make them look as though they are offering something, despite the fact that there is nothing random in their proposal and still allows for possible loopholes.

[Snakey]

Ok....hmm....fuck you manny... fuck you!!! Peoples champ ay, so you rob them of the fight they all want to see? I have said it all along, if you wanna be world class then throw all your superstitions away, throw your religion out the window because if its going to stop you from giving a blood test then that is unfair to everyone else and if you wanna be at the top then you gotta be the best at everything and that includes abiding by the rules.

[Nameless]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. How frustrating can boxing be?

Manny Pacquiao is a disgrace. All he had to do was agree to the kind of checks that teenage gymnasts readily go through in the Olympics and he couldn't even do that.

His career is done as far as I'm concerned. There is no demand for a fight with Foreman and Malignaggi has certainly done nothing to warrant a shot.

It all boils down to the question as to why Manny so vehemently refuses random blood testing. You would think fair enough "test me" if you have nothing to hide and you want to cement your legacy. And instead he risks his entire reputation because he doesn't want to provide a blood test?

He is either seriously unhinged or hiding something. There is no rationale for his behaviour.

i guess you didnt read the espn link huh? well arum said it so he might be lying. blame manny. mayweather seemed like he really wants random. maybe hes hoping that manny gets his blood drawn while he does his ring walk. he agreed to get his blood taken right after the fight so do you think he'll stop taking PEDS 2 days prior to the fight so he'll pass?

I have read it. The only change in Mannys camp was an offer to reduce the window for testing from 30 days to 24 days. That is far from any acceptance of random blood testing.

Manny has thrown away the fight, and it doesn't matter how Arum tries to spin it. The facts are there in the article. Mayweathers demands were the same as they have been all the way through negotiations. It is Manny's camp that offered the lame proposal of 24 days before the fight. A very weak move to make them look as though they are offering something, despite the fact that there is nothing random in their proposal and still allows for possible loopholes.

Don't try to reason them Miles, they will just stick to what Manny does even if he would kill somebody, they just don't want to be objective.

[josef4334]

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. How frustrating can boxing be?

Manny Pacquiao is a disgrace. All he had to do was agree to the kind of checks that teenage gymnasts readily go through in the Olympics and he couldn't even do that.

His career is done as far as I'm concerned. There is no demand for a fight with Foreman and Malignaggi has certainly done nothing to warrant a shot.

It all boils down to the question as to why Manny so vehemently refuses random blood testing. You would think fair enough "test me" if you have nothing to hide and you want to cement your legacy. And instead he risks his entire reputation because he doesn't want to provide a blood test?

He is either seriously unhinged or hiding something. There is no rationale for his behaviour.

i guess you didnt read the espn link huh? well arum said it so he might be lying. blame manny. mayweather seemed like he really wants random. maybe hes hoping that manny gets his blood drawn while he does his ring walk. he agreed to get his blood taken right after the fight so do you think he'll stop taking PEDS 2 days prior to the fight so he'll pass?

I have read it. The only change in Mannys camp was an offer to reduce the window for testing from 30 days to 24 days. That is far from any acceptance of random blood testing.

Manny has thrown away the fight, and it doesn't matter how Arum tries to spin it. The facts are there in the article. Mayweathers demands were the same as they have been all the way through negotiations. It is Manny's camp that offered the lame proposal of 24 days before the fight. A very weak move to make them look as though they are offering something, despite the fact that there is nothing random in their proposal and still allows for possible loopholes.

thats what mayweather wants people to look at it. he wants random testing because he knows pac wont budge since he had a bad experience from the first morales fight.