Arum told USA Today: "We're ready to sit down and see if a deal can be reached"

[Spicoli]

It's amazing the level of fiscal clarity and urgency you can wake up to after your cash cow is brutally KO'd.

[Master]

Either Arum and Pac have accepted they have reached the end of their line and have to cash out or, as is probably the case, they are talking nonsense and will just carry on with their Top Rank merry go round Bradley, JMM, Pov, Rios ect

[Kirkland Laing]

Arum would make the fight in an instant now if he could but Floyd and Golden Boy don't want to play anymore. It's actually the best fight for both fighters and both promotional companies right now. Floyd and Showtime are desperate for a viable opponent to make a profit on his $200 million contract. The Guerrero fight lost money, Alvarez made a lot of money, Khan will probably be another Guerrero-type number.

Manny still has a viable Bradley/Marquez rematch and the ability to fight Provodnikov after he probably loses to Floyd.

Too many problems between promotional companies Floyd and networks for this fight to happen though.

[IamInuit]

This entire gig shows just how far gone boxing is. Its a shame really. No longer is it enough to be good enough. This trend to base the quality of how competitive a matchup is based on the PPV numbers is boxing's fiscal and physical cliff. Its a reality tv format and it makes me sick. And this absolute bullshit default excuse between GBP and TR needs to go the way of the dodo bird. It has sped up this erosion.

Pretty sad when a guy starts to miss Don King. Call him what you want but Floyd and Manny would be discussing a third fight by now.