Floyd not fighting Pacquaio will bother him for the rest of his life

[ruthless rocco]

No matter how much money Floyd makes he will forever be asked why he did not fight Manny. He will take that question until he dies.

Floyd will answer that he gave Manny every opportunity to take the fight with the one provision that Manny be clean for their fight and prove it by being tested for drugs in advance of the fight.

The real question is why Manny turned down $50 million if he was a clean fighter.

[Master]

No matter how much money Floyd makes he will forever be asked why he did not fight Manny. He will take that question until he dies.

Floyd will answer that he gave Manny every opportunity to take the fight with the one provision that Manny be clean for their fight and prove it by being tested for drugs in advance of the fight.

The real question is why Manny turned down $50 million if he was a clean fighter.

Does not matter about the answer. The fact is they never fought and that is what people will remember.

[ruthless rocco]

No matter how much money Floyd makes he will forever be asked why he did not fight Manny. He will take that question until he dies.

Floyd will answer that he gave Manny every opportunity to take the fight with the one provision that Manny be clean for their fight and prove it by being tested for drugs in advance of the fight.

The real question is why Manny turned down $50 million if he was a clean fighter.

Does not matter about the answer. The fact is they never fought and that is what people will remember.

So it won't bother him. It'll bother you.

[Beanflicker]

Does not matter about the answer. The fact is they never fought and that is what people will remember.

You're right, all that matters in the end is that the fight didn't happen. Would have been the defining fight of the generation, but it didn't happen, and even if they do fight it will never have the same impact it would have back in 2008-2011.

Right or wrong, Floyd is the more powerful guy (as well as the less likeable guy), and people will say that he should have done more to make the fight happen.

[ruthless rocco]

Does not matter about the answer. The fact is they never fought and that is what people will remember.

You're right, all that matters in the end is that the fight didn't happen. Would have been the defining fight of the generation, but it didn't happen, and even if they do fight it will never have the same impact it would have back in 2008-2011.

Right or wrong, Floyd is the more powerful guy (as well as the less likeable guy), and people will say that he should have done more to make the fight happen.

But Floyd was the clean fighter who held out for fairness and an even playing field.
Manny was the dirty PED using fighter who all but admitted his cheating ways.

Floyd will have no regrets.

[Beanflicker]

But Floyd was the clean fighter who held out for fairness and an even playing field.
Manny was the dirty PED using fighter who all but admitted his cheating ways.

Floyd will have no regrets.

I think the early consensus was that since Floyd was demanding a stipulation that wasn't typical of your standard boxing match, that he was being the unreasonable party and was therefore at fault for the fight not happening. People don't care who's using what, they just want to see the fight happen.

[Beanflicker]

People believe what they want to believe, too, and most people don't care for Mayweather personally. They have their opinions and they won't be swayed by anything, even evidence that completely contradicts their stance.

I think it's silly when people say that Floyd never tried to make the fight happen, or never wanted the fight. They went through a shit load of trouble trying to get this made, they had mediators come in, promotional companies and lawyers going back and forth. Why would either party go through all that headache if they didn't want to fight?

It was a pissing match, Manny wanted a 24 day cut off date for testing, Floyd agreed to a 14 day cut off date (a time frame that would make it virtually impossible for someone to cycle on and off a performance enhancer), Manny refused and that was that.

[Master]

Does not matter about the answer. The fact is they never fought and that is what people will remember.

You're right, all that matters in the end is that the fight didn't happen. Would have been the defining fight of the generation, but it didn't happen, and even if they do fight it will never have the same impact it would have back in 2008-2011.

Right or wrong, Floyd is the more powerful guy (as well as the less likeable guy), and people will say that he should have done more to make the fight happen.

But Floyd was the clean fighter who held out for fairness and an even playing field.
Manny was the dirty PED using fighter who all but admitted his cheating ways.

Floyd will have no regrets.

Floyd will pretend he has no regrets and did his best to get the fight made but he will deep down and he probably would have won the fight as well.