Bob Arum On Pacquiao vs. Mayweather

[XaduBoxer]

Im probably saying something unpopular here, but I'm not all that excited about the propect of Floyd coming back. He wants to pick and choose and dictate too much. Floyd is supposedly a 147 fighter, why not get out there and beat some big men? It's all about the money and now there is the opportunity to "comeback" and go for the smaller man again be it Hatton, Pac or Marquez. Get out there and fight Mosley and Cotto for goodness sake!

He's a vulture looking for the easiest meat. And it's boring!!

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
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[Majesty]

So Arum let Pacquiao go up to 147 to fight Oscar De La Hoya but says he isnt sure he'd let Pacquiao fight Mayweather at the same weight?

I wonder why

[Gandalf]

Im probably saying something unpopular here, but I'm not all that excited about the propect of Floyd coming back. He wants to pick and choose and dictate too much. Floyd is supposedly a 147 fighter, why not get out there and beat some big men? It's all about the money and now there is the opportunity to "comeback" and go for the smaller man again be it Hatton, Pac or Marquez. Get out there and fight Mosley and Cotto for goodness sake!

He's a vulture looking for the easiest meat. And it's boring!!

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
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Part of me would like each of the 3 smaller fighters to actually tell Floyd to just bugger off. He would have nowhere to go then and might have to fight a proper WW....or he will probably stick to his retirement.

Hatton is desperate for a rematch though. Marquez is right in saying 147 is too much. And Pac is no 147 fighter either. If Floyd wants small fighters then he needs to slim down.

But it's money that talks the loudest.

[XaduBoxer]

Im probably saying something unpopular here, but I'm not all that excited about the propect of Floyd coming back. He wants to pick and choose and dictate too much. Floyd is supposedly a 147 fighter, why not get out there and beat some big men? It's all about the money and now there is the opportunity to "comeback" and go for the smaller man again be it Hatton, Pac or Marquez. Get out there and fight Mosley and Cotto for goodness sake!

He's a vulture looking for the easiest meat. And it's boring!!

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
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Part of me would like each of the 3 smaller fighters to actually tell Floyd to just bugger off. He would have nowhere to go then and might have to fight a proper WW....or he will probably stick to his retirement.

Hatton is desperate for a rematch though. Marquez is right in saying 147 is too much. And Pac is no 147 fighter either. If Floyd wants small fighters then he needs to slim down.

But it's money that talks the loudest.

I only support PAC going after PBF if PAC defeats Hatton more convincingly than what PBF did to Hatton... PAC stopping Hatton inside 9 rounds will do it... But this still remains to be seen...

And you're absolutely right, the biggest money fight out there will be PAC vs. PBF...
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[Gandalf]

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
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Part of me would like each of the 3 smaller fighters to actually tell Floyd to just bugger off. He would have nowhere to go then and might have to fight a proper WW....or he will probably stick to his retirement.

Hatton is desperate for a rematch though. Marquez is right in saying 147 is too much. And Pac is no 147 fighter either. If Floyd wants small fighters then he needs to slim down.

But it's money that talks the loudest.

I only support PAC going after PBF if PAC defeats Hatton more convincingly than what PBF did to Hatton... PAC stopping Hatton inside 9 rounds will do it... But this still remains to be seen...

And you're absolutely right, the biggest money fight out there will be PAC vs. PBF...
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That's the thing, Pac has more room to negotiate. Hatton having already lost to Mayweather and wanting the rematch will probably concede things and that will just make his job too difficult. Mayweather already holds the advantages with his skills, he wants everything though, and I don't like it.

Anyway, stop this talk of Pac beating Hatton...keep that for your own thread!

[Nameless]

Im probably saying something unpopular here, but I'm not all that excited about the propect of Floyd coming back. He wants to pick and choose and dictate too much. Floyd is supposedly a 147 fighter, why not get out there and beat some big men? It's all about the money and now there is the opportunity to "comeback" and go for the smaller man again be it Hatton, Pac or Marquez. Get out there and fight Mosley and Cotto for goodness sake!

He's a vulture looking for the easiest meat. And it's boring!!

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
.

Part of me would like each of the 3 smaller fighters to actually tell Floyd to just bugger off. He would have nowhere to go then and might have to fight a proper WW....or he will probably stick to his retirement.

Hatton is desperate for a rematch though. Marquez is right in saying 147 is too much. And Pac is no 147 fighter either. If Floyd wants small fighters then he needs to slim down.

But it's money that talks the loudest.

I do agree, let's also keep in mind that Floyd has never been the most popular boxer around, many dubbed his matches as dull for obvious reasons, considering that as well, if the smaller would say: "that weight or fuck off I have other options", FLoyd would have to make some concessions, especially as now that he retired, he has less power wearing no belts and not being part of the actual dynamic. HE will not stay retired though, he loves too much attention for that and as he placed tons of money on Wall Street before the major crisis, we can easily assume he did lost a fair bit and his hunger for attention and money will bring back in the corner reall soon. KNowing him, I would imagine him challenging Moseley... in 3 years when Sugae Shane will be 40 just to take no chances hehe, in the meantime though, his biggest payday lies in Bobby's hands against Pacman so we can imagine there will be conversation on that side... let's just see how money will talk for him or if carefulness will talk louder.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Im probably saying something unpopular here, but I'm not all that excited about the propect of Floyd coming back. He wants to pick and choose and dictate too much. Floyd is supposedly a 147 fighter, why not get out there and beat some big men? It's all about the money and now there is the opportunity to "comeback" and go for the smaller man again be it Hatton, Pac or Marquez. Get out there and fight Mosley and Cotto for goodness sake!

He's a vulture looking for the easiest meat. And it's boring!!

Don't worry... If ever PBF will fight PAC, I'm sure he can't dictate his terms to PAC... Even the Golden Boy give in so much just to nail the PAC fight and who is PBF compared to Oscar in terms of market pull??
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he's no where close to Oscar, but IMO Mayweather is still a bigger name than Pacquiao and still knows how to sell ANY fight, he was able to get Mayweather/Baldomir on PPV for cryin out loud