"March 13 or Bust"- Bob Arum

[g3org3]

Great i can't wait,mayeather is going to school pac fo sho

[ElTerribleMorales]

yea that's it, the whole world hates Manny Pacquiao

it's been written in numerous articles that up to now, Mayweather has agreed, the only one in need of convincing is now Manny himself, and it's no secret that Pacquiao is a bit of a diva when it comes to negotiating

do i think that Pacquiao is scared of a fight with Mayweather? no

will it get signed? yes, but who the hell knows when

funny how some Pac fans love mentioning negotiations for a Pac fight when it's going smoothly (Cotto, Diaz, Barrera II, etc.) and all of the possibilities of the fight, but once he's mentioned to be the one stalling (which he is for whatever reason), they cry out for him to be the victim, give me a break

Well said

Sorry to rain on your parade.

But read this and weep.

From PhilBoxing:

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Arum met with Pacquiao at the New World hotel in Makati City Friday in the presence of only one other person – Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz. Arum said “I had a meeting this morning and we went over all the points and now I have to go back to the United States and sit with the Mayweather people and finalize some very minor aspects and then we’ll have an announcement sometime next week.
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Now let see how the Mayweathers take this news.

read and weep? i said the fight would be made, and it was fact that Pacquiao was the one stalling, if he signed on well good for him, props to both guys for agreeing quickly and showing that they really want the fight, it's how it should be done anyways, how Mayweather will take the news? he isn't reluctant seeing how he was the first one to sign on

[littlebif]

I have no holidays left i wanted to go out there,not much chance of getting tickets but still wanted to go out there for atmosphere.

Still its great news that its going to happen.

[Nameless]

Exactley. Mayweather gave a proposal who knows what the hell it says. A 80/20 split in favor of Mayweather, to fight with ten ounce gloves and a 30 foot ring. Who the hell knows what the terms are. I believe if it is decent Manny will take it.

LOL! Awesome. I totally agree. That sounds like Mayweather terms too.

He is a crafty dude, though. He knows that as many people watch his fights to see him loss as to see him win, if not more. He doesn't care whether he's the good guy or the bad guy.

Mayweather's terms are ridiculous most of the time. Hell, he might say he wants the fight at 154 for all we know.

No buddy. Every article that I've read on the subject states the same thing: Floyd agreed to Arum's terms. It's all on Pac now. The discussion was always in regards to March. Now that push comes to shove, Pac doesn't like the date and wants the 60/40 split. This is BS.

I hope that all of the Mayweather-haters saying that Floyd always runs from fights, can finally admit that Floyd does want to fight the best. It's Manny and Roach who are running with their tails between their legs now.

YEah sure, that's why Floyd did refuse a juicy 8 millions to fight MArgarito and accepted a lower check pay for another fight instead. IF there is something, Manny always fought the best of the best. You really can'y say that from Floyd. Fact.

[Tysonbruno]

How concrete is this site and source?

[ElTerribleMorales]

LOL! Awesome. I totally agree. That sounds like Mayweather terms too.

He is a crafty dude, though. He knows that as many people watch his fights to see him loss as to see him win, if not more. He doesn't care whether he's the good guy or the bad guy.

Mayweather's terms are ridiculous most of the time. Hell, he might say he wants the fight at 154 for all we know.

No buddy. Every article that I've read on the subject states the same thing: Floyd agreed to Arum's terms. It's all on Pac now. The discussion was always in regards to March. Now that push comes to shove, Pac doesn't like the date and wants the 60/40 split. This is BS.

I hope that all of the Mayweather-haters saying that Floyd always runs from fights, can finally admit that Floyd does want to fight the best. It's Manny and Roach who are running with their tails between their legs now.

YEah sure, that's why Floyd did refuse a juicy 8 millions to fight MArgarito and accepted a lower check pay for another fight instead. IF there is something, Manny always fought the best of the best. You really can'y say that from Floyd. Fact.

David Diaz and a shot DLH over Marquez III is the best of the best

[Pavlik]

Who's stalling?

PACQUIAO SIGNS OFF; MAYWEATHER FIGHT IS ON

PACQUIAO SIGNS OFF; MAYWEATHER FIGHT IS ON

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 04 Dec 2009



The smile across his face and the twinkle in his eye gave Top Rank promoter Bob Arum away no matter how much he tried to be non-committal about a March 13 multi-million dollar fight for the ages between reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the man who previously sat on the throne, Floyd Mayweather Jr.


In a lengthy conversation with Inside Sports|, Standard Today and Viva Sports along with Dyan Castillejo ABS-CBN shortly after his arrival early Thursday morning, Arum said the Mayweather camp through Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had agreed to the terms of the fight but wanted it to take place on March 13. Arum told us then he had to get Pacquiao to sign-off on the date otherwise it would be bust and the fight may never happen.

Arum met with Pacquiao at the New World hotel in Makati City Friday in the presence of only one other person – Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz. Arum said “I had a meeting this morning and we went over all the points and now I have to go back to the United States and sit with the Mayweather people and finalize some very minor aspects and then we’ll have an announcement sometime next week.

Arum admitted “I am very excited and it was a good meeting and Michael (Koncz) was very constructive in the meeting, Manny was very alert and showed a tremendous knowledge of what he was doing and his problems of running for office and the March 13 date solves those to some extent.”

Arum took the opportunity to emphasize that the Mayweather battle is “such an important fight for the Philippines that I just hope that Manny will be focused. I think that his congressional opponent (Roy Chiongbian) would do everyone a service including the great country of the Philippines by withdrawing from the race and take Manny’s mind off politics so he can concentrate on the fight." However, Arum said “that’s just my opinion. I’m not a Filipino and I can’t tell people politically what they should or should not do.”

We understand that the official announcement would be made on Tuesday, December 8 to coincide with Arum’s 78th birthday.

He told us that on Thursday, December 10 both he, Schaefer and HBO Sports Ross Greenberg would meet with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team and the spanking, new state –of-the art $1.5 billion stadium to discuss their bid to stage the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in Texas although the MGM Grand Garden Arena is also in strong contention to host the blockbuster showdown that has generated incredible interest around the world.

Arum said Pacquiao would train for two months possibly in Baguio City where he initially trained for the “Fire Power” showdown with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto before continuing his preparation at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym. He said Roach had no problem having the first part of Pacquiao’s buildup in Baguio.

Arum said there were tremendous possibilities for the pay-per-view market for the fight with some estimates going wild at 5 million. However, he said Greenberg believes the Pacquiao-Mayweather war could do around 3 million homes to become the biggest in history, surpassing the 2.5 million homes in the Mayweather- Oscar De La Hoya fight.

The astute promoter revealed that this time around England which didn’t carry the Pacquiao-Cotto fight on pay-per-view because of the David Haye – Nikolay Valuev heavyweight title fight has indicated they want Pacquiao-Mayweather as does the rest of Europe and Australia.

There was no mention of a revenue split but every conceivable indication is that it will wind up as an acceptable 50-50 split right down the middle and the eventual gross take of each fighter is likely to reach at least $20 million which in peso terms would mean almost a cool P1 billion when Pacquiao adds up his income from TV, pay-per-view and other ancillary rights in the Philippines.

Arum also disclosed that there would be no tax implications if Pacquiao trained in Los Angeles while the tax cut in Texas was the same as that of Las Vegas.

[Tysonbruno]

Pacman agrees to fight Mayweather | Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7

[josef4334]

yea that's it, the whole world hates Manny Pacquiao

it's been written in numerous articles that up to now, Mayweather has agreed, the only one in need of convincing is now Manny himself, and it's no secret that Pacquiao is a bit of a diva when it comes to negotiating

do i think that Pacquiao is scared of a fight with Mayweather? no

will it get signed? yes, but who the hell knows when

funny how some Pac fans love mentioning negotiations for a Pac fight when it's going smoothly (Cotto, Diaz, Barrera II, etc.) and all of the possibilities of the fight, but once he's mentioned to be the one stalling (which he is for whatever reason), they cry out for him to be the victim, give me a break

Well said

Sorry to rain on your parade.

But read this and weep.

From PhilBoxing:

Excerpts:
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Arum met with Pacquiao at the New World hotel in Makati City Friday in the presence of only one other person – Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz. Arum said “I had a meeting this morning and we went over all the points and now I have to go back to the United States and sit with the Mayweather people and finalize some very minor aspects and then we’ll have an announcement sometime next week.
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Now let see how the Mayweathers take this news.

dont waste your time. el terrible is one of the well known pac haters.

[josef4334]

March 13th is a bit early TBH. Pac only just fought Cotto and his ear was all busted up. The guy deserves a couple of months off before getting back into another hard camp. I much prefer the May 1st date really. Both fighters can be at their best with no questions asked. Maybe Mayweather can go the UK and have that eagerly awaited bout with Matthew Hatton in the meantime. It would keep his coffers filling up, which is all he really cares about anyway.

good point.everybody is blinded now because mayweather said he wants to fight.but under what terms we dont know. but what better way to make a fighter look bad than trying to fight him when hes not available. like trying to fight him 3 months after a big fight when he knows the other guy has not recovered yet.

[Nameless]

How concrete is this site and source?

It looks quite true:

Fight news announced the same a few moments ago: Pacman agrees to fight Mayweather | Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7

Rds.ca states the same: Mayweather-Pacquiao : ce serait fait - RDS.ca

Yahoo sports:Adviser: Pacquiao to fight Mayweather in March - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

sports illustrated: Manny Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather on March 13 - SI.com - Boxing

[ElTerribleMorales]

Well said

Sorry to rain on your parade.

But read this and weep.

From PhilBoxing:

Excerpts:
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Arum met with Pacquiao at the New World hotel in Makati City Friday in the presence of only one other person – Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz. Arum said “I had a meeting this morning and we went over all the points and now I have to go back to the United States and sit with the Mayweather people and finalize some very minor aspects and then we’ll have an announcement sometime next week.
----------

Now let see how the Mayweathers take this news.

dont waste your time. el terrible is one of the well known pac haters.

it has nothing to do with hating him, cause i gave him full credit for Cotto and Hatton, and praised him for it, what i can't stand are the nuthugger fans like you , who basically see him do no wrong, yet bash another fighter who's making the first move

[HattonTheHammer]

The money was obviously too much for floyd to worry about percentages!

One things for sure, on march 13th we will be adding someone to the list of all time greats

[DatsiK]

One things for sure, on march 13th we will be adding someone to the list of all time greats

Or will we?

What happens if they draw? Or it's called as a no decision? Will they bother going through it all again

[ElTerribleMorales]

One things for sure, on march 13th we will be adding someone to the list of all time greats

Or will we?

What happens if they draw? Or it's called as a no decision? Will they bother going through it all again

either way, gotta give credit to both of them, the fight was put together quickly and with barely any bullshit (up to now), which basically goes to show how bad both guys actually want the fight, so gotta give them props for that