The definitive Mayweather/Pac article

[killersheep]

Yeah I think he had a fair idea that Pacquiao wouldn't want to do it, and I think that's why he did it.

The purse split point you make - I agree, but it's easy to see through. Those numbers always come out and the people can see who was being ridiculous.


I think that at the end of the day, Floyd got what he wanted - he doesn't have to fight Pacquiao, and because of the way he went about it only half the world thinks he ducked him, the other half think Pac is on PED's. Whereas the whole world would have knew he ducked him if he had demanded 70 per cent of the pot...

But you have bias and that's speculation, when has Mayweather EVER started negotiations and not gone through with them? If he's ducking fighters, which admittedly there are some fighters out there he did duck, he simply didn't entertain the offers. Why make this big to-do at all? It would be a waste of money and time.

[zbolt]

Yeah I think he had a fair idea that Pacquiao wouldn't want to do it, and I think that's why he did it.

The purse split point you make - I agree, but it's easy to see through. Those numbers always come out and the people can see who was being ridiculous.


I think that at the end of the day, Floyd got what he wanted - he doesn't have to fight Pacquiao, and because of the way he went about it only half the world thinks he ducked him, the other half think Pac is on PED's. Whereas the whole world would have knew he ducked him if he had demanded 70 per cent of the pot...

But you have bias and that's speculation, when has Mayweather EVER started negotiations and not gone through with them? If he's ducking fighters, which admittedly there are some fighters out there he did duck, he simply didn't entertain the offers. Why make this big to-do at all? It would be a waste of money and time.

coz floyd was forced to entertain the pacquiao fight due to fans/promoters demands

[killersheep]

Yeah I think he had a fair idea that Pacquiao wouldn't want to do it, and I think that's why he did it.

The purse split point you make - I agree, but it's easy to see through. Those numbers always come out and the people can see who was being ridiculous.


I think that at the end of the day, Floyd got what he wanted - he doesn't have to fight Pacquiao, and because of the way he went about it only half the world thinks he ducked him, the other half think Pac is on PED's. Whereas the whole world would have knew he ducked him if he had demanded 70 per cent of the pot...

But you have bias and that's speculation, when has Mayweather EVER started negotiations and not gone through with them? If he's ducking fighters, which admittedly there are some fighters out there he did duck, he simply didn't entertain the offers. Why make this big to-do at all? It would be a waste of money and time.

coz floyd was forced to entertain the pacquiao fight due to fans/promoters demands

To what end? Tell me what Mayweather would gain from that?

[erik_corrales]

To what end? Tell me what Mayweather would gain from that?

to save the reputation(selling point?) he has left. he has some crusaders now doesn't he? hell, he even got some pactards to switch to the other side. very effective in my opinion.

[killersheep]

To what end? Tell me what Mayweather would gain from that?

to save the reputation(selling point?) he has left. he has some crusaders now doesn't he? hell, he even got some pactards to switch to the other side. very effective in my opinion.

That's conspiracy theory what you're saying right there.

[erik_corrales]

To what end? Tell me what Mayweather would gain from that?

to save the reputation(selling point?) he has left. he has some crusaders now doesn't he? hell, he even got some pactards to switch to the other side. very effective in my opinion.

That's conspiracy theory what you're saying right there.

and your point is? come on, this is boxing, the business.

all i'm saying is that's how it appears to be right now.

[killersheep]

to save the reputation(selling point?) he has left. he has some crusaders now doesn't he? hell, he even got some pactards to switch to the other side. very effective in my opinion.

That's conspiracy theory what you're saying right there.

and your point is? come on, this is boxing, the business.

all i'm saying is that's how it appears to be right now.

Really? It appears to you, that Mayweather would throw away most money he could make in a single event in his life, so that he could keep up his reputation to make WAAAYYY less money fighting other people?

[Greig]

Yeah Killersheep - he couldn't realistically ignore Pac after the way he destroyed Cotto.


Now, Mayweather has played this so well that he gets to avoid Pac with only half the world thinking he's at fault. Expertly played Mr Mayweather.


But what gets me is how so many people who are inside boxing - smart people like Bernstein, Hauser and Rafael (people with more insight into the inner workings of the game than you or I have) can think something is rotten here yet you completely disregard it.


I don't know what's going on, or what goes on inside Mayweathers head. But I've enjoyed boxing for 25 years without really worrying about drugs. Now thanks to Floyd, I'll look at every fight I've enjoyed in my life and wonder if someone was injecting HGH up their arse whilst in training, AND I get to miss out on the one fight I (and everyone else) is dying to see.

For that, I'm pissed off.

Boxing's drug testing procedures were FINE FOR EVERYBODY until a few fucking weeks ago. Nobody gave a shit.

Now if what Floyd has done cleans up the sport of boxing, then great. I just wish he could have waited til after March 13 before he did it.