HBO's Greenburg there WERE negotiations

[Dench]

Heres what Dela Hoya says after Ross Greenburg statement:

The widely read boxingscene.com quoted De La Hoya’s answer to a question on TV about the Pacquiao-Mayweather negotiations last June in which he said "Up until now, it's been a very difficult negotiation process for various reasons, but right now we're very close. We're very close in finalizing the contracts that were once very complicated. The two fighters now realize that this fight must be made. It has to be made because the boxing fans want to see it happen and right now it's the biggest fight that can be made in the world. It's going to be a big, big fight. I think right now we are very, very close in finalizing the contracts. I can't talk right now in detail about the negotiations, but I will say that we are very close."
In an attempt to wiggle out of the situation De La Hoya has claimed "I think I said it because I get the question asked so many times that, obviously, I was fed up and tired of it and I just said like, yeah, yeah, it's gonna get made."

De La Hoya told boxingscene.com “it was a quick answer that I should have obviously thought about. But, obviously, negotiations weren't going on. Nothing was going on. Like I said, Mayweather has the key to making that fight happen."

Source: ARUM BLASTS SCHAEFER FOR LYING

[cnote111]

I can't believe how much this has spun out of control... I understand the concept of hyping a fight, but doesn't there come a time when you hype to a point of destruction... Its almost like drinking yourself sober... seriously!!!

[ElTerribleMorales]

this ridiculous crap has gone beyond the point of hyping a fight, fuck Arum, fuck Ellorbe, fuck GBP, FUCK MAYWEATHER, AND FUCK PACQUIAO, bring on the next big fight

[Mar]

this ridiculous crap has gone beyond the point of hyping a fight, fuck Arum, fuck Ellorbe, fuck GBP, FUCK MAYWEATHER, AND FUCK PACQUIAO, bring on the next big fight

Spot on....there's no fight. Who's fault it is makes absolutly no difference. What get's reported from either side is rarely even true. These people were puppeting the fans around and now they've dropped the strings and the fans have picked up the strings and are now puppeting themselves. These guys are doing exactly what they set out to do. So much is focusing on these two that the rest of the sport is being looked over. Fans aren't going to tease floyd into a fight, make arum tell the truth for once in his life any of that. What we are doing is giving all involved free press, web site hits, and hyping a fight for happening then not happening every other week.

[generalbulldog]

The next big fight is Bradley-Alexander. I'm looking towards that fight even more than this one. Maybe it's because of the bullshit of this fiasco that really I don't care anymore if the fight happens. For some reason it just lost all of it's luster in my eyes.

[bcollins]

The next big fight is Bradley-Alexander. I'm looking towards that fight even more than this one. Maybe it's because of the bullshit of this fiasco that really I don't care anymore if the fight happens. For some reason it just lost all of it's luster in my eyes.

Hear hear. Looking forward to seeing boxers that want to box, rather than primadonnas that want to posture and pose.

[holmcall]

So what?

[MMASUX]

I agree with everyone else here. I'm completely over this fight, and could care less if it happens or not. I'm tired of all the he said she said.