Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
Regarding the collapse of Pacquiao-Mayweather:

I am as disappointed as anyone that it is not going to happen, and I initially was inclined to blame Mayweather, but I don't really think we can blame any particular side for the collapse just yet. We have no idea what happened; in fact, the only thing that most people seem to be basing their anti-Mayweather opinions on are some vague comments from Arum. I read an interview with Jeff Mayweather the other day and he said that there weren't really any negotiations because the drug-testing issue could never get resolved, despite what Arum abstractly claims.
If that is the case, then Team Mayweather should at least come out and tell the public what SPECIFICALLY is that issue that could not be resolved. I have read a lot of write-ups about Pacquiao agreeing to the drug test up until the fight.

"What Mayweather did not do is issue a formal statement, which seemingly would have ended all the fuss." ---- from The New York Times, July 26, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/sports/27boxing.html

If Manny came up with some bullshit excuses with regards to the first negotation, then Floyd has his own set of bullshit excuses in the second negotiation. There being 'no negotiation' is one of them.