Guess what, ODLH wants the Mayweather fight again!!!

[albsur2006]

In my opinion i dont think floyd means it when he said he wants one more fight....
i think hes baiting oscar trying to land the fight and saying he doesnt need the fight so oscar raises the pay maybe.... i also think that it wont work and oscar and floyd sr will come out on top in any negotiations that mighgt happen....
lol peace

ODLH ain't stupid. Floyd isn't getting what he wants regardless. But that doesn't mean GB should offer Floyd something disrespectful like 12 Million. If the pot isn't that big, then fine, but can anyone on here honestly say that ODLH deserves 38 Million to Floyd's 12?

Well, actually yeah he does. ODLH has the leverage that he is the far bigger draw based on last weekends PPV, moreover he would be coming out of "retirement" for his last hoorah. If anything was proven last weekend it was that PBF does in fact need ODLH than vice versa.

Agreed. ODLH is the bigger draw, but he did around 900,000 buys for the Mayorga fight. If he fights Floyd that fight is doing double that amount. Floyd really does need ODLH, but let's not underestimate the fact that if ODLH wants to fight and make 30+ Million for himself, he needs Floyd too. ODLH ain't doing 1.8 Million buys fighting anyone else. Except Trinidad.

[Tito BHB]

Yeah, but Winky really has no reason to argue against Taylor because Taylor is more of a draw than Wright, plus Taylor is undefeated and the undisputed middleweight champion. So when Winky is crying about not getting a 50-50 split and he has no belts, I just don't feel for him. Taylor is in most people's top 10 P4P also, so Winky really had no reason to argue. Floyd's case is a bit different.

lol winky is alot closer to jermaine then floyd is to oscar... for sure!
winky is also alot higher in the p4p rankings too!
most would say winky won the first, winky would say so and winky believes he does not need titles to know he is either the or among the best! winky definately has claim to a closer purse.. it is just the leather on jermains shoulder and that only!
the baddest fighters out there dont need titles to show they are the best.. oscar would take on big fight over a series to unify the light middleweight division anyday... not that he is staying around that long... but if he were he certainly would.

[albsur2006]

Floyd should take the fight for 5 million. Does he want a legacy or money? FAct is if he beats Oscar and beats him impressively it shuts alot of mouths and it would shut mine also. Floyd cannot dictate the fight. Oscar is the legend here.

Are you serious with this comment? Does he want a legacy or money? Sir, he wants both. Beating ODLH would shut a lot of people's mouth, but making three million dollars less for fighting the biggest star in the sport is the most moronic notion I've ever heard. That's not real life, that's some fantasy world where people's pride is currency. I'm sorry but I've live in the real world.

[LegendBoxing65]

Well I was making a point about the money. But he will get more than 5 million I am sure, even on the low end. If he thinks he can beat Oscar, take the low money and beat Oscar. He will be untouchable if he beats Oscar. regardless of Oscar being older. Look how well Ray Leonard did after he beat Marvin in 87.. Not to say beating Marvin in 1987 when Marvin had not lost in 10 years is the same as beating Oscar now when Oscar just lost to Hopkins, but the name means alot. Let me put it this way, if Floyd has the option of not fighting Oscar to fighting Oscar and getting 10 million, why not fight Oscar? In 20 years when he is retired, Floyd will regret not taking the lower end of the money if he never fights Oscar.

[shza]

Well I was making a point about the money. But he will get more than 5 million I am sure, even on the low end. If he thinks he can beat Oscar, take the low money and beat Oscar. He will be untouchable if he beats Oscar. regardless of Oscar being older. Look how well Ray Leonard did after he beat Marvin in 87.. Not to say beating Marvin in 1987 when Marvin had not lost in 10 years is the same as beating Oscar now when Oscar just lost to Hopkins, but the name means alot. Let me put it this way, if Floyd has the option of not fighting Oscar to fighting Oscar and getting 10 million, why not fight Oscar? In 20 years when he is retired, Floyd will regret not taking the lower end of the money if he never fights Oscar.

I mean, you're answering your own questions. Sure, everyone now says that an Oscar fight is what Floyd neesd for his legacy, and he shouldn't care about the money. But if and when Floyd beats Oscar, all of these people are going to turn around and say the kind of shit you're saying already--"not like it would mean that much . . . Oscar's old . . . Oscar is just B-Hop's leftovers." So then it wouldn't really do as much for his legacy as you make out then, would it?

I agree that he can't expect 50/50 fighting Oscar. I think PBF is better than Oscar and I have no doubt that the Vegas odds would be on PBF, but the fact is that Oscar sells more tickets than anyone else in the sport. I also don't think this fight would sell more than Oscar/Trinidad sold ten years ago (though I'd hope it would sell more than the joke-ass fight Oscar's proposing against the shot and retired Trinidad of today). I think this is the biggest fight Oscar could make today, and I think Floyd ought to get at least 40%. It's not all about ticket sales. Some of it has to be about respect and acknowledging that Floyd isn't some hand-picked bum like Mayorga who ought to be happy walking away with a third of what De la Hoya gets.

[LegendBoxing65]

well I cannot say that Oscar is not older and Floyd shouldn't beat him. Floyd should fight him and should beat him although I think Oscar had some fights there against Sturm and Hopkins where in one fight he was not in shape, and the next one he was just oversized so Floyd better get in shape and expect a good Oscar. At 154 or even a catchweight of 151, Oscar might come in awesome shape and his speed will be better, and he might be able to make it interesting. I am not sure if Oscar has looked bad because of age or the weight so this fight still is attractive. I do know that in my mind Oscar has not taken that much punishment in his career. But Oscar's career whether he fights on or not is solid. He is going into the hall and he is a legend. Floyd does not have the record. What would look better on Floyd's record. A fight with a guy like Williams? or a fight with Delahoya or Mosley. The name means alot on his record. A fight with Tito for Delahoya seems like a waste of time.

[Hairdoo]

Even if PBF takes the short money the exposure is an investment!! If he makes it a good fight and not catch me if you can Oscar will no doubt inflate Floyd's future earnings more than anyone else and frankly after Baldomir Floyd could do with that.

[Tito BHB]

Even if PBF takes the short money the exposure is an investment!! If he makes it a good fight and not catch me if you can Oscar will no doubt inflate Floyd's future earnings more than anyone else and frankly after Baldomir Floyd could do with that.

good points, if he were to beat oscar... do you think floyd would stick to his word and retire?
and would he get the recognition that were saying he will get... things change in an instant a year from now we might all be saying oh oscar was past it...
well.... if anyone was to make excuses for oscar im pretty sure floyds fanclub in all its entirety would go apeshit and destroy all..lol that would be the worst thing to say to a big floyd fan after he beat oscar
lol
peace

[Hairdoo]

Even if PBF takes the short money the exposure is an investment!! If he makes it a good fight and not catch me if you can Oscar will no doubt inflate Floyd's future earnings more than anyone else and frankly after Baldomir Floyd could do with that.

good points, if he were to beat oscar... do you think floyd would stick to his word and retire?
and would he get the recognition that were saying he will get... things change in an instant a year from now we might all be saying oh oscar was past it...
well.... if anyone was to make excuses for oscar im pretty sure floyds fanclub in all its entirety would go apeshit and destroy all..lol that would be the worst thing to say to a big floyd fan after he beat oscar
lol
peace

There is no way in hell Floyd is retiring Before the fight he said he was the future of boxing He just needs to grow up alot, fighting a fast legit Welter with good chin and power will humble him soon enough.

[cockey cockney]

This fight WILL happen at some point, im pretty sure of it. They are both just generating attention and playing media games, this fight just simply has to happen its been rumoured for TOO long now for nothing to come of it.

[albsur2006]

Even if PBF takes the short money the exposure is an investment!! If he makes it a good fight and not catch me if you can Oscar will no doubt inflate Floyd's future earnings more than anyone else and frankly after Baldomir Floyd could do with that.

good points, if he were to beat oscar... do you think floyd would stick to his word and retire?
and would he get the recognition that were saying he will get... things change in an instant a year from now we might all be saying oh oscar was past it...
well.... if anyone was to make excuses for oscar im pretty sure floyds fanclub in all its entirety would go apeshit and destroy all..lol that would be the worst thing to say to a big floyd fan after he beat oscar
lol
peace

Wrong. The ODLH fight isn't an investment for Floyd. If Floyd beats ODLH, he still won't be a huge PPV star. Putting up high PPV numbers is all about personality. That's the reason why ODLH and Tyson were MEGA stars. Floyd talks a lot but he doesn't have the out of the ring qualities of a Ray Leonard or a ODLH to ever do big numbers on PPV. Remember Oscar 1997-2000 was ALL over the place, doing magazine interviews, talk shows, and what not. Floyd puts a lot of people off with his ego. He doesn't have the natural charisma to go along with his cockiness like SRL did. With all that being said, Floyd should go for as much money as he can get from ODLH in this fight because Floyd won't get another megafight again.

BTW, Let's not overestimate how much ODLH doesn't need Floyd. How many PPV buys did ODLH get for fight Felix Sturm? 380,000. But how many PPV buys did ODLH get for fighting Hopkins? 1 Million. Hopkins has never done well on PPV, but the matchup creates a huge PPV. How many PPV buys did ODLH get for fighting Campas? 350,000. But how many PPV buys did ODLH get for fighting the Mosley rematch? 925,000. My point here is that even though this is ODLH's "last fight," the buying public isn't gonna buy crap.

[RHHatton]

Floyd does have to understand that in boxing the name "DLH" sells and he should be happy making a few million more than his fight against baldomir.

Anyways, Im sure even taking 15% of the take he'd still make more fighting DLH than anyone else he can fight. Also, for his legacy I think it's a must.



I really expect him to take the fight. It will be the BIGGEST superfight in recent memory imo

Apparently on HBO and Foxsports, they've been saying that the pot for both fighters is gonna be around 50 Million if they fight. 15% of 50 Million is 7.5 Million. I would spit in ODLH's face with that offer. I really don't think it's fair for Floyd to make 12 Million while ODLH makes 38 Million. That's F****** ridculous. Floyd should make 20 Million for this fight. Remember this fight isn't just for Floyd's legacy, in fact, it probably matters more to ODLH's legacy than it does Floyd.

are you for real if you really believe that then you need to book yourself in.

[memojaras]

Apparently on HBO and Foxsports, they've been saying that the pot for both fighters is gonna be around 50 Million if they fight. 15% of 50 Million is 7.5 Million. I would spit in ODLH's face with that offer. I really don't think it's fair for Floyd to make 12 Million while ODLH makes 38 Million. That's F****** ridculous. Floyd should make 20 Million for this fight. Remember this fight isn't just for Floyd's legacy, in fact, it probably matters more to ODLH's legacy than it does Floyd.
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Well buddy Floyd isn't the man Oscar is & as long as he is, he is callin the shot's wether floyd likes it or not. I think it would be pretty stupid in Floyd part if he didn't take this fight. If he doesn't than that show's how much he really cares about showing he is the best and how money doesn't matte

[AdamGB]

Why won't this fight get made for god's sake? I fight for free...

I like Mayweather but 12 Million is 12 Million... he is basically ducking ODH if he won't take it...

[diamonddavestafford]

Floyds ego is too big to accept that offer you just talked about. It should be at least a 60-40% split. He is gonna kick Oscar's ass if and when it happens. And I bet he wont retire if he beats DLH. That will only skyrocket his popularity. He should take out Oscar than set his sights on Margarito or Mosley (just to get another huge name on his resume). There is no way this is gonna be settled in a week.