206 you see this? Again, taken from the boxing thread.
"Team Mayweather said after the Mosley victory, and I was in the media room when they said it, "there would be no negotiations if there is no randomized drug testing". As I was told, among a few monetary issues that could have been potentially resolved, the core issue came down to Team Pacquiao never fully conceding to the testing demand, and although they came closer than efforts of the past, they never quite gave Floyd what he wanted by removing the cutoff date. Now, if this is true, that would explain why Team Mayweather felt there may have been an initial discussion, but no actual negotiations, because they (as I was told) refused to talk at any point beyond that refusal, unless it changed. Is that the reality of what we're faced with?
Jeff MW: To be totally honest, I don't know who your sources are, but that's as close to the truth as you're ever gonna get! Basically, once again, they couldn't agree. There was a concession to a certain point, but random is random. There was no need to entertain anything beyond that point. There were never formal talks between the two camps, and regardless of who carried the messages back and forth, there was no desire to continue from the beginning when it became evident that the same issues that halted things the last time were gonna be an issue this time. There was no need to even entertain that and Floyd didn't. He literally moved on, despite what they may think was being negotiated."
