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Floyd Mayweather’s Camp Says ‘No Negotiations Have Ever Taken Place’ For Pacquiao Fight
By Randall Stevens
Since Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum revealed -- at midnight on Saturday (July 17) -- that Floyd Mayweather had not given an answer to their deadline, there's been a lot of talk around the Internet.
Pacquiao's camp is saying they're moving forward to begin talks with either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margartio for a November fight. But, all box fans want is a showdown between the Filipino superstar and Mayweather.
The lack of commitment from Mayweather has fans outraged, some just disappointed while others are flat-out calling him a "coward" and "paper champion."
Well, Mayweather's camp officially responded to all the hoop-la on Monday (July 19), claiming there have been no ongoing negotiations with the Pacquiao camp.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who represents Pacquiao, revealed during his midnight conference call that he and Pac-Man's reps had been going through negotiations for the planned Mayweather bout through a third party -- HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg -- and noted that they have never directly spoken to any Mayweather reps to get the fight underway.
So, Mayweather's rep says someone is lying.
"Here are the facts. Al Haymon, Richard Schaefer and myself speak to each other on a regular basis and the truth is no negotiations have ever taken place nor was there ever a deal agreed upon by Team Mayweather or Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao on November 13. Either Ross Greenburg or Bob Arum is not telling the truth, but history tells us who is lying," Leonard Ellerbe, Advisor of Mayweather, said in a statement.
So there you have it. We don't know what to think.
As of right now, it doesn't look like a Mayweather-Pacquiao super-fight is going to happen anytime soon, especially since Mayweather revealed over the weekend he had no plans of fighting anybody anytime in the near future.
By Randall Stevens
Since Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum revealed -- at midnight on Saturday (July 17) -- that Floyd Mayweather had not given an answer to their deadline, there's been a lot of talk around the Internet.
Pacquiao's camp is saying they're moving forward to begin talks with either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margartio for a November fight. But, all box fans want is a showdown between the Filipino superstar and Mayweather.
The lack of commitment from Mayweather has fans outraged, some just disappointed while others are flat-out calling him a "coward" and "paper champion."
Well, Mayweather's camp officially responded to all the hoop-la on Monday (July 19), claiming there have been no ongoing negotiations with the Pacquiao camp.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who represents Pacquiao, revealed during his midnight conference call that he and Pac-Man's reps had been going through negotiations for the planned Mayweather bout through a third party -- HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg -- and noted that they have never directly spoken to any Mayweather reps to get the fight underway.
So, Mayweather's rep says someone is lying.
"Here are the facts. Al Haymon, Richard Schaefer and myself speak to each other on a regular basis and the truth is no negotiations have ever taken place nor was there ever a deal agreed upon by Team Mayweather or Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao on November 13. Either Ross Greenburg or Bob Arum is not telling the truth, but history tells us who is lying," Leonard Ellerbe, Advisor of Mayweather, said in a statement.
So there you have it. We don't know what to think.
As of right now, it doesn't look like a Mayweather-Pacquiao super-fight is going to happen anytime soon, especially since Mayweather revealed over the weekend he had no plans of fighting anybody anytime in the near future.
I already posted that shit.
-Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, has already been on record stating he was the middleman between Top Rank and Al Hymon, so we know for a fact negotiations took place.
-Oscar de la hoya was on video stating the contract was nearly finished.
-If no negotiations were taking place, why would team floyd be under a gag order which were to occur during negotiations?
-Everyone and their mama knew negotiations were going on and the deadline was made public, yet floyd had no idea?? lol
-When asked on Sunday, Floyd said he's not interested in boxing or pacquiao right now. His public adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, is the one who said there were no negotiations yesterday, clearly as damage control from the public backlash against floyd. He's also the same guy that said Floyd has never injected pain meds into his hands, when Floyd is on video admitting he injects pain meds into his hands.
If anyone believes no negotiations were going on, for over a 1 month period of time, is stupid as hell.
And Floyd sr. makes no sense - so was it about the money (50/50) or did no negotiations occur? If it was about the money then clearly negotiations took place. I'll take bob arum's side when he said "these people are all crazy"
-Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, has already been on record stating he was the middleman between Top Rank and Al Hymon, so we know for a fact negotiations took place.
-Oscar de la hoya was on video stating the contract was nearly finished.
-If no negotiations were taking place, why would team floyd be under a gag order which were to occur during negotiations?
-Everyone and their mama knew negotiations were going on and the deadline was made public, yet floyd had no idea?? lol
-When asked on Sunday, Floyd said he's not interested in boxing or pacquiao right now. His public adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, is the one who said there were no negotiations yesterday, clearly as damage control from the public backlash against floyd. He's also the same guy that said Floyd has never injected pain meds into his hands, when Floyd is on video admitting he injects pain meds into his hands.
If anyone believes no negotiations were going on, for over a 1 month period of time, is stupid as hell.
And Floyd sr. makes no sense - so was it about the money (50/50) or did no negotiations occur? If it was about the money then clearly negotiations took place. I'll take bob arum's side when he said "these people are all crazy"
Come on Tony, you really need something else to happen in order to believe he's ducking Manny?
Manny would be the only real threat to that unblemished record of his and whether he thinks he'd win or not doesn't matter. He doesn't want to risk it. He's BEEN ducking Manny Pacquiao and will continue to do so.
I know you think Fraud would win, but that doesn't even matter. He can't win because he's scared to take the fight. He KNOWS Pacquiao would be the only good fighter in his prime that he'll ever fight. He won't risk the loss.
Manny would be the only real threat to that unblemished record of his and whether he thinks he'd win or not doesn't matter. He doesn't want to risk it. He's BEEN ducking Manny Pacquiao and will continue to do so.
I know you think Fraud would win, but that doesn't even matter. He can't win because he's scared to take the fight. He KNOWS Pacquiao would be the only good fighter in his prime that he'll ever fight. He won't risk the loss.
Floyd doesn't want to fight right now and if he did choose to fight Pacman, he ain't taking no 50/50 deal period.
And like I said, we (me and you) could put how much you want to bet on the fight if it ever happens. We could do a straight accross bet, winner takes all. We can watch the fight together at a theater or something and put whatever on the table. If Floyd wins, I take the scratch. If Pacquiao win, you take the scratch.
And like I said, we (me and you) could put how much you want to bet on the fight if it ever happens. We could do a straight accross bet, winner takes all. We can watch the fight together at a theater or something and put whatever on the table. If Floyd wins, I take the scratch. If Pacquiao win, you take the scratch.
^ He wouldn't be fighting right now Tony, the fight would have been 4 months away. Besides, a 50/50 deal in this fight would be more money than he could make against anyone else, period.
If you don't see that Floyd just plain doesn't want the fight now, you're just blindly clinging on to Floyd's scrotum for dear life.
He has NO OTHER REASONS for not taking the fight that the world is demanding. The best shit he can come up with is "I don't want to fight right now?"
He could have at least faked another rib injury.
If you don't see that Floyd just plain doesn't want the fight now, you're just blindly clinging on to Floyd's scrotum for dear life.
He has NO OTHER REASONS for not taking the fight that the world is demanding. The best shit he can come up with is "I don't want to fight right now?"
He could have at least faked another rib injury.
You're clinging to Pac's scrotum. If Pacquiao didn't want to fight right now and concentrate on his political career you'd be all for it huh.... but then if Floyd doesn't want to fight right now you say it's the best he can come up with.... like it's an excuse to run from Pacquiao.
Pac should've taken the deal back in January when it was on the table and had the 50/50 purse split. All he had to do with take the the random blood test with no cut off date and he refused. Who would've passed that up for all those millions? Now all of a sudden he's agreeing to the blood test. Team Pac need to quit playing games.
Of course I could see Floyd doesn't want to fight right now, I mean it did come out of his mouth right?
Pac should've taken the deal back in January when it was on the table and had the 50/50 purse split. All he had to do with take the the random blood test with no cut off date and he refused. Who would've passed that up for all those millions? Now all of a sudden he's agreeing to the blood test. Team Pac need to quit playing games.
Of course I could see Floyd doesn't want to fight right now, I mean it did come out of his mouth right?
No, I wouldn't. I'm from The US and A, and could give two shits about his political career. I'm a fan of the fighter.
Blah blah blah. The fact of the matter is that the rest of the world sees that Floyd just doesn't want the fight, and it just confuses me how people like you can still stand behind the guy.
Are you even a boxing fan?
If you are, why the fuck wouldn't you want to see this fight?! You're supporting Mayweather's reason for not taking the fight, and in doing that you're supporting the fight not happening.
Blah blah blah. The fact of the matter is that the rest of the world sees that Floyd just doesn't want the fight, and it just confuses me how people like you can still stand behind the guy.
Are you even a boxing fan?
If you are, why the fuck wouldn't you want to see this fight?! You're supporting Mayweather's reason for not taking the fight, and in doing that you're supporting the fight not happening.
@Morebass, I'm a boxing fan and I want to see this fight just as much as any other boxing fan. I'm disappointed just like everyone else in regards to the fight not happening. But I'm not going to sit here and put all the blame on Mayweather or any blame on Mayweather. Pacquiao had his opportunity (when Mayweather wanted to fight) but chose to fight Clottey instead.
If anything, team Pac should be blamed since they insisted and stood firm on a 50/50 split (Mayweather agreed even though he was/has proven to be the bigger draw) and didn't want to take the blood test. Now all of a sudden he agrees to the random blood test with no cut off date? What happened to the "excuse" about the blood test making him feel weaker?
That was the only reason the fight didn't happen!
If anything, team Pac should be blamed since they insisted and stood firm on a 50/50 split (Mayweather agreed even though he was/has proven to be the bigger draw) and didn't want to take the blood test. Now all of a sudden he agrees to the random blood test with no cut off date? What happened to the "excuse" about the blood test making him feel weaker?
That was the only reason the fight didn't happen!