Originally posted by travestyny
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I definitely blame Pacquiao more for their fight happening late. Freddie Roach admit that the fight not coming off the first time was their side's fault. It was clear to see that it was. Both sides could have agreed to a 14 day cut-off for drug testing, especially considering the final agreement was a zero day cut-off.
At various times Pacquiao's team made decisions they knew would delay the fight. I'll give one example below.
What I really think happened was simple: Arum was unsure of Pacquiao being able to beat Mayweather, so he tried to get in all the money that he could with Pac and avoid the gravy train being derailed by an L. Pacquiao agreed to go along with what Arum wanted.
Manny Pacquiao is said to want Juan Manuel Marquez rematch
Manny Pacquiao’s promoter said Monday that the Filipino superstar prefers a fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez to a super-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“That fight [Mayweather] can still be there for us in November [2012],” Bob Arum told The Times.
That position brought a strong reaction from rival promoter and former fighter Oscar De La Hoya, who helps promote Mayweather and said the 42-0 welterweight champion has already reserved May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for boxing’s dream fight.
“I say to Manny, fighter to fighter, ‘Step it up, tell Arum what you want,’ ” De La Hoya said. “You’re the fighter. You’re a congressman. You call the shots here and decide who you’re going to fight.”
De La Hoya said he’s confident Mayweather wants the mega-bout. De La Hoya said he has spoken to Mayweather’s advisor and manager, Al Haymon, and received further assurance.
However, Arum said Pacquiao agrees his narrow and controversial majority decision over Marquez on Saturday at the MGM Grand “did not have the finish he wanted.” That, he added, justified a fourth fight between the combatants.
“We know who doesn’t want the big fight now,” De La Hoya said. “And his name is Bob Arum.”
At various times Pacquiao's team made decisions they knew would delay the fight. I'll give one example below.
What I really think happened was simple: Arum was unsure of Pacquiao being able to beat Mayweather, so he tried to get in all the money that he could with Pac and avoid the gravy train being derailed by an L. Pacquiao agreed to go along with what Arum wanted.
Manny Pacquiao is said to want Juan Manuel Marquez rematch
Manny Pacquiao’s promoter said Monday that the Filipino superstar prefers a fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez to a super-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“That fight [Mayweather] can still be there for us in November [2012],” Bob Arum told The Times.
That position brought a strong reaction from rival promoter and former fighter Oscar De La Hoya, who helps promote Mayweather and said the 42-0 welterweight champion has already reserved May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for boxing’s dream fight.
“I say to Manny, fighter to fighter, ‘Step it up, tell Arum what you want,’ ” De La Hoya said. “You’re the fighter. You’re a congressman. You call the shots here and decide who you’re going to fight.”
De La Hoya said he’s confident Mayweather wants the mega-bout. De La Hoya said he has spoken to Mayweather’s advisor and manager, Al Haymon, and received further assurance.
However, Arum said Pacquiao agrees his narrow and controversial majority decision over Marquez on Saturday at the MGM Grand “did not have the finish he wanted.” That, he added, justified a fourth fight between the combatants.
“We know who doesn’t want the big fight now,” De La Hoya said. “And his name is Bob Arum.”
Arum say whatever is convenient to make the fight he wants in the moment subject to instant change.
Manny signed the agreed contract they dictated, but l'l floydy, he crack daddy and Fishnets not only refused to fight on the contract date, but forfeited their deposit to reserve the MGM Arena because they didn't want to go head to head PPV with Manny making the New Cowboy Stadium Debut vs the widely ducked Josh Clottey whom many thought whooped Cotto in his last fight.
You know, the same Cotto folks thought whooped l'l floydy. Of course there will always be an element in boxing who like sissy fighters on drugs where l'l floydy was busted so badly he needed a Vegas 2 week backed dated approval along with an altered scorecard to claim his sissyboy win over Manny.
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