starman
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Mate, everything you post is a wind up, search for yourself, however the article says Xylocaine is legal in Nevada, but just from brief research it is supposively illegal.
Yeah why can't they just do blood, urine and hair tests immediately after the fight, if Pac or Manny isn't clean, it's gonna show
Surely if a boxer has been using a drug that numbs the hands for seven years he'd certainly be unable to box today as his hands would have been broken too many times, probably causing long-term injuries that can't be healed. Pain is often the brain's reaction to stop doing what your doing or get the feck out of there. Sounds like Manny's camp is employing their own propaganda in much the way politicians do against a rival.
Uh, Mayweather has broken bones in his hands. Do some research before you go spouting shite (much like Alex, although that's a given considering it's Alex).
This information was not released by Pacquiao's camp. So your allegation that it's merely propaganda is, suprise surprise, bullshit.
Mayweather needs to man the feck up. He won't fight anyone that he has a chance of losing to. Matthew Hatton? Malignaggi? What a joke. Meanwhile, Pacman is gonna fight Clottey. Alex calling him a nobody is laughable. How about you take a look at the ducking employed by Mayweather? He is a joke. Fantastic fighter, no balls. Manny would hand him his first loss.
This has to happen later in the year. I used to have respect for Floyd but it is hard to respect someone who will only hand-pick his opponents unless he gets his own way.
You'd think it would give Paq incentive to beat Mayweather to a pulp or at least try to, this drugs test issue. If he doesnt fight mayweather and beat him than for me, Mayweather is heads and shoulders above him as a boxer imo, Mayweather has it all to lose and has put it all on the line in his terms, Paq should agree to it, if he wants to be held in esteem as an all time great.
EDIT: I just saw Manny is going to fight Clottey, you really know nothing about boxing if you refer to him as a "nobody".
Pac's legacy as an all-time great is already secure. Mayweather's the one with a shitload of catching up to do if he wants to overtake Manny in the all-time stakes.
To be honest, I think they're both in considerations, but Mayweather needs/would use this fight victory more.
Good dub job there.
Floyd now wants Manny, but Arum skeptical
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. is looking forward to face Manny Pacquiao in a fight tentatively set for May 5 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to his close adviser Leonard Ellerbe.
“Team Mayweather is looking to make the biggest fight possible and everyone knows what that fight is,” Ellerbe told FightHype.com, obviously referring to a Pacquiao-Mayweather match.
The adviser, who is chief executive officer of Mayweather Promotions, said that Team Mayweather was looking forward to make what could be the biggest match-up in boxing history, one that could earn Pacquiao a minimum of $50 million.
But Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, expressed cynicism over this development because of its timing, just eight days from Pacquiao’s big-money welterweight title fight with Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12.
“These people are all phonies,” Arum said by phone on Thursday night from his home in Las Vegas.
“They are just trying to divert attention from Manny’s big fight, but I doubt if they are truly, truly willing to put [Mayweather] in the ring with Pacquiao this time,” he added.
The promoter maintained that Mayweather would never fight Pacquiao because the African-American fighter was scared of the Filipino boxing icon.
During an exclusive interview with Fight Hype’s Ben Thompson, Ellerbe related that Team Mayweather welcomed the report of Pacquiao agreeing to undergo Olympic-style blood testing.
“It’s great to hear that they are now ready to take the same [US Anti-Doping Agency] random blood and urine tests that Floyd, Shane Mosley, and Victor Ortiz have already taken,” Ellerbe said during the interview, the transcript of which was posted on FightHype.com.
“This is great for the sport of boxing and I commend Manny Pacquiao for stepping up to the plate,” he added.
During a teleconference call on Wednesday, both Pacquiao and Marquez declared that they were in great shape and confident of victory in their upcoming fight, the third in what could be among the greatest trilogies in boxing history.
Pacquiao said that his November 12 match with Marquez would be more exciting than their previous scraps because they both love to fight, plus the fact that they both have improved.
The Filipino boxing icon knocked Marquez down thrice in the opening round of their 2004 fight, but the Mexican defending champion rallied in the next rounds to salvage a controversial draw.
Four years later, Pacquiao won their rematch via a split decision, with the lone knockdown in the third round by the boxing superstar proving to be the deciding factor.
Manny's camp running scared again and looking for early excuses already. How in the feck is this taking attention away from Pacquiao vs Marquez? Both camps need to step up to the plate, this fight needs to happen.
Eh? What the feck are you talking about?
Manny has already said he'll take the test. As big an idiot as Arum is, he's confirmed it too. He's apparently spoken with Pacquiao who has told him there are "no conditions at all anymore." Arum has repeatedly said this yet people, bizarrely, are still on the fence about who's to blame for this fight not happening.
Wake the feck up, people! Floyd may very well win if it happens, but I really doubt he'll ever take the chance. He's scared, plain and simple.
Eh? What the feck are you talking about?
Manny has already said he'll take the test. As big an idiot as Arum is, he's confirmed it too. He's apparently spoken with Pacquiao who has told him there are "no conditions at all anymore." Arum has repeatedly said this yet people, bizarrely, are still on the fence about who's to blame for this fight not happening.
Wake the feck up, people! Floyd may very well win if it happens, but I really doubt he'll ever take the chance. He's scared, plain and simple.
Mayweather definitely seems like the one bottling it.
Is there any other sport where the no. 1 and no. 2 can avoid each other for so long? Imagine federer and nadal refusing to play each other. What a joke..how have boxing fans let this happen?
Huh? Boxing fans have no choice in the matter.
Floyd is an idiot, and an egomaniac. If the fight is to happen, he demands it be on his terms. He has to be the star, the draw, everything has to be about him. He's a tool.
I still think the fight will happen, and he'll beat Pac's ass. He will then be accused of ducking Martinez.
In fairness though, it's Floyd who is set to lose in terms of record should he lose the fight. You have to respect Money and what he's achieved but he just shouldn't let his own terms be so fecking silly that Manny think's it's just not worth the fight.
How many years have we been waiting for this fight now? fecking annoying.
They are both at fault, IMO.
It will probably turn out to be one massive wind up so when the fight actually does happen, both guys will make a Gazillion bucks.
What a load of shit.
Ok, I see. So Floyd's scared when he's now said the fight will happen, even gave a possible date for it and yet Manny's crew is saying 'It's all bullshit'...ok.
Make no mistake, Mayweahter's camp has also dodged but so has Manny's camp. Both are a bit uneasy going into this bout as there's a shitload at stake here.
The latest round of negotiations for the potential megafight between welterweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are over before they have even begun.
Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather's advisers, and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer both told ESPN.com Monday that they were notified that Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank was not interested in coming to the table
"We have been informed that Bob Arum is not interested in pursuing a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao at this time," Schaefer said.
Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz in his return to the ring after 16 months off in September, and Pacquiao eked out a controversial majority decision against rival Juan Manuel Marquez in their third meeting Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
That set the table for the showdown that looms as the biggest money fight in boxing history, especially with Mayweather announcing two weeks ago that he planned to return May 5 at the MGM Grand and, according to Ellerbe, wanted to "make the biggest fight possible and everyone knows what that fight is, the little fella (Pacquiao)."
However, that does not appear to be the plan Arum and Pacquiao have, even if they had said they were open to it before the Marquez fight.
Schaefer said the notification came in an email from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, the mediator who has worked closely with the sides to settle numerous lawsuits and issues in recent years.
"I am sick and tired of Bob Arum twisting the truth. It's another case of 'yesterday I was lying, today I'm telling the truth,' " Schaefer said, invoking Arum's most famous quote. "The truth of the matter is that we received this afternoon an email from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, who has informed us that Top Rank is pursuing a rematch with Marquez and, therefore, is not interested in immediate talks for a possible Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. This is obviously as clear as it can be that they have no intentions of making a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Therefore, Floyd Mayweather will have no other choice than to move on and identify and lock in another opponent for his ring return on May 5."
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Schaefer said the plan was to use Weinstein to help them make the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight because he is trusted by both sides and intimately familiar with the problems between the rival promotional companies.
"Judge Weinstein is respected by both parties and mediated issues between Top Rank and Golden Boy before, so the plan was to see if he could help facilitate such a fight. Floyd's team really wanted to get this fight done," Schaefer said. "If you just sit down with Arum, he can at any time have one of his fits, one of his 'f--- you' attacks, and the likelihood that he would have a 'f--- you' attack in front of a retired judge seemed less likely than if Arum and me would be alone in a room."
Arum told ESPN.com that he knew nothing about an email and claimed that nobody from his company had communicated anything about making -- or not making -- a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.
But Arum did say, "We are pursuing a fourth fight with Marquez. As far as doing anything definitively, we aren't ready to do anything definitively. When we are ready to make a determination of what we are going to do, we will do it. We are not going to do this in the press. We will do what is in the best interest of ourselves and our client and make a decision when it's time to. If we decide we want to do a rematch with Marquez, there is no reason to sit down with Mayweather. If we want to explore a Mayweather fight, we will sit down with them. But I'm not going to sit down with them just because it's a good show."
Ellerbe was just as upset as Schaefer was.
[Pacquiao promoter Bob] Arum told ESPN.com that he knew nothing about an email and claimed that nobody from his company had communicated anything about making -- or not making -- a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.
"In my opinion, you have three cowards -- Bob Arum, (Pacquiao trainer) Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao," Ellerbe told ESPN.com. "Now we all know the truth once and for all why this fight hasn't been made. It should be clear to everyone that they don't care what the fans want, especially when Floyd is ready, willing and able to fight Manny Pacquiao now. Floyd said if this isn't clear, he doesn't know what is.
"All along we know why the fight isn't being made. This is the perfect opportunity. Both guys just fought. This is the fight the fans want to see, and it's a disgrace that they are not willing to give the fans what they want. In my opinion, there are three reasons why Arum doesn't want the fight. He knows there is no way that Manny Pacquiao can win, it kills his cash cow, and he wants to do in-house fights where he controls both sides. I said all along why this fight hasn't been made to this point. Manny Pacquiao knows, Bob Arum knows and Freddie Roach knows."
Ellerbe said he and Schaefer would begin exploring potential May 5 opponents for Mayweather.
"We have a number of options, and we will evaluate that and give the fans the biggest fight we can give them," he said. "But before we can get started (on a Pacquiao fight), Top Rank doesn't even want to listen. They're not even interested in Floyd Mayweather. They want no part of Floyd Mayweather. They have no interest in the little fella fighting Floyd. Manny Pacquiao needs to stand up, in my opinion, and tell his promoter that he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather next and stop hiding behind his promoter."
Ellerbe said Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) did not watch as Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) turned in a shaky performance on Saturday night because he was making a paid appearance at a nightclub in Virginia. Mayweather came out of a 21-month retirement in September 2009 and fought Marquez, dropping him in the second round and winning a near-shutout decision, a far more dominating performance than Pacquiao has had against him in any of their three bouts.