ESPN - 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.
"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.
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."
Really??? Now Pacquiao is backing down. It stumps me more and more everyday that people still spend money on boxing fights. I told myself I won't watch another fight until Mayweather-Pacquiao and I'm sticking by that. The sad thing is that tons of people will still watch both of these pathetic pieces of shit fight weak opponents again and lace their pockets with money. They have been doing this for five years and will continue to make millions for the next five years by ducking each other and putting on boring fights. Pacquiao-Marquez 4? Are you joking. I almost want to say Pacquiao shit the bed on purpose in their third fight just to make a 4th.
A lot of people got mad at the quick knockout at the UFC on Fox show, but the fact is that 1 minute was better than all the Mayweather-Pacquiao fights combined. Boxing is boring and the top fighters just steal money out of a bunch of idiots pockets. UFC is growing while boxing is declining, and it's for good reasons. You won't ever see Brock Lesnar, GSP, or Anderson Silva running from any fight. The cash cows in the UFC earn their pay checks.
