The Associated Press has reported that Manny Paquiao would prefer his next fight to be against Tim Bradley, his promoter Bob Arum has undefeated Floyd Mayweather in mind. Manny stated this from Manila this Thursday Morning, right after a ruling from the five judge WBO panel that unanimously ruled Manny Pacquiao as the winner of his controversial bout with undefeated WBO champion Timothy Bradley.
He also mentioned that he does not want to give up the WBO title so easily “people may think i just usurped it.”
Even with their decision, the WBO can only order a rematch.
Arum wants Mayweather
Bob Arum on the other hand, told yahoo sports that he is open for a long awaited mega fight with the undefeated pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather, stating he’s up for it “if we could work that out.” This is a sharp difference from his previous approach that has allegedly been stalling the negotiation process between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao for over two years.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Window Almost Shut
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has apparently came across the unfortunate fact that his welterweight phenom’s talents will diminish with age. One could argue that if Manny’s last fight would have been any closer, his chances of scoring a $250 million dollar fight, the richest in history, against Mayweather would have been all but over.
The same could happen with Floyd Mayweather who suffered his first bloody nose during his last fight with Miguel Cotto, a nose that hasn’t been bloodied in years.
A legitimate loss for either party will rob boxing fans every where of a once in a generation title fight. This bearing in mind that the fight wouldn’t have the same appeal if either one of them had a close or convincing loss.
The clock keeps ticking and if Bradley’s controversial win over pacquiao taught us anything, its that neither fighter could yet declare themselves the winners of their next fight until the twelfth round ends, regardless of who they take on. It’s also important for both prize fighters to realize that a loss against each other will not have the same negative impact as a legitimate loss against any other fighter.
The WBO title will not be any less of an option for ‘Pacman’ if he decides to fight Mayweather next, this can’t and shouldn’t be a reason for Manny to avoid Mayweather for almost another year.
It’s finally making sense to Bob Arum. here’s hoping that it also makes sense to the actual fighters.
If it does, we all know what we’ll be doing on November 10th.
floyd doesn’t want it with pacman, fight’s not gonna happen
Pacquaio is ducking Mayweather. Obviously you haven’t read any quotes from Pacman about being afraid of needles, excuse #2 I don’t want to take blood test it makes me weak reason #3 I should get 50%. Floyd outsells him PPV and at the Gate. Pac got his tats from a needle and blood test should be an absolute must!
The fight will never happen and secondly he doesnt have a belt. He only fights pound for pound winners and
pac just loss…………………Bring on bradley!
Good one =)
The fight will not happen if Floyd doesn’t want to fight. One does not need a belt to fight, did Bradley had a belt when fighting Pac? One more thing, Pac lost to Bradley, a younger opponent, that should give Floyd the guts to fight.
Pac lost to Bradley? Did you SEE the fight? Pac WON that fight, the judges GAVE it to Bradley.
You obviously know nothing about boxing. Please go back to Pokemon.
you dont need a belt to fight they just colect dust stupid manny won that fight with bradley daaa its all about what in the persons heart like a fighter manny pacman not hit and run like floyd
Hey is your boy still complaining in Jail?
The rematch with Bradley is nothing valuable since the five international judges gave it to Manny. So, Pacquiao has nothing to prove against Bradley and to the millions of fans watching the dumbfounding show, except if both fighters want easy money.
Of course Pac wants to fight a midget like Bradley with no reach, why would he take on the much more precision puncher, slicker longer reach and taller Floyd Mayweather. Floyd beats Pacquiao easily and probably Ko’s him.
yeah sure, that’s why floyd came up with a bogus 40 mil offer. Floyd doesn’t want it.
There’s a reason they call boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Money.” He fought twice during the past 12 months, knocking out Victor Ortiz in September and winning a unanimous decision in May against Miguel Cotto. He spent less than one hour in the ring to dispatch his two foes.
His combined payday for the bouts: $85 million.
That helped make Mayweather the world’s highest-paid athlete over the past year, unseating Tiger Woods, who has been the top-earner since 2001.
His take home per fight is typically at least 50% higher than what his rival Manny Pacquiao earns.
Pacquiao ranks second with earnings of $62 million. Over the past 12 months he fought Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley. The bouts netted him $56 million, including money he gets from their broadcast in the Philippines. He also made an estimated $6 million over the past year outside the ring through endorsements with Nike, Hewlett-Packard, Monster Energy and Hennessy.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
$40 mil is by far the most Pac would ever have made in 1 fight. He normally makes approx 58%. Make him nearly 42% more in one fight fighting Mayweather.
hahaha floyd fighter like hit and run fighter whats that all about i do that cmon!! try to fight toe to toe like manny pacman thats a fighter !!!
bob arum wants manny to fight a weak mayweather, that’s why he’s probably ok with the fight now
That is a strong possibility or Pacquaio’s contract is ending soon and Manny will probably promote himself. Bag an extra 20-30% pay. Third possibility is Arum thinks Pacquaio is slipping and could get beaten by another fighter.
you must be stuck in the past or retarded like all the other floyd fans who jump on his bandwagon because hes undefeated yet know nothing about boxing! like willie said if you paid attention to what people say you will know that manny has agreed 100% to all blood testing. Then hes doesnt know what to do so he offers manny 20% because he knows he will say no like any sane person would! you said yourself that manny would make 20-30% more if he was self promoted what does that change? other than manny gets paid more floyd still gets paid the same! fact is mayweather cant make 200mil + in one fight against anyone else so they both need each other difference is mayweather keeps bringing up different excuses.
pacquiao agreed to all the condition of mayweather except %40 he offered on the table..the fight will not happen because even if pacquiao accept the last condition mayweather offered,he will come up with another condition,,,he is afraid to lose his undefeated record.He is prejudice he doesn’t wanna lose against asean descent.
cmon man we all know that floyed will retire cotto almost beat the crap out of him but but floyd got that good defensive mode hit and run hit and run thats it
common man, that hit and run philosophy of boxing is not a kind of tactic but it is a kind of coward….but when cotto hit floyd in his fragile nose. As a result, gayweather was running like hell and in defensive mode running again again and again…..how you call that kind of defensive mode…ra ra ra ra rara ra ra olala lady gayweather..
hehehe…that’s real reason…..
I am shocked at the lack of education here in reference to grammar, spelling and especially boxing. I will only help with the boxing. ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to all you fucking idiots who do not understand boxing. The main goal of a boxer is to hit and not get hit. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one doesthat better than Mayweather. NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fight against floyd is a boring fight he will just run..anyway it will not happen for so many reason floyd don’t want it to happen he is afraid to lose his undefeated record.True fighter will fight against all odds I don’t know how real he is as a fighter..Hope the fight will push through,this will be a mega fight if the fight happens.
as pacman said…..”lets get it on!”
Flyod is the very best in the world.
Floyd would be the draw. Pacquiano brings very little to this prospective fight.