Enormous Pressure Now Mounting On Mayweather To Finally Face Pacquiao

[sirkeelma]

Bob Arum revealed major news this week: HBO and Showtime have reached a preliminary agreement to co-produce the biggest event in boxing history, Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather.


This is spectacular news. Because it shows that HBO and Showtime are now in alliance against Mayweather and his primary protector, the influential advisor Al Haymon. Previously, Haymon was able to manipulate both HBO and later Showtime to protect his crown jewel fighter Mayweather. But Haymon was eventually dumped by HBO - which no longer does business with Haymon and now Showtime Boxing head Stephen Espinoza appears to have broken free of Haymon's manipulations.


It's been reported that Showtime lost mega millions on Mayweather's fights with Guerrero and Maidana and the network is at the breaking point and is now ready to sacrifice Mayweather to Pacquiao to generate the gargantuan jackpot revenues which Pacquiao vs. Mayweather will surely produce.


A key factor in the equation is that Al Haymon is now at the mercy of Showtime. If Al Haymon wants to continue to enjoy having his stable of fighters televised in the future, he will have to march to the orders and dance to the tunes of Showtime, which will surely demand Mayweather be served up for Pacquiao. If Haymon dares to defy Showtime (and HBO, Arum and Pacquiao) now, he will face being blackballed from the sport.


And with a jackpot of a potential $250,000,000 on the line, if Haymon wants to stick around in boxing, he better serve up Floyd ASAP.


Finally, we have reached the turning point. There's no way out now for Mayweather and Haymon. The proverbial you-know-what is about to hit the fan.


Floyd Mayweather is going to finally endure the long delayed, long avoided, long ducked beatdown that is most certainly his boxing destiny.

http://ringobserver.com/articles/enormous-pressure-now-mounting-on-mayweather-to-finally-face-pacquiao

[rezznor]

great news. let's see mayweather shoulder roll his way out of this.

[Beatlezz]

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[KNOW1EDGE]

This sh1t is too funny.
If Manny wanted to fight Floyd it would have happened years ago. It is never going to happen.
If the fight were to take place, I'll bet my house on Mayweather

[NBAplayoffs2001]

This fight was years overdue. Pacquaio isn't as good as he used to be.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Pacquiao has definitely lost his shine. Fight was a lot more interesting 3 years ago.

[DeuceWallaces]

Lol at enormous pressure on Floyd. Manny is a bum and PBF is still undefeated. Manny would end up taking another canvas nap while all the Pac-Tards commit suicide.

[Nick Young]

Isnt manny past it now and has lost loads of times?

[SCREWstonRockets]

Lol at enormous pressure on Floyd. Manny is a bum and PBF is still undefeated. Manny would end up taking another canvas nap while all the Pac-Tards commit suicide.
Nah Floyd doesn't KO people. It will be a UD12 if he wins. And if Maidana can win some rounds against Floyd, Manny can as well.

Still don't believe this happens until I see the 24/7 Episode 4.

[stalkerforlife]

This fight should've happened already, but I obviously still want to see it.

Manny is past his prime, though.

[Lebron23]

This fight should've happened already, but I obviously still want to see it.

Manny is past his prime, though.


Manny is still better than Maidana. And right now they are still the two best 147 lbs.

[Crown&Coke]

Floyd is in the driver seat, I highly doubt his ego will allow him to bend to any outside pressure, in fact I think it will do the opposite.

I think there is a great shot the fight happens, only both guys will be pushing 45 years old and their bank accounts will be close to empty.

I don't see the fight going down in the next 2 years, too much bad blood and dick swinging going on from everywhere

[DonDadda59]

Manny is past his prime, though.

He looked better in his last fight than Floyd did in his, and against a much higher quality opponent too. But maybe that was just an anomaly for Floyd and he'll cruise to another UD tomorrow. His legs are shot though and his reflexes not as sharp.

[ArbitraryWater]

Totally irrelevant but Ali ended his career 56-5, which is Manny's record at the moment

[Godzuki]

Floyd is in the driver seat, I highly doubt his ego will allow him to bend to any outside pressure, in fact I think it will do the opposite.

I think there is a great shot the fight happens, only both guys will be pushing 45 years old and their bank accounts will be close to empty.

I don't see the fight going down in the next 2 years, too much bad blood and dick swinging going on from everywhere


exactly how i see it.

trying to make Floyd do something is going to make him do the opposite. his ego won't let someone corner him to fight.

best way to get Floyd to fight is to talk shit, stalk him, keep talking shit, embarrass and humiliate him. basically WWE trash talk, and demean him for being scared. and just play that shit up trying to ruin his rep/legacy. i bet he'll fight whoever then....thats all he cares about.

he's got enough money where he doesn't have to fight anybody.

[TheReal Kendall]

PBF said he retiring after his next 2 fights. I doubt the fight will happen. Honestly I could careless now.

[rezznor]

PBF said he retiring after his next 2 fights. I doubt the fight will happen. Honestly I could careless now.


the whole point of the story though is that showtime still has him under contract for 2 more fights and they lost money on his last 2. because of that they are no longer protecting him and are pushing for the pac fight since it will be huge, even today. of course, you can't force mayweather to fight but i'm sure the contract has some harsh penalties if he doesn't.

tbh, i don't think pac has it anymore. he's too distracted but i still want to see the fight happen.

[Lebron23]

I still want to see this fight happen if Mayweather wins against Marcos, and if Pacquiao wins against Algieri.

[BrooklynZoo]

Lol at enormous pressure on Floyd. Manny is a bum and PBF is still undefeated. Manny would end up taking another canvas nap while all the Pac-Tards commit suicide.


I think floyd would win, but u can just read your post and tell that you don't know about boxing. knock it off

[yungtyrekeevans]

dis shit hilarious man.

floyd dont need to fight pac, and if they do go at it, floyd aint losin. maybe on the scorecards, but aint no one gonna think he lost. they done tried to rob him in the damn alvarez fight where he put a whoopin on the boy. and the damn maidana one. aint nobody alive who watched those two fights score the damn thing even. :oldlol:

[BrooklynZoo]

dis shit hilarious man.

floyd dont need to fight pac, and if they do go at it, floyd aint losin. maybe on the scorecards, but aint no one gonna think he lost. they done tried to rob him in the damn alvarez fight where he put a whoopin on the boy. and the damn maidana one. aint nobody alive who watched those two fights score the damn thing even. :oldlol:

what's your point?

[masonanddixon]

Pacquiao has 2 losses to nobodies when he was a nobody, and a freak loss to roided out Marquez and a BS decision to Bradley.

he's looked strong in his 2 recent fights.

Mayweather lost badly to Castillo the first time and the rematch was a draw. Pacquiao is a very bad matchup for Mayweather

[yungtyrekeevans]

what's your point?

whats the point of them fightin?

aint gonna be no different. floyd win, and just another notch on his belt bruh.

people always sayin he duckin or dodgin someone til he beat them, then we got excuses from left and right bruh. ppl be complainin bout his resume, but who he dodge?

[yungtyrekeevans]

Pacquiao has 2 losses to nobodies when he was a nobody, and a freak loss to roided out Marquez and a BS decision to Bradley.

he's looked strong in his 2 recent fights.

Mayweather lost badly to Castillo the first time and the rematch was a draw. Pacquiao is a very bad matchup for Mayweather

bruh, you racist?

always hatin on the blacks bruh. mayweather aint lost shit bruh. if we talkin bout loses, then pac aint won a damn fight against marquez. dude had to knock his ass out to finally get the proper W. errybody else know the deal doe. marquez is 4-0 against pacman. true boxin fans agree everywhere bruh.

[masonanddixon]

bruh, you racist?

always hatin on the blacks bruh. mayweather aint lost shit bruh. if we talkin bout loses, then pac aint won a damn fight against marquez. dude had to knock his ass out to finally get the proper W. errybody else know the deal doe. marquez is 4-0 against pacman. true boxin fans agree everywhere bruh.

No, man, only the Hispanics think Marquez got robbed. pacuqiao won the 2nd and 3rd fights comfortably.

Mayweather lost BADLY to Castillo. I gave him 3 rounds.

In the rematch I had it an absolute draw and many others would agree.

[yungtyrekeevans]

No, man, only the Hispanics think Marquez got robbed. pacuqiao won the 2nd and 3rd fights comfortably.

Mayweather lost BADLY to Castillo. I gave him 3 rounds.

In the rematch I had it an absolute draw and many others would agree.

nah bruh. true boxin fans think he lost all of them, and many others agree.

and he lost to morales. :oldlol:

you aint really know sports doe kid. i see you sayin jonas a better player then cousins in bball. :oldlol:
aint no one really messin wit you when you got those wack ass racist opinions bruh.

[tgan3]

http://www.mb.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/17pak-new.jpg

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2174996-manny-pacquiao-selected-in-1st-round-of-2014-pba-draft

Apparently, he is a professional basketball player now.

[masonanddixon]

nah bruh. true boxin fans think he lost all of them, and many others agree.

and he lost to morales. :oldlol:

you aint really know sports doe kid. i see you sayin jonas a better player then cousins in bball. :oldlol:
aint no one really messin wit you when you got those wack ass racist opinions bruh.

Harold Lederman had him winning the first 3 bouts. So did Steve Farhood.

Also I am probably over a decade older than you, so don't refer to me as 'kid.'

Lastly, your employment of retard-spelling/pseudoebonics makes it hard to take anything that you type seriously.

[yungtyrekeevans]

Harold Lederman had him winning the first 3 bouts. So did Steve Farhood.

Also I am probably over a decade older than you, so don't refer to me as 'kid.'

Lastly, your employment of retard-spelling/pseudoebonics makes it hard to take anything that you type seriously.

deflectin. :oldlol:

you aint answerin the question brah. :oldlol:

[SCREWstonRockets]

whats the point of them fightin?

aint gonna be no different. floyd win, and just another notch on his belt bruh.

people always sayin he duckin or dodgin someone til he beat them, then we got excuses from left and right bruh. ppl be complainin bout his resume, but who he dodge?

I don't get this logic. You probably think Floyd will win against anybody. So why should he even fight again? Do you want him to retire? Probably should have stayed retired after the Oscar fight since every fight after that, was never in doubt for Mayweather. I mean, it ain't no different right? Just another notch on his belt. Sound like YOU are scared to see him fight Manny.

Floyd is slowing down. After Saturday night, Floyd looks more vulnerable than ever. I never thought Floyd was scared of Manny, but even he now knows himself that he's slowed down. I don't know if he wants to risk his health. It actually might be too late for Floyd to fight Manny.

In their prime, Floyd could have done easy work. But right now, it's more of a fair fight than it ever was.

[rezznor]

bruh, you racist?

always hatin on the blacks bruh. mayweather aint lost shit bruh. if we talkin bout loses, then pac aint won a damn fight against marquez. dude had to knock his ass out to finally get the proper W. errybody else know the deal doe. marquez is 4-0 against pacman. true boxin fans agree everywhere bruh.
Reading your posts makes my head hurt. Good luck in life if you talk like this in the real world.

[Godzuki]

mayweather and his fans are such gay ducking fgts :pimp:

[DeuceWallaces]

I think floyd would win, but u can just read your post and tell that you don't know about boxing. knock it off

I can just read your post and tell that you don't know about the internet. knock it off.

[Tarik One]

After last weekend's fight, Floyd's next PPV event will certainly drop in sales.

He HAS to select a big name opponent. Fans (and casual) are growing tiresome.

[ImKobe]

Now? Now that both are shells of their former selves? This was a hot topic back in 2009/2010. Floyd beats Manny now and y'all will just say "ehh, Manny's not great anymore, Floyd still ducked him".

It's really not a win situation for Mayweather because Manny's side wasn't willing to fight unless the deal was like 50/50, which basically means that Floyd would get less money for fightin him than fighting some lesser known fighter, where Floyd pockets 90% or whatever.

Floyd only has a certain amount of fights left in his deal and he's looking to retire after next year. Unless Manny's side gives in and Floyd gets the majority of the cash flow (as he should), this fight will never happen.


After last weekend's fight, Floyd's next PPV event will certainly drop in sales.

He HAS to select a big name opponent. Fans (and casual) are growing tiresome.


Why? He makes more money even if he fights a lesser known fighter because he cops a higher %. People will still tune in to watch him win/lose. There's not much else going on in the boxing world right now and there aren't any big stars other than Floyd in his weight class IMO. Only hope would be to fight B-hop at 160, but I don't see Floyd getting up to that weight at this stage in his career, he already look a lot slower at his current weight.

Manny is the biggest name out there so he should go for it, I'm actually sure his side has tried to make a deal more than a few times because of the revenue it would have generated, but both sides have had too much ego in the past to make a deal, so I don't see this happening. Floyd will most likely beat a couple more younger guys and retire.

[Godzuki]

Now? Now that both are shells of their former selves? This was a hot topic back in 2009/2010. Floyd beats Manny now and y'all will just say "ehh, Manny's not great anymore, Floyd still ducked him".

It's really not a win situation for Mayweather because Manny's side wasn't willing to fight unless the deal was like 50/50, which basically means that Floyd would get less money for fightin him than fighting some lesser known fighter, where Floyd pockets 90% or whatever.

Floyd only has a certain amount of fights left in his deal and he's looking to retire after next year. Unless Manny's side gives in and Floyd gets the majority of the cash flow (as he should), this fight will never happen.




Why? He makes more money even if he fights a lesser known fighter because he cops a higher %. People will still tune in to watch him win/lose. There's not much else going on in the boxing world right now and there aren't any big stars other than Floyd in his weight class IMO. Only hope would be to fight B-hop at 160, but I don't see Floyd getting up to that weight at this stage in his career, he already look a lot slower at his current weight.

Manny is the biggest name out there so he should go for it, I'm actually sure his side has tried to make a deal more than a few times because of the revenue it would have generated, but both sides have had too much ego in the past to make a deal, so I don't see this happening. Floyd will most likely beat a couple more younger guys and retire.


that excuse would go both ways. if Manny beat Floyd, Mayweather fans would say Floyd was slowing down, Manny would never have beat a prime Floyd. either way Floyd is too much of a ducker to risk his undefeated record he holds so dear. he'll always be criticized as the dude that ducked competition for anyone alive in this era, no matter how much idiots want to call him great.

i swear i'd just love to see Floyd fight someone without boxing rules. even a World Star hiphop of Floyd fighting some random dude without referee breaks and score cards i'd be cool with. i swear in a real fight he's nowhere near what his fans hype him up as, only in artificial judging score card fighting :sleeping

[L.Kizzle]

Mayweather and Pac are still the best guys fighting between 140 and 154.

May is no question the number one and Pac is number 2. People would still pay to see the fight. Pac may have gotten knocked out a few years back, but people still want to see this fight happen.

It might be 5 years too late, but with them still the 2 best in their weight range, so what. They are both getting old and slowing down, so it's an even playing field.

[Lebron23]

Current Pacquiao is still a much better boxer than flatfooted Maidana. I hope they fight next year. Pacquiao is also going to retire in 2016.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Current Pacquiao is still a much better boxer than flatfooted Maidana. I hope they fight next year. Pacquiao is also going to retire in 2016.

To be perfectly honest, I'm shocked at maidana fight record considering how one dimensional he is (power). His footwork is awful

[Lebron23]

To be perfectly honest, I'm shocked at maidana fight record considering how one dimensional he is (power). His footwork is awful


That's your argentinian style of boxing.