Mayweather fighting Cotto instead of Manny Pacquiao makes him look bad
By Dexter Reyes
I’ve always predicted that if Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ever stepped into the boxing ring and fought, Mayweather would win hands down.
I don’t even think Manny Pacquiao has a shot after looking at his last few fights. You would have to be blind not to notice the decline of the Pacman’s physical attributes in speed and power. I would have thought that Mayweather would be so eager to fight Pac and jump into his Bentley with his manager drive to Top Rank’s offices make the fight on fair terms and whoop Pacquiao and call it a day.
Floyd Mayweather did call out Manny on his social networking sites, and gave an interview saying he wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao, but “Talk is Cheap,” he seems to have done a lot of talking but not much in giving realistic terms for a fight with the Pacman.
I can’t really side with Floyd here. I think to be fair, Floyd should have given a 50-50 split in revenue to Pacquiao and even if he chose to fight Miguel Cotto on May 5th as a tune-up fight he should have tried to get a contractual agreement solidifying a Manny Pacquiao fight for November or whatever date was most reasonable. Why wouldn’t Floyd budge on anything? If Manny Pacquiao agreed to his blood testing protocol, the venue, the fight date, than the least Floyd could do was to give a fair split since both of these guys are big draws. From what I read Floyd didn’t even want to split any of the PPV share with Pacquiao and only gave him a flat fee of $40 million.
Remember, when Mayweather was asked what will it take to make the Pacquiao fight, Floyd said all it will take is if he agrees to “Take the Test”, now that Manny agreed it isn’t good enough for Floyd and he came up with some more obstacles.
I am beginning to think that the boxing fans, including myself, have more confidence in Floyd Mayweather than he has in himself, because he is really making this fight difficult to make. Maybe, Floyd still sees something in Pacquiao that is making him hesitant on fighting him, even after Juan Manuel Marquez basically out boxed him. After all, no one knows himself better than the actual person, so Floyd might know the style that gives him trouble even though the fans think he destroys Pacquiao.
Mayweather vs. Cotto is years too late. I know a lot of the Mayweather fans are saying that Floyd has no other options because Pacquiao ducked him, but when you are out of options that should tell you something, fight Manny Pacquiao! The reasons they are giving are also embarrassing, they are saying that the fight is good because Floyd will fight Miguel Cotto at 154, but a 154-pound Cotto is not a prime Cotto, to me he was better years ago at 140-147 than he is at 154 and after all the beatings he took, I don’t know what’s left. The Cotto fight is bad because if an arrogant guy like Mayweather loses to a guy who he said was damaged goods, it would make him the laughing stock of boxing.
If Manny Pacquiao fights Timothy Bradley, this is the first time I will have to say that Pacquiao is actually taking on a young, dangerous, prime, top level fighter. Pacquiao vs. Bradley is actually a more dangerous fight for Manny than Cotto is for Floyd.
If I had to order one of these fights, I will skip Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto and order Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, because at least Bradley has a realistic shot in pulling off the upset.
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Face it, Floyd is afraid of Manny. He placed all the roadblocks, all the while pretending that he was negotiating. He was given an offer where the winner takes 65% of the winnings, yet he stuck to his stupid flat 40M offer to Pacquiao which a village idiot will not even accept. Only dumb people will fall for Floyd's excuses and echoed by the 3 stoogies' excuses and their cheap media operatives.
Perfectly written, finally someone says what I've been saying for years. Yes Floyd, you called him out, but if you're going to act all tough, then at least make it sound real. Floyd wants to walk out of the fight, with nearly 100 million, plus the belts. Don't call a man out like that, a man who has the same if not more fan base than you. Remember something Floyd, you are huge in the US, but internationally you don't draw anywhere near the fan base that the Pacman draws. If you ever agree to fight out of the US, you'll never see people running to the airports to go with you and watch your fight. Not like what Ricky Hatton had or what the Pac-Man has. If you really want to fight Manny, you will agree to fair terms. How greedy can you possibly be? Your are letting what is arguably the biggest purse of your career and the biggest purse in boxing history, slip out of your hands because of your greed. There's no boxer out there, nor will there be one before your time in the ring is done, that will bring you 50 or 60 million dollars in one night, as you are seure to get should you fight Manny now. You will lose out on a ton of money which is what matters to you the most for greed and nothing else. You don't deserve the gift that was bestowed upon you. You are not the boxer that should have such gift of overwhealming talent. Manny boxes great, but you are a great boxer, you are by far better than anyone whosever been in a ring, you're even better than Sugar Ray Robinson, but those other great boxers, loved the art, loved the battles, loved the fans and loved the war. You only care about the money and have no respect for the sport or fans at all. You do not deserve to have the talent you have, you really don't.
Floyd blew it! The guy has so much to gain by giving Pacquiao an even share of the purse but he is as always the greedy and malicious person that he is. If he really want to fight Manny he would have at least try to negotiate on even terms with Manny. More bs excuses!
Why would Mayweather take 50/50 split because you think he should boxing is a business and when you offer somebody more guaranteed money than they have ever made or will ever make how is than wrong. Nothing has changed when Bob Arum signed Timothy Bradley he did it by promising him a fight with Pacquaio. The fight with Mayweather was never gonna happen its business if bradley beats pacquaio Arum has his cash cow at Top Rank still in Bradley the man who beat Pacquaio. If Mayweather beats Pacquaio all of arums earning potential goes to Mayweather and Golden Boy he would die before he let that happen and its not good business. Its ridiculous to think that fear has anything to do with this fight not happening on either fighters part Bob Arum is conducting business dont hate the player hate the game.
Why would Mayweather turn down 50/50 split because you think he should boxing is a business and when you stand to make more guaranteed money than you ever have ever made or will ever make this is wrong. Nothing has changed when Bob Arum signed Timothy Bradley he did it by promising him a fight with Pacquaio. Which what a promoter does, he develops a fighter. The fight with Mayweather was never gonna happen because of Al Haymon protecting his one and only money maker. If Pacquaio beats Mayweather Al has loses his only cash cow. If Mayweather loses to Pacquaio all of Haymons earning potential goes down the drain. Golden Boy he would die before he let that happen and its not good business. Its ridiculous to think that fear is what's keeping this fight from taking place. /there I fixed it for you Big Tom
i can make $50M w/out fighthing manny
Fraud has never, ever made $50mil and never, ever will, since Fraud will never, ever fight Manny!
OK, so you just admit that you're scared and rather fight an opponent not named Pacquiao, LMAO.
i don't duck anybody.. i'm not like pacqiao
my fight alwayz sell dummy.. you will watch it i'm sure..
Mayweather will pay cotto to lose
No comment im tired of all these things. same thing at the end no fight is happening..
I totally agree with Bradley being a dangerous opponent for Paquiao. But I take nothing away from Floyd.... he has beaten anyone put in front of him, but lets look at the quality of oppositon he has faced. Yes he beat Mosley as Mosley was past his prime.... Yes he beat De La Hoya, but barely pulled it off at 154..... I think that this will be a much tougher fight for Floyd than most people believe. I think if Cotto came in with the basics that once made him one the best fighters out there, the left hook to the body and really stick his game plan, it could be a long night for Mayweather.
It's all in the jab! The same jab Cotto rediscovered against Mosley. It doesn't have to be faster or as fast as FM's just timed perfectly.
I dont think pacquiaos phyiscal ability is in decline its his interest in boxin thats in the decline...when mosley pushed him down pacquiao went crazy and he still has his speed..he also knocked down mosley in that fight,,,when he fought margarito he broke his oribital bone so i dont think hes on a phyiscal decline just mentally
you are a GAY FLOYD MAYWEATHER
mayweather you better keep quite,,just go to the ring,if you're afraid to pacman shut your mouth..dont make to much excuses........just go to jail and serve your sentence!
spot on, mr. reyes! ... a good dose of reality ... and it bites!