A solid source inside Team Floyd Mayweather has just informed me that Money May is balking at fighting Sugar Shane Mosley and that is the reason for the holdup on the announcement of a May 1 or a May 8 bout between the two American ring stars.
“Floyd did the math and Floyd is saying, 'Why should I take a potentially difficult bout against Mosley for $10 million or less when I get $40 million or more to fight Manny Pacquiao, and that could be an easier fight to win?,” the in-the-know person said Saturday night.
The source said that a heavy internal discussion and debate is going on in the Mayweather camp as to whether Floyd’s best bet might to be stay on the sidelines and let Pacman get past Joshua Clottey on March 13. Then the Mayweather camp could try to restart the previously failed negotiations to make the Mayweather-Pacquiao mega bout.
“Mosley does OK -- just OK -- on the PPV against Mayweather,” an HBO source said. “Whereas Manny and Floyd can break all the records and do something approaching three million buys on PPV. Upside on Manny and Floyd, which is the hottest attraction to the public, is unbelievable while upside of Shane and Floyd is limited.”
Meanwhile, the always cagey Pacman promoter Bob Arum is already making his contingency plans beyond the March 13 Clottey bout at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, where reportedly 20,000 tickets were sold on the first day of general ticket sales (Saturday).
Someone familiar with Arum’s thinking and strategy said the head of Top Rank is making moves to line up returning-from-suspension Mexican Antonio Margarito as a viable post-Clottey foe for Pacman.
“Margarito will begin training on Monday in Oxnard, CA., with his new trainer, former world champion Robert Garcia. Garcia is headed back from the Philippines where his world champ Brian Viloria lost his title in Manila,” this source said.
Margarito will fight some “tomato can” opponent on the Clottey-Pacquiao undercard, his first fight since losing to Mosley last Jan. 24 in Los Angeles.
“Arum figures all is forgiven by the public once Margarito is back in the win column. Then in the wake of having 40,000, maybe 50,000 in Cowboys Stadium for Manny against Clottey, he sells Jerry Jones a second Manny bout, a natural against the Mexican Margarito. That fills up Manny’s fistic calendar for 2010 and Floyd and Manny is bigger than ever for 2011,” this insider said.
“If nothing else, Arum will shrewdly use Margarito-Pacquiao as a diversion to get Mayweather to agree to less money, less drug testing, less everything so he can cash in against Manny,” the insider said.
In the meantime, should Manny-Floyd come to fruition, Arum can pacifty Margarito with a still red-hot all-Latin revenge bout, Miguel Cotto against Margarito.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
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Please divulge your "Solid Source Inside Team Mayweather."
You guys were pretty hard-assed about Teddy Atlas and Tim Smith revealing their sources, surely you wouldn't mind doing the same.
say goodbye to the $40 million if you fight mosley. he'll beat into a pulp after making him jump through hoops and making him say stupid things just to make the deal to fight him.
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arum should send the $1 per ticket sold pledge to haiti now. don't wait for 3/13. send it now as partial or weekly basis,
No one inside Team Mayweather would tell you that.. stop lying. Maybe someone close to them, but not someone on the official team.
Marley posting his article in this ungodly hour? Hmmm...
Anyway, as I always say, the only way for Pacquiao to fight Floyd is, not to fight him.
Now, he is cornered and his only option is to do it the hard way. He will be the first recipient of his own anti-doping measure. He will be the first boxer to be subjected to a rigorous random drug test.
Then, being a victim himself, Floyd Mayweather will go on to champion the cause against Xylocaine addiction.
His next advocacy will be domestic violence.
Poor Mayweather. Pacquiao outsmarted him.
Nice article Marley! Now, go back to sleep and write down your dream tomorrow.
Marley, did your "solid source" read an email, or did he/she/it/@#$ send you an email or sms/text? Did you bother to check the veracity of the info by:
1) ringing up Floyd Sr./Jr./baby/fetus?
2) consulting Tim Smith or Atlas on how to make your solid source-provided info unbelievable as it could possibly appear as a "news item"?
3) have you been honing your defense-attorney skills lately if ever a defamation lawsuit flies into your office?
4) did you know that your writes always make many of us laugh which lead us to believe you?
5) have you emailed a certain Arguelles and ... (oh, forget it!)
Marley, did your "solid source" said he/she read an email, or did he/she/it/@#$ send you an email or sms/text? Did you bother check the veracity of the info by ringing up Floyd Sr./Jr./baby/fetus?
Did you consult Tim Smith or Atlas on how to make your solid source-provided info unbelievable as it could possibly appear as a "news item"? Have you been honing your defense-attorney skills lately if ever a defamation lawsuit flies into your office? Did you know that your writes always make many of us laugh which lead us to believe what you have to say? Have you emailed a certain Arguelles and ... (oh, forget it!)
if arum wants to destroy floyd this is the time.arum should take a hard stance on floyd say 60/40 if he didnt accept it no fight and the fight should be held in TEXAS where XYLOCAINE IS BANNED,now as for mosley thats a big slap on his face,well he deserved it considering what he said about pac few days ago,pac is questionable according to mosley wow,he said it with a straight face very thick indeed,
Marley is a fukking joke, anyone that believes his bullspit I have a bridge I will sell you.
Maybe the White Gorilla received an email from inside Mayweather's camp.
The source said “Floyd did the math and Floyd is saying, why should I take a potentially difficult bout against Mosley for $10 million or less when I get $40 million or more to fight Manny Pacquiao and that could be an easier fight to win,”
I beg to disagree. It's not the math. It' plain DUCKING TIME again.
A chicken will always be a chicken and Floyd is a chicken. I say that even if the White Gorilla admonished us fans not to resort to name calling. Maybe it's just okey to accuse Pacquiao of being on steroids when there is no proof whatsoever but not okey to call Floyd, Jr. a coward when the evidence are aplenty.
Also, as I've posted before. The Mosley Mayweather fight is not gonna happen. This is just a ploy by GBP's Schaefer and Oskie to match up with the competitive Pacman Clottey fight to save face.
A coward is a coward and will always be a coward. And that's Floyd, Jr and his legacy.
Uh oh, battle of sources.
"solid source" vs. "reliable source"
When's the great radio debate between you and Atlas?
Mosley-Chicken Floyd GAYweather 100% sure will not happen because Chicken-coward-Gayweather is a GREAT DUCKER of all time and that's his legacy.
My provincemate Amir Khan can KO Mayweather...believe me, this guy can even KO Pacman, but Roach has been telling Khan to keep it low for a while.
actually, those goldennuts think they can get rid of me by having shane erase my azz.
i'm not #1 p4p for nothin. get a life people, i'm keeping my 0. in the meantime, those goldennuts can shiver in cold and wait for the sunshine because i'm biding my time. i know i can still blood-drain that small sucker.
you can't blame marley, atlas sold his spam to floyd's gullible fans.... bwahahahaha
mayn khana ghoraa gandagi aor mayn muhabbat yay.
bhaarat apnaa pakistan bara waqt.
pakistan hay aik gandagi suraakh mulk. LMAO!
if mosley beat floyd there goes his chance for the 40 million payday with pacman,so why risk it fighting mosley for a fraction of what his gonna get fighting pacman
I hope Pacquiao wins against Clottey then fights Mosley so Floyd will be left with nothing to fight except Matty Hatton or the equally loud mouth Malinnagi. Floyd will not even net $30K ala Marquez-Cris John when the latter ducks a rematch with Pacquiao.
m?r? d??a p?kist?na ?ka sh1thole d??a hai
don't under estimate me, i'll clean up the lightweight division, i'll kiss ass of campbell, Diaz, and then Calderon.
FLOYD WILL NEVER FIGHT MOSELY, IN THIS LIFETIME!
Pacman will fight Clottey for a purse nowhere near 40 Million just to prove a point. Floyd thinks he can press his demands in the next negotiations. Well, Manny will ask him to agree to a 60-40 revenue sharing or Pac will walk away again. Pac will beat Clottey plus a successful PPV numbers. This time with Margarito and Mosley around, Pacquiao will have greater leverage to pressure gayrunner to accept 60-40 sharing.
He would not earn 10 million. 5 mil, maybe 8 mil the most.
moseley is a better fight for the Pacman and is a much more difficult fight too because moseley is a strong puncher, has a great chin and would not run around the rignt like fmj would do
There's no guarantee that there will be a Pacquiao Mayweather fight. If Floyd insists on his same demands and Pacquiao rightfully refuses to be dictated upon, then there's no $40M for Floyd. If Floyd gives up his demands, then Pacquiao has won the negotiation battle. Arum already stated that the concessions that Pacquiao gave up in order to make the fight happen will no longer be available the 2nd time around. Who knows? Perhaps Pacquiao will not give Mayweather a chance at $40M. Floyd needs the money more than Pacquiao does.
IF MAYWEATHER REALLY WANTED TO FIGHT MOSLEY THE DEAL WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED ALREADY BY NOW..THERE WAS SOMETHING HOLDING IT UP AND THAT IS MAYWEATHER BEING SCARED AGAIN!!!
i wonder what excuse mayweather is gonna come up with this time to avoid fight mosley. he did the drug test route with manny, now what with mosley? this is the biggest pussy champion i seen
Marley, This is just between us, don't tell nobody about what I am going to wisper to you......he he he.
"Mayweather is a bum, can't fight anybody without a pain killer in his body. Some group is just covering him up to protect his marketability for future mega boxing match so they could cash-in."
As I have always said before, there is no way Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights Mosley this year of 2010. Mosley for now is still strong and carries a knockout punch. Perhaps in a year or two after Mosley shows signs of being old and weak, that will be the time Floyd will find his courage to get in the ring with Mosley. For now, Floyd is just too scared and too big a coward to take on true challenges like Mosley.
MAYWEATHER IS ALL TALK BUT HE'S SCARED TO FIGHT ANYONE WHO CAN CHALLENGE HIM.
if i were manny's team if ever the pacman gets past clottey (w/c he will on the 9th) i will put my attention to mosley first before mayweather. let mayweather be left on the cold for the damaged he'd done to pacman's image. better yet don't fight him so he don't get his not deserving $40 million.
RUN LIKE THE WIND!
But I do think this fight will get done...what an embarrassment that the idiot who derailed the fight of the decade because of steroids claims will be fighting a steroid user.
and if mayweather fight's someone and draws a low ppv then manny will have a bargaining chip to get more percentage when they fight.
Floyd: Hey Leonard, I think Shane Mosley will kick my ass. We need to come up with a reason to the public and media so they don't think I'm a chicken shiet.
Ellerbe: Well Floyd, as your advisor, we already came up with the random drug testing excuse with Pacquiao. We can't go that same route again with Mosley, cause he's willing to take the random drug testing. But, I will come up with a reason to let the public know why we can't fight Mosley. In the meantime, let's pick an opponent that's smaller than you and can't hurt you.
Floyd: Thanks Leonard, keep me undefeated, and don't let the public know im a chicken shiet. That's what I pay you for.
MEDIA: MAYWEATHER CAMP ISSUES A STATEMENT TELLING US WHY MAYWEATHER CANNOT FIGHT MOSLEY. OH IM SURE ITS GONNA BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINDS OF THE MONEYS NOT RIGHT OR HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ENOUGH DRUG TESTING .
I will be fighting mayweather next. I am a 14 year old and a freshman in high school. I weigh 110 lbs, and will take any and all drug testing. Mayweather wanted to fight me because he doesn't think a 14 year old kid can beat him and that way he can stay undefeated and avoid fighting someone his own size. LOL
Why am I not surprised? Just as I expected.
LOL,lol,lol,that's what I'm saying, floydie finally showed his true color, and that is YELLOWWW. Anybody who believes that this mosley and xylofloyd fight will happen is a SUCKERRRR,lol. They started a thoughtout stupid negotiation plot to up the ante against Manny's camp and it backfired to their stupid faces. Now this coward floydie is in a dilemma, he thinks Pacman is an easier fight than mosley. He knows that he could lose to either one but at least he could make more money from Manny. What a loser. This is the big surprise for the floydie's camp including GBP, after making a lot of money from this clottey fight and subsequent fights, Manny does not need his punk ass and never did, unless, floydie takes a 30 to 70% split, hahahahaha. Manny would be laughing all the way to the bank. This stupid mayweathers, and golden boy with dela hoya have no idea that this would end up like this, what a group of fuc#@$%ing genius.
LIKE I SAID PACQUIAO DOES NOT NEED MAYWEATHER NOW OR EVER!!!!!!!!! MAYWEATHER WANTS PACQUIAO TO DO ALL THE FIGHTING THEN HE WILL TRY TO GET A WIN AGAINTS THE ALL TIME GREAT! THEN HE WILL SAY SINCE HE BEAT PACQUIAO HE ALSO CAN BEAT ALL PACQUIAOS PREVIUOS FIGHTS!!!!!!!!!! FRAUD MONKEY MAYWEATHER IS THE POSTER BOY FOR THE WORD COWARD!!!!!!!!! I HOPE PACQUIAO DOES NOT FIGHT THIS OVERRATED FIGHTER BECAUSE HE DOES NOT DESERVE IT !!!
Nothing gonna changed of gayweather. gay as gay got it?
Where are the SUCKERS for the xylofloyd camp, I want to hear from you. You seem to have vanished.
@Michael Marley -- You simply a liar sir and I don't believe anybody else in their right mind will believe you.
if floydie doesn't fight mosley, he's finished! as far as his legacy and his fat zero is concerned. this is the perfect time of pacman to deliver the coup de grace and denied floydie his legacy. forever and in boxing history, floydie and his zero means nothing since he's not fighting against the best boxer of his time - mosley and pacman! this is a sweet revenge for pacman against floydie! fight margarito and retire, pacman... you will have the last laugh!
Floyd is trying to squeeze out more money by threatening to pull out. He needs a lot more than $10 mil coz after taxes and fees he'll get less than half, and its still not enough to pay for all his debt.
I am so disappointed in this so called A M E R I C A N ' T! Can't risk anything. Then calls for AMERICANs to support him. I put my head down in shame. After all the stuff the Mayweathers started with the Pacman, this is what it comes down to. Cheated Marquez, called Pacman a steroid user when in turn Mayweather was the one using Xylocaine on his hands for his fights. SHAME!, SHAME! SHAME! No place on this planet for the Mayweathers.
Ha!!!!Ha!!!!what did i told you Gayweather is scared to fight Mosely
Run Gayweather... run... mosley will get you... and will kick ur ass...run gayweather....runnnnnnnn~~~~~~~ (^^,)
100% ppl already knew this was coming. Mayweather will make a new alibi not to fight. His legacy zero loss goes drain down the pipe.
WHAT THE HECK FLOYD JUST FIGHT MOSLEY DAMIT!!! Your my favorite boxer and your seriously starting to look like a girl right now. If the Pacquiao negotiations didn't work before, what the heck is going to change? I've been defending you for years but if I don't see a Mayweather-Mosley fight in May, I give up and I'm gonna become a Pactard or a Mosley fan from now on...This is ridiculous...I'm a huge fan too...
Marley, this is from an unreliable source. Mayweather is now fighting Rycky Hatton's brother instead of Mosley. And according to the unrealiable source, you are also an idiot for doing the same as Tim Smith and Atlas did; reporting events that's not verified. No wonder you were depending those two unreliable source of information, Teddy Atlas and Tim Smith.
LOL. If this happens, its gonna make Floyd look even worse than anything. If I was Arum, I will let Manny fight all the fighters Floyd Jr has ducked. Manny will take on Mosley, Margarito, and Berto. Keep Floyd out in the cold. As much as everyone would like to see Manny fight Floyd, it is about time Floyd learn his lesson that is long overdue. He is not bigger than boxing as he has claimed over numerous times ridiculously. Floyd said in his owns words "if I leave boxing...boxing is dead." Hello Floyd, when you were gone almost 2 years, Manny was bringing boxing. fcuk Floyd and chicken sh1t antics, leave him out in the cold. A man of no honor like Floyd doesn't deserve a shot to the a fighter who lives with an honor code of a warrior.
I'll believe it when it comes from someone other than an anonymous "solid inside source." Seems fishy to me, but at the same time if it turns out to be true Floyd will have really let me down...
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