Pacquiao vs Mayweather Official Thread...May 2nd!!!

[TheNig]

i got no agenda
who said mayweather failed a drug test?

No agenda?

Save that for someone who doesn't post here fam.

 

[TheNig]

Legend Of Boxing

He really is. And while all these others have just come and gone Robert has been right there from the beginning.


shyt makes me wonder how long before Haymon fizzles out?

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

 

[King P]

One time my nikka but he talking too much shyt for somebody that stays fighting weed carriers, bodega clerks and hot dog venders...

He better be prepared for Ghost...That boy is no joke and I heavily doubt Haymon will put the fix in to bail his ass out on primetime television...

Not his fault nobody has wanted to fight him for the longest time.

Ghost ain't no world beater. Best win coming against an overhyped Berto, Made a career out of moving up in weight and beating average nikkas for vacant belts.

One Time gonna fukk him up

 

[Newzz]

Roach: “Luckily Roger won’t be running the corner for Floyd”
By Vitali Shaposhnikov | March 3, 2015 | 25 Comments

“Luckily Roger won’t be running the corner for Floyd, his dad is in the corner. I think Floyd Sr. makes it an easier fight for us,” said Roach during an interview with Rappler.com.

On May 2nd, Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao will both finally cross the ropes and face each other in the ring, ready to leave it all in there for the fans their legacy. Too many things will once again be familiar for both champions: the venue, the crowd, and an endless avalanche of media attention.

One thing that will be different for each fighter, aside from their opponent across the ring, is the preparation that they would have gone through for the biggest fight of their careers. The physical training as well as strategic approach will need to be absolutely chiseled for both boxers, as both are facing a higher echelon rival then every before.

Freddie Roach seems to believe that Floyd Sr. is not a parallel to his brother Roger, who has prepared Mayweather Jr. for most of his artful victories.

“The dad’s not as good a trainer, he’s not as good a fighter. He keeps telling me how great he is, but it takes him 10 minutes to say one word in the corner. Roger is the better fighter, Roger is the better trainer. Roger has more wins with Floyd than anybody. I think it’s a huge mistake getting rid of Roger and going with his Dad. I love his Dad in the corner,” continued Roach.

While it is very hard to believe that Floyd Sr. will have much of an effect on Floyd Jr.’s performance, maybe there is something that Roach has noticed in Mayweather Jr.’s fights that we have not. It is entirely possible that there some little repetition, or a tell, that Mayweather Jr. has developed that Freddie Roach is planning on exploiting.

Nevertheless, seems like roach himself is not too sure that his theory has much pull: “One thing about Floyd, he is a self made fighter. Nobody taught him how to fight. He grew up in the gym, he grew up a fighter, and that’s where he learned to fight,” concluded Roach.

At this point in their careers, it is highly unlikely that Freddie Roach and Mayweather Sr. have much new to teach their fighters. After endless championship fights, and countless rounds, both Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao are as developed and set in their ways as a boxer can be.


http://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...running-the-corner-for-floyd/38841#more-38841

 

[seemorecizzy]

No agenda?

Save that for someone who doesn't post here fam.

i think floyd mayweather is a better boxer than manny pacquaio
i am a bigger mayweather fan than pacquaio fan
if that makes i have a agenda in your world, then i have a agenda

u didnt answer my question tho

who said mayweather failed a drug test?

 

[George's Dilemma]

Roach: “Luckily Roger won’t be running the corner for Floyd”
By Vitali Shaposhnikov | March 3, 2015 | 25 Comments

“Luckily Roger won’t be running the corner for Floyd, his dad is in the corner. I think Floyd Sr. makes it an easier fight for us,” said Roach during an interview with Rappler.com.

On May 2nd, Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao will both finally cross the ropes and face each other in the ring, ready to leave it all in there for the fans their legacy. Too many things will once again be familiar for both champions: the venue, the crowd, and an endless avalanche of media attention.

One thing that will be different for each fighter, aside from their opponent across the ring, is the preparation that they would have gone through for the biggest fight of their careers. The physical training as well as strategic approach will need to be absolutely chiseled for both boxers, as both are facing a higher echelon rival then every before.

Freddie Roach seems to believe that Floyd Sr. is not a parallel to his brother Roger, who has prepared Mayweather Jr. for most of his artful victories.

“The dad’s not as good a trainer, he’s not as good a fighter. He keeps telling me how great he is, but it takes him 10 minutes to say one word in the corner. Roger is the better fighter, Roger is the better trainer. Roger has more wins with Floyd than anybody. I think it’s a huge mistake getting rid of Roger and going with his Dad. I love his Dad in the corner,” continued Roach.

While it is very hard to believe that Floyd Sr. will have much of an effect on Floyd Jr.’s performance, maybe there is something that Roach has noticed in Mayweather Jr.’s fights that we have not. It is entirely possible that there some little repetition, or a tell, that Mayweather Jr. has developed that Freddie Roach is planning on exploiting.

Nevertheless, seems like roach himself is not too sure that his theory has much pull: “One thing about Floyd, he is a self made fighter. Nobody taught him how to fight. He grew up in the gym, he grew up a fighter, and that’s where he learned to fight,” concluded Roach.

At this point in their careers, it is highly unlikely that Freddie Roach and Mayweather Sr. have much new to teach their fighters. After endless championship fights, and countless rounds, both Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao are as developed and set in their ways as a boxer can be.


http://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...running-the-corner-for-floyd/38841#more-38841

The irony in Roach's words. I mean you can't make this stuff up. A Parkinson's victim with slow and delayed speech with tremors, criticizing a former dope addict with slurred and delayed speech. Wow. Kettle, meet, Pot.

 

[Newzz]

The irony in Roach's words. I mean you can't make this stuff up. A Parkinson's victim with slow and delayed speech with tremors, criticizing a former dope addict with slurred and delayed speech. Wow. Kettle, meet, Pot.

 

[seemorecizzy]

The irony in Roach's words. I mean you can't make this stuff up. A Parkinson's victim with slow and delayed speech with tremors, criticizing a former dope addict with slurred and delayed speech. Wow. Kettle, meet, Pot.

you beat me to it bro

also
"
nobody taught mayweather how to fight"

i see what hes trying to say but it makes no sense

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

you beat me to it bro

also
"
nobody taught mayweather how to fight"

i see what hes trying to say but it makes no sense

Because it's Freddie fukking Roach. His best chance at this came and went with Oscar.

 

[GzUp]

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Money talks, bullshyt walks
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...will-smoke-manny-pacquiao-will-bet-16-million

When it comes to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao showdown, rapper 50 Cent is pretty confident as to who is going to come out victorious. So confident, in fact, that he's going to put a nice chunk of change on the fight.

50 Cent discussed the upcoming bout during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club on New York's Power 105.1, and he nonchalantly revealed how much money he's willing to risk on it.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Money talks, bullshyt walks
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...will-smoke-manny-pacquiao-will-bet-16-million

When it comes to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao showdown, rapper 50 Cent is pretty confident as to who is going to come out victorious. So confident, in fact, that he's going to put a nice chunk of change on the fight.

50 Cent discussed the upcoming bout during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club on New York's Power 105.1, and he nonchalantly revealed how much money he's willing to risk on it.

whats the pay out on a draw ?

 

[jilla82]

Anyone putting money down on this?
I just can't imagine Floyd losing…but then again, boxing is just crooked as hell.

They have him at -225…which isn't that bad…get almost a 50% return on your money

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...ather-deal-leslie-moonves-20150220-story.html

It began innocently last fall, a waiter at Craig’s restaurant in West Hollywood telling Leslie Moonves, the president and president and chief executive of CBS Corp., that he should talk with another frequent diner, Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach.
They had a drink together, Roach assuring Moonves that Pacquiao, an eight-division world champion, fiercely wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., who had two bouts remaining with the CBS-owned premium cable network Showtime.

Moonves, a devout boxing fan, badly wanted to push for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight that had fallen apart since late 2009 for multiple reasons, mostly personality conflicts.

According to Roach, Moonves expressed hesitation about Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, who put one Pacquiao fight on Showtime during a leadership change at HBO, but then turned his back on Showtime with Moonves believing two more fights were coming.

“You’re going to have to deal with Bob,” Roach told Moonves. “Manny just signed a new contract with him.”

Roach said he urged Moonves to meet with Arum, and an October session at Arum’s Beverly Hills home took place, the pair exiting arm in arm, Roach said.

On Friday night, after Mayweather signed a contract to meet Pacquiao in a long-awaited mega-fight between the sport's top two pound-for-pound boxers May 2 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Arum and Showtime Executive Vice President Stephen Espinoza said Moonves’ presence was the key to brokering the deal.

“It was the persistence of Les Moonves that got everyone talking rationally,” Arum said. “With Les pushing it, people around this started acting like adults. Myself included.”

Espinoza, a former lawyer in past failed negotiations, said, “When we look at the history of these negotiations and ask why this one was different, the obvious answer was Leslie. I don’t think he had a doubt in his mind that this deal would close.

“He was deeply committed to making it and was someone that all parties in this negotiation really respect. He was really the catalyst for seeing this through and refused to take no for an answer from any side.”

With Mayweather, Moonves had performed the good faith of paying the fighter more than $30 million for four fights, three of which didn’t deserve that kind of purse.

Arum, whose promotional work started with Muhammad Ali, has deep respect for Moonves’ business acumen in leading the country’s most popular television network.

Moonves sought to bridge Mayweather, his powerful manager Al Haymon and Arum despite years of strain by pushing them to embrace a shared focus.

“Both sides realized how important this fight would be,” Moonves said. “There was a real desire on everyone’s part to get this done.”

The problem had long been that despite that joint interest, the parties couldn’t effectively communicate.

At one point, amazingly, given their past bitterness, Moonves had Arum and Haymon together inside Moonves’ home, describing the session as “fine, very respectful, with a lot getting accomplished in those two hours.

“You have a lot of strong personalities involved in this thing. These negotiations are always tough, but I’m not in unfamiliar territory. I’ve obviously done a lot of big negotiations with entertainment shows, with the NFL.

“I’ve never been in anything quite as complex and tricky as this, but there was never a point I felt frustrated to the point I’d give up. Both sides are to be congratulated.”

Part of the deal involved a joint pay-per-view broadcast with Showtime rival HBO. The broadcast will feature shared talent.

Said Espinoza: “I don’t know that there was one sticking point I felt would crater the fight, but the sheer number of issues. The boxers, the promoters, the networks. There was a time in looking at it, I thought it’d be too much to overcome.”

It helped that Pacquiao accepted Mayweather’s push for a 60-40 purse split and that the fighters agreed on a drug-testing plan with little difficulty.

As the network haggling delayed things, Mayweather was stunned to look across courtside at a Miami Heat game in late January and see Pacquiao, the two meeting later at Pacquiao’s suite with the two convincing each other that they each wanted the bout.

That unexpected meeting “certainly greased the wheels in getting through the final stages of the process,” Espinoza said.

Moonves and HBO Chairman Richard Plepler agreed, “We have a shot to make this thing happen,” Moonves said. “We’re arch-enemies, but they’re good guys over there. I have respect for the HBO guys, it’s a true partnership.”

By Mayweather signing, Moonves said it proves “all the noise about Floyd not wanting this fight is absolutely untrue. … Floyd has proven himself to be a champion, and I don’t think he was never not wanting this fight.”

Mayweather-Pacquiao is expected to shatter previous pay-per-view and live-gate records, with ringside seats at $5,000 apiece and the pay-per-view price expected to be in the $100 range.

“The sky is the limit. This event has a scale and stature we may never see again,” Espinoza said.

Moonves plans to be ringside.

“I’m extremely excited,” he said.