Floyd Mayweather: "I think Pacquiao got exposed in that fight"

by Tom Jenkins

Self proclaimed pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr., 33, watched on as Manny Pacquiao blasted his outmatch opponent from the opening bell, Mayweather however maintains that he was not impressed with the performance and claims that despite losing, Joshua Clottey ‘exposed’ the Filipino superstar.

“Personally, I think Pacquiao got exposed in that fight for being one-dimensional. You can have all [the] offence ability in the world but with no defense you’re not going to last long against a good counter puncher such as myself. Look at the way Clottey was getting through, each time he threw something it landed. Then at the end Pacquiao’s was all busted up, when’s the last time you’ve seen my face all messed up like that? That’s the difference between an amateur and a true pound for pound boxer.”

“I think Pacquiao gave the fans a boring fight, he was punching his arms for all 12 rounds. At least when you watch Floyd Mayweather you know you’ll be seeing non-stop action for 30 minutes straight and that’s what you’ll see on May 1st . “

While 51,000 people were in attendance in the Texas stadium, Mayweather claims this number is abysmal compared to the attendance number he would have set.

“The attendance numbers ain’t nothing compared to what I have drawn in the past or what I would have drawn if that was me in the ring that night, everybody knows that. Half those seats were empty in the back and people say Pacquiao is a draw? Let’s not forget who generated a revenue of 2.5 million dollars in one fight alone. The only reason why he's popular is because he's an ethnic minorty and from the Philippines so it's something special. If he was from Africa he would be just another boxer.”

Initially the boxing mega fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao seemed a go for March 13th until the Mayweather camp insisted of Olympic-style drug testing which Pacquiao was not willing to undergo.

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Pacquiao responds to GBP's LA Press Con media controversy + audio interview w/ Bob Arum

by Dennis "dSource" Guillermo examiner.com

Those who do not understand the gravity of the alleged actions taken by one Kelly Swanson, publicists of Golden Boy Promotions, against Philippine personnel and fans during the press conference of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley in LA are either simply shortsighted or insensitive simply because the issue does not affect them.

Leave it to Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum to put things in perspective.

In an exclusive interview I did with Arum this morning regarding the issues I just brought up, Arum flat out blasted the actions against Philippine media men and asked for the banishment of whoever is responsible for instituting the said rules.

Whether Swanson was acting on her own discretion or had orders from Team Mayweather is unclear but what is however is that a line has been crossed.

Whatever happened to freedom of speech? And the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. brought this issue upon himself together with Golden Boy Promotions with their insinuations and constant mentions implicating Manny Pacquiao and the country of the Philippines with performance enhancing drugs and cheating, how come astute members of Philippine media who are seasoned professionals in their craft, have to be filtered and excluded in any form of way in their search for the truth? Read Full Story

Floyd Mayweather Beats Up Pacquiao Shirt - caught in video

Mayweather beats pacquiao but pacquiao is in the t-shirt.

Pacquiao itching for a shot at Mayweather Jr.: Boxing Insider

by Joe Maxse, The Plain Dealer

MANNY PACQUIAO is closing in on his welterweight bout against Joshua Clottey at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March 13.

But it's evident Floyd Mayweather Jr. still gets as much attention as the Pac Man's upcoming opponent, especially when trainer Freddie Roach is involved.

"We are not happy with his remarks," Roach said during a conference call, referring to Mayweather's inference that Pacquiao has been using steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. "Manny wants to fight him in the future.

"Sometimes when Manny is shadowboxing he will show me how Mayweather fights and how he will take care of the problem. I've never seen him do that before. [Mayweather] was trying to ruin our reputation with those allegations and we do want to fight him and we do want to knock him out."

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) is the solid favorite to keep Mayweather in his future by getting past Clottey (35-3, 21 KOs). HBO will show it on a pay-per-view basis.

Around the ring: The Feb. 19 pro show at Cleveland State's Wolstein Center had a gate sale of $91,625. The Ohio Athletic Commission collected $4,581 in taxes for the state. . . . Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini has helped produce a documentary film on his hometown titled "Youngstown: Still Standing." It will debut at the Cleveland International Film Festival at Tower City Cinemas on March 24 at 2:10 p.m. and March 25 at 9:30 p.m. . . . The annual Jimmy Bivins Classic will combine amateur and professional bouts at North Olmsted's Soccer Sportsplex on April 24. Call 216-854-0485 or 440-258-8117. . . . Joe Louis was honored Saturday with the unveiling of an eight-foot bronze statue in his hometown of Lafayette, Ala. "The Brown Bomber" moved to Detroit when he was 12. . . . Tickets for the May 1 bout between Mayweather and Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand are on sale through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets range from $150 to $1,250. It will be shown on HBO PPV. . . . Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) has replaced Jermain Taylor in Showtime's "Super Six World Boxing Classic." Green will face WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) on April 24. . . . The Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs) match against Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) in the "Super Six" has been moved from California to Detroit on March 27. Dirrell suffered a back injury to force the postponement from Thursday. . . . Kelly Pavlik has opened training camp at Youngstown's South Side Gym under trainer Jack Loew for his April 17 middleweight title defense against Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City, N.J. Tickets are $350, $200, $100 and $50, through Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420.

History: Joe Frazier opened the fourth Madison Square Garden by stopping Buster Mathis in the 11th round on March 4, 1968. Nino Benvenuti decisioned middleweight Emile Griffith on the same card.

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini was born on March 4, 1961.

TV: The ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" are in Temecula, Calif., where lightweight Martin Honorio (27-4-1, 14 KOs) faces Wilton Hilario (12-0-1, 9 KOs) at 10 p.m.

On Saturday HBO will be in Uncasville, Conn., for the unification bout between WBC super lightweight champ Devon Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs) and IBF 140-pound champ Juan Urango 22-2-1, 17 KOs) at 9:30 p.m.

Showtime goes against its cable rival from Rancho Mirage, Calif., where WBC super flyweight champ Vic Darchinyan (33-2-1, 26 KOs) meets Rodrigo Guerrero (12-1-1, 7 KOs) at 9 p.m.

source:cleveland.com

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Puts His Dress Back On.

Last week Floyd Mayweather Jr. went directly to one of his appointed mouthpieces to tell the world what most of us knew a long time ago. He's scared of Manny Pacquiao and he will never, ever fight him.

In typical fashion Money May did it in a way that will most likely pacify his increasing small group of hardcore admirers but will only make the rest of us continue to call him out.
He went to his "local" Grand Rapids newspaper and gave an "interview". The fact that Money hasn't lived in Grand Rapids for years hasn't kept that Michigan fish-wrap from prostituting itself for Floyd over the years.
With the current economies for local papers, it's hard to blame them for behaving that way. But if Floyd really wanted to be interviewed by a credible source he could have gone to a number of other more discerning outlets.
Tiger's press conference wasn't this controlled.
It's pretty obvious Floyd wanted to give a statement and not be bothered with messy considerations like questions. Questions like why he is already negotiating a fight that isn't even on the schedule at this time.
In case you didn't read the article, here it is for your perusal.
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2010/02/floyd_mayweather_still_wonders.html
The long and short of it is that PBF continues to plead his case on the past negotiations without ever admitting that Manny Pacquiao had already stated why he didn't like blood tests right before a fight. That he felt it made him weak.
How does Manny know this? Because he submitted to a test two days before his fight with Erik Morales.
How do we know this? Well, there are the many interviews Manny did after the fight including this one in 2005. Where he talks about it on video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOFXsVAT8_0&feature=player_embedded#
Which means Floyd already knows why Manny doesn't want to take the drug test. I think we can also figure out why Floyd asked for the testing after the fight had already been agreed upon back in December.
The fact is Manny had already given blood in the past. If he was on PED's and scared of blood tests why would he have done that right before the Morales fight?
But Money knows all of this. The fact is Money doesn't want to fight Pacquiao.
If we were unsure of PBF's intentions, the second half of the article pretty much confirms what a lot of us already assumed.
That part of the article is a laundry list of demands that Money says he will make in any future negotiations. All of which he knows full well will not be agreeable to the Pacqiuao camp.
This is classic Floyd. He starts making his case for why he won't fight a credible opponent years before he might have to face them.
He made excuses for years as to why he wouldn't fight Mosley. Now that Sugar Shane is 38 and has lost most of his recent fights against top contenders, he suddenly wants to fight.
The interview also confirms to me that Mayweather-Mosley will be a very boring fight that will leave most fight fans reaching for their Five Hour Energy drinks in an attempt to stay awake before it is over.
Money talks about how he's too smart for Mosley. Read between the lines and it says "Mosley's getting old, he hasn't fought in over a year and if you think I will let him come anywhere near me you're out of your mind."
Last week at the unveiling of the new HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals , Magic Johnson ended his comments with a plea to the head of HBO sports Ross Greenburg.
"Ross Greenburg." Magic called out. "Make Mayweather-Pacquiao happen."
Unfortunately Johnson was yelling at the wrong guy. It's Mayweather not Greenburg that's gumming up the works.

source: bleacherreport.com

Mayweather: Pacquiao should get less if fight pushes through

Here goes Floyd Mayweather again.

The trash-talking former holder of the mythical title of pound-for-pound king went on the offensive over the weekend, expressing his wonder to his hometown paper – the Grand Rapids Press – why Manny Pacquiao would not agree to “a $25 million drug test.”

Still resentful about the collapse of the lucrative bout with Pacquiao, Mayweather said that if their camps revive talks about a matchup in the next few months, the Filipino will have to agree to get less of the money at stake especially if his May 1 fight with Shane Mosley fares better than Pacquiao’s March 13 bout with Joshua Clottey.

“Instead of 20 or 25 (million dollars), he may have to drop to 15 or 17 and you know me, they have to throw that extra 5 or ten on mine and we can rock and roll. Take it or leave it,” said Mayweather.

Pacquiao and Mayweather appeared on their way to agreeing on a deal but Mayweather demanded that Pacquiao undergo random blood testing to level the playing field even though Pacquiao has never failed a drug test ever.

While Mayweather insists that he is not accusing Pacquiao of somebody who uses performance-enhancing drugs, the American fighter sounds off that the current pound-for-pound king is guilty.

“The thing is this: I’ve never seen a guy who didn’t want to take a $25 million drug test. If you’re clean, take the drug test.”
Mayweather lamented the fact that he had agreed to an unheard-of demand by Pacquiao on the issue of penalties on excess weight.

“In my clause, he told me if you would weigh over 147 I had to pay him $10 million for each pound. I agreed but he didn’t agree to my terms and we both would have had to take tests. It wasn’t just steered toward him. It was both me and him.”

Stung by Mayweather's nasty accusation, Pacquiao has filed a defamation lawsuit against him as well as the Oscar De La Hoya-owned Golden Boy Promotions.

Pacquiao, meanwhile, is right on track in his preparation against Clottey even though he took a break when he traveled to Las Vegas to throw his support behind the Filipino fighters who fought there.

Pacquiao told a Manila-based station covering the fight at ringside that he didn’t find it hard to regain his old fiery form because he was coming off a big fight.

Over at Clottey’s training camp in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, the Ghana banger is said to be awesome as well during sparring sessions, his chief handler Vinny Scolpino told ace fight scribe Mike Marley.

“He’s on target, he’s beating the crap out of people in sparring and I would say he is definitely on his A game,” said Scolpino.

source:mb.ph

Floyd Mayweather continues his 'Anti-Pacquiao' campaign

Floyd Mayweather is continuing his one man crusade against the drug problem in boxing one interview at a time, and predictably never misses an opportunity to bring Manny Pacquiao into the discussion.

Rather than concentrating on his upcoming fight against Shane Mosley, all Floyd seems to be doing lately is talking about Pacquio and how he backed out of the fight and wouldn't take what he called a '$20 million dollar drug test'.

Before Floyd makes anymore impassioned speeches about cleaning up boxing he should remember two things.

Firstly that Pacquiao has never tested positive for anything so continuously bringing him up and accusing him of backing out of the fight is rather moot.Secondly if anything Mayweather should be keeping quiet about drug use in the sport when he himself has been using a widely banned drug for most of his career.

Perhaps Mayweather thinks that by repeating the same answers over and over again to each interviewer he talks about, he can somehow turn public opinion in his favor. Clearly his baiting is having little effect on Pacquiao and his team, who appear to be making quick progress in preparing for Joshua Clottey.

Along with his recent comments about not caring about the fans and claiming that Manny needed him and not the other way around, Floyd just seems to be digging himself ever deeper into unpopularity. continue reading

Mosley on Mayweather: “I am Stronger, Faster, Better"

Shane Mosely believes he can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. Whether words translate into reality remain to be seen.

Said Mosley this week: "I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him."

Should his promise come to fruition that's great news for gamblers who can currently bet Mosley online at $100 and potentially win $260 at SBG Global.

The May 1 bout promises to be a major draw for gamblers and boxing fans alike.

Shane and Floyd are two of the greatest and most complete fighters to grace the sport of professional boxing over the last 20 years, writes Frank Lotierzo of the Sweet Science.

Lotierzo is not sure which Shane Mosley will show up to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

"What Mosley shows up to face Floyd Mayweather this coming May will determine what kind of a fight boxing fans will see. If it's the Mosley who had a hard time getting off versus (Ricardo) Mayorga until Ricardo slowed and became more predictable and easier to time than he normally is, Mayweather will run away with the fight. And if it's the Mosley who got caught in between styles fighting (Miguel) Cotto, Mayweather will pot-shot him and stay a step ahead of him the entire fight."

Online bookmakers are betting this will be a fight for the ages following cancellation of the much anticipated Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao showdown.

Should Mosley win, we may be forgetting about Mayweather-Pacquaio as all bets could be on Mosley-Pacquiao.

Mosley had previously said Pacquiao would have made more money fighting him than Miguel Cotto.

source:gambling911.com

Pacquiao 'stupid, crazy' for refusing $40-M: Mayweather Sr.

MANILA, Philippines – The father of American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. criticized 7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao for dropping the Mayweather bout over a disagreement about Olympic-style drug testing.

In an interview, Floyd Mayweather, Sr. questioned Pacquiao's argument that he would be weakened by the blood test if it was done so close to the fight. He said Pacquiao should have considered the amount of money being offered to the two boxers before refusing the fight.

“Who wouldn’t fight for that kind of money, unless they’re dumb, stupid and crazy. I think it was $40 million, something like that. They will both get that kind of money,” Floyd Mayweather, Sr. told Bev Llorente of ABS-CBN North America News Bureau.

He added: “They’re gonna fight. They’re not gonna take much blood out of you, talking that he gonna get weak before the fight. You’re gonna get weak after he tapped that ass so that’s what he is scared about."

The controversial trainer said that the world does not care about the upcoming bout between Pacquiao and Ghanaian Joshua Clottey, which is scheduled on March 13-- the same date of the bungled Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.

He added, however, that he is not closing the door on a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout in the future.

Floyd Jr. earlier blamed Pacquiao for their fight’s collapse which was caused by their disagreement on the drug testing procedure.

The undefeated American told RadioPlanet.tv as quoted by FightHype.com: “The question that people want to know is why didn’t Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight? It wasn’t my fault! I’m not duckin’ and dodgin’ nobody. 40 have came and 40 have came up short.”

Pacquiao already filed a defamation complaint against the Mayweathers and other members of their camp for alleging that he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Pacquiao is set to fight Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on March 13.

Floyd Jr., on the other hand, is scheduled to fight on May 1 against “Sugar” Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he and Pacquiao were supposed to face off.

source: abs-cbnnews.com

The Shadow of the Big One: Mayweather-Pacquiao

Last weekend, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. started the promotional push for his May 1st date with Shane Mosley down in Miami at the Super Bowl media nexus. Though, you couldn’t tell if you didn’t know already.

On the NFL Network, Mayweather’s five-minute segment hardly ever touched on the upcoming fight. Rather, Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders and the rest of the crew only wanted to dissect why the Manny Pacquiao fight fell apart.

“How much of a risk are you taking,” ESPNews first asked Mayweather, “by taking this fight ahead of a possible fight with Pacquiao?” To follow-up, the newscaster probed, “What are the chances we will see you and Pacquiao in the ring down the road?” Two opening questions. No mention of Mosley. continue reading

source:doghouseboxing.com