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witherspoon wrote:I should have known. It's Lampley who is the real obstacle here. He must have some big influence at HBO, that's all I can say. Ever since
"bang, bang, bang, bang................want some more?.........BANG!!!!"
It should have been obvious who has most to lose from Pacquiao being schooled by Mayweather.
The irony is that I (a Mayweather man, as far as this fight is concerned) have more faith in Pacman's chances in this fight than his man-crushed admirer.
Come on Lamps, let it happen, your boy will do just fine.

It is incumbent on both sides to stay at the table, but the fact that Time Warner/HBO has little reason to push for Mayweather-Pacquiao this year remains, even while CBS/Showtime has every reason to deliver it, and until the former gets shoved into the negotiating inferno by Pacquiao and/or his promoter Bob Arum, the fight won't get made. And inevitably, because Mayweather plans to fight May 2 regardless who it is, and Pacquiao's backup plan if he doesn't fight Mayweather on May 2 is an alternate date of May 30, guess who has to walk away from the table first?

That's right. Pacquiao and Arum, and by extension Time Warner/HBO, only have to stall these talks a little while longer, can say they stayed at the table beyond their end-of-January deadline, and can force the opposite side to walk away first because Mayweather has the earlier date to fulfill.

Lest we fail to mention, Arum is a nearly peerless promoter.

Mayweather-Pacquiao for May 2 has a shelf life of about two weeks before the proposal really does wash out completely, and nothing came as a surprise about the events since last week, when we noted here that Time Warner/HBO doesn't have the same motivation to make the fight as CBS/Showtime, whose Mayweather contract expires this year.

The lack of surprising developments included several things: Mayweather discovering that Pacquiao would be at a Miami Heat game one night last week and showing up to confront him; the body language between them; the hotel meeting afterward where you can bet Mayweather enlightened Pacquiao as to precisely where he believes the negotiations' snags are; and the Dewey Defeats Truman moment TMZ suffered in declaring the fight a done deal, which was ridiculous on a number of levels.

And it certainly was not a surprise when Yahoo! reported that Time Warner/HBO and CBS/Showtime had reached an impasse over delayed-telecast rights, which on a fight of that magnitude could be pure gold to the subscription base of the prevailing network.

There isn't a person who cares about boxing who doesn't want Mayweather-Pacquiao now. The major deal points are done. They know where the fight would be, glove weights and brands, weight limit, ring dimensions, who gets introduced first, even how the signing of initial contracts would be announced.

One major sticking point remains: That Time Warner/HBO, for now, still seems to want to make the fight that is best for boxing, but in 2016, when Mayweather could be a television free agent and the two subscription networks might not have to work together on the fight.

Badhusker wrote:For once I believe what Michael Koncz said recently - that the only people that can stop Floyd vs Manny now is Floyd or Manny. He said he can't, Arum can't, HBO can't, Showtime can't, etc.

The fight will happen.

KBB wrote: HBO has their finger on the greed button

KBB wrote: but the even more sad reality is that if they do make it when Floyd is a Free Agent that they will end up paying him more to make the bout and that there isn't even a guarantee that Floyd won't do a smaller Extension Contract with SHO just to cover himself vs the wolves over at HBO when it comes to dealing with negotiations in another round.

Rodian wrote:He's a coward and pussy

ReggieDiggs wrote:

Rodian wrote:He's a coward and pussy

You might be a dumb ass boxing fan if you think the best boxer on the planet right now is a coward & pussy.

Rodian wrote:Floyd doesnt seem serious about making the fight. I'm not sure what more he wants from Pacquiao, who has AGREED TO ALL TERMS. He's more interested in a dick swinging contest than actually being a reasonable human being (which a sociopath is incapable of being).

I expect Floyd to fight Cotto next, announced sometime mid to late February. Cotto's deal gets done in a matter of weeks instead of the BS two month "negotiation" with one guy taking a vacation.

Rodian wrote:Floyd doesnt seem serious about making the fight. I'm not sure what more he wants from Pacquiao, who has AGREED TO ALL TERMS. He's more interested in a dick swinging contest than actually being a reasonable human being (which a sociopath is incapable of being).

I expect Floyd to fight Cotto next, announced sometime mid to late February. Cotto's deal gets done in a matter of weeks instead of the BS two month "negotiation" with one guy taking a vacation.

Rodian wrote:

ReggieDiggs wrote:

Rodian wrote:He's a coward and pussy

You might be a dumb ass boxing fan if you think the best boxer on the planet right now is a coward & pussy.

He beats up women which qualifies him as a coward and a pussy.

montrealsuper wrote:HBO refuted the Mayo article and says it is not the impediment blocking the fight.

Floyd is laying low and hiding and waiting for the Pac storm to pass, so he can pick his next sparring partner who will not be allowed to beat or hurt him.