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(ESPN) Amusing Floyd Mayweather: "I'm fighting Manny Pacquiao May 5." Manny Pacquiao: "That's the first I've heard of it"   (espn.go.com) divider line 70
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2011-11-04 09:43:41 AM
He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA
 
2011-11-04 11:06:39 AM
ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA


hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.
 
2011-11-04 11:13:55 AM
Holy shiat look at the caption on the video.

Skip Bayless *and* Stephen A. Smith together. ESPN FAIL
 
2011-11-04 11:42:54 AM
The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.


This. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a friggin' coward when it comes to fighting Manny. That's why the games, the big mouth, the running & hiding. Mayweather spent a year and a half hiding from the last attempt, while Manny's still out there kicking ass.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is one of the big reasons why MMA is gaining in popularity over boxing - none of this grandstanding bullshiat. Either fight or STFU.
 
2011-11-04 11:59:23 AM
I'll believe it when I see it, pussy.
 
2011-11-04 12:00:26 PM
FormlessOne: This. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is a friggin' coward when it comes to fighting Manny. That's why the games, the big mouth, the running & hiding

No shiat. It looks to me like the Mayweather camp is making an incredibly obvious ploy. To wit:

Mayweather: "We're fighting May 5 at the MGM."

Pacquiao: "That's the first I've heard of it. You never even approached our camp for venue or gate negotiations. We're way more than ready to talk -- just use the proper channels."

Mayweather (next week): "zOMG WE TRIED TO SET UP TEH FIGHT BUT MEANY SED NO!1!!1!11!"

It seriously looks to me like Mayweather making a pathetic last-ditch effort to save face for his inexcusable ducking of Pacquiao.

So sad. Mayweather could have had his legacy cast in marble among the greats.

I mean, Michael Spinks is in the Hall of Fame, and I can't think of anybody who thinks less of him for taking his one loss -- his legendary 91-second ass-whupping at the hands of Mike Tyson -- rather than retiring undefeated.

Mayweather could take a lesson on what it means to be a man and do what's best for the sport that's been so good to him.
 
2011-11-04 12:41:09 PM
BKITU: So sad. Mayweather could have had his legacy cast in marble among the greats.

The fight would be amazing and Floyd could win.

/according to my brother who loves boxing.
//dont know too much about the sport myself.
 
2011-11-04 12:44:11 PM
Lost in all of this is Manny's only recently agreed to adhere to the drug testing Mayweather wanted.
 
2011-11-04 12:50:36 PM
I submitted this with a much funnier headline and more ass kickedness.

ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA


Um, no. Mayweather realizes this is his last chance to cash in, may as well start 6 months out and hype this crap as hard as he can. Because after this fight and the beatdown he's gonna get, well, lets just say he'll be done as a prizefighter.
 
2011-11-04 12:53:16 PM
Lt. Cheese Weasel: Mayweather realizes this is his last chance to cash in, may as well start 6 months out and hype this crap as hard as he can. Because after this fight and the beatdown he's gonna get, well, lets just say he'll be done as a prizefighter.

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place, I don't think he's quite down to handing out Ramen for Halloween.

This will likely be the first fight where he cares about winning more than money.
 
2011-11-04 12:53:34 PM
Lost in all of this is Floyd getting absolutely owned yesterday on the radio by Rude Jude, who called him out for dodging Pacquiao.

Link (new window)
 
2011-11-04 12:56:34 PM
All of this doesn't sound like it belongs on Monday Night Raw with some catchy mood music.

Nope. Not at all.
 
2011-11-04 01:00:06 PM
PunchDrunkPanda:

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place,


lol wut
 
2011-11-04 01:08:49 PM
You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.
 
2011-11-04 01:19:13 PM
Gunny Highway: BKITU: So sad. Mayweather could have had his legacy cast in marble among the greats.

The fight would be amazing and Floyd could win.

/according to my brother who loves boxing.
//dont know too much about the sport myself.


Only if Manny breaks his fist up alongside the cowards's head. Even then I'd expect Manny to whup him using just his other fist.
 
2011-11-04 01:41:10 PM
Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

Manny wouldn't put him down he would toy with him and let it last 4 rounds longer than he needed it to.
 
2011-11-04 01:45:04 PM
You're the jerk... jerk: Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

Manny wouldn't put him down he would toy with him and let it last 4 rounds longer than he needed it to.


It would smell of the Ali/Patterson fight where Ali kept him around for 4 or so rounds longer than it should've lasted while saying "What's My Name?!" to Patterson between punches.
 
2011-11-04 02:06:43 PM
When this happens, I really do hope he gives Pacquiao a run for his money. I have to root for my country man but Manny will really secure his place in the halls of legend when he defeats the undefeated
 
2011-11-04 02:15:38 PM
Quiefenburger: PunchDrunkPanda:

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place,

lol wut


Yes?

Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

There are going to be some really sad Farkers if Mayweather wins, huh?
 
2011-11-04 02:17:51 PM
PunchDrunkPanda: Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

There are going to be some really sad Farkers if Mayweather wins, huh?


What do you think the vegas odds would be on this fight?

For the record, I am always sad when Mayweather wins.
 
2011-11-04 02:21:03 PM
Boxing needs to do something to get people watching again.. and to stay watching.
Even the old timers at my gym are starting to drop boxing.. and the younger people.. it's all UFC.
 
2011-11-04 02:24:15 PM
PunchDrunkPanda: Quiefenburger: PunchDrunkPanda:

He took in $25 million from putting Ortiz in his place,

lol wut

Yes?


Mayweather sucker punched his opponent to end the fight and you call that getting "put in his place". You all good with nut punches and eye gouging too?
 
2011-11-04 02:24:15 PM
PunchDrunkPanda: Lt. Cheese Weasel: Mayweather realizes this is his last chance to cash in, may as well start 6 months out and hype this crap as hard as he can. Because after this fight and the beatdown he's gonna get, well, lets just say he'll be done as a prizefighter.

He took in $25 millionfrom putting Ortiz in his place, I don't think he's quite down to handing out Ramen for Halloween.

This will likely be the first fight where he cares about winning more than money.


That number only came from one place. And that place isn't know for its reliability.

/The Mayweather camp
 
2011-11-04 02:26:05 PM
I would love to see a demographic breakdown of Mayweather's fans/Q Rating.
 
2011-11-04 02:27:31 PM
You're the jerk... jerk: PunchDrunkPanda: Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

There are going to be some really sad Farkers if Mayweather wins, huh?

What do you think the vegas odds would be on this fight?

For the record, I am always sad when Mayweather wins.


Aww but it's so much fun to cheer for the bad guy.

No idea, I don't think Pacquiao should be favored more than two-to-one but he's such an idolized fighter it'll move much higher than that before it closes.
 
2011-11-04 02:30:36 PM
BKITU: It seriously looks to me like Mayweather making a pathetic last-ditch effort to save face for his inexcusable ducking of Pacquiao

I think Arum is absolutely right when he says they pull this crap all the time right before Pacquiao is supposed to fight in an attempt to grab attention.

If the drug testing is a complete non-issue, this shouldn't be a tough negotiation -- 50/50 split as both guys are big PPV draws and 50% of this PPV is probably 100-110% of the total PPV money of either guy fighting anyone else, this fight will make that much. The fight will be at 147, neither guy cuts much weight as it is so there's no point in fiddling with the weight, they do it at welterweight. The question is whether Mayweather actually wants the fight this time. And, of course, Pacquiao has to be Marquez first.
 
2011-11-04 02:30:37 PM
BKITU:
I mean, Michael Spinks is in the Hall of Fame, and I can't think of anybody who thinks less of him for taking his one loss -- his legendary 91-second ass-whupping at the hands of Mike Tyson -- rather than retiring undefeated.


I don't think less of Spinks for fighting Tyson, but I certainly remember how badly he went down -- and that easily taints his legacy, HOF or not. It's like he was crippled with fear in that fight, thus he was exposed.

No way Floyd Jr. is afraid of Manny in the way that Spinks was of Tyson.
 
2011-11-04 02:31:25 PM
PunchDrunkPanda: Aww but it's so much fun to cheer for the bad guy.

No idea, I don't think Pacquiao should be favored more than two-to-one but he's such an idolized fighter it'll move much higher than that before it closes


I think Mayweather opens as the Vegas favorite if they make the fight.
 
2011-11-04 02:40:30 PM
Mateorocks: I don't think less of Spinks for fighting Tyson, but I certainly remember how badly he went down -- and that easily taints his legacy, HOF or not. It's like he was crippled with fear in that fight, thus he was exposed.

Then let me ask it this way: Do you think Spinks would be as respected now had he retired undefeated, deciding to avoid Tyson to preserve his record?

My point is that, yes, Spinks didn't get to retire with the vaunted "undefeated" banner... but nobody has ever smeared his legacy due to ducking a fearsome opponent. I contend that, had he avoided Tyson, he would be referred to as "the guy who retired undefeated but ducked Tyson." That would be a horrible, but truthful, smear on his legacy.

Mayweather is, on the other hand, appears to be willfully accepting of a legacy as "the guy who retired undefeated but ducked Pacquiao." That's crap.
 
2011-11-04 02:42:19 PM
GQueue: PunchDrunkPanda: Aww but it's so much fun to cheer for the bad guy.

No idea, I don't think Pacquiao should be favored more than two-to-one but he's such an idolized fighter it'll move much higher than that before it closes

I think Mayweather opens as the Vegas favorite if they make the fight.


Christ, really? The Books could save some time and flush the money down the toilet instead.
 
2011-11-04 02:44:25 PM
Quiefenburger: Mayweather sucker punched his opponent to end the fight and you call that getting "put in his place". You all good with nut punches and eye gouging too?

At no point during that fight was Ortiz not getting put in his place. Hence the frustrated headbutt. Hence the "sucker punch" icing on the cake - his comeuppance.

The reason it's called a sucker punch is because it takes a sucker to complete the equation. Protect yourself.

GQueue: I think Mayweather opens as the Vegas favorite if they make the fight.

Absolutely, but it won't stay there for very long. When it opens for the public they will eat Pacquiao up, then the sharks come clean up.
 
2011-11-04 02:48:57 PM
I'll only believe they're fighting when I see them in the cage.
 
2011-11-04 02:49:25 PM
PunchDrunkPanda: You're the jerk... jerk: PunchDrunkPanda: Billy Crystal Meth Lab: You could tell Pacquiao that Mayweather was outside of his house ready to fight and I'd still give it two rounds. Tops.

There are going to be some really sad Farkers if Mayweather wins, huh?

What do you think the vegas odds would be on this fight?

For the record, I am always sad when Mayweather wins.

Aww but it's so much fun to cheer for the bad guy.

No idea, I don't think Pacquiao should be favored more than two-to-one but he's such an idolized fighter it'll move much higher than that before it closes.


I won't cheer for a guy whose last big fight was with a defenseless woman.
 
2011-11-04 02:50:18 PM
And by cage, I mean ring - sorry, I spend more time commenting on MMA
 
2011-11-04 02:56:20 PM
You're the jerk... jerk: I won't cheer for a guy whose last big fight was with a defenseless woman.

In Hatton's defense, he was born that way.
 
2011-11-04 02:56:53 PM
Smeggy Smurf: Gunny Highway: BKITU: So sad. Mayweather could have had his legacy cast in marble among the greats.

The fight would be amazing and Floyd could win.

/according to my brother who loves boxing.
//dont know too much about the sport myself.

Only if Manny breaks his fist up alongside the cowards's head. Even then I'd expect Manny to whup him using just his other fist.


Isnt hitting him the hard part?
 
2011-11-04 03:09:45 PM
The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.


No Manny doesn't want to go anywhere near an Olympic style drug test. I always wondered how the story was twisted to Mayweather was ducking Pacquiao and the point that Pacquiao backed out of the drug test was forgotten. (new window)
 
2011-11-04 03:34:21 PM
Mayweather Shmayweather. Will somebody please work up the guts to tell Manny his sings like shiat? It's embarrassing watching him singing on late night shows and acting like he's the next Hasselhoff.
 
2011-11-04 03:52:53 PM
One time I was in Tijuana at this shady place where they had big fat hookers. I mean really, really big fat women. And this enormously fat skank in a mumu bent over, pulled up about a thousand miles of fabric, and showed everyone her vajayjay. And the thing was big enough to park a school bus in.

So I can honestly say that, having seen it, the biggest actual ##### in the world, is still a smaller ##### than Mayweather.

/if I wasn't looking, he'd probably hit me for saying that
 
2011-11-04 04:15:30 PM
ongbok: The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.

No Manny doesn't want to go anywhere near an Olympic style drug test. I always wondered how the story was twisted to Mayweather was ducking Pacquiao and the point that Pacquiao backed out of the drug test was forgotten. (new window)


According to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer That entire account you cited was from the Mayweather camp. And they have NEVER been known to embelish...
 
2011-11-04 04:26:10 PM
Babboonrash: According to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer That entire account you cited was from the Mayweather camp. And they have NEVER been known to embelish...

This might be better (new window)

My understanding is that Pacquiao refused to do a blood test inside of a two-week window prior to the fight or immediately after the fight, but has since agreed to a different standard that is agreeable to both camps.
 
2011-11-04 04:36:31 PM
ongbok: The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.

No Manny doesn't want to go anywhere near an Olympic style drug test. I always wondered how the story was twisted to Mayweather was ducking Pacquiao and the point that Pacquiao backed out of the drug test was forgotten. (new window)


You realize that article is two years old and Pacquiao has agreed to do random drug testing? Previously his one condition was that he would not do blood tests for a short window before the fight, but he was willing to do a blood test in the locker room after the fight. Now Arum says:

"We have agreed in the Pacquiao camp to unlimited random testing done by a responsible, neutral organization," Arum said. "We don't believe USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) is a neutral organization."

Arum said they can arrange for an Olympic organization to handle the random drug testing.




What other excuses can Mayweather make? Now he is coming up with conditions, like setting the date and venue of the fight before even talking to the other side (this fight should be in Cowboy Stadium). He doesn't want this fight to happen.
 
2011-11-04 05:03:14 PM
ongbok: The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.

No Manny doesn't want to go anywhere near an Olympic style drug test. I always wondered how the story was twisted to Mayweather was ducking Pacquiao and the point that Pacquiao backed out of the drug test was forgotten. (new window)


You wonder that because you're more than two years behind the times and take the word of Mayweather's lackeys.

/Mayweather has been ~-150 or so futures favorite for a couple years now, and rightly so
 
2011-11-04 05:23:24 PM
Moopy Mac: What other excuses can Mayweather make? Now he is coming up with conditions, like setting the date and venue of the fight before even talking to the other side (this fight should be in Cowboy Stadium). He doesn't want this fight to happen.

When it was time for Bobby Fischer to defend his world chess championship against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer started fighting with FIDE, the governing body. He refused to defend unless FIDE agreed to a whole list of demands -- most of which were well outside the norms of the day -- and he considered the list non-negotiable.

FIDE, deciding that it was important for the match to go on, gave in to all of his wacky demands except for just part of one: Fischer had demanded that the first player to 10 wins (draws not counting) would be deemed champion, but if the match ever reached a record of 9-9, then it would be ended there and Fischer would retain his title.

This stipulation effectively gave Fischer the advantage of forcing Karpov to beat him by at least two games to win the title. FIDE thought it was an unfair advantage -- indeed, no other champion had ever been given such favorable terms -- and declined to accept that one particular term in toto. They accepted that the match could go to 10 wins with draws not counting (even though that would probably drag the match on for a month or more), but even if Karpov won the match 10-9 he would win the title from Fischer.

Fischer declared that not acceding to even part of one point was not enough, and he refused to defend. The title was accordingly awarded directly to Karpov.

It is widely thought in chess circles that Fischer simply did not want to defend against Karpov, whose playing style was kind of a novelty at the time. Fischer hadn't played a world-class match since winning his title three years previously, and therefore was mentally kind of rusty. Furthermore, he would be going up against a young, hungry competitor in Karpov, whose style would likely give Fischer fits as he had never seen it over-the-board before. So Fischer, accordingly, did everything in his power to make it look like, "Well golly gee, I'm just trying my darnedest to make a match happen, but, well, what a shame."

The fact is, Fischer chickened out on the biggest match of his career, plain and simple. He ducked Karpov. His legend was, and forever is, tainted by his utter refusal to defend against someone who could legitimately beat him.

We also now know that Fischer was a paranoid, anti-Semitic lunatic. Maybe Mayweather is, too. The other parallels are just too eerie.
 
2011-11-04 05:46:06 PM
Quiefenburger: Lost in all of this is Floyd getting absolutely owned yesterday on the radio by Rude Jude, who called him out for dodging Pacquiao.

Link (new window)


I needed this laugh
 
2011-11-04 05:49:51 PM
Moopy Mac: ongbok: The Stealth Hippopotamus: ManateeGag: He didn't mean in a sanctioned match or anything, Mayweather is just going to go to Pacquiao's house and kick his ass on May 5th. Floyd is just giving ample warning of the impending beating.

/DNRTFA

hahaha. Mayweather doesn't want to go anywhere near Manny.

No Manny doesn't want to go anywhere near an Olympic style drug test. I always wondered how the story was twisted to Mayweather was ducking Pacquiao and the point that Pacquiao backed out of the drug test was forgotten. (new window)

You realize that article is two years old and Pacquiao has agreed to do random drug testing? Previously his one condition was that he would not do blood tests for a short window before the fight, but he was willing to do a blood test in the locker room after the fight. Now Arum says:

"We have agreed in the Pacquiao camp to unlimited random testing done by a responsible, neutral organization," Arum said. "We don't believe USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) is a neutral organization."

Arum said they can arrange for an Olympic organization to handle the random drug testing.



What other excuses can Mayweather make? Now he is coming up with conditions, like setting the date and venue of the fight before even talking to the other side (this fight should be in Cowboy Stadium). He doesn't want this fight to happen.


Mayweather doesn't want to fight in Texas because the pain medication he takes is illegal in almost every state. That drug is legal in NV and that's why he wants to set the location. Name of the drug is Xylocaine (if I recall correctly) and he injects it prior to bouts in his hands.
 
2011-11-04 05:59:28 PM
But I don't want to fight

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2011-11-04 06:00:00 PM
cdn0.sbnation.com
 
2011-11-04 06:08:42 PM
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That's going to be an awesome fight. If you haven't seen the UFC Primetime special take 40 minutes and check it out Link (new window) It's almost impossible not to cheer for both of them.

Oh, and Floyd is a biatch who will do everything in his power to not fight Manny.
 
2011-11-04 06:28:14 PM
Quiefenburger: Lost in all of this is Floyd getting absolutely owned yesterday on the radio by Rude Jude, who called him out for dodging Pacquiao.

Link (new window)


That's was fantastic. "Stay duckin'". BWAHAHAHAHHA!
 
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