Manny Pacquiao VS Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Mayweather Jr. promotes himself?

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The son of Mayweather Sr., Floyd Mayweather Jr., who refuse to fight Pacquiao and resorted to alibis in the past, had finally grown some balls.

Apparently, he's using a tactic that's reminiscent of the Ali vs. Frazier pre-fight campaign, wherein Ali ridiculed Frazier in an act of promoting the fight.

Last week, Mayweather demanded Pacquiao to "give the world what they want to see" and agree to a bout on the 5th of May.

And while Pacquiao said he wanted the fight, he said he favors a date in late May and suggested Mayweather could not guarantee his side of the purse.

"This is the fight the world wants," said Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.

"[But] Mayweather wants a guaranteed purse so what he has to do is get a promoter who can give him the guarantee," Pacquiao said.

"I don't have problems getting a guarantee because I have a promoter who will give me my guaranteed purse," Pacquiao continued. "If he gets a guarantee, then we are going to share the revenue on a 50-50 basis."

Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum added: "There is no problem on our part - the problem is on Mayweather's.

"Mayweather needs somebody on his side that's going to guarantee his purse. Mayweather has nobody on his side and GBP (Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions) is not going to guarantee his purse."

Arum and Pacquiao's financial advisor, Michael Koncz, wants a bout in late May to coincide with the completion of a 45,000-seater arena in Las Vegas.

The MGM Grand, where Mayweather is booked to fight on May 5, has a capacity of only 17,000 and Koncz claims an additional $30 million could be raised if the bout took place in the new venue.

"Why would I tell Manny to fight on 5 May and throw away a percentage of $30m? That's crazy," Koncz said.

Last last week, five-weight world champion Mayweather had a 90-day jail term deferred so that he could fulfill a prearranged date at the MGM Grand. He will now begin his sentence on the 1st of June.

The WBC welterweight champion subsequently used his Twitter account to challenge Pacquiao.

"Step up Punk," said the undefeated American boxer. "Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5 and give the world what they want to see (sic)."

A year ago, talks failed when Pacquiao, 33, pulled out after Mayweather demanded random drugs tests before the bout.

At the time, Arum called Mayweather "a psychological coward who doesn't want to fight anybody who has a chance of beating him", and predicted the bout would never take place.

But if the purse on offer matches the £25m-per-fighter deal that was rumored to be on offer last year, the biggest payday in boxing history may prove persuasive.

Arum insisted that if there was to be no fight in late May against the American then he would move forward with a Pacquiao clash on June 9 against someone else.

He listed a rematch against Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez or Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, as well as American's Tim Bradley and Lamont Peterson, as potential alternatives.

May 5th is Pacquiao ass whooping day

Just recently, the boxer who likes to fight with words, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back at it again, twitting messages and calling out Manny Pacquiao.

"January 16th was Dr. Martin Luther king's birthday. Jaunary 17th is Muhammad Ali's birthday," said Mayweather via Twitter. "May 5th is Pacquiao ass whooping day. I am ready to fight Pacquiao 5/5/12. Bob Arum know the date can't change. I have my guarantee. Call Schaefer& Al and stop lying to the public."

Manny Pacquiao stated on more than one occasion that he really wants to fight Floyd Mayweather. Freddie Roach recently stated that he wants to get Manny ready for a fight with Mayweather more than anything else in the world. Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum himself recently stated that there are no more issues left to set up much talked about mega showdown, and all we can do is wait. It seems Floyd Mayweather Jr. is desperate for a fight or maybe, it's just another one of those self-promotions he usually does.

"First they say I am ducking the fight," continued Mayweather, 34. "But now it seems like I am begging for a fight. What is going on?"

Floyd Mayweather Jr. also used twitter to quote Dr. Marin Luther King: "Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."

Arum told RingTV.com on Tuesday that Mayweather is still among the five choices for Pacquiao, including WBA junior middleweight beltholders Miguel Cotto, RING lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez, WBO junior welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley and IBF/WBA junior welterweight titleholder Lamont Peterson.

"Floyd Mayweather is the Plan A. And one of those other four guys is the Plan B. Our first priority is to see if a Mayweather fight can be made," said Arum. "If that fight can be made, then everything will fall into place. If that can't be made, then everything else will still fall into place."

Mayweather has targeted May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for his next bout, but Arum and Pacquiao's advisor, Michael Koncz, have all but dismissed that date for Mayweather-Pacquiao, citing their camp's desire to have built a 40,000-seat, temporary outdoor venue on the Las Vegas strip in late May or early June to maximize revenue.

"I've always said that we could get an outdoor stadium up by the end of May," said Arum, noting that Mayweather is slated to begin a 90-day jail sentence starting on June 1.

"We're talking with the builders tomorrow [Wednesday]. Obviously, if this thing plays out any longer, then that won't be an option anymore."

Oscar de la Hoya chimes in

Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, followed up on Mayweather's tweets.

"Mayweather told bob to contact Richard Schaffer [Schaefer] to make the fight!! Let's do this," later adding, "Way to step up to the plate Mayweather. Let's do it Bob. Now call Richard Schaefer, his phone on."

Pacquiao VS Marquez III: Juan Manuel Marquez Post-fight Press Conference

Perhaps, of the three Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez fights, this third installment is the most controversial fight of all. On November 12th (November 13 here on the Philippines), the fight between the Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's El Dinamita Marquez took place in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, USA. Both fighters are determined to win; the challenger Marquez was giving his best shot to get Pacquiao's belt while the defender also gave his best to keep it.

Manny Pacquiao (real name: Emmanuel "Manny" Depidran Pacquiao) is a Filipino professional boxer. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different classes. He is referred to as the "Pambansang Kamao" or National Fist or Knuckle by his fellow Filipinos, and was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the BWAA. He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA "fighter of the Year", winning the award in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Currently, he is the WBO Welterweight World Champion, and rated as the best pound for pound boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites.

The challenger Juan Manuel Marquez Mendez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes. Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring Lightweight World Champion. He is rated as the number five pound for pound boxer in the world.

And as you can see, both fighters are not just ordinary boxers, they are really world class boxers. And in this event, both clashed and made one stunning fight. Marquez is an excellent counter puncher, which Pacquiao find very challenging. He wasn't the same Marquez Pacquiao fought before in the last two fights. This kind of Marquez was more cunning. While in my own humble opinion, I did not find Marquez too aggressive for he was most of the time in the defensive mode, waiting for Pacquiao to attack then unleash his devastating counterattacks, he still deserves my respect though. He was also fast enough to dodge some of Pacquiao's powerful blows. However, after the 12-round boxing, and the scores were announced, the results were 114-114, 115-113 in favor of Manny, and 116-112 still in favor of Manny, thus Pacquiao still emerged as the champion. However, not everyone was happy with the results, particularly the Mexicans. They believe Marquez had outscored Pacquiao and Marquez was cheated. Even a dismayed Marquez had walked out without even congratulating Pacquiao, it seems he wasn't able to accept his defeat.



Press Conference with Juan Manuel Marquez.

Now Marquez along with his supporters believe that he was being robbed of victory, the judges were in favor of Pacquiao, he then goes on to say that even if he had put him down on the canvas, they would still put him up. He also announce plans of retiring and end his pursuit of beating the champion, as he had said... no matter what he'll do, they would still declare Pacquiao the champion. He also goes on to boast that he won the fight, including the previous fights... or so he had thought?

But let's face the facts, in boxing context doesn't matter. The best judges never favor champion over challenger or vice versa. They look beyond a fighter's record and history. They only look at the fight at hand.

We should also take into consideration the fact that different judges have different tastes. Some prefer aggressors; the ones who push the action and chase opponents all over the ring. While other judges focus on cleaner shots. Judges should also disregard continuity, for example, what happens in round 5 shouldn't affect how judges score round 6. However, let's face it, scoring a boxing match is no perfect science.

However, if you're still dissatisfied with the unanimous decision, watch the fight again, and score the fight round per round. Of course, we'll still get varying scores, but by doing this exercise, it will give you a cleaner picture of the fight. It might convince you that Pacquiao indeed won or it may support your belief that Marquez deserved the belt. But I'm sure that if you break it down per round. You will see that it was a very close fight. But a robbery? That's too much to say.

This fight may not be demonstrating Pacquiao's best performance, but it doesn't automatically make Pacquiao a loser.

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