Arum: Mayweather turned down $65 million offer to fight Pacquiao in Singapore

There’s avoiding a fight, and then there’s turning down $65 million for a fight. The former is strategy, the latter is lunacy. That’s what Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly said to the prospect of a fight with Manny Pacquiao in Singapore, according to Bob Arum, the head of Top Rank Promotions. If true, Mayweather’s behavior has now been upgraded from “ducking” Pacquiao to “running, screaming like a Girl Scout.” Arum told boxing reporter Elie Seckbach that as recently

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The case for Manny Pacquiao

Even though the Fight of the Millennium between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon, boxing chat rooms, message boards and the comment sections of articles throughout the sport still shake and rattle with Pacquiao-Mayweather talk. At times, it seems as though it's all fans want to talk about.Both fighters get built up or torn down based on who's making the

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WOODS: Let's All Let Floyd Be, Stop Begging Him To Fight Pacquiao

So he turned up his nose at $65 million bucks. Floyd Mayweather, with $65 million reasons to say yes, instead said no, I will not at this time fight Manny Pacquiao.Difficult to believe, isn't it? We've all played the game "what would you do for a million dollars?" game with pals, and suffice to say, the bulk of us would allow ourselves to be semi debased and disgraced

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World's Richest Man promotes: Slim & None, Carrot Top Alvarez vs. Manny Pacquiao

The invisible ink on the nonexistent bout contracts is not even dry yet. If Don King is, as he self proclaimed long ago, the WGP, or World’s Greatest Promoter then Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu will certainly become the WRP, World’s Richest Promoter, if he lands a horrible mismatch of a fight between 20 year old Carrot Top Saul Alverez against Manny Pacquiao for sometime next year.I’ve heard of throwing the baby out with the bathwater

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Underdog Boxing: De La Hoya's apology to Pacman, Arum paves way for big fights

Don’t you just love it when problems get sorted out? I do, specially when solving the problem means it’s finally possible to make the best matches in boxing.A few weeks ago, Oscar de la Hoya checked into a rehabilitation center for substance abuse. Curiously, after that point, the former six-division world champion started to make amends. He went to Twitter and sent out apologies to Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao. It was mostly about him insinuating that Pacquiao was taking performance-enhancing

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JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, JR. / SEBASTIAN ZBIK FINAL PRESSCON TODAY

MIKEY GARCIA / MIGUEL BELTRAN, JR. CHRISTY MARTIN / VANES MARTIROSYAN BOB ARUM / GLORIA ALLRED FINAL NEWS CONFERENCE LUNCHEON TODAY! Wednesday, June 1 at Noon PT Wilshire Grand Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2011) – Son of the Living Legend and the No. 1-rated middleweight contender, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, JR. (42-0-1, 30 KOs), of Culiacan, México, and undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion SEBASTIAN ZBIK (30-0, 10 KOs)

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Manny Pacquiao HP Commercial

Exclusive Report via HOLLYWOOD, California - Manny Pacquiao works like no one else does."I run ten miles every morning, do two-thousand set-ups a day, eat seven-thousand calories and train for eight weeks straight, " says Pacquiao while showing the features of a new technology. "So, why did I get a small phone? " "Well, if there's one thing I know, little guys can pack

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Sugar Shame Mosley shocker: He tried to quit on stool in Manny Pacquiao fight

You don’t have to take my word for it on Sugar Shame Mosley and the putrid effort he rendered in his May 7 fight against Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao.Everyone who watched the heavily-hyped up bout and forked over $55 for PPV TV or a pricey seat inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena knows that Mosley began fighting in a safety first, defensive manner as early as the second round of the scheduled 12-round WBO welterweight title bout. Mosley went almost totally into reverse gear after taking a hard

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Golden Boy formally apologize to Pacquiao, time Floyd Mayweather followed suit

Following a formal apology from Golden Boy promotions, news broke today that Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit with both Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer.In a prepared statement released by Top Rank, Schaefer and De La Hoya said:“Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya, on behalf of themselves and Golden Boy Promotions, wish to make it crystal clear that we never intended to claim

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