At the same time Ariza strongly defended Mayweathers use of IV on the eve of his May 2 showdown with Manny Pacquiao insisting that IV doesnt do anything and both the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the US Anti Doping Agency in their written findings said Floyd did nothing wrong..
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Showtime Sports executive vice president and general manager had no intentions releasing the results and even admitted that this fight was hard than the last fight of Mayweathers’.
The names of Amir Khan, Kell Brook, Terence Crawford and Lucas Matthysse were floated as possible opponents for Pacquiao.
“A very big fight with Pacquiao would be my goal”.
A rematch between Mayweather and Pacquiao wouldn’t match the May 2 PPV numbers, but it would nearly certainly draw significantly more buys than the Berto fight. But, one thing is for sure and that is he will pick the best fighter out there. Within that deal were two record-setting performances – his 2013 win over Canelo Alvarez that did $150 million in sales, followed by the Pacquiao fight, which did $440 million. “I heard he’s retired, so it doesn’t matter”, Pacquiao told the Associated Press.
Boxing sucked during the “Cold War”, where Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum’s Top Rank refused to do business with each other. “That would probably be a smart move”, Garcia said. His belts should be vacant – as he said they would be after he beat Pacquiao – and the “young lions” should duke it out to fill the vacancies.
If Arum doesn’t make his decision soon then Khan will need to schedule a fight for November or December.
However, the veteran promoter also added that they are now considering Marquez and Matthysse for Pacquiao’s next fight, which will likely happen in the first quarter of next year.
The world witnessed Floyd Mayweather announce his retirement shortly after defeating Andre Berto earlier this month.
“A lot of fans buy Floyd’s fights to see him lose, and when Floyd beat Manny, a lot of that hope went out the window”, Espinoza said Saturday.
“He’s leaving on a bad note”.
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Considering how insistent Floyd Mayweather (49-0, 26 KOs) is that fans and pundits take his retirement talk at face value, it’s peculiar that he hasn’t opted to vacate his WBC and WBA titles at 147 and 154 pounds. I can only say what I want to say.
