Jim Rome: Floyd Mayweather is either ducking Manny Pacquiao or thinks he's on steroids

you jsut never know. The fact of the matter is, this is the only fight left for Mayweathar. If he keeps fighting up and comers like ortiz or remtaching people hes already beaten, he will always have that “yeah, but” as Rome sates. It seems the Manny has bent over backwards and tried to do everything possible to fulfill Floyds requirements for the fight, but yet, after he does…..theres another requirment that Floyd comes up with. Paquiao is a bad matchup for Floyd becasu i think he is the faster and more accurate counter puncher of the two….Floyd is fast no doubt, but Manny has this grace in the ring and moves so smooth and Floyd does not….If he stands toe to toe with Manny he will lose, and Floyd knows this deep down inside. Floyd does not want that 1 on his record, therfore we will enver ever get to see this fight.

During the past negotiations Mayweather kept moving the goal posts. He has no intentions of Pacquiao, and he will come up with a 1001 excuses why he shouldn’t. Now we see the continueous dark aura that still covers the sport of boxing.

Sounds about right Rome.

Come on how can you say he isn’t ducking Pac Man anymore ? If he doesn’t man up and fight him he will be known as the coward that just ran, which I think he is. You will IMO never ever see that fight.

Everyone knows that Floyd will continue to duck any real threat to his record. At his age and stage in his career he’s nothing more than the “Fedor” of late…..pick the fights you think you can win.

As a boxing fan…..that’s one thing MMA does right. If you want to be the best….then kick their ass to get it.

that is the only fight in boxing that even makes sense right now, so why isnt it happening? Its the only boxing fight that has made sense for years actually.

Greatest fighter ever kids Money.

ANS until he fights Pac Man he will always be a coward. He sits there saying he will beat Pac Man down and fight him then when asked about it he says no I didn’t. Floyd knows what would come his way if they were to ever fight, a one sided beatdown at the hands of Pac Man. Personally I think Ortiz would whoop his ass in a rematch. He had Floyd wondering what to do twice in that fight. I am glad Floyd won because I won a bunch of money but I was scared twice in that fight. Can you picture what Pac Man would do to him with that speed ? Watch out.

Mayweather always talks about how he is unbeaten and he wants to stay that way. He doesn’t want to risk losing to Manny.

if he got randomly tested for hgh which must be done via blood. Pacquiao’s manager then stated that there’s no way that Pacquiao would agree to this because “he is terrified of needles.” He can’t be that scared of needles or he wouldn’t have tats. I don’t think Floyd’s request is unreasonable

But as you can see from above nobody can specify on what is exactly Floyd is demanding besides an equal playing field

Mayweather said he’d take the test too.

He isnt asking anything he wouldnt do himself

Its actually really easy.

“I never asked for $100 million dollars. That’s false. I said with my guarantee on the backside, it’s possible that I can male $75 to $100 million in one night.”

ok i get the sucker punch thing however i do think floyd is the greatest boxer ever and is not ducking pac man he is doing what is best for boxing saying he will not fight anyone without Olympic-style random blood & urine drug testing imo he is the only boxer who gives a shit about the sport staying viable thanks for letting me vent

ducking now a days you ducking gouse anderson ducking cheal and cung-le
Jones ducking rashad and and so on……do you see somthing al these guy’s got in common?

Look when Pac Man accepted all this retarded drug testing then Floyd came out said he wants some ridiclous amount of money to fight him ( 100 million I believe ) ? Come on now whoever says Floyd isn’t ducking this fight is a fool. Whos Floyd going to fight now ? If it isn’t Pac Man we know hes just dodging the fight. The fact remains he has dodge the 2 best fighters that everyone wants to see and knows would beat Floyd. Floyd is looking more and more like a joke everyday he doesn’t accept this fight. If Pac Man wins his next one and still agrees to all this strict testing and floyd turns it down.. What else can you say ?

Floyd is a douche! He is a dick out of the ring and in it! And if you can’t back down an 80yr old, then your not as bad as you think!

mayweather will never fight a guy like manny with his workrate. floyd knows he cant fight 12 rounds of picking his shots and shucking and jiving the way he normally does. manny’s ring generalship, overall boxing iq and workrate make him a real problem to figure out.

the only way PBF fights manny is if he does the Sugar Ray leonard and think thats Hagler (pacman) has lost a step/is slowing down….and then PBF will be all over the fight with an announcement about how its great for boxing and the rest. this is EXACTLY like sugar ray ducking hagler then baiting him with the fight, then “retiring”…..then taking it only if and when he thinks he has the edge.

floyd also fights in the city where lydocaine (sp?) is legal. mosley’s coach talked about it on 24/7 and ellerbee/floyd’s mgment guy went crazy at even insinuating that floyd needs a numbing agent for his hands……ellerbee’s reaction made it pretty clear, and if you’ve watched how floyd’s style has changed, it’s to protect his hands.

Manny has agreed to Olympic Style drug testing, which is far stricter than USADA testing, but Floyd insists on USADA testing, probably because he wants Manny to train exclusively in the USA. Manny should agree, subject to Floyd training exclusively in the Philippines!
Floyd avoided Margarito, Cotto and Moseley at their peak and is now trying to tap dance around the Pacman, but he can’t fool all the people all the time!