By William Trillo
The negotiations for quite possibly the biggest fight ever are at a standstill and only an 11th hour mediation might save the multi million dollar battle. Too add to that you have just been slapped with a multi million dollar defamation law suit that has some pretty good legs to stand on.
So if you are one of the main players in all that mess what do you do?
Well if your name is Floyd Mayweather Jr. you go to the opening of the new club Vanity at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas and start trouble.
That’s right sports fans, while Mayweather management was trying to figure out how to save the Pacquiao/Mayweather fight, Floyd Jr. was busy nightclubbing in Las Vegas and getting into a near physical altercation with rapper Rick Ross.
Here….. I can’t be bothered with the details, check out the link for yourselves.
Mayweather in Casino Standoff with Rap Star | TMZ.com
As I said in my previous blog, the mediator chosen to oversee the Pacquiao/Mayweather proceedings has 3 years of Juvenile court under his belt so hopefully for Floyd Jr. this ridiculous childlike scene won’t affect the outcome…..but it darn well should.
There were no reports of Floyd making it rain with counterfeit Benjamin’s at the Las Vegas bash.
Meanwhile members of Top Rank and Golden Boy met in Los Angeles for 9 hours with retired Judge Daniel Weinstein, but after the long day the press in attendance was informed there had been a gag order placed on the proceedings so we don’t know if they made any real headway or not.
“We’ve been told not to comment,” Arum told The Bulletin as soon as he stepped out of Weinstein’s office. “There’s a gag order.”
Trying to put a positive spin on the situation noted publicist Fred Sternburg said the fact that there’s a gag order could be a good sign. “The longer it is, the better it is. (That) means they’re still working at it,” said Sternburg.
Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal said, “At least what we heard was not an announcement saying the fight is off. Perhaps, they’re still trying to tie up some loose ends.”
If they don’t tie up those so called loose ends the prospect of Pacquiao vs. Yuri Foreman and Mayweather fighting Paulie Malignaggi on back to back weekends is a very real and ridiculous option.
Both those fights are apparently PPV…..ON BACK TO BACK WEEKENDS!!!
Think quick boxing fans, on which weekend do you prefer to waste your money? The prospect of either one of those fights being worth the price of admission is negligible at best.
There are reports saying that talks will resume on Wednesday.
Meanwhile…….
The Los Angeles Times is running an on-line poll, asking its readers who among four primary figures in the on-going rift – Pacquiao, Mayweather, Arum and Mayweather’s promoters and managers – should be blamed.
The top vote-getter as of press time was Mayweather himself with 5,841 votes (72 percent), while his handlers got 1,537 (19 percent). Pacquiao just got 550 votes (7 percent) and Arum received 213 (3 percent).
That’s just over 90% 8,000 readers pointing the fickle finger of fate at Team Mayweather.
Let the record speak for itself!
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