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...allowing the negotiations to collapse, Pacquiao and Mayweather quickly became defined as the boxers who wouldn't fight each other. "I think Floyd is scared of Manny," says Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer. "I think the public is disgusted by the controversy, but they still want the fight to happen." (See "The Meaning and Mythos of Manny Pacquiao...
...Pacquiao-Mayweather détente can somehow happen, it needs to be soon, while the men are still at their prime. Pacquiao, who is 31, is running for Congress in the Philippines and starting to hint at retirement. Mayweather, 33, has already come back from one retirement. If Pacquiao can beat Clottey and Mayweather is victorious over Mosley, then the fight for the two men's legacies will begin again - at the negotiating table...
...think that he is off the market - as if anyone wants to be "on the market" with him. And then he said that he wanted to be paid $25,000 for me to use his picture in my book. I told him that that wasn't going to happen either. Then he said, "What if I decide to sue you?" I said, "Well, if you sue me, you're going to have to borrow $25,000 from me to hire an attorney. And I'm not going to loan it to you." So that pretty much nipped that...
...It’s] a mistake to come out and wait for the council to take action,” Morr-Wineman said. “We need a public ground swell to make something happen. On the other hand we can’t let the city off the hook...
...just follow the game plan,” Smith said. “Nobody is trying to be selfish or do it themselves—opportunities pop up. Dean and Jeff and Jason are all very opportunistic players, and when they get those opportunities, good things will happen...