Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao: Arum Blasted for Super-Fight Not Happening

World class boxing and MMA trainer Ron Frazier has blasted Bob Arum as the sole reason for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao super-fight not happening.

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"I think it's been very clear who didn't want this fight to happen and it's Bob Arum. The fighters, at the end of the day, if you put them in there, they are going to fight," [...] Frazier told FightHype.com.

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Since the proposed fight between "Money" and "Pac-Man" was first brought to the public's attention, everyone associated with boxing—the fans and the media included—have all waited with bated breath, for a glimpse of what would suggest that the "Fight of the Century" was, in essence, going to take place.

Still, as we speak, there hasn't been any concrete evidence that the super-fight will come to fruition anytime soon, save for both camps' version of events with regards to negotiations being in the offing.

With that said, the next thing coming through the grapevine is said camps dispelling those claims and it's back to the same old rumor mill. Camp Mayweather said this, camp Pacquiao said that and no one's any the wiser.

Frazier also dismissed the notion that the reason for the fight not transpiring up till now is due to the fact that both Money May, a five-division world champion and Pacquiao, an eight division world titlist have been running scared of the other. However, more so with Mayweather, given his inferred ruse to ensure the retainment of his 42-0 unblemished record.

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[...] "I'm not going to say a guy that has 42 professional fights and over 100 amateur fights and has been in boxing since birth is scared of anyone. I'm not going to say with the experience he has had and everything that he has done in the sport, that Pacquiao is scared of anyone as well." [...]

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Needless to say, the fact still remains that Mayweather has no allegiance to Arum since they severed ties a while back.

Though, the same can't be said of Pacquiao who has taken a back seat whilst Top Rank and CEO Arum map out his career—deciding who the next opponent should be for their most lucrative asset.

Nevertheless, he's contracted to Top Rank, and thus has no choice but to abide by their decisions whatever they might be.

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[...] "So now you have to look at who is controlling the puppet strings. Who is the puppet master? It would be Bob Arum. Who loses the most if Pacquiao loses the fight? Bob Arum. He doesn't have any options on Floyd Mayweather, so if Pacquiao loses, he can't pull that Don King trick where he has options on both fighters and he is in a win-win situation. And he can make other fights. He can make the Timothy Bradley fight, and Pacquiao has been such a phenomenon that he can sell pay-per-views all by himself. You put him in against Timothy Bradley or Marquez again and those fights are going to generate around a million to a million and a half buys, and Bob Arum gets to keep all of the money because all those guys are house fighters. It's clear and it's been clear for a long time that Bob Arum is the stumbling block," [...] Frazier said.

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For years now, Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) has been lambasted by both the media and the fans for presumably avoiding certain fighters for the reasons given above, apropos his reluctance to fight the Filipino congressman (54-3-2, 38 KOs).

Frazier again had his own take on the matter.

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"And it's funny how they say Floyd Mayweather has ducked all of Top Rank fighters. You hear people talk about he didn't fight Margarito. Well, Margarito is a Top Rank fighter. He didn't fight Cotto, but Cotto is a Top Rank fighter. I even hear people say now that he avoided Kostya Tszyu and he avoided this fighter and that fighter. The thing about it is you're trying to convince me that the guy that would have been favored in each one of those fights is the one afraid? Somewhere, that doesn't make sense. He would have been favored against Stevie Johnston, he would have been favored against Kostya Tszyu, he would have been favored against Miguel Cotto and Margarito, but he never wanted to fight any of those guys? I don't understand it."

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