floyd has the mgm on hold for may 5th right now....

the biggest stumbling block remains, and always has been, bob arum

most casual fans dont remember floyd buying out of his top rank contract for 6 figures to break free from arum....floyd and his manager al haymon had a plan to market floyd to the hip hop audience....bob arum wanted to promote him as the all american guy with out of this world skills......bob even said he didnt want to do floyd/oscar when he was with top rank because it couldnt sell.....well it sold....i mean really sold.....bob doesnt like it when guys like floyd and oscar break away from him and become megastars without him.....

when they were supposedly negtotiating the first time around bob had cowboy stadium and josh clottey in his pocket the whole time...it was a sham......the 2nd time they were "supposedly" trying to put something together...arum put a countdown clock on his top rank website for floyd to sign some sort of deal....arum took a conference call after the deadline....at like midnight ....he was asked point blank "what concessions was manny willing to make this time around in regards to testing"...he answered "i cant comment on that"...not once did he even hint at what kind of deal floyd was supposed to sign at this deadline...not a mention.....the guy is a filthy liar....but hes darn good at making the general public think its floyd who is the one who is scared...in reality ...its bob who is scared to see his latest "prize" get ruined by the man who left his company to become a superstar

if bob is willing to let it happen...itll happen...if not floyd will prob look at amir khan..another roach pupil...but one who works for the golden boy...with sergio martinez at a catchweight being a possibility...anything else for floyd would be a waste of our time