ive said it a hundred times and ill say it 100 more...to undestand why this fight hasnt been made...you need to know the relationship between floyd and arum...most of these casual fan ***** dont understand shit about it

when floyd was with arum he was a star in boxing....but not well known outside of the ring....he was a god to hardcore fans but not a superstar....he was well paid and taken care of on that front by arum....he made good money from hbo.....but floyd wanted bigger things...he wanted to be a superstar...a mainstream name

he wanted to fight oscar to help launch him to that status...arum said he didnt want to do it...that he would lose money....floyd also wanted to tap the urban audience....but arum wanted to promote him as the clean cut all american black kid.....floyd bought out his top rank contract for 700k...mere peanuts when you consider what floyd has been able to do since......he got the fight with oscar after that and the rest is history...the guy is a ppv megastar.....and arum cant stand it....was the same with oscar....oscar left bob and started his own thing ....so now bob has gone out of his way to make himself a new star....through careful promotion and matchmaking he has turned manny into a superstar....but manny cant break free because he isnt savvy enough to know that, even though hes making more money than he ever dreamed of, hes still getting ****** by arum.....arum would rather die than let his new pet project hes spent years developing, lose to the "slave" that escaped the plantation