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[UglyPug]

Damn I hate to talk about Floyd/Manny. . . It has been run into the ground. . . But I just wanted to know what's up with the favoritism fighthype shows towards Floyd? Why sacrifice journalistic integrity just to try to help your favorite fighter out? Ben Thompson is a good writer, who is able to convey and express his opinions very well; indeed, a very well spoken gent. . . But I just can't help but notice how every article is pro-Floyd?

I mean, yeah Im sure Arum isn't helping the issue, but WHY WOULD FLOYD demand more than 50%? Wasn't that agreed upon ages ago? How can he still be pointing the finger at Arum, and not placing majority (or at least half of it) on Floyd himself?

You can make good, logical arguments for either side being more deserving of the lion's share. . . but they essentially negate each other out, and unless they want to do a winner take all, or winner take lion's share, THE ONLY LOGICAL split is 50/50 on everything. . .

Please don't "ban" me for this. . . I really just want to know why. . .

This post has been edited by Cshel86: Jan 24 2012, 09:07 AM

[BigFightFan]

A lot of this boils down to opinions and you label fight hype bias because you do not agree with there opinion. I think any journalist can be accused of being bias by a biased person.

[UglyPug]

A lot of this boils down to opinions and you label fight hype bias because you do not agree with there opinion. I think any journalist can be accused of being bias by a biased person.

i agree with their opinions on a lot of issues. . . but there are literally no journalists published on this site that have a different opinion on the pacquiao/mayweather debacle; rather, there is only one side being favored. . . i didn't believe it was that obvious when i heard people discussing it on boxingscene, but after scrolling through the articles regarding the pac/may nego's, LITERALLY, every single article is pro-mayweather?


im not whining or anything, i was just curious. . . if a website isn't going to publish articles from both perspectives, the journalistic integrity takes a hit. . . just my opinion. . .

from what i understand, pacquiao was willing to agree to EVERYTHING mayweather wanted: the venue (MGM), the date (may 5th), complete random blood and urine testing ALL THE WAY up to the fight, and after the fight. . . and all he wanted was 50/50 (which was already agreed upon many a moon ago). . . so rather than talking about Arum being the roadblock, and discussing failed negotiations from years ago, why not take the approach as "hey, floyd, take the 50/50 and make the f'ing fight"! if arum is a roadblock, so is floyd. . . *shrug*