Fans don't want to watch Floyd

PROMOTER Bob Arum fears Floyd Mayweather Jnr's return to boxing will be a real 'stinker'.

Mayweather faces Juan Manuel Marquez on September 19 with fight fans hoping the winner will secure a showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

But Arum does not believe 32-year-old Money is as good as he thinks he is.

Speaking to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse, the 77-year-old said: "Mayweather is a tremendous talent but the real problem with him is he stinks his opponent out.

"Mayweather won't engage his opponent and that makes a stinking fight.

"He's a great defensive fighter but people don't want to spend money watching a defensive fighter — that's the problem.

"It may well be that a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight can be built up to something special.

"But in my heart I know it'll be like a hunter running around a ring looking for a deer — and that's not boxing.

"If people are being asked to spend $50 to watch it on pay-per-view, they will be reluctant.

"People know Mayweather now. They know the son of a gun doesn't fight, he fights scared.

"He's a boxer and he has to entertain. Outside the ring, Mayweather entertains but in the ring he doesn't."

See the full interview with Bob Arum at http://mma.fanhouse.com/

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/2632823/Bob-Arum-claims-boxing-fans-dont-want-to-watch-Floyd-Mayweather-Jnr.html