I first was informed by a key boxing insider in December 2009 that the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather superfight would never happen.
This shocking revelation came at the press conference in New York City for a Paul Williams fight. At that point in time, Pacquiao had just destroyed Miguel Cotto and there was a massive hype for Pacquiao to get it on with Mayweather. However, at the time, Mayweather was showing reluctance and hesitation to engage in negotiations with the Pacquiao camp.
So that afternoon, I asked George Peterson, the trainer and manager of Paul Williams, who he believed would win the hypothetical Pacquiao-Mayweather clash of welterweight titans?
His responses were stunning.
Here is the official transcript…
Scoop: Who do you see winning Pacquiao vs. Floyd? Peterson: ?It?s not gonna happen.? Scoop: You don?t think so? Peterson: ?No.? Scoop: Why not? Peterson: ?It?s not a fight that?s meant to be made. That fight?s just not meant to be made.? Scoop: Why not? Everyone wants to see it? Peterson: ?A lot of people want to see it BUT THEY’RE NOT GONNA SEE IT.? Scoop: Mayweather doesn?t want it does he? Peterson: ?Ah, that fight is not gonna be made.? Scoop: You?re saying it with a lot of certainty in your voice. Peterson: ?Yes sir. Yes sir. If it was gonna be made it would be made by now.? Scoop: Who doesn?t want to pull the trigger? (I know Mayweather is the chicken here, just want to try to get more from the source.) Peterson: ?I just don?t see it being made.? Scoop: You know something but won?t say it. Peterson: [Smiles]. Scoop: Who would win, if it was made? Hypothetical. Just for fun? Peterson: ?It?s not gonna be made. That fight is not gonna be made.? Scoop: I hear you, it?s not even worth wasting the energy on a fight that is fantasy. Peterson: ?It?s not gonna happen.?
Now, over three years later, the reasons are quite clear why Peterson knew the inside information of the Mayweather team. Peterson and Mayweather’s advisor Al Haymon, who was in attendance at the press conference that afternoon, controlled Paul Williams, so obviously, clearly, Peterson had the inside track on the secret agenda of Haymon and Mayweather.
Of course, as time would eventually prove, Peterson was 100% right. And Mayweather and Haymon used dozens of lies, deceptions, fake retirements, false drug accusations, smokescreens, etc. to camaflouge their paralyzing cowardice.
Make no mistake about it: the truth is that the cowardice of Mayweather and Al Haymon are what roadblocked the biggest event in boxing history from ever happening.
George Peterson’s prophetic quotes on that decisive December afternoon in New York City are the smoking gun.
