Talks of a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are heating up yet AGAIN, but this time it looks like we’re closer to it actually happening. There’s been several issues in the past that held up the fight such as money splits and drug testing. Mayweather spoke out about those issues again but this time he pointed out who’s the blame for holding up the fight and it’s not him nor Pacquiao.
via FightHype:
BT: It seems like both fighters want the fight, so fans want to know why the fight hasn’t been made yet. Is there something holding up negotiations?
FM: Bob Arum is in the way of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. People don’t really understand business. I was once with the promotional company Top Rank. I left Top Rank to become my own promoter. It was hard doing business with Bob Arum when I was signed to his company, so if I’m not signed to his company, you know it’s going to be even harder because he’s going to be trying to do whatever he can do. Me knowing Bob Arum for 18 years, in my opinion, Bob Arum only cares about Bob Arum. That’s the feeling that I felt forever.
BT: Champ, you had a lot to say during the Showtime broadcast. Was there a reason why you wanted to make those comments about the potential fight with Pacquiao?
FM: I just got to a point where I’m just tired of the fans being misled and lied to. We like to handle business like true professionals, behind the scenes, and then once we sit down and come to an agreement, we like to bring everything to light and tell the fans, “This is who I’m facing.” That’s what we’ve been doing for years. Like I said before, we have been trying to make the fight happen for a long time behind the scenes. Before, all I asked for was random blood and urine testing, but Bob Arum and Pacquiao’s camp had a problem with that. That’s why the fight didn’t happen before. Then after that, I offered Manny Pacquiao $40 million, but he said “No!” He wanted 50/50. So then I said, “Well, it’s obvious you don’t want to fight because you’re not the A side.” Of course we all know he’s not the A side by his pay-per-view numbers. Now he lost to Marquez, he lost to Bradley, and his pay-per-view numbers are horrible. I’m not 100% sure, but from what I’ve been told, he hasn’t even reached 300,000 homes [for his fight with Algieri]. We’ll have to keep our fingers crossed for him to reach 300,000 homes. And not taking nothing away from the guy, I don’t really know his name, Algieri, he tried his best from what I heard, but Algieri and Maidana are two totally different fighters. Two totally different fighters! So basically, you guys are constantly talking about “you want to fight, you want to fight.” I’m the A side, so if I’m the A side, the A side calls all the shots: Mayweather Promotions, Showtime pay-per-view, 147 unification bout, and that’s basically it.
