Manny Pacquiao has been baiting and urging Floyd Mayweather to fight him for quite some time now. Mayweather finally made a public statement saying let’s make the fight happen in May during his usual Cinco de Mayo fight weekend. Mayweather also noted that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is the reason for the holdup. Well now Arum is giving an update on the progress of making the fight happen.
Bob Arum has told BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard/Viva Sports that talks with the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr about a megabuck showdown with eight division world champion and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao are ongoing but whether a fight will ultimately happen – nobody really knows.
In an overseas telephone conversation Arum said – “the talks are slow but at least there is movement.”
When asked whether the negotiations, as mentioned by Pacquiao’s longtime adviser Michael Koncz, was going back and forth on the issue of the fighters purses and the pay-per-view split, Arum replied “its always about money.”
The astute Top Rank promoter said he isn’t sure one way or another, whether the fight will happen. He made it clear that “until a deal is made and contracts signed, we’ll never know.”
Koncz reminded us that “there’s nothing new and it’s a long and slow process.”
In other words don’t hold your breath. We’re basically in the same place we’ve been in for the past couple of years.
