I know we have all gotten our hopes up for this fight numerous times, but this feels really different now. After the two fighters met face to face at the Miami Heat game, they then also had a private meeting in Pacquiao’s hotel room where the fighters discussed details of the fight without so many people being in between. Now we get word from Pacquiao’s boss that the contract should be finalized this weekend!
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The megafight that the boxing world has been clamoring for between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. should be finalized in “the next couple days,” Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told the New York Post.
The sides have been negotiating what will certainly be the richest fight in boxing history, but no deal has been struck yet. The two fighters met privately for more than an hour on Tuesday in Miami.
“Everybody is doing the right thing,” Arum told the Post on Friday. “We’re looking to complete the paperwork. Everything is moving in the right direction. Hopefully, the next couple of days it will get done.”
Hearing Bob Arum talk so positively about the fight, and not trying to blame things on Floyd Mayweather is one sign that parties on both sides are truly working together to make the fight a reality. The internet will likely break when the contract is actually signed. Remember Manny did give Floyd only until the end of January to agree to the fight and it just so happens this weekend are the final two days of the month.
