Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight: Pacquiao gives Mayweather 2 week deadlin

[lpinoy]

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3 July, 2010

Manny Pacquiao camp gives Floyd Mayweather Jr two week deadline over Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight

Boxing buffs are waiting desperately for the mega fight to be held between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. Chances of the fight have become bright after reports surfaced that Manny has agreed to all the conditions that was tossed at him last year.
Close aides of Manny say that he is girding up for the big moment. Manny has agreed to an Olympic-style drug test before the fight. Besides, he has also agreed for an agreement on a 50-50 split of the purse. Disagreement on these issues had torpedoed the fight last year.

However, now with Manny agreeing to all the condition things look to be taking a positive turn. Now, the ball is on Floyd’s court. But latest report says that he is planning to take self-imposed leave from the game for a year.

But promoter Bob Arum is hopeful that Floyd would agree to the fight. He has given until mid-July to accept the proposal.

Arum said: "We're waiting on Floyd. Floyd has to decide whether he's going to fight this year or next year or not at all. It's up to him, man. He isn't up to any obligation. We want a fight this year, and if he doesn't take the fight this year, then we'll find somebody else."

[Kal-El]

I don't think pbf has the grapefruits to accept this fight. I sure would like to see it happen.

[lpinoy]

every one looking forward to see this match.. hope mayweather well accept the fight...

[charlesk]

pacquiao vs mayweather, uummm i think it will be the figth of the year.
Hope it happens.

Go manny,go.

[satman432]

I think Big mouth Floyd will look for more conditions so that this fight will not take place. He's to scared of Manny that's why it's taking him a long time to decide. He knows that he's going to be in a defensive mode throughout the fight when he fights Manny. Big mouth Floyd cannot take a big punch. That's why he is thinking twice right now if he is going to fight the number 1 pound 4 pound King in boxing. For me I want the fight to happen, But I doubt its going to happen.:stop::no:

[tacochuck]

every one looking forward to see this match.. hope mayweather well accept the fight...

Everyone but Mayweather!:no::tehe:

[lpinoy]

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Posted by ahmad/Times Newsline


Manny Pacquiao Vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fight: Unbeaten American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has to take a final decision next week whether he will fight against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in November or not.




Notably, Pacquiao’s promoter from Top Rank, Bob Arum, has given the American pugilist time till mid-July to take a final decision on Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight or else he will fix Pacquiao’s match with either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito.

No one knows why Mayweather Jr. is taking so much time to take a decision because if he will agree to fight against Pacquiao he would earn the biggest fee of his career, even more than the $40 million, which he had made after defeating Shane Mosley on May 1.

Some reasons which are holding Mayweather back from taking a final decision on the much-awaited fight against are listed below. The most important reason is the money as Mayweather is eager to take home a bigger percentage of the money than Pacquiao.

Earlier this year, the two fighters had agreed to a 50-50 deal but things have changed since then. The Pacquiao versus Joshua Clottey on March 13 failed to prove a big success as the fight brought in only 700,000 pay per view buys. On the other hands, Mayweather’s fight against Mosley managed to bring in an impressive 1.4 million PPV buys.

The other reason due to which Mayweather is unwilling to fight the Filipino boxer is that he wants random blood tests for his fight against Pacquiao, but Pacquiao is not ready for random tests. Pacquiao however, had agreed to tests up until 14 days before the fight.