Manny Pacquiao has agreed deal to fight Floyd Mayweather, says promoter
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Version 0 of 1. Manny Pacquiao has signed off on a deal to fight Floyd Mayweather on 2 May this year, according to the Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. Arum, the Top Rank chief executive officer, told the examiner.com website: “As far as we are concerned, we’ve negotiated all of the points, and we are all in accord. “Pacquiao signed off on everything and we are ready to rumble. I can’t say the same for the other guy, but that’s not my job. The people representing the other guy have to deliver him, and that’s what we are waiting for.” Arum said a venue had already been sorted out and stressed: “Everything is agreed to. People need to understand that. Everything is agreed to by my guy and his representatives. Manny has signed off, now we are just waiting for the other side to deliver Mayweather.” However, Arum did not appear overly optimistic that the fight would actually happen. “It’s the same bullshit,” he said. “His people negotiate, then they say there’s no negotiations, then Mayweather never steps up to the plate. It just solidifies my feeling all along that Mayweather doesn’t want to fight Pacquiao. He never did.” He continued: “They wanted May 2nd and we agreed. I didn’t want to throw any obstacles in the way of this fight, so we agreed. I think it’s a silly date because there’s no Mexican fighter involved on that date, but Floyd wanted this for May 2nd and Manny went along with it. “We are going to push this to the end. We’re not going to let them off of the hook. We want this fight to happen. The public wants it. It’s time to stop fucking around. He needs to get some cojones. Even if its a difficult fight to accept for him, he needs to take it and do the best that he can.” |