Monday, December 15, 2014

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is now willing to fight Manny Pacquiao. The undefeated American, who calls himself the greatest boxer ever, said he wants to fight Pacquiao on May 2 in a bout that could generate over $200 million in revenues. And under his terms.

If it happens, the fight could break all existing records in boxing. Pacquiao must have heard about Mayweather’s interview with “Showtime” yesterday because he seemed ready with his response to the challenge: “Gawin niya, hindi yung salita.” Stop talking and just do it. “Pumirma na siya sa kontrata (He should sign the contract),” Pacquiao told reporters at his Forbes Park home yesterday. “I would love to fight Manny Pacquiao. We tried to make the fight happen years ago; we had problems with random blood and urine testing,” Mayweather said in the interview.

“I just want to be on an even playing field. Now he’s in a very, very tight situation. He’s lost to (Juan Manuel) Marquez, he’s lost to (Timothy) Bradley. Pay-per-view numbers are extremely low. He’s desperate. I wanted that fight a long time ago. I’m just waiting on them.

“Floyd Mayweather is not ducking or dodging any opponent,” Mayweather told Showtime.

Instead, the boxer with a perfect record of 47-0 blamed Pacquiao’s promoter, and his former promoter, Bob Arum, for preventing the fight from happening. Fight fans around the world can’t wait to see the fight, which for the last five years has gone on and off. But over the last few weeks, there’s strong buzz that negotiations are back on, and this time, things look brighter than before.

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