Bob Arum losing chances for Pacman-Floyd mega-fight

Top Rank founder and CEO Bob Arum is losing chances of pursuing Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the mega-fight with Manny Pacquaio. CONTINUE READING BELOW.

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Bob Arum losing chances for Pacman-Floyd mega-fight
 

The 78-year old veteran promoter is losing chances of pursuing undefeated boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. to sign the contract for his mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao to happen later this year.

Arum never heard of Mayweather Jr. as his self-imposed deadline set by Top Rank for him to agree to the scheduled November 13 fight ends this weekend.

Like the rest of world when everyone has been craving to see two of the world’s top pound-for-pound boxers clash in the ring, Arum himself said that he’ll be disappointed if all talks made between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions – which represented by Mayweather Jr. – won’t took place.

“We have heard nothing from (Floyd)”, Arum said as quoted by USA Today. “But hey, it’s not the end of the world. If it doesn’t happen this year, hopefully it will happen next year.”

In case Pacquiao-Mayweather match doesn’t materialize, Arum is leaning more on a showdown with former two-time world champion Antonio Margarito of Mexico. He also considers a rematch between Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-middleweight crown.

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  • http://twitter.com/CdubbleA Carl Adams

    Most competing athletes are required to give blood at a moment’s notice, especially amateurs competing in the Olympics. That can't be a good reason Pacman refuses to prove he's clean and take all the public speculation out of him being clean. Arum knows this fight won't fly with team Mayweather. Floyds specifically said after the Mosley fight; No random test, no fight period. So, if the proposal says testing up to 14 days, no fight. A fight of this magnitude has to be on a level playing field (Many has to submit to prove he’s clean) and Floyd has said he would fight Manny if he didn’t submitted to WADA protocol testing. Team Pacquiao are the ones who don't want this fight to happen; If they did they'd say, yes we'll do WADA protocol as long as Floyd does it. It's no different than the Mosley fight. Pacman fans want a reason to blame Mayweather but the onus is on Pacman and he’s not stepping up to the plate.

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