Mayweather still wants Pacquiao fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s camp says that they're not ready to throw in the towel on this one fight. CONTINUE READING BELOW.

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Mayweather still wants Pacquiao fight
 

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s camp says that they’re not ready to throw in the towel on this one fight.

Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao’s camp, led by Top Rank main man Bob Arum, has stated that they are ‘moving on’ from the scheduled WBO welterweight title bout between Pacquiao and Mayweather this March because of persistently failing negotiations about drug test procedures.

However, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, which handles Mayweather, said that they are more than willing to strike a compromise for Pacquiao’s camp to allow for a final blood test 14 days before the bout, as opposed to previous demands of perfectly random testing – where a blood test can suddenly occur just days or even hours before the fight. But that, they say, has been turned down as well.

“If they don’t want to do the fight, they should have said it a long time ago and not messed around,” says Schaefer in a statement. “I am hopeful that this fight can still happen. No matter what, Floyd Mayweather will fight at the MGM Grand on March 13. I hope the man across that ring will be Manny Pacquiao.”

The March 13 fight was put in jeopardy when Mayweather demanded that Pacquiao subject himself to Olympic-style dope testing, which Arum flatly declined, saying that getting blood drawn anytime 30 days before a fight will have negative effects on Pacquiao, which could eventually make his fight performance falter. Pacquiao, however, has agreed to undergo the dope testing even immediately after the fight for purposes of proving that he had not been under any performance-enhancing influence, but just not within the 30 days before the fight.

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  • ajern1000
    Anybody, somebody please tell the truth. Floyd is the bigger draw. Common opponents, in other words when Floyd and Pac fight the same fighter which fight sold more..... The answer Floyds. Case closed.
  • mccoy_01
    Floyd, what is d' purpose of your comeback if your not gonna reclaim your P4P status from Pacquiao? Pac has lots of lucrative fyts out there! clottey,mosley,berto,bradley,campbell,JMM 3,malinaggi or even a paul williams in d' future! what about u Floyd? Hu's gonna give u 1M PPV buys on ur next fyt? Malinaggi??? Matthew Hatton??? I'd rather give my 50 bucks 2 a homeless man than pay 2 see u fyt 1 of those bottom dwellers!
  • nowonderdrug
    Floyd "fraud" Mayweather Jr. will fight in Nevada alone. since he has been proven to use a Drug "Xylocaine" to enhance his brittle hands. at the end of the day it did caught up with him that he was the real PED dependent boxer that will only fight in Nevada since Xylocaine is illegal in all 49 states.
    Now the "fraud" Mayweather jr. has shot himself in the foot, making his fanatics look stupid.
  • bobby_bagoong
    Forget him. Mayweather can go on and fight Matthew Hatton, Paul Malimaggot, and Juan Manuel Marquez again for all we care. Manny should go after all the top boxers and leave Floyd Jr to do HBO Boxing After Dark. Manny will continue to with the lawsuit and make Golden Boy and the Mayweathers pay for their slander, defamation of character, and false accusations. Those scumbags will get toasted by Manny's lawyers. Go after at least $40 million for damages. And watch as Golden Boy and the Mayweather's business relationship go sour and they start mudslinging each other. It will happen, I guarantee.
  • ferds
    Did ya know!! mayweather jr was the one who taking illegal drugs in the past after all. He used Xylacaine a illegal substance that helps him in the fight. this drugs is illegally prohibited in texas. and other states. Go see the web site nowboxing.com for more details..
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