Pacman agrees to fight Mayweather

**Ironhorse** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009

Pacman agrees to fight Mayweather

Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao has agreed in principle to battle Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on March 13. This was confirmed by Pacquiao’s lawyer Jeng Gacal in an interview with Fightnews moments ago. Friday night, Pacquiao went on air via GMA-7’s “24 Oras” newscast and said he is willing to fight Pacquiao on the said date. “He’s been trash talking too much and I want to put a stop to it. I don’t want kids who are watching us to emulate him,” said Pacquiao.
Gacal meantime added that Pacquiao seems satisfied with the offer presented to him by American promoter Bob Arum in their meeting Friday afternoon at the Renaissance Hotel.
Pacquiao reportedly wants some minor details to be ironed out by Arum for the Filipino pound for pound king to finally sign the dotted line.
Gacal said Pacquiao was agreeable to the March 13 face-off as it will still give him ample time to prepare for his Sarangani congressional bid in the May 10, 2010 elections.
Early this week the camp of Mayweather made an own announcement indicating their readiness to fight Pacquiao either on March 13 or May 1.
Thursday morning Arum arrived from Las Vegas and was able to sit down with Pacquiao after waiting for nearly a day just to get a schedule with the Filipino sensation.
Earlier in a press conference announcing the Philippine TV partnership between Top Rank and ABS-CBN, Arum refused to reveal any detail about his meeting with Pacquiao except that it turned out to be fruitful.
“You guys can interpret that anyway you want. But you see a smile on my face so I’m not disappointed,” said Arum. “Now my job is to go back to the United States, sit with Richard Schaefer (CEO of Golden Boy Promotions) and the Mayweather people… so that we can make an announcement in a short term.”

**grizzlylongcut** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-04-2009

this should be a great fight,if mayweather dosent bitch out.hopeing pacman destroys him

**Ozzy27** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009

Pacman is gonna have a new name soon................PACKED...all up in a hospital bed. What a joke!! I would like to see him and hehateme go at it. Let both those retreads get their clocks cleaned......................PUNKS

**Ironhorse** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009

I predict Manny to embarrass Floyd Jr., it "will" be a sweet fight.

**kingvillan** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009

I think Pacquiao will win this one...this will definitely be a good fight to watch!

TheFugitive. · #6 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009

cant wait for this!

**brady_mon** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-07-2009

I CAN NOT STAND FLOYD!!! I hope pac hurts him

**Ironhorse** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-08-2009

Pacman-Floyd not in Vegas?

The proposed March 13 Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather superfight could end up in an NFL football stadium instead of Las Vegas, the normal home of megafights. The new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans and the Georgia Dome in Atlanta are in the running. It has been agreed that the fight will be for Pacman’s WBO welterweight title and both fighters will wear 8-ounce gloves from the manufacturer of their choice.

**Ironhorse** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-10-2009

Pacquiao-Mayweather update
Arum: I am very disillusioned

Promoter Bob Arum feels something strange is about to happen in the negotiations to finally formalize the March 13, 2010 super showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. “I think Richard (Schaefer) has an agenda,” Arum told Manila Bulletin and Fightnews early yesterday afternoon (late Wednesday night in the US), referring to the Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) Chief Executive Officer who represents Mayweather in dealing with Arum’s Top Rank Inc.
An inspection tour of the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas and a meeting with the stadium owner, Texas billionaire Jerry Jones, had been penciled for Wednesday by Arum, Schaefer and HBO Sports executive Ross Greenburg. But a call to Arum by Schaefer on Tuesday night–as Arum was celebrating his 78th birthday–ruined the promoter’s special day.
Arum has been very upbeat and vocal the past week after securing the go-signal from Pacquiao in Manila to continue holding talks with Schaefer so an announcement can be made soon.
In fact, Arum even talked with Schaefer on the phone on Monday, disclosing that everything is right on track.
“I am very disillusioned,” said Arum, who is at a loss as to what move to make next.
While Arum did not say that negotiations have fallen apart, the stunning development did put talks on hold as Arum had been quoted that an announcement is forthcoming.
A major press conference with Pacquiao and Mayweather in attendance was being planned for Jan. 6 in New York in lieue of a lengthy publicity tour.
Now that Dallas appears to be out of the race–the MGM Grand in Las Vegas–has strengthened its chances of landing the mega much match even if there are other offers from Atlanta, New Orleans and even Los Angeles, which is dangling a $20 million offer to hold the fight at the Staples Center.
“We’ll see, we’ll see,” mumbled Arum when asked about what’s likely to happen next.

**brady_mon** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-10-2009

It would be awesome for it to be in New Orleans

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