Mayweather Breaks Silence On Pacquiao Negotiations, Says The Fight Isn’t Even Close To Being Finalised

Rarely does Floyd Mayweather talk about the Manny Pacquiao fight in the media but recently, the undefeated American fighter broke his silence and addressed the latest reports surrounding the ongoing discussions to make the mega-buck fight happen on May 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Mayweather, they are definitely negotiating and trying to make the fight come to fruition.

Mayweather said that they are definitely trying to give the fans what they have been craving to see since their potential fight was first discussed in 2009. Contrary to what is being widely reported in the media, it seemed that the fight is not even close to being finalised, as Mayweather stated.

“Do I want to fight Pacquiao, absolutely,” Mayweather said in an exclusive interview with Shade 45 Radio. “Are we negotiating, absolutely, but has the fight been made, not at all.”

Mayweather squashed the recent comments made by the Filipino eight-division world champion, who has been all over the media calling out on Mayweather and claiming that he is only waiting for Mayweather to sign the contract because he has already agreed to the terms that the American fighter has allegedly demanded. Shedding considerable light on the topic of the mega fight, Mayweather debunked the Filipino’s recent claims. He said that there is no way that Pacquiao could have agreed to any terms because the Filipino doesn’t really have the right to make a decision being under Top Rank Promotions.

For Mayweather, a lot of things have to be carefully thought of and considered before agreeing to the Pacquiao fight as much as he wants to. As boxing’s Pay-Per-View (PPV) king, Mayweather said that he needs to look into Pacquiao’s PPV numbers, which was reportedly declining. In his rematch against Marcos Maidana in September 2014, Mayweather generated 925,000 PPV buys, while Pacquiao has amassed 300,000 PPV buys in his fight against Chris Algieri in November 2014.

Mayweather, who has two more fights left in his lucrative six-fight contract with Showtime, has said that he intends to remain undefeated. He is confident that he is going to win his next two bouts regardless if he fights Pacquiao or now.

“We’re going to make it happen, though. We’re trying, but it’s been extremely difficult dealing with Top Rank.”

Meanwhile, in the event that the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight doesn’t get finalised, Pacquiao told the Los Angeles Times that he is going to move on and look for other opponent. He is giving Mayweather until the end of January to decide.

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