The May 2nd Fight is inching closer to becoming reality
A few days ago, premature and leaked reports circulated that Manny Pac had agreed to 2015 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. While the speculation continued last week, he finally confirmed with the Los Angeles Times and ESPN that he did indeed submit signed contract paperwork. In the conversation above with ESPN The Magazine’s Sam Alipour, Manny opened up on giving Floyd his 60/40 spread, as well as random blood testing.
Over the last decade, those were the two main terms T.M.T. were lobbying for to complete a deal; and now the ball is officially in their hands to finally agree to the showdown. While both fighters have blamed each other in recent years for the big battle not going down; the Filipino superstar has been on social media publicly calling out the flamboyant undefeated fighter and sign the contract and revealed the deadline is next week.
I can easily beat @FloydMayweather, I believe that.
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) January 20, 2015
“My promoter and I, we’ve already agreed to the terms and conditions of whatever he wants. We’re just waiting on the signed contract from him. That’s the hard part – if they will fight or not. We have to know soon, because if they will not fight, we can move on and choose another opponent. We have a deadline … this month. I don’t have an idea” if the super-fight will happen, but the fans deserve this fight! No more will people bother me, ‘Can this fight happen?’
If you really care about the fans, you will fight. If you care about yourself… you won't fight. #MannySmile
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) January 20, 2015
It’s time to make it happen. We’re waiting on a signed contract from him. My job is a boxer – to know how much I get and prepare for a fight. We just want to make that fight happen — for the sake of the fans, for the sake of millions of people around the world who are excited to see that fight. The challenge is … we know he’s undefeated and claiming he’s No. 1 pound-for-pound in the world. I just want to prove who’s really No. 1. If the fight is on and he beats me, I’m really convinced he is No. 1. If not, I’m No. 1.
Everyone had me as a big underdog to @OscarDeLaHoya too. If @FloydMayweather fights me boxing will get an even bigger upset victory.
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) January 20, 2015
If the worse happens, and Mayweather talks fall apart again “a lot of boxers” are interesting possible opponents, although the boxing public – as seen in Mayweather and Pacquiao’s decreasing pay-per-view sales — is badly tiring of anything less than the big fight. We’re waiting on the signed contract. It’s up to them.
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