Mayweather-Pacquiao

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, former boxing great Thomas “Hitman” Hearns thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao should get in the ring and find out who the best fighter is between them.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is clear that undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) is the best defensive fighter of his generation, if not of all time. This writer is hard pressed to think of another fighter in boxing history whose skills were comparable to “Money” Mayweather’s. [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Eight division champion and fighter of the decade WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) says that the pieces were all falling into place in the effort to put together the much ballyhooed fight between himself and undefeated American superstar WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is still talking about his failed negotiations for a mega fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., complaining to Yahoo Sports that Mayweather didn’t want to accept his offer of a 50-50 deal plus the pay-per-view money.

By Ashley Gibson: It’s fair to say that boxing’s welterweight division is a talent filled pool of superstars and hot new exciting prospects. However the two men massively leading the race for welterweight and pound for pound supremacy are undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather (42-0-0) and the seemingly unstoppable Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2). Both have [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s shooting to get three fights for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, with one of them being against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to worldboxingnews.net.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been made increasingly clear over recent months that when World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-6, 26 KO’s) takes to his Twitter account it is done with drama in mind.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: When do you see a fight that has reached a conclusion but has never happened at all? Whether Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. would still fight in the future or not, who cares now? The bout is well over. And the world has come to an end for the “Fight [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum says he hopes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be ready to iron out a deal for a November fight against Manny Pacquiao in the near future, but that Mayweather is going to have to agree to the 50-50 deal that was originally agreed to by both fighters in the past.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao turned down a huge $40 million offer from Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a May 5th that would give the Filipino star by far the biggest payday of his career.

By Frank Car: Okay, okay. Just… okay. Enough. Now it looks like Mayweather vs Pacquiao will not be happening anytime soon unless things change quite quick, and it seems like Cotto is going to be in the mix somewhere, against either Mayweather or Pacquiao. But still no Mega-Fight. So… this is the effort that was [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) continue to jockey for position for the benefit of the media even though it is highly unlikely that the highly anticipated match between the two superstars will happen [...]

By Chris Williams: In a rather childish move, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum gave Floyd Mayweather Jr. a counter offer of $45 million to fight his guy Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, according to the Manila Standard.

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer seems to have completely given up on the idea of Bob Arum allowing his big money fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May, June or even in November of this year.

By Chris Williams: It doesn’t appear likely that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be fighting Manny Pacquiao in November of this year and you can completely forget about them fighting in May or June because that’s not going to happen. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, has been talking about a November fight because them but that seems [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum doesn’t have any positive news for a mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and is now looking for November to try and set the fight up in a temporary arena like the one Arum has been talking about having built on the Las Vegas strip.

By Chris Williams: According to writer Nick Giongco of tempo.com.ph, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao says he was offered a juicy guaranteed $40 million from Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their phone discussion with each other, but Pacquiao wouldn’t get any of the pay per view money for the fight if he agreed to accept the [...]

By Chris Williams: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly has given Manny Pacquiao an offer of 60-40 with Pacquiao getting the small end of the revenue for a May 5th fight, according to fightnews.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The long sought, much anticipated fight between undefeated superstar World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (42-0, 26 KO’s) and Filipino icon WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquaio (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) may never happen.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) continues to assert that his number one rival WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) just popped out of nowhere onto the fistic scene as one of the most iconic boxers of recent times.

By Davey Hogg: I’m sure that if you asked any boxing enthusiast only a year ago whether or not Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao would be competitive, it would be hard to imagine many of them saying no. After all, “Money” was coming of an impressive masterclass against future hall of famer, Shane Mosley, in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Michael Koncz, the advisor for Manny Pacquiao, is reportedly staying in contact with Floyd Mayweather Jr. to try and keep the dialogue open so that a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight can still be made in May, according to news from the Manila Standard.

By Chris Williams: Gaby Penagaricano, the advisor for WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, told RingTV writer Lem Sattersfield that they have been in discussions with both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao’s management about fights.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: The complexity of a negotiation or “negotiation” is in getting one’s self too much into the details, while overlooking how simple it is from the outermost stretch by the simplicity of common sense to reject self-indulgence. Treating major angles with thorough care to understand the other side is equal to bringing [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) doubts that Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) was ever serious about fighting him. Mayweather recently told Pacquiao he can’t get a 50-50 deal after Pacquiao asked to get an even split with him. However, last month Pacquiao told writer Nick Giongco from the Manila Bulletin that [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Back in 2007 World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 38 KO’s) sang a totally different tune about WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) then he does now. At that time Floyd praised “Pacman” as a “hell of a fighter.”

By Chris Williams: With Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent pretty much picked out now with Miguel Cotto filling the Filipino fighter’s next date on June 9th in Las Vegas, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is now looking to set up his next fight after that and is hoping it will be against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in November.

By Allen Fox: If you were one of the many boxing fans who were hoping to see Manny Pacquiao face Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th, you’re probably not going to be happy to hear Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum make an announcement in the coming days that Pacquiao will be fighting 31-year-old WBA junior middleweight [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Five time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach has told ESPN that he thinks that the much ballyhooed fight between his prize pupil WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) will happen.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly told Sports Center today that he won’t give Manny Pacquiao a 50-50 deal for a May 5th fight. I think that sounds right, because didn’t Pacquiao already say he’d accept less than Mayweather to get the fight made?