By TFF: We are literally within touching distance of a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr fight. When this fight goes down it will be even money the day of fight.

I’ve seen several poll sites that people have Pacquiao beating Mayweather. In fact, one of them had Pacquiao beating Mayweather by a margin of 75% to 25%. We all know polls don’t mean a thing other than a bunch of opinions, but what is interesting is that 2 years ago those results would have been inverted or even worse in Mayweather’s favor. I personally think that Mayweather is looking for the golden excuse to finally back out and never face Pacquiao.

Time is not on Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum’s side. If he pushes for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez getting the May 2nd date against Miguel Cotto, the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight may be lost for good. It’s too big a gamble, Floyd can’t be controlled. He would be willing to go head to head against the Canelo/Cotto PPV fight just to prove a point even if he loses potentially millions in the process. That’s my opinion whether he would be willing to do it is debatable but again not worth the risk.

Mayweather will be out of the boxing game soon enough. As far as fighting is concerned, let him have his dates it’s not that big of a deal. Canelo is still controllable. He’s understanding and doesn’t think he’s above all and would clearly understand what a bad business decision that would be.

If Arum pushes for Canelo having the May 2nd date then Mayweather Jr will no doubt respond with something like ‘I’m the A – side boxer,’ ‘I call the shots,’ ‘A – side gets first pick at whatever date he wants to fight on,’ ‘I gave team Pacquiao the opportunity to fight me on that date and they said no!,’ ‘this was their last chance at it, ‘no more chances!’ Trust my words, if Arum creates waves on this trying to salvage both fights, he will lose the Mayweather fight and a possible rematch which should be the supreme priority here, and in the process give Mayweather the golden excuse he so desperately wants to finally never face Pacquiao and his hands would be clean or at least have some reason to claim it.

Right now they have Mayweather exactly where they’ve always wanted him. Who is he going to fight next? Amir Khan? if Khan fights Mayweather like he did Devon Alexander this last Saturday, then Khan has a real chance at beating Mayweather and in the process net Floyd a fraction of what a Pacquiao fight would with a real risk of losing all the same. Pacquiao is the obvious fight, Floyd would out point Keith Thurman 10 out of 10 times. So people won’t stand for it. They want the Pacquiao fight. Arum, don’t let it slip from your hands.