Despite the fact Floyd Mayweather (45-0-0, 26 KOs) has made it clear he will not hold another round of negotiations with Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs) as long as Top Rank promoter Bob Arum remains in the picture, the Filipino congressman continues to half-heartedly push for the highly-demanded super-fight.
Mayweather recently made fun of Pacquiao’s attempts to organise the fight, implying “Pac Man” was only interested in the super-fight because of tax problems in his native Philippines and the United States.
Pacquiao, who insists his financial house is in order, fired back at May weather during a recent interview, suggesting the two men donate all earnings from a super-fight to charity.
“I am willing to fight for charity,” Pacquiao said on Yahoo Sport. “Anywhere, anytime. Let’s see what his answer will be since he claimed I was desperate for money and I am willing to fight for nothing.”
Pacquiao reportedly owes approximately $68m in back taxes, and May weather is not likely to take the challenge after being quoted in the past as saying: “If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense.”
“The public clamor for a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout is getting stronger,” Pacquiao said. “The only way he can avoid facing me in the ring is to retire from boxing. Floyd, if you’re a real man, fight me.
Let’s do it for the love of boxing and for the fans. Let’s do it not for the sake of money. Let’s make the boxing fans happy.”
credits: AFP
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