Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Latest News & Updates

Mayweather Sr. also says Pacquiao ‘one of the biggest faggots on planet’ MANILA, Philippines – Floyd Mayweather, Jr. may be getting flak for reportedly snubbing the deadline to fight Manny Pacquiao. But for his father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., it is the other way around. “Yeah, he’s scared,” the elder Mayweather said of Pacquiao in an [...]

It was three in the morning Saturday on the East Coast when Bob Arum delivered the bad news. The 78-year-old chairman of Top Rank, boxing’s preeminent promotional company, called a news conference in the middle of the night to tell the world that there was no deal for Manny Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]

Bracing for the increasing likelihood that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not fight Manny Pacquiao in November, Pacquiao’s adviser has met with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum in Las Vegas to look over alternative plans. While awaiting Mayweather’s decision — Arum told ESPN.com that Friday is the deadline — Michael Koncz and Arum on Monday discussed [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Top Rank, Inc. big boss Bob Arum said it is all up to Floyd Mayweather, Jr. if he wants to finally face off with  7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao on November 13. “The question is whether Mayweather is willing to go into the ring this year. It’s up to him. His people [...]

Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum disclosed Wednesday that the secret negotiations between him and Floyd Mayweather’s handlers have ended and the final proposal has been submitted for the American boxer’s review – and approval. “It’s now up to Mayweather if he wants to fight (Manny Pacquiao),” Arum told The Bulletin in a phone interview. [...]

The closer contract negotiations between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. seem to be reaching a point where the fight may actually happen, Mayweather, Jr. routinely flexes his muscle. The now irrelevant Mayweather demanded Olympic-style blood testing debacle, which prevented the first attempts at a fight date scheduling, has been bowed down to by Pacquao [...]