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Pacquiao admits to Mayweather negotiations

Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
‘Pacman’ lining up welterweight unification

WBO champion Manny Pacquiao and WBC holder Floyd Mayweather are in talks for what will be the richest fight in history later this year after the Filipino made the admission to abs-cbnnews.com that conversations have begun to make the mega-fight.

The 32 year-old, who took a tight points win over Juan Manuel Marquez earlier this month, has been linked to a fight with the brash American for over two-years and after calls from millions of boxing fans to make the fight, both parties are ready to thrash out a money-spinning deal.

"Negotiations are ongoing for my fight with Mayweather, but nothing is final," Pacquiao said.

"Mayweather may be thinking 'I can fight Pacquiao now because he had trouble against Marquez, and I was able to beat up Marquez'."

Mayweather, 34, has recently disclosed that he has a date of May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas lined-up for the unification battle, although Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum originally dismissed the date and venue for something on a bigger scale..

Arum wants The Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas to be considered as it can hold upwards of 70,000 fans for a potential clash and push the gate receipts up even further for the fight which could make each fighter anything up to $100million dollars.
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