Will the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations ever result in a fight?

... from the looks of this article it may be time for the boxing fans of the world to forget about it ever happening. This could end up being the greatest fight that never happened... so it may just be time to stop dreaming about the possibility of this fight.. - D.T.

From the article...
The next round of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations could be over before they start.

Mayweather reiterated his stance that he's offering the Filipino star a flat purse to fight him.

"I'm not budging. $40 million is what you are getting. Either you take it or you leave it. Like I've said before, Manny Pacquiao needs Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather don't need Manny Pacquiao," Mayweather said during the premiere of "Floyd Mayweather: Speaking Out" on HBO.

"My offer is what it is. It won't change."

more at:
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2012/04/floyd_mayweather_to_manny_pacq_2.html

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao spends first day on job as congressman

July 26, 2010 | 12:52 pm

Days after the announcement of his next bout, boxer Manny Pacquiao spent his first day on the job in his new role as a congressman, attending the opening of the 15th Philippine

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. camp responds to HBO, Arum comments

July 27, 2010 | 6:42 am

Hours after the president of HBO Sports said he had negotiated with both sides in an effort to make a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega-fight on Nov. 13, Mayweather's lead adviser again denied the claim.

"Floyd is his own boss, calling his own shots," Leonard Ellerbe told The Times on Monday night.

HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg said in a prepared statement earlier Monday that he indeed had discussed the fight with representatives of both Pacquiao and Mayweather in an effort to make a bout that would match the repeat fighter of the year from the Philippines with unbeaten Mayweather.

The mediation failed, and Pacquiao proceeded to a replacement fight against Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 at a site to be determined. The bout will be for the vacant WBS super-welterweight title, possibly Pacquiao's record eighth weight-division world title.

#boxing Manny #Pacquiao’s next fight

Promoter Bob Arum says he has found an opponent and a date for Manny Pacquiao’s next fight and although no site has been named, it doesn’t look like it will be at Cowboys Stadium.

According to Arum, Pacquiao will fight Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 for a vacant 154-pound championship. The site will be either Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, which can handle about 17,000 fans, or a 22,000-seat arena in Monterrey, Mexico.

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