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ARUM SAYS THERE?S MOVEMENT IN MAYWEATHER FIGHT TALKS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 04 Jan 2015
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has told the Manila Standard/Viva Sports that talks with the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr about a megabuck showdown with eight division world champion and ?Fighter of the Decade? Manny Pacquiao are on-going but whether a fight will ultimately happen. Nobody really knows.
In an overseas telephone conversation Arum said ?the talks are slow but at least there is movement.? When asked whether the negotiations as mentioned by Pacquiao?s longtime adviser Michael Koncz was going back and forth on the issue of the fighters purses and the pay-per-view split, Arum replied ?it's always about money.?
The astute Top Rank promoter said he isn?t sure one way or another, whether the fight will happen. He made it clear that ?until a deal is made and contracts signed, we?ll never know.?
Meantime Koncz, reacting to a story by John F. McKenna that Mayweather had turned his back on a deal offered by Pacquiao?s adviser for a 55-45 pay per view split with the winner getting the bigger share which included a guaranteed purse of $50 million told the Manila Standard/Viva Sports that he had ?not given an interview in over a month.?
Koncz reminded us that ?there?s nothing new and it?s a long and slow process.?
In his story McKenna said ?apparently, Floyd is so paranoid about losing his ?0? on his fight record that he must be absolutely certain of winning before he enters the ring with any fighter.? McKenna also said Arum is aware of Koncz? offer to the Mayweather camp.
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