NEW YORK ? Consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and business manager Rod Nazario are confident of swinging a $1-Million contract for a May 22 fight in negotiations with Home Box Office (HBO) vice president for sports Gary Davis at the cable network headquarters here this morning.
Pacquiao and Nazario left Manila last Friday night and arrived here yesterday from San Francisco. They were invited to watch a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon but couldn?t make the 1 p.m. tipoff.
Nazario said Pacquiao is in good spirits?”as usual”?and hoping to bag the richest contract in his storybook career that started in 1995. He expected the talks to begin with the May 22 discussion and may extend to cover two more bouts up to March or April next year. The objective is to ink a multi-fight contract, added Nazario.
