MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao has turned his game face on and assured boxing fans that his much-awaited fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will happen when the latter agrees to the proposed 50 percent split of shares between them.
?Siya na [lang] ang dapat mag-oo… marami kasi siyang kinakausap, marami siyang mga representatives? Tanggapin niya ?yung 50 percent na share niya at tuloy na ?yung laban,? the boxer-congressman told ?TV Patrol? on Jan. 11.
In monetary terms, Mayweather?s share could amount to $50 to $60 million, Pacman added.
The ever-flashy Mayweather, who will serve a three-month sentence for domestic violence in June, challenged Pacquiao anew via Twitter on Wednesday to push through with a May 5 fight ?and give the world what they want to see.?
?Step up Punk,? he further dared.
The American boxer also posted an aerial shot of himself seated beside his boxing belt, bearing the caption, ?I’m ready to put my belt up. What about you Manny Pacquiao? Let’s make history.?
Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum, who?s currently in the country to discuss fight plans with the Sarangani representative, deemed that the Pacquiao-Mayweather match ?could happen very, very easily.?
?It could happen either at the end of May, which would give us enough time to build the outdoor arena that the fight so badly needs. Or even better it could go on June 9,? he said on ?24 Oras.?
The said arena in Las Vegas, which is being built to accommodate 50,000 fans, will guarantee a valuable part of the needed returns for the grand fight purse. The venue is expected to be completed by the end of May.
However, Arum sees an ?economic problem? could be the ?only reason? the fight won?t happen.?
Although ?everybody agrees that the proceeds from the fight will be divided 50-50?50 [percent] to Pacquiao?s camp, and 50 to Mayweather?s camp,? Arum was quoted by GMA News Online to have said, ?Mayweather has no promoter and there?s no one who can guarantee his purse, so Mayweather is looking for outside parties who will guarantee his purse.?
?Until he finds an angel, there is no fight. It?s all posturing,? he added.
On a lighter note, the Pacquiaos celebrated the birthday of Jinkee and her twin Janet a day earlier on Jan. 11, GMA News TV?s ?News To Go? and ?Balitanghali? reported on Jan. 12. An intimate party attended by their closest family and friends, it was held at the Pacquiao mansion in General Santos.
Footage on ?Balitanghali? showed the now 33-year-old Jinkee performing a romantic duet with her better half. Her birthday wish?
?Lakas ng katawan tsaka peace sa family, peace of mind,? she said.
The Pacquiao couple is set to visit their beach resort in Maasin, Sarangani on Thursday aboard their P25-million yacht.
Although he?s got a fight and businesses to attend to, the boxing superstar has not forgotten his ?kababayans? in GenSan. According to a report on Bomboradyo, Pacquiao pledged to donate funds for the representatives of Alabel National Science High School (ANSHS) who will attend an international congress in Science City, Kolkata, India next month.
The students will present their study, “Ethnopharmacological Screening of Selected Medicinal Plants in Alabel Sarangani,” which was one of the chosen entries out of over 3,000 submissions from various countries, the report added.
