Mayweather/Pacquiao fight could finally happen says Arum ahead of Pacquiao/Rios clash

[East Side Boxing]

BoxNation to donate £2 from every new subscription this week to help Philippines disaster victims Boxing’s biggest-ever money fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could finally take place according to a key player behind the negotiations. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who promotes the Filipino superstar, admitted to BoxNation that there is genuine will on his part to make the fight happen should Pacquiao overcome the relentless Brandon Rios in Macau, China this weekend. The matchup between boxing’s two superstar names has long been mooted, ever since both men became household pay-per-view draws. However, failure on the part of both camps to get round the negotiating table, following back-and-forth mudslinging, has led to a standoff which has prevented boxing’s premier matchup from being made. But Arum has now revealed that it is a fight he is determined to make happen and is prepared to sit down with Mayweather’s team to put together what will be the biggest prize-fight in history. “On our side the answer is yes [the fight can be made in 2014], we’re very open to it,” said Arum.*“There are ways it can get done, they have to dumb down the rhetoric, we are prepared to dumb […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=Mpfarnyw5Bc:oyhdf93-jqI:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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