Boxing: Floyd-Pacquiao to be Announced This Month?
Bleachers, 5 Dec 2014
Wilmar Patino ( Boxing’s Finest): So according to my sources there are contracts being worked out for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao bout. The fight is to be announced this month as a “Christmas gift” to boxing fans.
It all has been carefully planned this way giving them the months needed to promote a fight of this size. This source knew about the rematch clauses Floyd was asking for about 2 months before it being news. They also seemed very relax and confident about everything I’m going to let you know in this article.
So I’m choosing to trust and believe the source and will report to you what I’ve been told.
So this is what they have told me as of now. The fight will take place before June of 2015 which of course leads me to believe it will happen in May. It seems that the MGM Grand has been selected as the venue, it is almost certain. It seems Floyd wants a rematch clause but it comes with a catch.
If Floyd wins Floyd has the option to rematch or to walk away from a 2nd fight.
If Pacquiao wins he has to have a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but if Pacquiao loses there is no rematch unless Floyd chooses to have it. Of course the rematch clauses are still being worked out. As far as gloves, ring size etc. They have no specific information on that. All they do know is what I am reporting here.
My sources also told me that this contract has been worked on longer than we knew. They also told me that the Foot Locker commercial and this new Pacquiao that goes around calling out Mayweather more than ever is part of the promotional plan. This was supposedly already discussed to begin building up the fight. As you recall Mayweather’s last fight with Maidana was one of the first times in the post fight interview that we ever heard Mayweather truly entertain the idea of fighting Pacquiao.
As you have seen that Freddie Roach has sounded pretty confident in the negotiations in recent interviews. Now we have Roger Mayweather finally giving Manny Pacquiao credit for his performances and saying himself that Floyd Mayweather should fight Pacquiao because that’s what the fans want. Uncle Roger says this mostly with a little smile.
It’s all a part of building up the fight. This leads me to believe my sources are right. I’m not here to confirm this news and I hate to speculate, but I do believe it’s credible news and at least worth mentioning to you.
Hate to keep my hopes up, but everything seems to be pointing in the right direction and if my sources are right than we should be expecting an announcement before January and most likely during Christmas time. If not than definitely expect the announcement to be made in January or this fight is not happening. You definitely heard it here first!