Sport review 15.01.2015

 

Manny Pacquiao has agreed deal to fight Floyd Mayweather, says promoter

 

Manny
Pacquiao has signed off on a deal to fight Floyd Mayweather on 2 May
this year, according to the Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.

Arum, the
Top Rank chief executive officer, told the examiner.com website: “As
far as we are concerned, we’ve negotiated all of the points, and we are
all in accord.

“Pacquiao signed off on everything and we are
ready to rumble. I can’t say the same for the other guy, but that’s not
my job. The people representing the other guy have to deliver him, and
that’s what we are waiting for.”

Arum said a venue had already
been sorted out and stressed: “Everything is agreed to. People need to
understand that. Everything is agreed to by my guy and his
representatives. Manny has signed off, now we are just waiting for the
other side to deliver Mayweather.”

However, Arum did not appear
overly optimistic that the fight would actually happen. “It’s the same
bullshit,” he said. “His people negotiate, then they say there’s no
negotiations, then Mayweather never steps up to the plate. It just
solidifies my feeling all along that Mayweather doesn’t want to fight
Pacquiao. He never did.”

He continued: “They wanted May 2nd and
we agreed. I didn’t want to throw any obstacles in the way of this
fight, so we agreed. I think it’s a silly date because there’s no
Mexican fighter involved on that date, but Floyd wanted this for May 2nd
and Manny went along with it.

“We are going to push this to the
end. We’re not going to let them off of the hook. We want this fight to
happen. The public wants it. It’s time to stop fucking around. He needs
to get some cojones. Even if its a difficult fight to accept for him, he
needs to take it and do the best that he can.”

 

 

 

 

Interview with Maxim Bolotov.

 

 

 

Moldova team won silver medal on the MMA European Championships 2015.