Pacquiao vs Mayweather, Might Not Happen!



Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight may have gotten a very slim chance to pursue after American promoter Bob Arum’s”final counter offer” was quickly turned down by Mayweather’s chief adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, and negotiator, Richard Schaefer.


Arum, which is the main man of Top Rank, had given the Mayweather camp until Monday (today in Manila) to decide on his final proposal that both parties let the Nevada State Athletic Commission to make the final decision on the blood tests issue.



Arum suggested that both sides explain to the NSAC why their “preferred (blood) testing system” should be used or followed, and let the Nevada body make the final decision, accdg to Yahoo Sports!


Mayweather wanted an Olympic-style blood testing to be supervised by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Under the set-up, both fighters should agree to as many as five blood and 12 urine tests - randomly.



Freddie Roach said it’s so random that that USADA can knock on your doors in the middle of the night to get blood or urine samples, in the weeks, days or just hours before the fight, and shortly afterwards.

Pacquiao’s camp said there’s no need for such, and has agreed to three blood tests (one on the first week of January, then 30 days before the match and another after the match, but was again unacceptable to Mayweather.

Arum made the offer of letting the NSAC to decide. And if the Mayweathers disagree, the Top Rank president said he could seal a Pacquiao fight with Paulie Malignaggi on March 13 “within an hour.”

Arum may find himself making the phone call when he wakes up Monday morning while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico after Ellerbe and Schaefer literally thumbed down the final counter offer from Top Rank.

Pacquiao is vacationing with his family in Gen. Santos City and his adviser, Mike Koncz, said that Pacquiao doesn’t want to make any further comment on the matter.

The other day, Schaefer said Mayweather can do away with the USADA, and it’s just a matter of both camps agreeing on the dates of the blood tests just to make sure that they’re still effective. BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT WAS THE OTHER DAY. THINGS HAVE CHANGED NOW! PEOPLE MINDS DO CHANGE IN AN INSTANT! HOW FAST??!! @_@

In summary, the point of Mayweather i guess is to have Pacquiao be tested almost every single day and every step of the way before they fight. He might be doubtful if Pacquiao is on some form of drugs, or something? That I'm not sure.

As I'm writing this article, I've heard the latest that Pacquiao had filed a case against Mayweather and his camp... Let's see then the aftermath of this exciting pursuit of what we can tagged as the Megafight of boxing. Stay tuned...


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