Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. could finally be meeting in the ring in 2015, and Bill Clinton may be the man to finally make it happen.

The two fighters have found a way to dodge each other for years, but after Pacquiao’s recent domination of Chris Algieri, it appears that there is no one left for the welterweight title holder to fight.

Now there has been increasing talk from both fighters’ camps that the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout is inevitable. Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, had been in meetings with CBS chief Les Moonves about how the fight would be arranged — Pacquaio fights for HBO, while Mayweather’s bouts are carried by Showtime, whose parent company is CBS.

“It was a very good meeting,” said Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer. “What they said in that meeting, if they can do it, the fight will happen. Very soon. I think next. Moonves and Bob walked out to Moonves’ car with their arms around each other. The right people are talking about it. I think that makes it a bigger possibility.”

“I think it’s going to happen for the first time in a long time,” Roach added.

Now it appears that Pacquiao’s camp may be calling in some big guns to push the negotiations through. Roach suggested that both sides hire an outside negotiator to make sure the fight comes to fruition.

His suggestion — former President Bill Clinton.

Though they may be careful about negotiations now, in the past few months, Pacquiao’s camp has been more than a bit antagonistic in calling out Mayweather for ducking their fighter.

“We’d love to fight Mayweather but there have been so many excuses. He really doesn’t seem to want to fight us, but we want that fight. I think my guy beats him,” Roach told the Daily Telegraph earlier this year.

Arum was also quite direct in calling out Floyd Mayweather Jr.

“We want it,” he roared. “But first Floyd has to sign the fri**ing contract. We can’t do the fight until he agrees.”

But insiders believe it is still likely several months at least before Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. could meet in the ring.

WBO Welterweight Champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao (57-5-2) handily out-boxed previously undefeated challenger and former kickboxer Chris Algeiri (20-1-0) to hand him his first professional defeat in a fight that solidified Pacquiao’s place atop the division. The judges scored heavily in favor of the boxing legend, handing in scores of 119-103, 119-103, and 120-102.

Pacquiao’s dominant effort renewed chatter amongst boxing aficionados and analysts alike regarding the likelihood of a long awaited super-fight between the Filipino southpaw, who turns 36 on December 17th, and undefeated pay-per-view super-draw Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather, Jr.

From the first to the final rounds, Pacquiao executed his game plan and utilized his extensive experience advantage and rigorous training to outclass the taller, longer Algeiri. Fox Sports reports that the faster Pacquiao was able to floor Algeiri six times during the fight.

Algeiri attempted to stick to his game plan as well, which entailed using his sizable height and reach advantage to create and keep Pacquiao at a distance in an effort to avoid trading blows with the Pac-Man.

The challenger and former International Sport Karate Association Welterweight and World Kickboxing Association Super Welterweight champion told the Bleacher Report, “I’m tall for the weight class. I’m not built to go in there and stand in front of a man and trade bombs. Why would I do that when I’ve got length, I’ve got range, I’ve got speed and I’ve got foot work and defense?”

Prior to the fight, Pacquiao’s training coach, the legendary Freddie Roach, told GMA Network that Pacquiao planned to wear down Algeiri by bombarding him with body shots.

“We’re targeting the midsection. The most important thing is to work on his body. He has the height, but he doesn’t have good defense. His body is always wide-open. We have to exploit it.”

Hopes have been high for a Pacquiao/Mayweather dream bout for the better part of the decade, with accusations from both camps accusing the other of ducking the fight as well as a put-up-or-shut-up style insistence from Mayweather that Pacquiao undergo Olympic-style drug testing, which Pacquiao ultimately acquiesced to. This was perceived by many to be a stalling tactic by the undefeated Mayweather. Following back-to-back losses to Timothy Bradley, a loss Pacquiao avenged earlier this year, and storied rival Juan Manuel Marquez, who knocked out Pacquiao, the boxing community feared that the dream match-up could have lost some of its luster, and along with it, some of its marquee value.

Word just broke that Floyd Mayweather Jr’s father, Floyd Maywether Sr. said in an interview with FightHype that the long-time dream fight between Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is “gonna happen”.

“Man, I’m pretty sure that if don’t nothing else happen, I’m pretty sure he’s gonna get Pacquiao, it’s gonna happen. That fight’s gonna happen. Trust me. That fight’s definitely gonna happen. It’s a fight for the world, man, right there. It’s the biggest fight that has ever been in life, so like I said man, that fight’s gonna happen. I’ma tell you right now, he never told me the fight’s gonna happen, but I’ma tell you, the fight’s gonna happen. You mark my words…Pacquiao is tailor-made for Floyd. He’s tailor-made to eat the right hand all day long.”

Mayweather, 37, has an unblemished record of 47-0. He only has two fights left on his contract with Showtime, and the general public is assuming that the first fight of the two remaining fights on his contract will be against Amir Khan, and the second and final fight of his contract, and possibly his career, will come against Manny Pacquiao.

Pacquiao, 36, has a record of 56-5-2, and has lost two out his last four fights, one by way of decision to Timothy Bradley, and one by way of knockout to Juan Manuel Marquez.

With Pacquiao losing twice in the recent past, and due to the fact that this fight, if it does happen, will be happening about six years too late, it doesn’t seem as hot as it once was. However, Mayweather is a monster pay-per-view draw, and by the time the fight is about to happen, boxing fans will surely begin to get excited about it again.

Mayweather was asked after his most recent win over Marcos Maidana on September 13 about a potential fight with Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather said the following.

“Let’s make it happen. Pacquiao needs to focus on the guy in front of him. Once he gets past that test, let’s see what the future holds.”

Manny Pacquiao is set to face the undefeated Chris Algieri on November 22, in Macau, China, on HBO. If Pacquiao can win in impressive fashion, then a fight with Maywether will certainly be something to get excited about.

Are you still interested in a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight? Who would come out on top in a match-up between the two?

Floyd Mayweather, Jr may be rated the best pound for pound boxer in the world by many, but the undefeated welterweight boxer was humbled by a Jamaican woman in a London barbershop. Mayweather was stunned when the lady proudly confessed that she has never heard of him.

Floyd was shamefully knocked off his perched when he encountered the problematic woman. Mayweather, fresh from his victory in his rematch with Marcos Maidana last month, was in Brixton, London on Tuesday. Floyd Mayweather topped the last three editions of the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes; however, the woman was clearly unmindful of the boxer.

The woman in the video, who sported a thick Jamaican accent, shouted, “I don’t know you. What’s the big deal? I just don’t watch boxing. I know about Mike Tyson.” Mayweather smugly tried to interject by asking if she had a television. The woman boastfully stated that she had four at home.

The woman sympathetically stated, in Jamaican patois, that “There is nothing wrong with that [not being as famous as he thinks he is].” The clearly upset Mayweather yelled “Google” then mockingly stated, “I should Google you.”

In the video, the pair are surrounded by members of Floyd Mayweather’s self-coined ‘Money Team’. The puzzled welterweight and junior middle weight champion continued arguing with the woman while preparing for a shave.

The woman did not know who Mayweather was, but she knew Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. Floyd seemed bewildered at the mention of Bolt asking with a member of ‘The Money Team’ explaining that he is a famous track star.

Usain Bolt amusingly responded on twitter.

I had to laugh..well I should take comfort in the fact that she know Usain Bolt..loll : http://t.co/VdBsCk3SRO
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) October 1, 2014

Recently, The Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather Jr. published an article with a shirtless Mayweather with an abundant amount of cash stacked high in his bed living up to his ‘Money’ moniker.


Mayweather has been touring Europe, travelling to Paris last weekend before heading for Istanbul and London.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr is expected to return to the ring in May with Briton Amir Khan among those clambering for a pay day.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known for flaunting boatloads of cash, but the latest photo on the boxer’s Instagram account is the most outrageous by far, and wins by decision.

Money Mayweather lived up to one of his many nicknames when he posted a shirtless snap of him in bed listening to an MP3 player. But the picture was less about Floyd than it was about what was in the foreground: copious amounts of currency, Jack (in the spirit of Si Robertson from Duck Dynasty).

About 15 stacks of cash, each valued at $50,000 (five straps of $10,000) are visible. The stacks, commonly called “bricks” in the gaming industry, total about $750,000, based on what can seen from the picture.

Because Floyd Mayweather Jr. deals in “rounds,” it’s likely there are at least five more bricks that are out of plain view, which means the flamboyant face of the Money Team is surrounded by at least a cool $1 million, which is a drop in the bucket compared to his year-to-date earnings. Sources say Mayweather, the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, earned 100 times the amount likely seen in his man cave sleeping quarters.

And if the mobile Fort Knox on Floyd’s bed isn’t enough to make a convincing argument over how much richer Mayweather Jr. is than you, check out the $500 bills resting against his arm. Who knew that currency was still in circulation?

And to show off a little more vanity about his enormous wealth, which places in the, hmm, 1 percent, Floyd enlisted some help from his legion of boxing minions on Twitter in order to arrive at an appropriate caption for his bed full of cash money.

Help me out with a caption http://t.co/5koEPELWBu
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) September 26, 2014

Two weeks ago, the boxer earned another hefty payday, a reported $32 million, for defeating Argentine challenger Marcos Maidana in a quick turnaround rematch. The first time the pair met, Mayweather Jr. labored against the formidable opponent, but in the end, Floyd won by decision.

When they met again early this month, it was like taking candy from a baby. Mayweather was more sprightly and deft on his feet. From the first round until the bell rang signaling an end to the bout, Floyd Mayweather Jr. owned the ring. Perhaps the bed full of money photo represents the boxing champion counting his take after Uncle Sam took his portion.

Last year during one of many interviews, Floyd spoke about his rags to riches story. Love him or hate him, he’s the product of a dream nearly deferred, wrote E! Online.

“I feel like I beat all odds being where I am today with my mother [Deborah Orr] being on drugs, my father going to prison [for drug trafficking], no stable home. At one time, (we) stayed in New Brunswick, N.J., (with) seven people in one bedroom.”

Now, if only Bob Arum and Company can make the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight happen. Should this dream match take place, Floyd, the serial money-counter, will have to get a bigger boat, ehem, bed.

Enjoy more of Floyd’s money photos beginning now.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily handled Marcos Maidana in Saturday’s rematch, and in doing so may have finally admitted that it is time for him to fight Manny Pacquiao.

After nearly losing to Maidana in May, the undefeated welterweight and junior middleweight champion easily handled the rematch, taking a unanimous decision. Judges scored the match 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112, all for Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather may have actually been the harshest critic of his performance.

“I think the difference was I didn’t stay on the ropes and I did a lot of movement and turning,” Mayweather said. “He’s a tough competitor. I do have some bumps and bruises but I listened to my dad [trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr.], who always says hit and don’t get hit and that’s how you last in this sport.

“I felt sharper in the first fight. My rhythm was a little off. I gave myself a C, C-minus. I thought I could have done a lot better. I got hit with some shots I shouldn’t have.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr. accepted the rematch with Maidana — only the second rematch of his career — because there were no other obvious opponents available. But many believe that a bout with Manny Pacquiao is becoming more and more inevitable.

The boxer’s camps have entered negotiations for a fight before, though never made it very far. But now even Mayweather seemed to welcome the idea.

“Let’s make it happen,” Mayweather said when asked by Showtime’s Jim Gray. “Pacquiao needs to focus on the guy in front of him. Once he gets past that test, let’s see what the future holds.”

Members from both Mayweather and Pacquiao’s camps have been talking up the fight in the last several months, and both boxer has won the necessary matches to keep it on track.

Some believe that a Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight would be the highest grossing bout in boxing history, netting $300 million or more and commanding at least $50 million for each boxer. But to get to that point Pacquiao must take care of his own business — a welterweight title defense against Chris Algieri on Nov. 22 in Macau, China.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the rematch against Marcos Maidana on Saturday Night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas quite easily.

However, Floyd Mayweather claims that Maidana broke the rules and played dirty just to get an edge in the fight.

According to Floyd Mayweather Jr., Marcos Maidana bit him on the wrist during the eighth round when the two boxers were engaged in a tight clutch.

When asked about the incident in a post-fight interview, Floyd Mayweather Jr. had this to say about the situation.

“We were tangled in the center of the ring and I didn’t realize what it was. Then I saw that he bit me. After the eighth round my fingers were numb, I couldn’t use my left hand.”

When asked whether he was guilty of biting Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the fight, perhaps when he started to feel as if he had no other option, Maidana blatantly denied that it was even a possibility.

“How can he say I bit the glove with my mouthpiece? I’m not a dog.”

Marcos Maidana went on to say that he still thinks he should have walked away from the fight as the winner instead of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Why?

“I was pressuring him and I was the aggressor. I won the fight.”

That is clearly not what the judges saw during the fight, especially since two of the ringside judges scored the fight 116-111 while the third judge scored it as 115-112.

During the fight, Maidana was not punished or penalized for the bite — especially since Mayweather was not able to prove his case to the people in his corner or the Showtime announcers he complained to as well. However, Maidana was penalized during the fight for basically trying to tackle Floyd Mayweather Jr. when he finally came to the realization that he was going to lose.

This was the second time that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana met in the ring. Their first fight was back in May when Maidana clearly had the upper hand for the majority of the fight but still walked away with a loss on his record. It is clear that Floyd Mayweather wanted to make sure that the same thing did not happen twice.

Reports show that since Maidana’s performance in Saturday’s fight was very poor in comparison to their first match; the odds of there being a third bout are slim to none.

However, when it comes to Floyd Mayweather Jr., you never can tell who will be the next person to step in the ring with him until the fight is scheduled.

Who do you think Mayweather will fight next?

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