The Floyd Mayweather, Jr. VS. Manny Pacquiao boxing fight is all but done, sources say, and will most probably happen on March 13. It has been said that “Money” has agreed to the terms surrounding Mayweather VS. Pacquiao and that Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum will be going to the Philippines to finalize the deal with Pacquiao.
Mayweather-Pacquiao will have Las Vegas, Dallas, and New Orleans as suitors for holding the boxing fight. Mayweather VS. Pacquiao, a boxing fight featuring the current #1 pound-for-pound Filipino fighter against the former #1 P4P fighter before he retired, is expected to be the highest-grossing boxing match in history.
Mayweather VS. Pacquiao.
Boxing fans have clamored for Mayweather VS. Pacquiao after both had excellent matches against their last opponents. Pacquiao defeated Cotto by smothering him and knocked him down twice to earn a TKO win while Mayweather defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in a convincing unanimous decision. Mayweather VS. Pacquiao will pit the intelligent tactician of a boxer against the phenomenal, non-stop fighter.
Everyone will be curious regarding the purse split that both fighters will have agreed upon for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Mayweather is known for clamoring for too much of the money in his fights, while Pacquiao is infamous for not blinking, forcing his opponents to settle for a lower purse to make a fight with the Filipino champion a possibility.
Top Rank and Golden Boy had initially set May 1 as the Mayweather VS. Pacquiao fight date but opted against it, after Manny Pacquiao had filed for a seat in Philippine Congress. The Philippine elections will be held on May 10. As such, Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao had to be moved to March 13, instead of pushing it back to a later date.
