Boxing | Pacman to fight Mayweather in May

Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather

The Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao is likely to face the American fighter Floyd Mayweather in the ring in May this year, according to a report by The Sunday Telegraph.
People have been speculating for a while about when the fight will take place. The Sunday Telegraph has quoted an anonymous source as saying that Mayweather will be signing the contract and announcing the contest soon, which is estimated to be worth USD250 million. Some have speculated that the US fighter will unveil the arrangement officially at the NBS All-Star Game tip-off on Sunday (Monday in Macau) at Madison Square Garden.
The anonymous source also told The Sunday Telegraph that Pacquiao has “100 percent signed his side of the deal,” and “it is now over to Mayweather to close the deal and announce the fight.”
Pacquiao, on the other hand, has revealed that he has started training in his home country for his next fight.
Mayweather previously appeared on CBS coverage of a boxing event in December, and announced that he would be fighting Pacquiao on May 2.
Nevertheless, the negotiations between the two camps seemed to have stalled throughout January. The hope of a long-awaited fight between the two champions was reignited after Pacman and Mayweather met face-to-face last month at a basketball match in Miami, before having another private meeting in the former’s hotel suite for an hour. The Sunday Telegraph suggested that both camps have agreed on MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas as the venue for the fight.
The discussion of the two facing each other in the ring was triggered when Pacquiao called out Mayweather following his defeat of Chris Algieri in November at the Cotai Arena.
It is estimated that Mayweather will take his career earnings to over half a billion dollars when he fights Pacquiao. Nevertheless, the American boxer will have to risk losing his status as an unbeaten fighter. Staff reporter