Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao and Floyd "Money" Mayweather have yet to come to terms for a November Superfight. Top Rank mobster, Bob Arum, has given Mayweather until midnight Friday to sign the contract. The villain in the first contract was the steroid testing procedures and, Olympic style blood testing, that Mayweather called for and Pacquiao refused. Pac has since agreed to the terms and put the ball in Money's court to make a move.
For a man who calls himself "Money" this seems to be a no brainer. This fight would make both men enough money that they could swim in it. The record for PPV stands right now at $120,000,000.00 from the De La Hoya vs Mayweather letdown w/ 2.15 million purchases. I personally do not think it is out of the realm of possibility for a Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight to do over $200,000,000.00. This is the ONLY fight boxing has to make right now, this is it. The sport is fading faster than David Caruso's career after NYPD Blue and needs this fight desperately. These are the only 2 fighters that non-boxing fans have even heard of, which helps generate the interest. ESPN will be yammering about it constantly and the casual SportsCenter watcher won't be able to help themselves, and feel obligated to know something about the fight to sound "with it".
Bottom line here is that this fight has to happen. It has to happen in Las Vegas, with a 50/50 split, at 147lbs, with all the glitz and glamour it deserves. Here is to wishful thinking that Mayweather will sign before the clock hits 12 tomorrow night.
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