Report: Pacquiao-Mayweather on March 13th
Kevin Iole reporting for Yahoo! Sports says that an agreement between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is imminent. The likely date is a surprising March 13th:
The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is all but set for March 13, a source told Yahoo! Sports.
Mayweather has agreed to terms and promoter Bob Arum is making a trip to Manila, Philippines, to finalize a deal with Pacquiao, the source said.
Payout Perspective:
Many anticipated the bout would take months to negotiate, and so May or June was expected. In fact, May 1st was rumoured last week, which would have put Pacquiao-Mayweather head-to-head with Machida-Shogun II in Montreal. Thus, the news of this card possibly being moved up to March 13th is good news for the UFC – it’s one date they probably want to avoid going up against.
Moreover, a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight would hog a great deal of the press for any MMA related news in May or June, which is a time of year that has churned out excellent PPV and media coverage for the sport in the past.
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