The small details seem to be dealing the signing of the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight and the May 2nd fight date is beginning to put a strain on negotiations.
Top Rank’s Bob Arum is starting to wonder if the fight would be better suited for a later date:
“The thing that really concerns me is that we are running out of time for May 2,” Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who represents Pacquiao, told ESPN.com on Monday. “If you want to drag this out a little longer then move the fight to later in May — May 30 is a good date — or go in June. We agreed to go on May 2 because that is the date Mayweather is hung up on, but if we’re going to go on May 2 we need to get this done.”
I’m pretty sure that Mayweather could care less about what Arum thinks, but the truth of the matter remains that the fight needs to become official soon to allow both networks and the MGM Grand proper time for promo.
It’d be a shame if Bob Arum’s constant public chatter is what sent Mayweather off the deep end and led to the cancelation of these negotiations. I say we just lock Floyd and Manny in the largest MGM Grand hotel suite and not open the door until the contract is signed by both of them and the details are agreed upon.
If only we were all so lucky.