Arum: Mayweather-Pacquiao Ticket Beef is No 5/2 Threat

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By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is confident that the outstanding problem over the tickets and hotel rooms allocated to Top Rank will be solved, as he assured fight fans that the May 2 showdown between eight division champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not in jeopardy.

Arum told BoxingScene.com/New Standard - “the problem in the term sheet is a problem that will be solved and it will not affect the fight.”

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Arum revealed that CBS president and CEO Les Moonves will act as arbitrator in case of a problem and will make a decision right away. Moonves played a big role in making the mega-fight happen. Mayweather has an exclusive deal with CBS/Showtime.

Arum was irate on Wednesday over the delay in delivering Top Rank’s share of the fight tickets, with the veteran promoter telling Yahoo Sports that he needed to have the tickets and hotel rooms secured for the numerous commitments Pacquiao has made to Filipinos who are coming to Las Vegas for the fight.

Taking a dig at the MGM Grand with whom he had a nasty exchange when they out up streamers promoting a Mayweather fight at the time Pacquiao was to fight Timothy Bradley in a rematch last year, Arum said [the MGM] have no contract, nothing for the fight and added “what is happening is absolutely intolerable.”

However, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe suggested that Arum needed to relax and that everything will be worked out.

Ellerbe said the tickets were delivered to the MGM on Wednesday and promised “Bob’s going to get his tickets and his hotel rooms. That’s all been specified in the contract.”