By Ernest Gabion

The first priority for Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is a fight between welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Arum will start working on that fight in the next couple of weeks. There are two issues that Arum needs to resolve. The first, is whether or not Mayweather is interested in the fight. The second issue is the ongoing legal situation in Las Vegas between Mayweather and the mother of his two children, Josie Harris. Arum wants to make sure the pending assault case will not interfere with a planned fight.

"We, like everyone else in boxing, would like to see him fight Floyd Mayweather next. And we're going to see if we can make that happen. That's our first priority. It only requires Floyd Mayweather's willingness to do the fight, and secondly some take from the Nevada court system, as to when a fight coould take place so we don't get blindsided by a trial or something like that. We are going to work through those issues in the next couple of weeks," Arum said.

After Terence Crawford Feud, Are Sanctioning Bodies Bad For Boxing?

In today’s episode, the crew breaks down one of boxing’s biggest debates after Terence Crawford went on his Instagram to complain about the WBC. Are sanctioning bodies simply part of the game, or have they completely lost control of the sport? We also take a hard look at the Ring title and ask whether it can still be considered legitimate if champions are not required to defend it.

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