Pacquiao To Mayweather: If You Care About Fans, Accept

By Edward Chaykovsky

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao took to the social networks to react back at WBC/WBA champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Earlier, BoxingScene.com posted an interview with Mayweather, who admitted the two sides were negotiating for a May 2nd encounter at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but also made it known the two sides were not even close to reaching an actual agreement - even though Pacquiao recently agreed to all of the necessary terms on his end of the deal.

"Hopefully its Mayweather-Pacquiao [on May 2nd]. Of course we are trying to make the fight happen between me and Pacquiao. Are we negotiating? Absolutely we are negotiating. But Pacquiao said that he agreed to everything. What did you agree to? You have no say so. You have a boss. You don't have no say so. You have a boss.....that's called Top Rank Promotions. It's not called Pacquiao Promotions. With my company, it's called Mayweather Promotions," Mayweather stated during an interview with Shade 45 Radio.

"We have been going back and forth, communicating with their team. Hopefully we can make this fight happen. Once again, we have to look at his pay-per-view numbers. His last fight didn't even do 300,000 homes. Figures make sense. He did get knocked out not too long ago. No matter what you say, Floyd Mayweather still winning. When they take shots at Floyd Mayweather, he still winning and making hundreds of millions.

"We're going to make it happen though. We're trying, but it's been extremely difficult dealing with Top Rank. And I don't want to sit here and point the finger at Pacquiao and say 'it's him.' It's not Pacquiao, it's his promoter. A lot of times when Pacquiao says 'I agreed' - you don't have nothing to do with this, you're not a boss. On a chess board you're a pawn."

Pacquiao continued to apply the pressure, pressing Mayweather via the social networks to agree.

“I can easily beat Floyd Mayweather, I believe that. If you really care about the fans....you will fight. If you care about yourself, you won’t fight. Everyone had me as a big underdog to Oscar De La Hoya too. If Floyd Mayweather fights me boxing will get an even bigger upset victory,” Pacquiao wrote.