Roach: Mayweather wouldn't agree to a limit of 14 days: is Roach lying to us?

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach has made no secret of the fact that bad feeling remains against Mayweather after he failed to agree a compromise of no blood test within two weeks of the fight. "(Pacquiao) is disappointed the fight is not here," Roach told ESPN. "Life goes on without Mayweather. He wouldn't agree to (a limit of) 14 days before the fight. We did our best to appease him but he wouldn't go along with it. It was a smoke screen for him to say no." It contradicts this: Bruce Binkow, the chief marketing officer of Golden Boy Promotions, on Dec. 30 offered a 14-day cutoff as a compromise via instant message to Top Rank president Todd duBoef, who replied on Dec. 31 that “14 is no good.” Schaefer said he believes the fight can be salvaged over the weekend and the first step is making certain that Pacquiao is aware of Mayweather’s 14-day offer. “There are reports that Manny is not aware of this and we want to make certain that he knows what Floyd has agreed to do,” Schaefer said. However, Koncz said he was informed of the offer by promoter Bob Arum and that he brought it directly to Pacquiao, who would not even consider it. Koncz said Pacquiao was very firm in his decision. “Bob called and told us about the 14 days and I brought that to Manny and he said, ‘I told you, we’re not agreeing to that,’ and that was pretty much it,” Koncz said. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-pacfloydnegotiations010810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns