Fight is not dead! Both sides are still hoping to find a compromise to get this fight saved. Despite the current lawsuit.
"Schaefer did say that he remains hopeful that despite the suit and despite the vitriol between the sides that a deal can be salvaged and the fight still be held as planned. He said he has turned negotiations on Mayweather’s side over to Bruce Binkow, Golden Boy’s chief marketing officer. Top Rank president Todd duBoef is negotiating with Binkow on behalf of Pacquiao.
“I want to exhaust any and all possibilities to get the fight done. Everything I have is going into finding a way to make this fight and getting a compromise that is acceptable to all parties.”
Richard Schaefer, chief executive officer of Golden Boy Promotions
“I still hope that somehow a compromise can be found and that this fight can be saved,” Schaefer said. “I fully realize that this fight not happening is not only a big blow for the fight but it has much bigger, much more serious ramifications. I don’t even want to think about what’s next for Floyd, what this, what that.
“I want to exhaust any and all possibilities to get the fight done. Everything I have is going into finding a way to make this fight and getting a compromise that is acceptable to all parties.”
But Arum said he’s still agreeable to a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight if Mayweather’s side will agree to all the testing be administered by the Nevada commission.
“All they have to do is to agree that the testing and everything else in this fight is under the jurisdiction of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and we will have a deal,” Arum said. “Kizer is the regulator in charge of this fight and Manny would comply with any request he made, as he always has.”
"Schaefer did say that he remains hopeful that despite the suit and despite the vitriol between the sides that a deal can be salvaged and the fight still be held as planned. He said he has turned negotiations on Mayweather’s side over to Bruce Binkow, Golden Boy’s chief marketing officer. Top Rank president Todd duBoef is negotiating with Binkow on behalf of Pacquiao.
“I want to exhaust any and all possibilities to get the fight done. Everything I have is going into finding a way to make this fight and getting a compromise that is acceptable to all parties.”
Richard Schaefer, chief executive officer of Golden Boy Promotions
“I still hope that somehow a compromise can be found and that this fight can be saved,” Schaefer said. “I fully realize that this fight not happening is not only a big blow for the fight but it has much bigger, much more serious ramifications. I don’t even want to think about what’s next for Floyd, what this, what that.
“I want to exhaust any and all possibilities to get the fight done. Everything I have is going into finding a way to make this fight and getting a compromise that is acceptable to all parties.”
But Arum said he’s still agreeable to a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight if Mayweather’s side will agree to all the testing be administered by the Nevada commission.
“All they have to do is to agree that the testing and everything else in this fight is under the jurisdiction of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and we will have a deal,” Arum said. “Kizer is the regulator in charge of this fight and Manny would comply with any request he made, as he always has.”
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