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Add fuel to the fire of the probable Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao super fight in 2015: Jeff Mayweather, uncle of the undefeated American fighter has recently declared that it’s either British boxer Amir Khan or Filipino pugilist Pacquiao for his nephew’s next big fight.
The elder Mayweather admitted that nothing is final but a possible bout against Khan or Pacquiao because there are no other options especially if the Mayweather camp will consider the projected pay-per-view (PPV) revenue.
“To be honest, I can’t really say who it is because I’m not one hundred percent sure. If they do it by names — which Floyd normally does — it may actually help the pay–per-view revenue, it’s gonna possibly be Khan or maybe Pacquiao next for Floyd, because there’s no other options out there in the weight class that make any sense,” Jeff Mayweather told Robert Brown of **********boxing.com, a popular boxing website.
Mayweather added that Pacquiao has to win his next fight for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao to become a reality. Pacquiao is set to fight unheralded and unknown Chris Algieri in Macau on Nov. 22. Algieri is also an undefeated American with a record of 20-0-0 with 8 knockouts.
Mayweather Jr. meanwhile is coming off a win against Marcos Maidana albeit in a unconvincing and non-entertaining 12-round unanimous decision victory.
Nicknamed “Jazzy Jeff” during his boxing heydays, the 50-year-old Mayweather had a record of 32–10–5 (10 KOs) in his career highlighted by winning the International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior lightweight title in April 1994. Jeff became a fight coach both for boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) post-boxing career.
The discussion of the probable Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight has been discussed for years but no final agreement has been reached ever since.
Bob Arum, the president of Top Rank Promotions, which handles Pacquiao has mentioned in recent reports that HBO Sports, where Pacquiao fights are aired and Showtime Boxing, where Mayweather’s bouts are covered have internal discussions on the probable Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight.
Jeff Mayweather’s speculation might be good for the boxing world as fight fans still have high hopes that the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight will happen sometime in 2015. However, as long as Floyd Mayweather Jr. continue to run away from what could be the biggest fight in the history of the sport, the dream fight between the top pound-for-pound boxers today will remain a pipe dream.
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