Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum believes a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is possible for 2015, because the networks, HBO and Showtime, are discussing the idea of working together - like their did in 2002 with Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson - to stage a joint Mayweather-Pacquiao pay-per-view event.
According to Arum, CBS Corporation president and CEO Leslie Moonves is brokering the deal. CBS is the parent company of Showtime, which has a six-fight deal with Mayweather. Pacquiao is under contract to HBO, and returns to action this Saturday night in Macau in a title defense against Chris Algieri.
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According to Arum, CBS Corporation president and CEO Leslie Moonves is brokering the deal. CBS is the parent company of Showtime, which has a six-fight deal with Mayweather. Pacquiao is under contract to HBO, and returns to action this Saturday night in Macau in a title defense against Chris Algieri.
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