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I apologize for the two earlier posts provided by Da Man. I understand that its all Super Bowl all the time right now but Da Man is still stinging from his 49ers loss and would rather do away with the NFL season (much like I do around May with baseball and the Mets). Now back to FOOTBALL!!!

Money May calls Manny directly to discuss possible May 5th fight

Ok this isn't football news and yes the Giants are the biggest thing in sports right now but lets give some other lesser important news some air time. Floyd Mayweather Jr called Manny Pacquiao directly to discuss making the May 5th mega fight happen. In a e-mail to ESPN Mayweather said the following:

"I called him and asked him about us fighting May 5 and giving the World what they want to see," Mayweather's email read. "I also let him know we both can make a lot of money. He ask about a 50/50 split and I told him no that can't happen, but what can happen is you can make more money fighting me then you have made in your career. I also let him know I'm in control on my side but he needs to get on the same page with his promoter so we can make this fight happen."

"I told him to tell his promoter that he only wants to fight Mayweather and that this fight will be the biggest fight in history. His manger came to my boxing gym a few months ago and we spoke about getting the defamation of character lawsuit dropped against me and about both fighters taking the random blood and urine test. I spoke to his manager again last night about the same thing. The call last night lasted 15 or 20 minutes. I mainly spoke to his manager he got on and off the phone real quick."


Manny Pacquiao confirmed that the conversation took place and gave a similar account of the convo to a news station in his home country. Manny also stated that Floyd agreed to a 50/50 split if the fight happens.

Mayweather was also quoted as saying: "There is no fight I want more than the Manny Pacquiao fight. I guess he said he agreed to fight. The only thing that is stopping this fight right now, that I truly believe is stopping the fight, is Bob Arum."

This goes back to an older post I did about how I felt this fight will not happen because of Top Rank head Bob Arum. I don't see this fight happening unless Manny forces the issue.

Ok now that we've gotten that out of our systems... back to Football 24/7!!!


-J-Rod