The Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao fight might finally happen next year, but Pacman says that he’s trying to focus on his upcoming bout before finalizing the deal.
Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs) faces Chris Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs) on November 22.
A loss would endanger the potential Mayweather-Pacquiao bout.
“Hopefully that fight will happen by next year,” Pacquiao told reporters this week, reported AFP.
“I’m crossing my fingers that that fight will happen but right now my mind is already set to focus on my next fight with Algieri. I think the time to talk about that issue is after the fight.”
Despite reports that Pacquiao is considering retiring after 2015, Pacquiao said he has a “couple of years” left before he retires.
“I’m not thinking yet about retirement. I will continue my boxing career, the journey will continue in my boxing career and we'll see what happens,” he said.
Mayweather has danced around the possibility of fighting Pacquiao, seeming to say after he beat Marcos Maidana that it would happen provided Pacquiao gets past Algieri, but later backtracking on his comments.
