Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr: Promoter Bob Arum Becoming ‘Pessimistic’ About Fight Happening

Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr: Promoter Bob Arum Becoming ‘Pessimistic’ About Fight Happening
Top Rank Founder and CEO Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach talk during the official weigh in at The Venetian on November 22, 2014 in Macau. Pacquiao will defend his WBO world welterweight title against Chris Algieri in Macau. Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum is becoming pessimistic about Pacman’s potential bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. actually happening with the silence from Money’s side.

Arum says that Pacman is ready for the bout but Floyd is not.

“It’s hard for me to be so pessimistic because there’s such optimism from our side, on the Pacquiao side,” Arum told reporters this week, reported the Desert Sun.

“But as the silence becomes defining from the Mayweather side, I become less and less optimistic. I don’t know what it'll take to get Mayweather in the ring with Pacquiao.”

Pacquiao’s reemergence as one of the top fighters, complete with his domination of Chris Algieri in late November, was supposed to set up the long awaited megafight against Mayweather, but the latter has reportedly been wary of committing himself to fight what would potentially be one of his toughest foes.

Arum recently said that Mayweather is scared that Pacquiao has a great shot at winning, and is worried at what a loss would do to his reputation.

Other fighters have been weighing in recently, with Timothy Bradley saying Pacquiao would win but Amir Khan saying Mayweather would triumph, among other opinions.

For his part, Arum sounded weary of the prolonged negotiations for what would likely be the highest grossing fight ever.

Floyd Mayweather punches Marcos Maidana, left, during their WBA welterweight and WBC super welterweight title fight, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Floyd Mayweather punches Marcos Maidana, left, during their WBA welterweight and WBC super welterweight title fight, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, in Las Vegas. AP Photo/John Locher
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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