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LAS VEGAS. — Floyd Mayweather has ruled out fighting his great rival Manny Pacquiao, depriving boxing of a $300 million mega-fight.
The pound-for-pound No 1, who is set to face Amir Khan in Las Vegas on May 3, claimed he could never work with Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum.
Instead, he added recently-crowned world champion Marcos Maidana’s name to his list of possible future opponents.
“We all know the Pacquiao fight, at this particular time, will never happen, and the reason why the fight won’t happen is because I will never do business with Bob Arum in life, and Pacquiao is Bob Arum’s fighter,’ Mayweather told Fight Hype.
“Bob Arum gives Pacquiao a date, whereas Floyd Mayweather gives Floyd Mayweather his own date. I will be fighting again in May and September.’
Mayweather also hinted that he does not believe the eight-division world champion is a big enough draw.
Pacquiao’s win over Brandon Rios in Macau last month achieved 475 000 pay-per-view buys compared to 2,2m for Mayweather’s masterclass against Saul Alvarez in September.
“I want to see Manny Pacquiao’s real pay-per-view numbers,” added Mayweather. “Get them from his last fight and compare them to my numbers with Canelo Alvarez.” —Mailonline.
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