adminMANILA. — Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has dismissed reports that he and American Floyd Mayweather are to hold talks about fighting each other, questioning whether a bout will ever happen. A fight between the former world champion in eight weight divisions and the unbeaten Mayweather has long been desired by boxing fans and Manila newspapers were abuzz with talk over Christmas that a September 2014 date had been set.
But Pacquaio (35) told the website Philboxing.com that a deal to settle once and for all who is the best boxer of the two is not imminent.
“I have no plan to go to the US to talk to Floyd. That’s not true,” he said.
“If it’s a done deal already, how come I do not know anything about it?”
The boxer-turned-congressman convincingly beat American Brandon Rios in Macau in November after successive losses to American Tim Bradley and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012.
The comeback win sparked renewed speculation of a long-awaited Mayweather bout. — AFP.
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