Pacquiao VS Mayweather Bout Still Possible ?

Is the fight touted as “the biggest fight in history of boxing”, still possible?

According to Arum, it still is, as long as Don King is nearby.

Top Rank Head Bob Arum confirmed he recently had a conversation with King, his erstwhile rival in the boxing promotions. King was the promoter responsible for the “Thrilla in Manila” event headlined by Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

“We had some good laughs. All that old stuff, that old history, is gone now. We’re both old codgers now. If Mayweather chose Don as his promoter, I have no doubt what would happen,” Arum told Michael Marley of Examiner.com.

“Don and I would go into a locked room. Then we’d roll around on the floor for a while. When we came out of the room, we’d have a deal and Manny and Floyd would be fighting each other next,” he said.

Recently, Mayweather has tweeted several times that he was with Don King complete with some pictures.

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Juan Manuel Marquez wants third fight, Manny Pacquiao not interested

After Juan Manuel Marquez beat American Juan Diaz he then called on Manny Pacquiao for another fight. Juan Manuel Marquez is now being touted as a much better foe for the 7-division world champion than Antonio Margarito.

Several boxing scribes expressed their desire to see a Marquez-Pacquiao clash following their fights in 2004 and 2008.

According to the latest report from Philippine Daily Inquirer however, this may not happen soon. Pacquiao’s lawyer Jeng Gacal, said “He’s [Marquez] out of the picture at the moment.” If Pacquiao does ever fight Marquez again, it will be over 140. Gacal says “Manny will find it hard to trim down to 140 now.”

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Mega-Fight gets KO’ed: Pacquiao – Mayweather fight officially dead ?

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For now, it may appear to be the case.

Drug testing seems to be the KO punch for the fight of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Tentatively scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the fight was to have been on HBO PPV, a sure blockbuster many believed would break the all-time pay-per-view record of 2.44 million buys set by Mayweather’s 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya.

A last-ditch attempt at mediation between Top Rank and Golden Boy, which represents Mayweather, failed to reconcile the two parties’  opinion on the drug-testing protocol.

Arum plans on moving forward with Pacquiao facing Foreman, who won his 154-pound title on the Nov. 14 undercard of Pacquiao’s 12th-round knockout of Miguel Cotto to win a welterweight belt. Pacquiao would move up in weight to try to win a title in his eighth division.

Mayweather meanwhile, may be potentially fighting against former junior welterweight champ Paulie Malignaggi.

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Boxing fans who have been following the on-off-on again-off again developments of this whole drama are  still hoping though, that in the end the two top pound-for-pound best boxers will finally settle everything in the ring.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed. How about you?