Floyd Mayweather Jr – Manny Pacquiao fight nearly completed

The Source (Yahoo! Sports) said Flyod Mayweather agreed term. His promoter, Bob Arum a trip to the Philippines to complete a deal with Manny Pacquiao.

Las Vegas, Dallas and New Orleans, the leader of the bout, which is expected to become the highest grossing boxing match in the history of sports host.

Pacquiao is the top pound-for-pound fighter in almost every major rankings, including Yahoo! Sports. Mayweather is No. 2 in most of the rankings and was No. 1 in most polls before his retirement in June 2008 shortly.

Pacquiao is the 12th Round of recruitment of Miguel Cotto, 14 November at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, a fight in which he won the World Boxing Organization welterweight championship and erased fears that he is not a legitimate welterweight.

Cotto was a legitimate welterweight in his prime and Pacquiao dominated, knocking him twice and cruises to the one-sided victory.

Routed Mayweather Juan Manuel Marquez, who was previously the No. 2 ranking in Yahoo! Sport survey, 19 September in a fight at the MGM Grand.

The public demand for the battle was enormous, made to obtain the pressure on Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who Mayweather is a deal.

Organizers were targeted first May for the fight of almost the moment that Pacquiao Cotto stopped. But Pacquiao filed Tuesday to run for Congress in the Philippines and the election is on 10 May.

Given that the fight with Mayweather was up to 13 March will be moved or pushed back until September.

Although there were reports that Arum was considering matching Pacquiao with new WBO super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman, on 13 March in Dallas, that was a red herring to move, and was never seriously, said the source.

A survey team from Top Rank examining Dallas Cowboys Stadium as a possible venue. The MGM Grand Garden Arena and the New Orleans Superdome are also in the race to host the mega-fight, the source said.

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