Talks over the hotly anticipated welterwieght bout between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Floyd Mayweather Jr. were aborted on Wednesday after promoters failed to reach an agreement.
The respective parties could not settle their differences after nine hours of mediation on Tuesday followed by further discussions on Wednesday.
The World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout was thrown into doubt last month when Mayweather demanded Olympic-style dope testing, a request rejected by Pacquiao. Mayweather’s camp had called for random blood and urine sampling prior to and after the proposed March 13 fight as mandated by the US Anti Doping Agency.
Pacquiao agreed to have blood taken for testing before the initial media conference and immediately after the fight but would not agree to have blood drawn within 30 days of the bout..
Pacquiao had been scheduled to defend the WBO title he won in November by stopping holder Miguel Cotto in the 12th round in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao won an unprecedented 7th title in 7 weight classes to set up the best pound for pound showdown againts unbeaten Mayweather (40-0) in what was widely expected to the boxing’s biggest revenue-producing fight.
To Pacquiao..We, Asian people always support you…Wish you best of luck in match against Mayweather.
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I read this earlier, this really sucks for the boxing fans out there that are dieing to see this fight take place.
Yeah, most of them waiting for the fight including me..Hope they will settle it soon and get in fight as soon as possible..The match will be amazing
so you are boxing love too , i just love pacquiaos as asian heroes. i hope my country have a man like him
I love all kind of martial arts..
Go Pacquiao! Makes me proud to be a Filipino. And yes, where’s pretty much bummed about the cancellation of the fight. Mayweather’s crew just are hard to negotiate with
Fight fight fight!