By Michael Collins: In response to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum saying he wasn’t sure who the representative for Floyd Mayweather Jr. so that he could start negotiations for a Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight, Mayweather Jr. himself responded to Arum in a message on his twitter page telling Arum to contact Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions or Al Haymon to get the fight put together.
Mayweather said “I’m ready to fight Pacquiao [on] 5/5. Bob Arum knows the date can’t change. I have my guarantee. Call Schaefer & Al [Haymon] and stop lying to the public.”
Well at least now Arum won’t have any more excuses about not knowing who the Mayweather representative is. Hopefully Arum can start working on putting the fight together and doesn’t come up with another minor snag like not knowing who to even call.
It’s disappointing that this was holding Arum back because if he’s spinning his wheels at not knowing who to contact to start the negotiations, it would appear to give an indication that Arum might not be too interested in putting the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight together.
Oscar De La Hoya, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, said this on his twitter: “Let’s do this. Way to step up to the plate Floyd Mayweather. Let’s do it. Bob [Arum], now call Richard Schaefer. His Phone is on. You see Pac works for Bob Arum and Golden Boy works for the fighters. That’s the difference. Bob, call GBP.”
Mayweather doesn’t look like he’s going to change his mind about fighting on May 5th, and that could be the next stall point for the Pacquiao fight. Arum has been talking about late May to June 9th, and by Mayweather saying that the May 5th date can’t change, it may be all that’s needed for this fight to go down the drain.