Pacquiao Vs Mayweather Fight: Floyd's Match Vs Marcos Maidana 'Nonsense' According To Bob Arum! 'Money' Manager Fires Back By Mocking Pacquiao-Bradley Profits!

We have seen Pacquiao vs Mayweather camps clash in all shapes and forms. The only thing missing is the fight we want to see-Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr in the ring.

This time, it's Bob Arum again taking a shot at the Mayweather camp and Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of  Mayweather's promotional company retaliating.

It's already a traditional question with every Pacquiao interview to be asked about Mayweather, and the press conference after the fight was no different.

Bob Arum has never worn gloves himself, and his comments did not pull any punches. On the Mayweather fight:

This excerpt from Yahoo Sports: "'The only people that can make Floyd Mayweather fight Manny is the public, if they boycott the nonsense on May 3.' He was referring directly to Mayweather's next fight, against Marcos Maidana in three weeks' time, for which Maidana is a heavy +750 underdog."

He continues: "That's what the public should do. [If the media] want that fight, tell the public not to buy pay-per-view and not to buy tickets. There is no other [strategy]. We are prepared tomorrow to sit down at a table with his people ... to work out the conditions for the fight."

Of course, the Mayweather camp will not let this pass. From the AFP (French News Agency): "(Mayweather promotions Chief Executive) Leonard Ellerbe said that projected gate receipts from Pacquiao-Bradley of about $8 million last Sunday - a figure confirmed by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum - pales in comparison to Mayweather's next fight against Marcos Maidana, which has already sold tickets worth $14 million."

Ellerbe states: "People come to see Floyd Mayweather fight in big events. That's why we do the kind of numbers that we do."

The final word on the subject, from the person we would really want to hear (and see)-Manny Pacquiao: "It's really hard to talk about that. How many years have we talked about it and it hasn't happened?"

And of course, the challenge: "If he wants to fight, the fight will be on."

That's the question Mayweather has to answer. But for the rest of the boxing world, it has already been overstated.

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