The much-awaited pound-for-pound championship clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao might finally happen next year, as sources close to situation reported that Money May's camp is seriously considering a showdown with Pacquiao next year.
According to Los Angeles Times, Showtime confirmed that Mayweather seriously considers making the fight with Pacquiao happen next year, probably in the first half of 2015.
Money May is down to his final two fights of his six-match, $100 million-plus deal with the cable giant Showtime, and sources indicated the last two pay-per-view dates could be reserved for the long-due slugfest with Pacquiao, which will reportedly generate roughly $1 Billion in profits according to a latest estimates on the Daily Mail.
"We can confirm that Floyd Mayweather definitely wants the Pacquiao fight," a Showtime spokesperson wrote to The Times in an email that was also obtained by RingTV.com. "Everyone on our side - Floyd, CBS and Showtime - is advocating for the fight to happen."
Arum, the Top-Rank head and promoter of the Filipino fighter for the last decade, also believed that CBS executive Leslie Moonves is a key person to finally put every party on the same page.
"The guy carrying the ball is Moonves," Arum told the Times. "He and I have talked on a number of occasions and he has suggested we see if we can reach an understanding. I assume, without knowing for a fact, that he's talking to the Mayweather camp."
When asked if he's interested to have Pacquiao fight the pound-for-pound champion, Arum didn't have any objections to it as he believes it's the right time for the colossal boxing match to take place.
"We're tired. Everywhere we go they ask when is it going to happen? When are they going to fight," Arum told ESPN. "I say enough is enough. Just make the fight happen. Let's get it done and let's get it done the next fight for each fighter, sometime in the first six months of next year."
Pacquiao is coming off a 12-round unanimous decision win over a much bigger Chris Algieri to retain the WBO Welterweight championship belt on Saturday at Venetian Macao in Macau, China. Unlike the previous post-fight interviews, the Filipino slugger vocally expressed his desire to fight Mayweather for the sake of the million of boxing fans around the world.
"I think I'm ready to fight him next, next year," Pacquiao said of a potential clash with Mayweather.' 'I really want that fight. 'The fans deserve that fight.''
