By NICK GIONGCO, Manila Bulletin
In between rounds of pool, Manny Pacquiao kept on telling just about anyone who bothered to ask him about the status of Floyd Mayweather the same thing all over again.
“Mayweather is scared (to fight me),” said Pacquiao, according to his lawyer Franklin Gacal yesterday.
Since returning to General Santos on Christmas day, Pacquiao has been spending more time with his family and playing one of his many passions – billiards – during night-time until morning.
“He’s just playing every night, relaxing and waiting for developments,” said Gacal.
As camps of both fighters find a way to save the fight from being shelved owing to the touchy issue of drug-testing, Pacquiao remains a believer that
Mayweather is just trying to find a way out of the fight by insisting that an Olympic-style random testing be done so they can finally seal the deal and face each other on March 13, 2010.
On Tuesday, the deadline that was imposed by Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum on Mayweather finally lapsed but Mayweather’s camp said they’re not closing the doors about a possible renewal of talks.
Pacquiao and Mayweather have been guaranteed to receive $25 million each on purse alone and both punchers can go home with as high as $40 million apiece after all the accounting is done.
Mayweather has agreed to a penalty of $10 million per pound in the event he weighs past 147 lbs and is using this as leverage for Pacquiao to his own demand for random testing. (Tempo Sports)
Source: mb.com.ph
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