By Charles Indriolo, Examiner.comSpeaking with Boxingscene.com today, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum wasn’t happy with Manny Pacquiao’s associates for speaking to the media regarding negotiations between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“I know Manny is just as angry as I am that these guys, who have nothing to do with any of these negotiations, keep shooting their mouths off and inflaming the situation,” said Arum.
“What are Eric Pineda [Pacquiao’s business manager] and Jeng Gacal [Pacquiao’s lawyer], who know nothing about what’s happening, doing? Why are they shooting their mouths off?”Earlier this week, Pineda and Gacal told The Philippine Star that Floyd Mayweather was demanding for more than a 50-50 split of the profits to fight Pacquiao. A demand both said Pacquiao would refuse. However, Arum is adamant that neither man has any clue to what is going on in the negotiations.
Earlier this month, Arum said a gag order would be placed on this round of negotiations between Team Pacquiao and Team Mayweather. He feels both sides prevented an agreement from happening the first negotiating period because all involved went to the media to vent their frustrations. Arum knows a fight of this magnitude could fall through again if those involved try to negotiate through the media.
“They (statements) are more than irritating, because so much of this is ego and when you say that if he (Mayweather) says this Manny Pacquiao is not going to fight, that’s not the way you negotiate,” said Arum.
Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who’s representing Mayweather in the negotiations, are quietly trying to come to an agreement. Hopefully, one gets made soon.
Source: examiner.com
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