Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao set to call Floyd Mayweather's 'bluff' on megafight -- Grand Rapids Press

By Josh Slagter, The Grand Rapids Press

With Top Rank CEO Bob Arum saying Sunday a resolution is coming "soon" on a potential fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach believes the newly sworn in Congressman is ready to make a deal.

“At this point I feel that Manny is going to agree to everything,” Roach told The Toronto Star. “That’s our bluff. We’re going to call his bluff. We’ll see ... I can’t speak for Manny, I can’t speak for (Bob) Arum but I feel the fight will happen because Manny is going to call his bluff and say ‘let’s do it.’”

Negotiations originally broke down in December over Mayweather's insistence on random urine and blood testing. Pacquiao didn't want to be tested as close as 14 days before the fight.

Pacquiao went on to fight Joshua Clottey instead in March and Mayweather dismantled Shane Mosley in May. Arum has reserved Nov. 13 in for Pacquiao's next fight, in either Las Vegas or Dallas.

Before beating Mosley, though, Mayweather said his 14-day cutoff window isn't in play anymore, and that blood testing must be allowed right up until the fight.

And after his fight with Mosley did 1.4 million pay-per-view buys, Mayweather also may not be willing to accept a 50-50 purse split, something the two camps previously had agreed upon.

Roach is in Toronto this week with Ana Julaton, who challenges for the WBO women’s 122-pound title Wednesday.

“Manny’s now a congressman. He’s going to agree with everything Mayweather wants,” Roach said. “That’s why I think the fight will happen.”

Source: mlive.com