Boxningsmatchen mellan de två legenderna Manny Pacquiao och Floyd Mayweather Jr meddelades under gårdagen vara planerad inför en gala den 2 maj, men enligt Mayweather så är det inte helt klart att mötet ens kommer äga rum. Detta hade han att säga via sin instagram:
Laying back, relaxing, enjoying good weather, palm trees and piña coladas. While they continue to lie about making the fight… I’m just going to continue to travel and explore the world on my private jet.
Kevin Iole förklarade det hela närmare, via ”Yahoo! Sports”:
There are substantial issues to be resolved between Showtime, which has Mayweather under contract, and HBO, which has an exclusive deal with Pacquiao. An impasse in those talks is HBO’s insistence on being able to show the replay of the pay-per-view, one source said.
When the networks worked out a deal in 2002 to broadcast the Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis fight, they agreed to give the replay to the network of the fighter who won. Lewis stopped Tyson and so HBO showed the replay. That issue has yet to be resolved for a potential Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. There also remain issues on the promotional end of the deal.
