Arum to meet with Floyd's camp once back in US

Top Rank big boss Bob Arum heads back to the United States Saturday ready to bear the good news to the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Arum said he plans to immediately resume negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer now that Manny Pacquiao personally agreed for a March 13 showdown with Mayweather Jr.

“My next step is to go back to the U.S. to meet with the Mayweather people to finalize all the arrangements," he said.

Schaefer is the person that the Mayweather camp allowed to negotiate the mouth-watering fight on their behalf.

In the event the bout is finalized for March 13, a major press conference will be held in January, although Arum said the traditional multi-city promotional tour to hype up the fight may be forego owing to time constraints.

At the same time, the 78-year old promoter urged Pacquiao’s opponent, candidate Roy Chongbian, who will be running against the pound-for-pound king for the lone congressional seat of Saranggani, to make the ultimate sacrifice.

“I think his opponent would do everybody a service to the great country of the Philippines by withdrawing from the race so it could take Manny’s mind off politics, but that’s just my opinion.

“I am not a Filipino and I can’t tell everyone what to do, but this guy Manny is running against should do everybody a favor," Arum added.

Pacquiao agreed to the proposed welterweight fight with the 32-year old Mayweather on March 13, now considered as one of boxing’s biggest fights ever.

Pacquiao and Arum met early in the day and talked about the bout that may well go down as the richest off all time, although Arum didn’t disclose what transpired during the talk other than say that “you can see a smile on my face and that means I am not disappointed."

The purse both fighters would be receiving have also remained undisclosed, but GMA 7 reporter Chino Trinidad bared Pacquiao is going to get not less than $30 million for the fight. – GMANews.TV

Source: GMANews.com