![]() ![]() The first is the return of Andre Ward, a super-middleweight virtuoso, who has been sidelined by a legal dispute with his promoter, and who hasn’t fought since 2013. And alongside the non-news about Mayweather-Pacquiao, two new developments have provided some cause for hope. You can’t blame fans for holding out hope: after a dismal 2014, dominated by lopsided fights and cancelled ones, they are looking for signs that 2015 will be better. Apparently Pacquiao has accepted his own offer of forty per cent of the total purse maybe, after shaking his own hand, he took himself out to dinner to celebrate. Although the stories were tantalizing, the verb was misleading: it’s not clear whom, exactly, Pacquiao “agreed” with, besides his own promoter Mayweather has issued various demands in the past, but he hasn’t responded to this latest proposal. This week, fans were teased with a new batch of headlines claiming that Pacquiao had “agreed” to fight Mayweather. ( Some consider him the second-best fighter at any weight.) And soon enough, the spectre of Mayweather-Pacquiao was back, haunting boxing and taunting its fans. But Pacquiao recovered, easily beating his next three opponents, and regaining his place, behind Mayweather, as the second-best welterweight in the world. Two years ago, after Pacquiao was knocked out, some observers suggested that the dream of Mayweather-Pacquiao was dead. ![]() Ever since, the rumored Mayweather-Pacquiao fight has been the biggest story, or non-story, in the sport. That’s exciting news for boxing fans-or rather, it was, six years ago, when that article was published. Floyd Mayweather told his father that he wants to fight Manny Pacquiao, according to a report from his hometown newspaper. ![]()
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