Tony Weeks believes fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather will happen – Boxing News
Finally, there is a ray of hope for Mayweather and Pacquiao fans. Amidst confusions and doubts regarding whether the super-bout between Filipino eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and American unbeaten fighter Floyd Mayweather, referee Tony Weeks’
statement that the fight will happen, comes as a gesture of hope.
“Of course I want to see Pacquiao-Mayweather which is the fight everybody wants to see. It's like Ali-Frazier, Leonard-Hearns. You want to see those marquee match-ups where both fighters come in kind of even and you want to see who wins,” said Weeks, a widely
respected referee.
According to Weeks, the showdown between Mayweather and Pacquiao would be ‘great’ for the sport itself.
When asked about Pacquiao’s biggest rival of all time Juan Manuel Marquez and his upcoming engagement with the Filipino once again, Weeks replied, “All three fights were great. It’s a good match-up for Pacquiao and Marquez. Its one of those fights where
you are just going to get that even-type action with both fighters going at it because they are world champions.”
Pacquiao is scheduled to face Marquez on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will be the fourth time both fighters will face each other. As history has it, Pacquiao has grabbed two wins over Marquez via unanimous and majority decision. Marquez stands
with no wins as their first fight ended up in a draw.
Speculations of a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather have been around for three years now. However, every time both of them get close to a deal, it falls off. Earlier this year, both fighters were in direct contact with each other in order to decide the
terms of the match but nothing worked out.
Now, there is hope that the super-bout will happen next year in April, according to Top Rank’s Bob Arum. However, there is no update from Mayweather’s camp regarding the same, which makes the case weaker. If the fight does not happen next year, chances are
it will never happen, as both fighters are already towards their age of retirement. Therefore, next year is the last one probably for both them to come to a conclusion to this epic rivalry.
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