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Adviser for Floyd Mayweather Jr. says there were no negotiations with Pacquiao


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Leonard Ellerbe, one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s closest advisers, denied Monday that negotiations for a super fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao had ever taken place.

That is contrary to what Top Rank's Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter, has been saying for the past three weeks and he's sticking by his story.

Arum set a teleconference with boxing reporters at the deadline's expiration. On the teleconference, Arum said he had worked out the agreement with Al Haymon, Mayweather's top adviser, using Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, as a go-between without ever speaking directly to Haymon.

Now, Ellerbe denies any of that ever happened.

"Here are the facts," Ellerbe said in Monday's statement. "Al Haymon, [Golden Boy Promotions CEO] Richard Schaefer and myself speak to each other on a regular basis, and the truth is no negotiations have ever taken place, nor was there ever a deal agreed upon by Team Mayweather or Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13. Either Ross Greenburg or Bob Arum is not telling the truth, but history tells us who is lying."

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I smell BS

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Mayweather is afraid of Pacquiao.

This is the sad state of boxing. This fight should happen but probably won't, it would be the one fight that would put boxing back into the forefront. Even if for just a night.

Instead Pacquiao is going to end up fighting some no name again and Mayweather will continue to run around the ring with Mosley once a year.

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To say that either of them is afraid of the other is absurd.

You could say the same thing about Pac when he didn't agree to the blood testing.

Pacquiao dose not want to lose his energy before the fight. I cant blame him ether when Mayweather is the bigger, stronger fighter. Pacquiao even agreed to give blood right after the fight so that is just Bullsh*t. Mayweather knows he cant beat the Pac man and is just coming up with excuse to avoid the fight.

I cant even believe anyone would be taking his side ether. I mean Pacquiao is the champion for crying out loud and should be calling the shots not some washed up boxer.

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Pacquiao dose not want to lose his energy before the fight. I cant blame him ether when Mayweather is the bigger, stronger fighter. Pacquiao even agreed to give blood right after the fight so that is just Bullsh*t. Mayweather knows he cant beat the Pac man and is just coming up with excuse to avoid the fight.

I cant even believe anyone would be taking his side ether. I mean Pacquiao is the champion for crying out loud and should be calling the shots not some washed up boxer.

Wait...what?

Money May is washed up? Last time I checked this "washed up" boxer destroyed Marquez, a guy that Pacquiao had a Draw against (which he should have lost) and he won the re-match via SD (which again he should have lost).

:shocked: Really?

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