"Everything that everybody is just insinuating, what everybody been saying on TV is false. It's not true at all...Once again, I've been saying this for the longest, Pacquiao has no say so because Pacquiao fights under Top Rank Promotions. I have Mayweather Promotions. Mayweather Promotions is my company, so Pacquiao, he's not in a position to call any shots as of right now and he's not the A-side, so everything that everybody has been hearing has been rumors. Do I want to fight Pacquiao? Absolutely! Are we negotiating? Absolutely! But has the fight been made? Not at all," stated undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who recently called into DJ Whoo Kid's "The Whoolywood Shuffle" to clear up the rumors claiming that a May 2 showdown with 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao was close to being signed. According to Mayweather, although negotiations have been taking place, they're still a long way away from coming to an agreement on terms.
"Hopefully it's Mayweather-Pacquiao [on May 2]. Of course we're trying to make the fight happen between me and Pacquiao. Are we negotiating? Absolutely we are negotiating. Pacquiao said that he agreed to everything. What did you agree to? You have no say so. You have a boss. That's called Top Rank Promotions. That's not called Pacquiao Promotions. With my company, it's called Mayweather Promotions," Mayweather explained. "We have been going back and forth, communicating with their team. Hopefully we can make this fight happen. But once again, we have to look at his pay-per-view numbers. His last fight didn't even do 300,000 homes. So let's make this make sense. I mean, he did get knocked out not too long ago. No matter what you say, Floyd Mayweather is still winning. When they take shots at Floyd Mayweather, he's still winning. He's still making hundreds of millions."
Mayweather added, "We're trying, but it's been extremely difficult dealing with Top Rank. I don't want to sit right here and point the finger at Pacquiao and say it's him, because it's not Pacquiao. It's his promoter. So a lot of times when Pacquiao say, 'Oh, I agree.' You don't have nothing to do with this. You're not a boss. On the chess board, you're a pawn."
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