Manny Pacquiao has signed the contract drawn up by Bob Arum to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr, according to Dan Rafael at ESPN.com. Mayweather Jr has given his verbal agreement but his signature on the contract has not been confirmed.
According to the contract, in addition to the March 13 date, the fight will be held at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds and Pacquiao’s WBO Welterweight title will be on the line.
Both fighters will wear 8-ounce gloves but they are free to select their own brand.
The fighters will receive a 50-50 purse split. This is expected to be the highest grossing boxing pay-per-view ever. It’s also expected to break the record of PPV buys set by Floyd and Oscar De La Hoya at 2.44 million.
The site has not been finalized but interest has come from Dallas, New Orleans, and Las Vegas.
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Looking forward to the fight: the best offensive boxer (Pacquiao) vs the best defensive pugilist (Mayweather).
Two years ago, i would favor Mayweather with a UD victory . . however, now, with momentum on Pac’s side (KO or TKOs in has last 4 fights against bigger opponents), i now look forward to him winning either by split decision or by KO.
keys will be: (1)Power shots from awkward angles (i.e. versus straight lines which defense can easily block) . . both right and left hand e.g. Mayweather has never been dazed with his excellent defense, however, it only takes a couple of good power shots and we may finally know the extent of Floyd’s brilliance or his downfall; (2) Pac Monster has already been in wars that will serve him well when the going gets tough e.g. future hall of famers Barrera, Marquez, Morales, Cotto (including common opponents Hatton and Oscar . . both of which were blasted by Pac . . while Hatton gave a couple of difficult rounds against Mayweather and past-prime Oscar almost having a win. Granted that Mayweather easily beat Marquez – the betting odds were correct “4:1 favorite” from the slow moving/bulk up Mexican fighter who was unsuccessful moving up two weight classes and was a shadow of himself); (3) Mayweather camp potentially under-estimate the Pac-man (e.g. one dimensional fighter, no skills, etc) – they will get a suprise. The hubris of “0″ defeat may prove an illusion.
Lets get this on . . . .