Via Yahoo.com / Philstar.com
By: Abac Cordero


Manny Pacquiao is not losing sleep over Floyd Mayweather Jr. rejecting his offer of a 50-50 split of the fight purse.


“Okay lang. May iba pa namang fights (It’s okay. There are other fights),” said Pacquiao, who had hoped for a positive response from Mayweather.


Pacquiao said a couple of nights ago Mayweather called him on the phone, and they discussed the possibility of staging the superfight in May or June.


During their two-minute conversation, which must have felt like an hour for both fighters, Pacquiao told Mayweather they should do the fight under a 50-50 basis.
“Sana matuloy na nga (I hope it pushes through),” he told The STAR.


But the undefeated American, who will go to jail in June regardless of whom he fights next, has reportedly thumbed down Pacquiao’s golden offer.


Many think it’s the best way to do the fight, with both superstars getting just as much as the other – fair and square.


Mayweather, however, has other things in mind. He thinks he’s better than Pacquiao, and deserves more than the Filipino champion in eight weight classes.


“He asked about a 50/50 split and I told him no, that can’t happen,” Sportscenter quoted Mayweather as saying.
Mayweather must have made up his mind that if he doesn’t get more than Pacquiao, then he’d fight someone else, for a much, much lesser price.


“But what can happen is you (Pacquiao) can make more money fighting me than you have made in your career,” Mayweather apparently told Pacquiao over the phone.
“I also let him know I’m in control on my side but he needs to get on the same page as his promoter so we can make this fight happen,” Sportscenter also wrote.


Pacquiao wouldn’t budge either. He said 50-50 is it, nothing more, nothing less. Or he fights someone else as well.


“I’ve chosen my next opponent,” said Pacquiao.
And the name of that chosen one will soon be announced by Bob Arum once the legendary promoter finally gives up on the Mayweather fight.


It could be Miguel Cotto up next for Pacquiao even if Juan Manuel Marquez, Tim Bradley and Lamont Peterson are in the mix or used to be in the mix.


If Pacquiao takes on Cotto on June 9, the eve of the Puerto Rico Day parade, Arum said it may take place at the Thomas and Mack Center or the MGM.


Arum had said Pacquiao vs Mayweather can happen late in May or June 9 in Las Vegas. Otherwise, both fighters have to move on, and hope they end up doing the fight in November.
Arum is sick and tired of people saying he’s the one who doesn’t want the fight to happen.


“I’m not stopping any fight. This is all for public relations, it’s nonsense. Arum’s blocking the fight and so on, it’s just ridiculous. What’s going on is not rational,” Arum told boxing scribe Michael Marley .


“This is not the normal way you put together a big fight. The normal way would be for us to sit down somewhere. Mayweather said he won’t agree to a 50-50 split with Manny. Now that’s something blocking the fight, something we won’t agree to,” the Top Rank chief added.

Via mb.com.ph
By: Neil Ramos

Floyd Mayweather Jr. taunted Filipino boxing pride Manny Pacquiao anew via Twitter today (Wednesday).

"January 16th was Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday, January 17th is Muhammad Ali Birthday and May 5th is Pacquiao ass whooping day," he posted.

Only last week, the loquacious boxer fired off a barrage of tweets challenging Pacquiao to face him May 5.

“Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see,” he said.

“Step up Punk,” he added.

The rush was not without reason. Apparently, the date was used by Mayweather's lawyers to defer their client's impending jail sentence.

Last month, Mayweather pleaded guilty to domestic battery and no contest to two counts of harassment for assaulting the mother of three of his children and threatening his two sons on September 2010.

A Las Vegas judge on Friday delayed the 90-day jail term after his lawyer argued that the sentence would interfere with training for the boxing champ's upcoming May 5 bout.

Problem is, they didn’t have an actual fight scheduled. And so it was that Mayweather took to blabbering on Twitter challenging Pacquiao.

Boxing fans have long been calling to have Mayweather and Pacquiao face each other in the ring and for more than two years now. Unfortunately, negotiations for the same keep stalling due to a variety of demands that Mayweather keep on insisting.

Recall that some few years back, he declined having to face Pacquiao demanding that the later should undergo Olympic-style drug tests first. When Pacquiao agreed, Mayweather went on to tell the latter that the fight could only happen if The Pacman agreed to a 60-40 share of the purse.

That’s when the Pacquiao camp balked maintaining that they should, at the very least, be allowed a 50-50 split.

“Pag pumayag siya wala naman problema, anytime anywhere,” Pacquiao said in interviews.

In his recent tweet, Mayweather attacked Top Rank chief executive officer Bob Arum.

"I'm ready to fight Pacquiao 5/5/12... Bob Arum know the date can't change, I have my guarantee... call Schaefer & Al and stop lying to the public," he said.

The statement alludes to Arum’s declaration last week that there was no promoter eager to guarantee the May 5 date.

The Schaefer identified in the post is Richard Schaefer, chief executive officer of Golden Boy Promotions. The Al on the other hand is Al Haymon, Mayweather’s adviser.

By Chris Chase

China was stripped of a team all-around bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics on Wednesday because it fielded an underage gymnast. Dong Fangxiao was discovered to be 14 at the time of those Games, two years younger than the minimum age requirement.

The medal will be given to the United States team which finished fourth in Sydney. The IOC has asked for China to return the medals "as soon as possible" so they can be reallocated to the U.S. team. 

The action comes 20 months after China was accused of doctoring the ages of at least two of its gymnasts at the Beijing Games. Those allegations became a focal point of the 2008 Games but were quickly hushed up by the IOC after it cleared China following a sham investigation which basically consisted of the Olympic governing body asking China if they were really, really sure that the gymnasts were of age. When China said "yes" and produced passports and ID cards, the IOC dropped the matter, seemingly content to let the controversy pass and not risk offending its Olympic hosts.