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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: It has to happen

Nov. 20, 2009 | by Jimmy M.Thompson

Everyone wants this mega fight to happen. It’s between the two top Pound for Pound boxers in the world. "It has to happen," The HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg said during an interview.

According to Ross Greenburg,
"The fight will get made because Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao want the fight to get done," he said. "Two fighters look in the mirror and try to establish themselves as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world."

"It's rare when you have the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world both in their prime in the same weight class," Greenburg said. "And when that happens you seize the opportunity. I've lived through Leonard-Hagler, Leonard-Hearns. That's exactly where we were in 1981 [with Leonard-Hearns I], and the fight had to get made. The public demanded it and the fighters demanded it. And so there's no gray area. As far as the split, why hassle? Just do what Ali and Frazier did in 1971 -- split it in half. I'll go on record. What's a percentage point here or there to satisfy somebody's ego?"

This is a public demand. The two fighters should respond to the challenge and make it happen in 2010. Promoters should settle the issues on this fight specially the percentage cut.

 
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