Usually in boxing, common sense comes to the fore in the end, when all parties concerned realise that the fight has to happen due to the sheer size of the event and of the money to be made from it. Let’s hope this turns out to be the case with Pacquiao-Mayweather just as it was with Hatton-Pacquiao - another fight that looked to be off for a while due to disagreements over the monetary share the two fighters were to be paid. In the end, both sides came to their senses, but in an interview today with The Philippine Star, Arum made it clear Mayweather and his team will have to make a big concession if the fight we all want to see is actually made.

“You can tell Floyd Mayweather that Bob Arum says he’s delusional,” Arum said. “Floyd is not the attraction. Manny is the attraction. Floyd’s got no idea what he’s talking about. Floyd must be hallucinating when he said he wants the bigger purse and wouldn’t agree to a 50/50 split. Even a 50/50 split with Floyd Mayweather is nonsense.”

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(MAR 14) Pacquiao vs. Hatton “The Battle of East and West,” presented by Rockstar Energy Drink and promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with MP Promotions and Hatton Promotions, takes place Saturday, May 2 at MGM Grand. The 12-round rumble will be for Hatton’s IBO and …

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(MAR 14) Pacquiao vs. Hatton “The Battle of East and West,” presented by Rockstar Energy Drink and promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with MP Promotions and Hatton Promotions, takes place Saturday, May 2 at MGM Grand. The 12-round rumble will be for Hatton’s IBO and …

By Leo Reyes
Popular Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao is giving Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez another shot after his forthcoming match with Ricky Hatton of England to be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 2, 2009Finally popular Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao gave in to the insistent …

By Gareth A Davies
Trainer Lee Beard insists that Ricky Hatton will exploit defensive frailties in Manny Pacquiao and knock him out in ‘The Battle of the East and the West’ in Las Vegas on May 2.
Beard is convinced, having seen Pacquiao up close in fights and in sparring, that Hatton’s …

by SC
If anyone was waiting for Manny Pacquiao to say something regarding Juan Manuel Marquez’s constant badgering about a trilogy between the rivals, he has.
Pacquiao may have a May 2 megafight with Ricky Hatton coming up, and he says he didn’t watch Marquez’s epic win over Juan Diaz last …

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Manny Pacquiao has been warned that Ricky Hatton will “bust him up” when the pair clash on May 2 at the MGM Grand.
The light-welterweight showdown in Las Vegas will see both fighters vying for the title of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter. read more

by Ciaran Baynes
Ricky Hatton told setanta.com that his superior size and newly-improved tactical nous will help him beat Manny Pacquiao.
The two boxing mega-stars meet in Las Vegas on May 2 and were speaking at London’s Imperial War Museum to promote their bout.
Although fully respectful of Pacquiao, Hatton believes he can …