Renowned promoter Bob Arum made the disclosure before he flew back to the United States Tuesday night after supporting Pacquiao’s successful bid for Sarangani’s lone congressional seat.
According to Arum, both the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, are available to host what could be boxing’s biggest bout ever on that date.
Arum said he’d resume negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions, which co-promotes Mayweather, upon his arrival in Las Vegas.
Though Mayweather is his first priority, Arum said he is also ready to pit the seven-division champion against any other suitable fighter if the unbeaten American remains steadfast on his demand for Olympic-style drug testing.
Apart from the drug testing protocol, another possible hindrance for the Pacquiao-Mayweather tussle is the terms in the splitting of purses.
Based on latest wire and Internet reports, Team Mayweather seemed poised to ask for a bigger share of the purse that is estimated to bring in $40 million each to both fighters.
Before negotiations fell though for the fight originally set March 13, a 50-50 sharing was agreed upon. The Mayweather camp, however, may use the 1.4 million pay-per-view buys the Mayweather-Shane Mosley showdown on May 1 generated as a leverage tool.
Pacquiao, who stands to be proclaimed as congressional winner on Thursday, has repeatedly said that he’s ready to do battle with Mayweather as soon as the five-division champion drops his demand for random drug testing.
Another possible snag facing Pacquiao-Mayweather is where to stage the bout.
Billionaire Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
and the opulent Cowboys Stadium, is keen on having another fight after Pacquiao’s 12-round demolition of Ghanaian Joshua Clottey on March 13 drew a huge crowd of 50,996 fans.
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