It's a waiting game for both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at this point.
Mayweather is running silent as he waits for his pro forma Nevada boxing license application appearance on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao, who it was said would announce his June 9 opponent last week, is also mum as to his next dance partner.
As rumors swirl that Mayweather, renewed Nevada fighter's permit in hand, will go forth with a May 5 MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Cinco de Mayo bout against Mexican wunderkind Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the only certain thing that can be said is that "Money" will keep his chosen date and Pacman will fulfill his June date.
I asked Bob Arum why there's no been no announcement so far as to Pacquiao's next foe when the waiting world knows it certainly won't be Mayweather in the Dream Fight.
"Because," Arum said by phone Monday night, "we've been hoping to hear something from the competing factions over there in the Mayweather camp.
"We've been hoping there would be some change on their side. But we've heard nothing from anyone over there."
Arum said Mayweather's kibosh of a 50-50 money split agreed to, according to the Pacquiao handler two years in initial talks, remains a backbreaker.
"Everyday, it is something else. When they agreed to 50-50 around two years ago, Mayweather was doing the better numbers in terms of pay per view TV and the live gates. But over time that has all turned around and it's Manny who is doing the better numbers in both categories.
"So this is why the flip on agreement of 50-50 is a dealbreaker," Arum said.
Arum did not want to speculate on Nevada reticketing Mayweather.
"I have no idea on that," the 80-year-old promoter said.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
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