It appears that a fight between boxing's two best pound-for-pound fighters could finally be coming closer to reality. And if not, you'll know who to blame.
Citing two separate interviews on ESPN shows, Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole is now reporting that Manny Pacquiao would be willing to give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a 55-45 percent split of the purse for the superfight.
This is a major development, as one of the principle roadblocks to the fight had been Pacquiao's insistence that each fighter receive an equal share of the purse. Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been adamant about receiving a bigger payday, feeling himself to be the bigger draw for the fight.
In addition to the issues of money, Mayweather and Pacquiao have argued over the necessity of stringent, Olympic-style drug testing.
In the past, Pacquiao has been reluctant to agree to these requirements, and the two are now in court over Mayweather's insinuations that Pacquiao was using performance enhancing drugs.
Pacquiao has also backed off on that issue as well recently, and is apparently willing to comply with the tough testing regimen.
This is a major development in the saga between these two fighters and places virtually all the pressure on Floyd "Money" Mayweather to make the fight happen.
That could, however, be complicated by Mayweather's latest legal troubles, which apparently include a verbal altercation with the mother of one of his children at her Las Vegas home earlier this week.
Pacquiao also has some trouble of his own, but not of the legal variety. He must first get by Juan Manuel Marquez in December, a task that he has struggled with in three previous meetings.
With both fighters, and their camps and fans constantly bickering over whose fault it is that the fight has not yet happened, that issue now appears settled. Manny Pacquiao has bent first. And now it's up to Floyd Mayweather to get it done.
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