Floyd Mayweather to finally fight Manny Pacquiao, but now no one cares

The most eagerly awaited fight in boxing history has been delayed so often both fighters are well past their best

Floyd Mayweather, boxing’s ultimate control freak, is teasing Manny Pacquiao yet again. The WBC welterweight champion claims he “absolutely” wants what was once the most anticipated fixture in sport to happen, but says it has to be on Showtime, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on 2 May next year, thwarting the ambitions of his former paymasters at HBO and those of every other ambitious welterweight in the business, notably the winner of a supposed audition between Amir Khan and Devon Alexander in the same ring on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

After so many aborted attempts in the past five years, cynics are entitled to believe Mayweather-Pacquiao at boxing HQ on Cinco de Mayo weekend will coincide with the reappearance of Jesus Christ and Elvis in a spaceship in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip, accompanied by Frank Sinatra singing My Way. That is pretty much the soundtrack of “Money” Mayweather’s life. The shrewd gambler takes notice of no one but his bookmaker, who might reasonably offer 4-6 on the fight happening.

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