Nagkaroon ng isyu ang muling paghaharap ng Filipino boxing superstar na si Manny Pacquiao at ng undefeated American boxer na si Floyd Mayweather Jr. dahil sa deklarasyon ni Mayweather na “exhibition” at hindi “professional fight” ang mangyayari.
Sinabi rin ni Mayweather na wala pang venue para sa laban nila ni Manny.
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Unang nangyari ang boxing match ng dalawa sa MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, noong May 2, 2015.
Si Mayweather ang idineklarang nagwagi dahil sa unanimous decision.
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Makalipas ang isang dekada, nagkasundo ang magkabilang-panig na muling magtunggali sa boxing ring.
Pero nabahiran ito ng kontrobersiya dahil sa pahayag ni Mayweather na exhibition lamang at hindi professional fight ang gagawin nila ni Pacquiao.
MANNY PACQUIAO: FIGHT WITH MAYWEATHER A REAL FIGHT
Sa videotaped interview kay Pacquiao, sinabi ng Pambansang Kamao na "real fight" at hindi exhibition ang kontratang pinirmahan nila ni Mayweather.
Saad ng Filipino boxing champion: “The contract that we signed is a real fight. I wanna fight, not exhibition.
"That’s the contract he signed. He signed the contract already.”
Ibinahagi ng CEO ng Manny Pacquiao Promotions na si Jas Mathur sa social media page nito ang panayam kay Pacquiao.
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Sa interbyu naman ng ESPN kay Mathur, nilinaw niyang tuloy ang laban at breach of contract ang pahayag ni Mayweather.
Diin ni Mathur: "As of right now, the fight is still on. There is no termination of any sort, and he has signed for a professional fight.
"Floyd Mayweather is officially in breach of his contract. He's been in a breach since the day he went out and said what he said on Saturday and he's officially in a breach as of yesterday.
“No one in these last three months has brought up anything related to the venue or related to the fight not being a professional fight.
“His team has had all the contracts. He signed all the contracts. We have the DocuSign proofs as well as wet signatures with his device ID, with his IP address, with everything there.”
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MAYWEATHER, HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS?
May hinala si Mathur na nagdadalawang-isip si Mayweather na ituloy ang laban kay Manny dahil pinoprotektahan ng American boxer ang undefeated record nito.
Ipinahiwatig ni Mathur na maaaring natatakot si Mayweather dahil alam nitong desidido si Manny na ipaghiganti at bawiin ang pagkatalo niya sa nakaraang laban nila noong 2015.
”If he’s scared of Manny and he does not want to put his record on the line in a professional boxing match, not only should he have never executed any of these agreements, but he should just come out right and say it because Manny ain’t scared.
“We wanted to do something that makes history, and he wants to come around and try to change terms last minute because he thinks he can.
"No, he can’t. Not happening," sabi ng CEO ng Manny Pacquiao Promotions.
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