Bob Arum: Uncle's legal troubles might keep Floyd Mayweather from fighting Manny Pacquiao this fall

Manny Pacquiao Fight Boxing promoter Bob Arum, who last week said Manny Pacquiao had agreed to all of Floyd Mayweather's demands for a fight between boxing's top two performers, speculated Tuesday that the biggest hurdle to such a fight could be timing.

Arum said he wonders whether Mayweather, the unbeaten Grand Rapids native, might eschew a proposed Nov. 13 fight until the fate of his uncle and trainer, Roger Mayweather, is decided.

Roger Mayweather is scheduled to go on trial next month in a battery case involving a female boxer he once trained.

"The big issue is, does Floyd want to fight this year or next year," Arum said.

Arum said that issue was not broached during the recent negotiations but refused to disclose what was.

"I'm not talking about what we were discussing," he said.

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