Floyd Mayweather's refusal to acknowledge Manny Pacquiao negotiations casts doubt in fight

Manny Pacquiao Fight Here's the funny thing about the recent Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations, which now are a scant 48 hours away from a decision deadline: The Mayweather side never even has acknowledged they happened.

So if the Pacquiao side's Friday deadline passes with no fight in place, as I've suspected all along, the pocket-veto tactic of the Mayweather side -- eschewing the deadline without acknowledging the offer at all -- will be an extension of its position that there never were any substantive talks.

To what degree that is true, someone might let us know some specifics soon.

Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter, may be that someone.

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