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Mayweather speaks

07:37 PM ET 01.07

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. just released the following statement from his publicist:
"Throughout this whole process I have remained patient, but at this point I am thoroughly disgusted that Pacquiao and his representatives are trying to blame me for the fight not happening when clearly the blame is on them."First and foremost, not only do I want to fight Manny Pacquiao, I want to whip his punk ass."Before the mediation, my team proposed a 14-day, no blood testing window leading up to the fight. But it was rejected. I am still proposing the 14-day window but he is still unwilling to agree to it, even…

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Pacquiao-Cotto Numbers

11:43 AM ET 11.20

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The
Pacquiao-Cotto numbers are in, and they are big. Here are the figures, along
with some relevant information from HBO.- 1.25 million buys

- $70 million pay-per-view
revenue

- 650,000 cable buys

- 600,000 satellite and
telco buys

- figures include a record
110,000 buys in Puerto Rico

- along with September 19
Mayweather-Marquez fight which generated 1,050,000 buys, represents the first
time HBO Pay-Per-View has ever recorded back-to-back fights exceeding 1 million
buys and represents the first time since 1999 that there have been two fights
over 1 million buys in same year…

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Mayweather responds to Pacquiao

07:15 PM ET 11.16

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A few minutes ago I received this press release from Floyd Mayweather Jr.:
"Manny Pacquiao is the fighter and every time someone asks him if he wants to fight me, he says it is up to his promoter, he's going to take a vacation, whatever the answer is. I have yet to hear him actually say, 'yes I want to fight Mayweather.' We are the fighters and if one fighter is talking about fighting another fighter, then they should just come out and say it. Manny Pacquiao doesn't say anything directly about fighting me because he might just know it's not a fight he can win."
"He said during…

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