Mayweather accused of Pacquiao contract breach
Floyd Mayweather has been accused of breaching his contract to fight Manny Pacquiao with the comments he made on Saturday.
May 2, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Floyd Mayweather (black/gold trunks) and Manny Pacquiao (yellow/red trunks) box during their world welterweight championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather won via unanimous decision. LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather has been accused of breaching his contract to fight Manny Pacquiao with his comments during a meet-and-greet at Caesar’s Palace’s MCM store on Saturday.
As announced by Netflix in February, Mayweather is scheduled to rematch Pacquiao at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 19. The bout was dubbed as Mayweather’s return to professional boxing after a nine-year hiatus.
However, last weekend — while speaking to the media — Mayweather said that his fight against his long-time foe will in fact be an exhibition and that the venue remains unknown. On Wednesday, Jas Mathur, the CEO of Manny Pacquiao Promotions, offered his response to ESPN — claiming that what Mayweather said about the fight directly breached several officially signed agreements between the sides. “Mayweather has 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,” Mathur said.
“As of right now, the fight is still on. There is no termination of any sort, and (Mayweather) has signed for a professional fight. ” Mathur also told ESPN that Team Mayweather has been insisting on changing the fight from a sanctioned professional bout to an exhibition, which is one of several breaches of the contract.