Manny Pacquiao Agrees to Fight Joshua Clottey

The Manny Pacquiao - Floyd Mayweather fight will not be happening according to both sides. The mediator was unsuccessful in getting them to agree on how to do the drug testing. Also, both Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao have not agreed to fight on March 13th. The contract is not signed but apparently the money has been agreed upon. Clottey is part of Top Rank so it won't take much for Bob Arum to make the fight given that Manny Pacquiao has now agreed. It's a shame that the Mayweather - Pacquiao fight won't happen. However, I don't think this is a "nuclear bomb" for boxing. That is way too extreme. It certainly doesn't help and is a huge blow but let's not get crazy. Boxing will survive and continue to thrive. Both Mayweather and Pacquiao will have other fights. Both of them have proven to have huge drawing power (1MM+ ppv buys). There are also a lot of other exciting fighters out there. Amir Khan, for one, has huge drawing potential even as a young 23 year old.

The fight is NOT dead yet. There are a few days left to salvage it so lets see what happens this weekend. The Clottey fight is NOT signed yet. However, if the BIG fight doesn't happen boxing will survive and, who knows, the BIG fight may happen later in the year and be even bigger.