Arum: Pacman-Mayweather Jr. Fight will not push through

Top Rank President Bob Arum confirmed that the much awaited bout of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will not push through.

This was after Mayweather didn’t sign the contract offer in the deadline set by Arum.

On the other side, Arum was certain that the doors are still open for Mayweather for the fight this year or 2011.

He promised to negotiate exclusively to Team Mayweather.

Just in case the team will change their mind, the November fight could possibly happen.

It was said that Arum had discussed with the president of HBO Sports Ross Greenburg, and brought the last conversation with Floyd’s adviser Al Haymon.

He didn’t negotiate with the CEO of the Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer, but it it possible that he have known about the negotiations because the big boss Oscar De La Hoya himself have said lately that the deal is almost done.

Besides the discouraging development, Arum is still positive that Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will still happen.

“It will be a shame if it doesn’t happen. But I don’t think you guys should be too hard on Floyd,” Arum said.

Death toll reaches to 53, 85 missing; Php 188 M worth of damage of Typhoon ‘Basyang’

Just like any other threat, the number of death increases over fifty (50) persons because of the devastation brought by typhoon Basyang in the Philippines.

Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator Benito Ramos said that the number of death reaches to fifty-three (53) because they have recovered additional fourteen (14) dead bodies which were added to the thirty-nine (39) that were recorded yesterday.

Instead of reducing, the number of missing persons also increases. From eighty-four (84) yesterday, added by one (1) and it became eighty-five (85).

Ramos, who is also the executive officer of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), explains that there were new reports which have reached them with regards to other cases of missing persons due to the past calamity.

The number of wounded persons also increases to twenty-nine (29).

Meanwhile, the initial damage done by the typhoon in infrastructure, agriculture and schools also inflated to Php 188.7 million.