Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Why Superfight Probably Won't Happen

Will they or won't they?

That is the question dogging Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as they continue to avoid fighting each other.
 
Before his recent announcement that he would fight Miguel Cotto on May 5, Mayweather spoke publicly about his desire to fight Pacquiao and seemingly did everything he could to make it look like Pacquiao was the one avoiding the potential bout.
 
In truth, the match isn’t happening because one—or both—of Mayweather and Pacquiao is using money as an excuse to cover up fear.

On February 20, Pacquiao told Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole that Mayweather's offer of $40 million, but no Pay-Per-View money was unacceptable.
 
"I told him, 'OK, 50-50 [with the money] and I'll agree to everything else,'" Pacquiao said. "I told him I would agree to all of the other things he was demanding. Everything. Even the blood testing he wanted, I would do it. But it had to be 50-50."
 
Pacquiao’s demands seem to be only fair. For a fight that would likely generate more than $160 million in U.S. Pay-Per-View revenue alone, Pacquiao simply wants what he feels like he deserves—he's not trying to cheat Mayweather out of what he deserves to get it.
 
So why won't Mayweather agree?

Probably because he doesn't want the fight to happen.

He offered a deal he knew Pacquiao wouldn't accept, and now, he gets to sit back and make it look like he tried and his opponent wouldn't meet him halfway—and the term "halfway" is being used loosely here.
 
The he-said, he-said nonsense needs to stop, and the only way to make it happen is, unfortunately, to give up on what could be one of the greatest fights ever.

As this back-and-forth continues to rage, the only thing these guys are doing is making themselves look petty, like they're running from a challenge.
 
Nobody likes an athlete who backs away from a bout that could make or break his career; it makes him seem weak and scared.

How could you respect A-Rod if he refused to even take a swing against Justin Verlander?

Or, how could you respect Bill Compton if he just sat back and let Eric Northman take everything that he wanted without a fight?
 
Both Mayweather and Pacquiao are doing more damage than good by insisting it's the other one's fault that this fight isn't happening.

Both of them should just move on so the public can do the same, before it becomes blatantly obvious that both of them are just running scared.