For 2012 there will be no Hope, since Floyd chose to drop the soap. Yes he's rather drop the soap instead of facing Emmanuel Pacquiao. http://www.secondsout.com/headlines/main-headline/arum-says-no-pacquiao-vs-mayweather-jr-in-2012
So what else is new. Bob and co. don't want it, and we can't blame them. Mayweather beats his boy any day of the week and twice on Sunday
Who the hell would hope for it? Mayweather would need time to break off the jail rust. And Pac is coming off a loss. Neither of them would be at their best in November. Winter of 2013 sounds more reasonable, assuming they continue to impress with good wins.
Arum's been around block he knows by milking fighters with half a dozen fights he'll make more than in one superfight. He'll only lie and tease fans about a superfight just to gain the fans interest once again only to let them down again. I don't put the full blame on Arum tho. I really hope they had a special segment of 24/7 where Arum, Duboef, Roach, Manny on one side and Floyd, Uncle Roger, Schaefer, Ellerbe on the other with Max asking the questions. Arum knows despite losing luster this fight will still sell because of the rivalry.
Arum forgot to also mention 2013, 2014 and so on. I bet if Mayweather Jr. was to give him options on his next two fights in order to fight Pacquiao that fight would be made in an instant.