Arum to Ask Judge to Delay Floyd's Sentence

DUBAI in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates is being mentioned as the possible venue for the megabuck fight between Ring Magazine pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach started the talk when he reportedly suggested that May 5, the date picked by Mayweather, remains a possibility, although both Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank believe a late May or June 9 fight date would be the best.

Mayweather is supposed to begin serving his 90-day prison term on June 1.

However, Arum indicated he was ready to go before judge Melissa Saragosa and request that she push back the incarceration date so the fight, which the world wants to see, can take place.

The belief is that the judge, who postponed Mayweather’s incarceration from Jan. 6 to June 1 to allow him to keep his contractual obligations for a May 5 fight, is likely to grant the request.

Although Mayweather indicated he wanted the fight to be held in Las Vegas, Roach was quoted as saying: “Dallas would be the best place to put on that fight in the US, because you could get 100,000 people in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas, but Dubai is the best, money-wise.”

Roach also revealed: “There were negotiations with people from Dubai. I met with a group of people, who were negotiating with Pacquiao’s financial adviser Michael Koncz.”

Roach is also aware of the fact Koncz had met with a member of the Royal Family last year, even as there were rumors he had met again with a representative some time later in the year.

Reporter Ramona Ruiz of The National newspaper told Manila Standard that the possible choice of Dubai as the site for Pacquiao-Mayweather “is all over the news” and that the large Filipino community in the UAE was extremely excited.

“Filipinos in the UAE are excited and optimistic. Pacquiao will definitely get the support of more than 500,000 Filipinos in the Emirates,” Alan Bacason, president of the Filipino community in Dubai and the Northern Emirates said.

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