Very close and about to sign are two different things. "I had sex" compared to "I was this close to getting some action."
Well I'll believe it as soon as anyone from the Mayweather or Pac camp says the fight is made. None of them have ever said that before. Not promoters, but like the Mayweathers, Roach, Pac..... hmmmm, not Michael Konz though, I don't listen to anything he says.
Most of the idiots who said that nonsense never ate their words, they just brushed it off. Pre-fight is was all, "I don't believe Floyd will ever have the courage to face Mosley." Once he beat the stuffing out of Mosley, they acted like it was expected and they never meant what they said. It will be the same story until Floyd retires permanently.