Pacquiao ready to face Mayweather in winner-take-all match

By on 9:15 AM

Source: gmanews.tv

World boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is ready to face American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a winner-takes-all match.

The Filipino boxer made this statement during his pre-fight tradition of guesting on the American late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live" last week.

During the show, host Jimmy Kimmel proposed that Pacquiao and Mayweather face off in a boxing match where the winner will get all the money.

“Rather than any issue on financial considerations on who gets what, winner takes all, winner gets all the money. Would you sign up for a deal like that?" Kimmel told the Filipino boxing superstar on the show.

Pacquiao answered the television host’s question by saying, “Of course."

He however added that he does not think Mayweather will agree to such arrangement.

An article on ESPN.com earlier quoted Mayweather’s adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, as saying that Mayweather is planning a fight with Pacquiao in May next year.

Motivation vs. Marquez

During the same TV guesting, Pacquiao said that the claims of Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez that he won their first two matches do not bother him. “I’m not angry, but I always ask myself… what I need to do to prove that I won the fight," he said.

Pacquiao is scheduled to face off with Marquez for the third time on November 13 (Manila time) in Las Vegas for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight belt.

Kimmel also said that he feels like he was part of Pacquiao’s previous victories, having guested the Filipino boxer in pre-fight interviews for five times already. “Each time you’ve been here, you win the fight. I feel like we’re a team," he said.

To which Pacquiao replied, “I feel like you’re lucky."

After the interview, Pacquiao and Kimmel did a duet rendition of the Bee Gees hit “How Deep Is Your Love?"