There are reports all over the net that Manny Pacquiao went to Texas for training as scheduled against his new opponents Joshua Clottey on March 13, 2020 fight that will headed to Arlington Texas. This Pacquiao vs. clottey will be one of the greatest fight of year 2010.

Hall of Fame Freddie Roach Pacquiao trainer announced this Sunday that he shot down efforts against Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer to salvage Mayweather earlier date with Pacquiao.

“I don’t think there’s any hope (for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight), the deadline for HBO is past,” Roach told the Las Vegas Sun in a report also published on its online edition Sunday.
“Manny is going to fight Clottey on March 13 and we’re just going to move on.”

Arlington is a Texas city 32 kilometers west of Dallas. It boasts the Cowboys Stadium, which is home to American football’s Dallas Cowboys.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum said the Pacquiao-Clottey fight could be headed to the 80,000-seater stadium and one of those expected to purchase tickets for the bout is former US President George W. Bush.

“He (Bush) said that he loves Pacquiao,” Arum told boxing.fanhouse.com.
Arum spoke with the former president when he sat in a luxury box with Dallas Cowboys and Cowboys Stadium owner Jerry Jones during negotiations for hosting Pacquiao’s next bout.
“This will be the biggest statement for the sport of boxing, ever,” Arum told the boxing site, adding that there will be a press conference to announce the fight on Jan. 18 at the Cowboys Stadium, followed by another on Jan. 19 in New York.

“I’m definitely going to sign for it tomorrow and finalize the deal tomorrow.”
The developments certainly point to the final nail in the coffin of the Pacquiao-Mayweather super bout, although Schaefer believes there is a slim hope that the so-called “Fight of the Century” could still be salvaged.

“Let’s split it down the middle and do this fight,” Schaefer told The Ring.
Negotiations for the fight collapsed when both camps could not agree on drug-testing protocols—a measure that cropped up following accusations from the Mayweather camp that Pacquiao used steroids en route to becoming the first boxer in history to win world titles in seven different weight classes.

The Mayweather camp wanted Olympic-type random testing until the eve of the fight while Pacquiao wanted testing to end 30 days before the fight.

A 14-day proposal was made during mediation, but no compromise was reached.
“I cannot find a reasonable person who doesn’t think that’s a fair compromise,” The Ring quoted Schaefer as saying. “If Pacquiao walks away from what I and most people consider a fair compromise, then so be it.”

Roach said he was previously optimistic that the fight would push through. Source: Inquirer.net

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