"Mayweather vs Pacquiao- COMING IN 2015!...." well... that at least is what was flashed on the big video screen during a first-half stoppage in play at a Miami Heat game on Tuesday night......with a question mark ending the caption though...Miami’s jumbotron promptly showed the two boxers in a split screen where Pacquiao and Mayweather seemed amused looking at the encounter..
During the NBA game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks, the unprecedented meeting of the two welterweight champions happened inside the American Airlines Arena in Florida. The fighters were both sitting courtside, directly across from one another. During halftime, Pacquiao and Mayweather approached each other, shook hands and chatted briefly, then exchanged phone numbers.
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| Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather hug briefly after speaking at a Miami Heat game.from rappler.com |
"He gave his number to me and said we will communicate with each other," said Pacquiao, adding that he had never before met Mayweather in person. Asked to clarify if the exchange meant the two would negotiate directly about meeting in the ring, Pacquiao said that was the case.
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| Pacquiao, Mayweather chat, exchange phone numbers during a chance encounter in a Miami Heat game. |
Mayweather did not respond to a question asked by an AP reporter.
The boxing icons have yet to finalize the details of the fight—if it will even happen. A bout between the two would almost certainly be the richest ever in boxing, potentially grossing as much as $250 million. Mayweather's take alone could exceed $100 million.
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