Arum: Pacquiao-Khan bout off as talks break down

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Arum: Pacquiao-Khan bout off as talks break down

March 9, 2017, Thursday |

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EIGHT-DIVISION world champion Manny Pacquiao’s proposed fight against Britain’s former world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has been postponed, according to the Filipino’s promoter, Bob Arum.

The 38-year-old Pacquiao and Khan, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tentatively agreed to an April fight in the United Arab Emirates before negotiating a change of date to May 20. Arum, however, told the Los Angeles Times that the US$38 million offer for the bout had failed to materialize and that the duo could not face each other until the second half of 2017, under revised terms. “Manny wanted to roll the dice. He rolled the dice and it came up snake eyes (double one),” Arum said of the WBO world welterweight champion. “That deal is done for now.” Pacquiao (59-6-2) claimed the WBO title with a unanimous points victory over American Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas last November, while the 30-year-old Khan (31-4) has not fought since May 2016.

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Arum: Pacquiao-Khan bout off as talks break down

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