Pacquiao to Mayweather: 'Fight Me!'

Following his lopsided victory against American Chris Algieri before a sold-out crowd at the Cotai Arena in Macau China, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said he is ready to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr next year.

Fresh from a 120-102, 119-103 and 119-103 victory in Macau, Pacquiao claimed Mayweather is scared to fight him, especially with his performance during his fight against Algieri, who was knocked down six times.

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"I am satisfied with my performance. I came to fight and I am happy with that. I am ready to fight, I am ready to fight him (Floyd Mayweather Jr.) next year," Pacquiao said after he was announced victorious through a unanimous decision.

"The fans deserve that fight," said Pacquiao during his post-fight news conference.

"It's time to make the fight happen. It's been a long time. I want that fight. They're always denying the fight. I think the fight has to happen," said the Filipino boxer, who was expected to pocket US$23 million for the fight against Algieri.

Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter and Top Rank CEO, confirmed that talks have been taking place between CBS, which owns Mayweather's platform of Showtime and HBO, which has been featuring the fights of Pacquiao.

 "All the nonsense has to cease. Everybody should be working together to make that fight happen," said Arum after the fight. "There's no excuses anymore, none, so I'll be at the phone. Manny will be his phone. We're ready."

Pacquiao's head coach Freddie Roach said he was closely studying the Pacquiao-Algieri fight in preparation for a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather battle.

Pacquiao and Mayweather have been locked in a battle on who should earn the bigger purse when their fight happens. Pacquiao had called Mayweather a chicken while Mayweather had accused Pacquiao of using enhancers during his fights, to which the Filipino boxer had strongly denied.

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