Pacquiao agrees to blood test in Mayweather match

Filipino boxing champion wants faceoff with Floyd Mayweather Jr. to push through

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Manila: Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on Saturday said he has agreed to undergo blood testing 14 days before a faceoff with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Pacquiao told radio dzMM said American boxer should now have no reason to back out from a fight with him.

The world’s best pound-for-pound fighter told ABS-CBN news that he has yet to receive a feedback from Mayweather’s camp.

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Fans have been clamouring for a mega fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather.

Negotiations between Pacquiao and Mayweather camps collapsed early this year after the two fighters failed to agree on blood testing methods.

As a result, Mayweather ended up fighting Shane Mosley and Pacquiao fought Ghana's Joshua Clottey. 

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