Manny Pacquiao now insists he would be willing to fight five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather for free and with all the proceeds from the mega-bucks fight going to charities around the globe.
"I'm not desperate to fight him just for the sake of money or material things," Pacquiao, himself an eight-division champ, told SportsInquirer.net on Saturday. "I'm not the one seeking this fight, rather it's the boxing fans all over the world."
Pacquiao later added he would be willing to fight Mayweather anytime, anywhere. "I am ready to submit myself to any kind of stringent drug testing," he told Sports Inquirer.net. "Above all, I challenge him to include in our fight contract that both of us will not receive anything out of this fight. We will donate all the proceeds of the fight - guaranteed prize, should there be any, gate receipts, pay-per-view and endorsements - to charities around the world."
Pacquiao further insisted he has nothing to prove and if Mayweather is not afraid to fight him he should agree to all his proposed terms.
"I have carved my own niche in the annals of boxing," Pacquiao told SportsInquirer.net. "There's no reason why should I be desperate to fight him? But since the boxing fans worldwide are seeking and demanding for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, I don't want to disappoint them."
Mayweather has recently hinted Pacquiao's renewed desire to step in the ring against him stems from his desperation to remain relevant following back-to-back losses to Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012. Mayweather has also indicated he believes Pacquiao's well-documented tax problems are also a factor.
"My lawyers are fixing it already," Pacquiao told SportsInquirer.net of his tax problems. "I'm paying my taxes religiously. It is just a matter of reconciling our records with the tax agencies both here and abroad. Should there be any discrepancy, rest assured, I will settle it. I'm a lawmaker and I'm a law-abiding citizen."
Pacquiao added "Floyd, if you're a real man, fight me. Let's do it for the love of boxing and for the fans. Let's do it not for the sake of money. Let's make the boxing fans happy."
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