Denial of Second Negotiations
When the due date for Mayweather's reaction lapsed, Arum held a telephone call. Arum uncovered to the media that the arrangements he had been alluding to comprised of a progression of discussions with HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg. He likewise uncovered that there was no genuine direct correspondence with any illustrative from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions. "I had a few discussions with Ross [Greenburg] and I laid out all the terms that would be satisfactory to our side and I additionally educated him about the concession that Manny had made in regards to medication testing. He hit me up in two or three weeks and let me know that he had examinations with Al Haymon, speaking to Floyd Mayweather, and that everything looked great and we were nearing a determination," Arum clarified. "The consequent discussions with Ross itemized to me discussions he had with Al Haymon. No place was the name Richard Schaefer or Golden Boy specified, in spite of the fact that I read, as all of you did, Oscar's announcement that an arrangement was close, so I accepted from that Haymon was keeping Schaefer and Golden Boy side by side of the circumstance." During a Q & A session taking after his opening explanation, Arum further clarified, "We have never conversed with anyone on the Mayweather side and all discussions on our part were through Ross Greenburg and he wrote about all discussions on the Mayweather side from Al Haymon."
On July 19, 2010, Ellerbe denied that arrangements ever occurred and nothing was ever conceded to. "Here are the actualities: Al Haymon, Richard Schaefer and myself identify with one another all the time and the fact of the matter is no arrangements have ever occurred nor was there ever an arrangement settled upon by Team Mayweather or Floyd Mayweather to battle Manny Pacquiao on November 13. Either Ross Greenburg or Bob Arum is not coming clean, but rather history lets us know who is lying," expressed Ellerbe. After three days, Schaefer upheld Ellerbe's announcement that arrangements never occurred.
At the point when asked through email for his reaction to Ellerbe's refusal that transactions ever occurred, Greenburg would react to ESPN's Dan Rafael with the accompanying answer: "As dependably we have no remark."
With respect to he made recommending that agreement for the super battle were near to being finished, De La Hoya told BoxingScene.com on July 26, 2010, "I think I said it on the grounds that I get the inquiry such a variety of times that, clearly, I was encouraged up and tired of it and I just said like, no doubt, better believe it, its gonna get made. So it was a speedy answer that I ought to have clearly pondered. Be that as it may, clearly, arrangements weren't going on. Nothing was going on."
Likewise on July 26, 2010, Greenburg discharged an announcement saying he had been arranging with an agent from every side since May 2, 2010. "I had been arranging with an agent from every side since May 2, precisely attempting to assemble the battle. Ideally, sometime this battle will happen. Games fans merit it," Greenburg uncovered in an arranged explanation conveyed to choose individuals from the media.
Schaefer again bolstered Ellerbe's refusal of arrangements, and tested both Greenburg and Arum to take lie identifier tests. "I believe its grievous that Ross put forth that expression. I completely remain behind the announcement I made. I have not arranged with Ross and I am not mindful of any transactions that have occurred," Schaefer told ESPN.
