"Don't you have an obligation to the fighters to maximize the revenue?" Arum asked, adding that he thought it would make sense to at least talk to such players as Jerry Jones, who paid millions to have Pacquiao twice fight at Cowboys Stadium in 2010, or Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn, who has been involved in several major fights, to see if they are interested.
"Don't you want to hear what they have to say?" Arum asked. "And before you set a date don't you want to see if the guy you want to fight is available?"
Although Arum -- who promoted Mayweather for most of his career before a falling out -- often gets emotional and loses his temper when talk turns to a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, he was laughing and bemused during his analysis of Mayweather's announcement.
"I'm not bent out of shape at all," he said. "For me it's sort of funny, amusing. It's noise and it probably helps my Pacquiao-Marquez event. I'm happy with it. It's out there. But it's a joke. You don't negotiate this way. The reason I don't take it seriously is why make an announcement now? Why now? How do you justify it? What's the hurry?
"Either they're just amateurs and not thinking or they thought I would go ballistic. There is some Mickey Mouse agenda. And of course (Golden Boy promoter Richard) Schaefer (whom Mayweather hires to promote his fights) is just a tool. He does what they ask him to do. This isn't Schaefer thinking it out. He is doing what he is told. They had some kind of reason to do this. Floyd was getting pissed off with all the attention Manny is getting."
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