Pacquiao: Accept Floyd's offer and I'll be laughing stock - ESPN.co.uk
Manny Pacquiao has revealed that he is praying for Floyd Mayweather Jr as he embarks on the early days of his 87-day jail term.
Last week Mayweather started his sentence in Las Vegas, having pleaded guilty to domestic battery charges.
Pacquiao has not always seen eye-to-eye with Mayweather down the years, with negotiations over a fight breaking down more than once, provoking a war of words between the two sides - however, the Filipino has stayed magnanimous over Mayweather's plight.
"I'm praying for him," Pacquiao said. "I'm not treating him as my opponent, my enemy or anything. I'm treating him as my friend, my brother. I'm praying for him that all things will be fine for him."
The most recent stumbling block to a bout was the issue of how to distribute the pay-per-view money between the pair: Mayweather wanted to keep all of the cash, and offered Pacquiao a flat $40 million fee, which was refused.
Pacquiao feels there is no way he could have agreed to those terms. "Well, if you are a fighter, would you fight if I give you 40 million and nothing to share in the PPV?" Pacquiao said.
"I would not fight for that. He will be laughing [behind] my back if I do that. It's not a proper negotiation if you're a businessman."
Pacquiao fights Timothy Bradley, another unbeaten American, on Saturday in Las Vegas.
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The Platters founder Herb Reed dies at 83 - BBC News
Herb Reed, the last surviving founding member of the US vocal group The Platters, has died in Boston aged 83.
The singer's manager said he died after a period of declining health that included chronic heart disease.
Founded by Reed in 1953, the group had hits with songs including Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Only You and The Great Pretender.
Following the replacement of original band members, he was the only singer to appear on all 400 recordings.
Reed continued touring, performing up to 200 shows per year, until last year.
Formed as harmonising street singers in Los Angeles, The Platters were the most popular black singing group of their time.
Reed is credited with coming up with the group's name - inspired by disc jockeys who referred to their records as "platters".
The original line-up included Reed, female vocalist Zola Taylor, David Lynch, Tony Williams and Paul Robi, who went on to have four number one hits in the US between 1955 and 1958.
Reed credited his survival in the music industry to the poverty he experienced as a child.
Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, he said in his biography he was careful with money because he did not want to assume the group's success would continue.
The Platters continued to record until the late 1960s and tour in various incarnations, with more than 100 different members, until the present day.
The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
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