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'Money' Mayweather wanted champagne, limitless gummy bears during aborted Oz trip

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ANI Sydney

Unbeaten US boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has reportedly proved why he is known as 'Money' Mayweather, after his outrageous demands for his trip to Australia, which he aborted, were leaked.

Mayweather, who is one of the world's richest athletes, reportedly requested his rooms in Melbourne and Sydney be stocked with Cristal champagne and limitless gummy bears, MandMs, fresh fruit and juices.

Mayweather also had to have a barber skilled in cutting African-American hair on hand 24-hours-a-day, while he also wanted a butler, chef, makeup artist and a women's hairdresser on call, News.com.au reported.

Meanwhile, HBO and Showtime have agreed on how they would broadcast a mega fight between Mayweather and Filipino politician and boxer Manny Pacquiao, leaving only two remaining issues to be settled before the much anticipated May 2 bout can be signed.

 

Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum revealed that the rival networks have come to terms on an announcing team and other details for the pay-per-view blockbuster, and that talks this week have narrowed the remaining differences between the Mayweather and Pacquiao camps.

Arum claimed that they had four issues and resolved two, adding that now they are working on resolving the other two.

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First Published: Feb 08 2015 | 3:14 PM IST

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