"I think it will happen, I believe that," said Pacquiao, as quoted by Boxing Scene. "If this doesn't happen now, I don't think it will, so now is the time."
"If you ask me what the percentage is, it's 80-20 (that it will happen)," he added.
Pacquiao has said in numerous interviews that he has agreed to all terms set by Mayweather, and that he and his camp are now just waiting for the American to put pen to paper and sign the contract.
Yet Mayweather has been reluctant to sign, saying last week that Pacquiao has no authority to sign off on anything as he is merely a "pawn" of Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum.
The "Pacman," however, believes that Mayweather is now feeling the pressure.
"He's got no alibi," said Pacquiao. "Blood testing is no longer a problem, Bob Arum – the promoter – is no longer a problem. Now there are no more problems."
"The fans are pressuring him," Pacquiao continued. "I tell them we have agreed to everything – the rules and regulations are not a problem."
Pacquiao said he is even willing to take a lesser share of the purse – long thought to be one of the primary sticking points in the negotiations between the two camps.
"I will take 40 (percent) to 60. I'm okay with that, for the sake of the fans," said the Filipino champion.
"We are just waiting for you to sign the contract," he stressed.
Mayweather has not spoken in public since last week, when he insisted that Pacquiao had "no say so" in the negotiations.
A report by Steve Bunce on The Independent, however, claims that the American is set to make his announcement later this week, and that Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto is the "heavy favorite" to land the fight.
Cotto has already fought Mayweather in May 2012, losing a competitive decision in an entertaining bout.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
