Pacquiao says money no object in Mayweather showdown

Manny Pacquiao (C) of the Philippines poses on the scales during an official weigh-in for his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight against Chris Algieri of the U.S. at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

(Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao took up Floyd Mayweather Jr's shout-out that the boxers finally book a long-awaited clash on May 2, the Filipino insisting money was no object and that they owed it to the sport to fight each other.

Mayweather, in remarks to Showtime TV last Friday, said Pacquiao was not worthy of a 50-50 split in his proposed showdown, which would likely become the highest grossing pay-per-view bout in history if the match were made.