Manny Pacquiao versus Amir Khan will not be fighting

The clash was announced last week by Pacquiao and Khan with both men providing a date for the welterweight super-fight, April 23.

But Arum has insisted that deal is dead and says he told Pacquiao and his adviser Michael Koncz the Khan fight was a long shot.

‘Michael is on his way back to meet with Manny but it’s kaddish for the UAE deal. It’s dead,’ Arum said.

Negotiations between team Pacquiao and team Khan have come to terms for the April 23 bout as this is what the fans wanted. #PacquiaoKhan

— Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) February 26, 2017

‘I’m talking to him about another proposal for another fight, not Khan.

‘Khan won’t be Manny’s next opponent.’

Pacquiao chose Khan after running a Twitter poll where thousands of voters chose the Brit from four candidates.

Khan was the clear winner, prompting Pacquiao to begin talks over a fight.

Jeff Horn is now the man expected to face Pacquiao (Picture: Getty)

Arum is believed to want his fighter to face Australian Jeff Horn who was one of the names on the Twitter poll.

Horn came dead last in the vote and Arum said it was unlikely a Khan fight could be resurrected.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/08/manny-pacquiao-versus-amir-khan-was-never-going-to-happen-says-promoter-bob-arum-6495260/