on july 19, 2010, ellerbe denied that negotiations ever took place and said nothing was ever agreed on. "here are the facts: al haymon, richard schaefer and myself speak to each other on a regular basis and the truth is no negotiations have ever taken place nor was there ever a deal agreed upon by team mayweather or floyd mayweather to fight manny pacquiao on november 13. either ross greenburg or bob arum is not telling the truth, but history tells us who is lying," stated ellerbe. three days later, schaefer backed ellerbe's statement that negotiations never took place.