on july 13, arum issued a july 16 midnight deadline for mayweather. "mayweather has until the end of the week. he could wait until the last minute. if it's friday [july 16] and it's 11 p.m., and he says we have a deal, we have a deal," arum would explain to dan rafael of espn. on july 15, top rank's website unveiled an official countdown to the deadline entitled "money" time: mayweather's decision.