on december 12, 2014, mayweather proposed a may 2, 2015, fight with pacquiao, citing his indirect frustration at not being able to make the fight happen in the past by stating that pacquiao had lost to both juan manuel márquez and timothy bradley respectively. he also stated that he (pacquiao) was "not on his level". mayweather then went on to close his comments with, "let's make this fight happen for the people and for the fans."