as soon as the deadline for mayweather's response expired, arum held a conference call. arum revealed to the media that the negotiations he had been referring to consisted of a series of conversations with hbo sports president ross greenburg. he also revealed that there was no actual direct communication with any representative from team mayweather or golden boy promotions. "i had a couple of conversations with ross [greenburg] and i laid out all the terms that would be acceptable to our side and i also informed him about the concession that manny had made regarding drug testing. he got back to me in a couple of weeks and told me that he had had discussions with al haymon, representing floyd mayweather, and that everything looked good and we were nearing a resolution," arum explained. during a q & a session following his opening statement, arum further explained, "we have never talked to anybody on the mayweather side and all conversations on our part were through ross greenburg and he reported on all conversations on the mayweather side from al haymon."