on may 13, 2010, bob arum announced that he had penciled in november 13, 2010, as the date of pacquiao's next fight, possibly against mayweather. pacquiao was quoted by the "manila bulletin" on may 20, as saying, "as long as they're not getting a large amount of blood, i am willing to give out blood as close to two weeks before the fight." on the same day, mayweather revealed that he would be taking off the rest of 2010 and possibly 2011.