(CNN) -- The fight boxing fans have long been clamoring for has moved a step closer, with undefeated Floyd Mayweather challenging Manny Pacquiao to a showdown on May 5 -- but will it happen? Hopes of the much-anticipated bout dimmed in December when Mayweather, the WBC welterweight champion, was sentenced to a 90-day prison term after being found guilty of domestic violence. However, a Nevada judge ruled last week that the American, who has won all 42 of his professional fights (26 by knockout), could delay reporting to jail until June because he had already lined up a fight in May.
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Floyd Mayweather has challenged Manny Pacquiao to a fight on May 5
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Mayweather was sentenced to three months in jail for domestic violence in December
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The American received permission to delay reporting to jail in order to fight in May
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But Pacquiao says he would prefer to finally face his rival at the end of the month
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