Loquacious undefeated American fighter Floyd Mayweather, Jr. finally got what he wished for soon after Manny Pacquiao demolished Miguel Cotto last weekend.

Known for his unassuming interviews, Pacquiao himself declared his willingness to slug it out with Mayweather when interviewed by Cher Calvin of KTLA News in Hollywood.

“Yes, I want to fight Mayweather,” said Pacquiao in his usually short but now meaningful reply.

Calvin’s question was based on Mayweather’s declaration of wanting to hear a direct challenge from Pacquiao.

A day after Pacquiao stopped Cotto in the 12th round at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Mayweather released a press statement telling Pacquiao to be his own man and callout his name if the Filipino really wants the fight to happen.

“I have yet to hear him actually say, ‘yes I want to fight Mayweather.’ We are the fighters and if one fighter is talking about fighting another fighter, then they should just come out and say it. Manny Pacquiao doesn’t say anything directly about fighting me because he might just know it’s not a fight he can win,” Mayweather said in his official statement sent via email.

Now that Mayweather has heard it, opinions have been unanimous among fight officials and well-known boxing personalities about the importance the Pacquiao-Mayweather brings to the sport.

Golden Boy Promotions Chief Executive Officer Richard Schaeffer said it would be foolish not to make the fight once considered a fantasy to become a reality.

“Getting them together is a mega-fight that has to be made. We’d all have to be morons to not let this happen,” Schaeffer told the LA Times.

Golden Boy Promotions was a partner of Mayweather’s comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico last September in Las Vegas.

The 32-year-old May weather (40-0, 25 KOs) ended his 18-month hiatus with a 12-round decision win over Marquez in a bout that made 1.1 million buys at $49.95 per subscription.

Meanwhile Pacquiao’s American promoter Bob Arum doubted a report from the Puerto Rican press that the Pacquiao-Cotto Pay-Per-View buys which was sold at $54.95 per subscription may reach the 2-million mark.

“The writer probably got carried away with the fact that the Pacquiao-Cotto fight did more than Oscar De La Hoya’s fight with Felix Trinidad,” said Arum.

The De La Hoya-Trinidad match in 1999 had 80,000 buys in Puerto Rico alone while the Pacquiao-Cotto match, as revealed by Arum, reached 110,000 buys.

While Arum is optimistic the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout could be staged, the astute promoter sees Pacquiao’s political plans as a huge stumbling block.

Arum said late April or early May of next year will be the most ideal time to stage the fight which is only a few days away from the May 10, 2010 elections.