[...] for the better part of five years now, Mayweather has given one excuse after another when it comes to making the one fight boxing fans really want. The pressure will be on to make the fight sometime in the first half of next year or forever draw the wrath of the fans who contribute to his massive paychecks. [...] suddenly the prospect of boxing's richest fight ever doesn't seem like such a far-fetched fantasy after all. "Answer the telephone, it's as simple as that," promoter Bob Arum said when asked what it would take to make the fight. [...] Arum has been in exploratory talks with Les Moonves, the head of CBS Corp., which owns the Showtime network that Mayweather is contractually obligated to for two more fights. [...] the fact is that both fighters have pretty much run out of opponents that boxing fans will pay good money for pay-per-view to see. Algieri's game plan was to weather the storm early against Pacquiao and try to win the fight late, but he did not implement it well.