By Mark Vester

According to trainer Freddie Roach, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao wants a 60-40 split to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank is in the Philippines and plans to sit down with Pacquiao to work out a deal for a Mayweather fight. Sources have said that Mayweather already agreed to a March 13 fight. But, sources within Pacquiao's camp indicate that he may not want to fight until after the May elections in the Philippines. Manny will be running for a congressional seat in the country. HBO is willing to show the fight on any date possible.

Roach told the Los Angeles Times that any talk of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight being close to a done deal is premature.

"Manny believes he should get a 60-40 [purse] split too, because he did better in pay-per-view than Mayweather this year. Manny's the bigger draw," Roach told the paper.

Because of the elections in May, the promoters are forced to make the event on March 13 or wait until September. Prior to Pacquiao announcing his political run earlier this week, May 1 was the proposed date. Roach told the paper that he would rather have the fight in May. Arum has yet to sit down with Pacquiao to go over the terms.

"March 13 is too fast a turnaround," Roach said. "Manny has a broken [right] eardrum" suffered in the Cotto fight. "I'd like to have more time. I hope the fight happens, yes, but I want us to be in the best possible shape."

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