By Mark Vester

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has told WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to step his pay-per-view game up if he wants to come to the negotiating table. The hard line by Floyd is setting the stage for what many have expected - a battle over who receives the most money in the fight. The dispute over the issue random drug testing may become a secondary problem. During an interview with BoxingScene.com's Ryan Burton, Mayweather made his position very clear.

Mayweather's pay-per-view is expected to do well above Pacquiao's buyrate numbers for the March fight with Joshua Clottey. Mayweather has a far superior opponent, as far as name value and skill, on the B-side of his pay-per-view. Pacquiao carried the entire Clottey card. The fighter from Ghana was unknown to most fans and was coming off a loss to Pacquiao's previous opponnent, Miguel Cotto. 

"I'm a boss, I only talk to bosses. He need to learn how to do numbers like I'm doing. What did him and Marquez do? Like 300,000? 400,000? Congratulations, he needs to step his game up. He needs to step his game up. He needs to step his pay-per-view numbers up. I average 1.3 [million] with ease. I'm not worried about this [Mosley fight], I know I'm going to do crazy numbers. I should walk away with about 40 [million]," Mayweather told BoxingScene.com.

Mayweather claims to BoxingScene that he's not worried if the Pacquiao fight never happens.

"With or without Pacquiao, I'm still going to be able to go out and make $20 or $30 million a night," Mayweather said.

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