By Mark Vester
Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promotes pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, is taking a hard line with Floyd Mayweather Jr's mindset of receiving more money in a proposed fight with the Filipino star. Mayweather recently said that he would request at least a 60-40 monetary split for a fight with Pacquiao.
Forget 60-40. According to Arum, it would be a "cold day in hell" before he would even think about giving Floyd an even 50-50 split. He says any possible opponent should be happy to get 30, 32 or 35 percent of the money.
“You can tell Floyd Mayweather that Bob Arum said he’s delusional. Floyd is not the attraction. Manny is the attraction. Floyd’s got no idea what he’s talking about. Even a 50/50 split with Floyd Mayweather is nonsense," Arum told the Philippine Star.
Arum will not reveal the sought after opponent for Pacquiao's return on October 17. He said the name will be dropped after Miguel Cotto defense of his title against Joshua Clottey on June 13.
“But I’m not gonna come up with a name until after June 13,” Arum said. “Then he’ll be back in Los Angeles and I will meet him and Freddie (Roach) there. We will discuss all the options, and get everybody’s input. There’s no rush. There’s Cotto, [Shane] Mosley and [Edwin] Valero. We’re not including Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. because of the weight (he wants to fight Pacquiao at 150 lb) and he’s fighting soon.”
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