"All we can do is try to encourage both sides to sit at a table and hammer out a deal," said Greenburg, who likened the situation to the 1971 deal between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, when Ali returned from boxing exile to face the champion Frazier. They settled on a 50-50 purse split of $5 million, Greenburg said.
Why not 50-50 again, with so much cash available?
Mayweather and Pacquiao have displayed tremendous greed. Pacquiao kept asking for more money to fight Hatton in May until the Hatton camp nearly walked.
Now, Pacquiao probably will be able to say his fight with Cotto easily surpassed Mayweather's million-seller against Juan Manuel Marquez in September. But Schaefer already has a reply.
"How did Pacquiao-Marquez do versus Mayweather-Marquez? How did Pacquiao-Oscar do versus Floyd-Oscar?" Schaefer said, well aware of the disparity.
Greenburg made it clear: "Floyd's calling the shots for this fight to happen."
And Arum's matchmaker at Top Rank, Bruce Trampler, said it's naive to believe intangibles like "the good of boxing" will influence the deal.
"This has nothing to do with that," Trampler said. "These are two businessmen who are going to do what's best for themselves."
Said Schaefer: "Getting them together is a mega-fight that has to be made. We'd all have to be morons to not let this happen."
guess who floyd is fighting next?
matthew hatton
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0801/athletes.who.cry/images/mayweather.jpg
its sad that you have become a FULL FLEDGED hater. you used to post with objectivity. now you spew out non sense in basically every post.
you are talking about a rumor, and i am speaking on facts.
try again.
oops. not just a rumor. try again. :lol1:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4705330
Schaefer has talked about bringing Mayweather to England to match him with Matthew Hatton in the event Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't made. Hatton is the brother of Ricky Hatton, the former junior welterweight and welterweight titlist whom Mayweather knocked out in 2007.
:haha: :rofl:
mosley is tied up with berto, and pacquiao is ducking him.
try again.
floyd's ducking pac. he's gonna fight this guy:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/ummid/matthattcotto2.jpg
I hope it's just a rumor, I'll lose my respect with my idol Floyd Mayweather if he decides to fight Matthew Hatton instead of Mosley or Pacquiao.
haven't you already learned that floyd don't care about your respect...
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I'm already a legend in the sport. I'm already an icon in the sport. I fight for me first. When my career is done, I can't go to my fans and say, 'I need you to pay my light bills.'
Mayweather is the shot caller.
Pacquiao is the guy who fights shot fighters.
you gay jizzer, of course Gayweather is the shot caller, how else would he designate an old fat 130 pounder for his welterweight tune-up
I hope it's just a rumor, I'll lose my respect with my idol Floyd Mayweather if he decides to fight Matthew Hatton instead of Mosley or Pacquiao.
mosley is tied up with berto, and pacquiao is ducking him.
try again.
you are talking about a rumor, and i am speaking on facts.
try again.
i got ur facts right here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/ummid/matthattcotto2.jpg
Why is it funny? At least Floyd tried to negotiate for a fight with Mathew Hatton.
you are talking about a rumor, and i am speaking on facts.
try again.
funny thing is, floyd really tryed to get the fight signed and manny ducked out on him...
guess who floyd is fighting next?
matthew hatton
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0801/athletes.who.cry/images/mayweather.jpg
oh yeah because marquez is the draw and he is super popular aroudn the world and he carried mayweather to over million ppv buys yup
He definitely helped bring in the ppvs cause it was on dies y seis weekend.....i bet you that the fight wouldnt have done as well had it been done on the earlier date....but we'll never know....
and uh, No need to hang on floyds nuts, you're starting to cough up pubic hairs......
Brandish come on man. WHO has mayweather beaten peak, and great at their natural weight. WHO? Pacman has done more in 1 year (dlh fight was dec 08) than Mayweather has done in 5.
I am not taking anything away from May, he is a all time great, but Pacquio is better, and on every important list I guarantee you he is. Bert sugar already has moved him up to the top 20. He stopped Cotto, hatton,, and DLh...Mayweather struggled and got a a sd vs DLH, did handily beat Hatto, but has been scared to fight cotto, margo, mosley, berto, clottery..etc.
This will force mayweather to stop acting like a bitch, and fight the best out there. As for purse, lets see what Pac vs Cotto, got. If over 1 million buys too, then it should be 50-50, Hell the previous big fights Mayweather did on ppv was not because of him, it was because of DLH clearly, then hatton. So lets not make it like Mayweather is a draw like DLH or Sugar ray leoanrd was.
oh yeah because marquez is the draw and he is super popular aroudn the world and he carried mayweather to over million ppv buys yup
why is the issue of "have not fought have ducked a black fighter abounds"? why? are black fighter's superior than other colored skin fighters? thats ridiculous. only narrow minded and haters will espouse such thinking
nice post. but you forgot pac ducked guzman and every other slick boxer while moving up. he only fights flat footed plant feet first then punch boxers
thats irrelevant now. if you still insist, guzman should duplicate or surpass pacs then he can challenge him but of now guzman should not be mentioned in the same sentence with the names of the atg's. he doesnt deserve it.. yet? ho humm.
you don't think these are great fighters:
1. genaro hernandez-never lost a fight in 12 years at 130 until he met floyd
2. diego corrales-undefeated at 130 and ranked #5 p4p at the time of hjis tko loss to floyd
3. jose luis castillo--ring champ at 135 and floyd fights him in his first fight at the weight.
4. zab judah/carlos baldomir-- faced both in back to back fight s in 2006 to beome the linear champ at 147 his fourth weight class.
5. facing and beating oscar at 154 oscars prime wight for his title
6. defeating and koing ricky hatton in his first title defense at 147.
7. shutting out juan manuel marquez in his return to the ring.
pac beat shot david diaz, de la hoya, hatton , and cotto and that makes him great.. maybe great for an asian fighter but not for an african american fighter
you just said floyd han't done anythng in 5 years you sound confused like ra the rugged man.
if pac was better he would have won 5 wbc titles in 5 weight classes while going undefeated in the process right:bigeyes: to date of the 5 titles pac has won he only has 2 wbc titles.
oscar won 6 so called titles but does that make him great:rofl::afro:
ask anyone on the street if they kjnow hwo pac is as compared to floyd mayweather. and you call floyd a bitch but pac is fighting the best right now:thinkerg: I don't think so he ducked:
135- nate campbell
140- time bradley
147- shane mosley
if you notice they are all powerful strong african american fighters who domninated their divisions when pac was moving up.
nice post. but you forgot pac ducked guzman and every other slick boxer while moving up. he only fights flat footed plant feet first then punch boxers
If it aint 50/50 it aint happenin, fu.ck floyd, make him fight a real ww first like the winner of berto/mosely, but he wont cause he a lil b.itch.
Manny should fight Marquez, then the winner of the Mosely/Berto fight then retire, he dont need fmj to go down in history as an atg, he already is........
the fight will get made around 63-37 or 60-40 depending on the actual ppv numbers for pac vs cotto. floyd is not fighting manny for 50% because manny is not the draw od the a-sidfe that mayweather is.
yea i agree with you it should not be more than 60-40 for floyd, pacquiao is just too much of risk to be 50-50 not worth to lose the "0" .