Pacquiao insists on 50/50 split
By Emmanuel Villaruel (The Philippine Star) Updated June 22, 2010 12:00 AM
Negotiations for the megafight between Manny Pacquiao, right, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. may hit another hurdle on the fighters share of the purse.
MANILA, Philippines - Unless a 50/50 purse split will be put in place, a Manny Pacquiao superfight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not take place.
This was Pacquiao’s stand on the issue, saying that there is no way he’s going to climb up the ring against Mayweather if the split on prize money and other revenues are not even or in other way favorable to the unbeaten American fighter.
“ If it’s going to be a 50/50 split, the fight will definitely push through,” said Pacquiao in an exclusive interview with the Freeman at his suite at Waterfront-Cebu City Hotel and Casino last Sunday.
Pacquiao and wife Jinkee were in Cebu during the Father’s Day celebration. It was his first trip to the Queen City of the South since he was elected congressman in the lone district of Saranggani province.
“Right now, it’s not year clear. He’s afraid to fight me,” said Pacquiao, who recently received the “Fighter of the Decade” award from the prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).
After Pacquiao’s clinical 12-round whipping of Joshua Clottey last March 15 in Texas, Mayweather’s name cropped up as the next possible opponent of the Filipino icon.
But initial negotiations of what could be the richest bout in boxing history fizzled out after Mayweather insisted on an Olympic-style drug testing, which was rejected by Team Pacquiao.
Pacquiao, however, later agreed to drug test procedure provided it wouldn’t be done near fight day but Mayweather reportedly wanted drug testing up to the day of the fight.
The American’s handlers later purportedly demanded for a 60/40 purse split, something that Pacman’s camp wouldn’t agree.
“That is too much for Mayweather to ask. Besides, that’s unfair to Pacquiao because he’s the main draw being the current pound-for-pound king,” said Pacquiao’s confidant and top advisor Rex “Wakee” Salud.
But according to a blog posted on www.usanewsweek.com, the best solution for the megabout to happen is for both fighters to agree on a 50/50 split.
He doubts though if Mayweather will agree to such set-up.
When asked for her comment, Jinkee said her husband is likely to face next Mayweather because “there’s no viable opponent out there other than Floyd.”
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This is why I don't want to be called a Mayweather fan. They're all delusional, racist, and dumb and I'm ashamed to be grouped with them.
you are not a boxing fan.....you are just a bandwagon fan just like all the laker and yankee fans who dont live in those cities but like rooting for the best team.
typical dumbass pinoy talk.... im sorry mayweather didnt get knocked out twice and lose to a shot fighter before getting his career together. For the record those 3 people pac lost to at the times they fought would not get a sniff of a chance against floyd at the same weight.
This is why I don't want to be called a Mayweather fan. They're all delusional, racist, and dumb and I'm ashamed to be grouped with them.
you are not even a boxing fan then.....if your dislike for one fighter makes you a fan of another fighter solely for that reason
Your in a better place my man.. Nice to know you have seen the light.. These flomos are a bunch of retards your more classier than them.
Your definitely in the good side my man :fing02:
Welcome aboard:fing02: :usa:
Thank you sir.
We were taught in school to always choose the right way even if it's hard and painful.
It's always better to side with the people that make sense than side with delusional people that will pull you down mentally.
Like the person I quoted on top. :sad:
Floyd and Manny have roughly the same PPV average before they fought Oscar, unless you are giving Morales, Barrera and JMM all the credit (which I don't think you do).
Building a star is a process and both Floyd and Manny did roughly the same thing at this point Floyd generates more on average and make more on average. It is easy to argue that side.
From there it doesn't matter much what each sides wants as both sides need to come together to make the fight happean, concessions need to be made but that is what negotiations are for.
It is on both men to get the fight made, fi the fight falls apart again both men will deserve the heat they get.
You can't pay a hollywood actor a huge talent fee if his star power is waning down. If a holllywood actor was big in the 90's but not anymore at present. Will you still pay him the huge amount he commands in the past? Ofcourse not, you give him his talent on assumption of his star quality @ present.
Hence, the best comparison is the closest present fight which both having 24/7 and commercials.
PPv numbers for the Mayweather vs Mosely garnered 1.4million. 2 americans in their homeland. While Pacman who is a foreigner who fought cotto who is just as popular as mosely got 1.350 including the final 100k count.
Plus, considering Pac is the fighter of the decade, pound for pound king, and 7 division champ. Pac is definitely giving a lot on the table to make this a PPV success.
Pac's credentials and Mayweathers credentials are the reason this is suppose to break PPV all time record.
They need each other: 50/50 is the way to go.
if all the flomos think like u then i would not expect a Pac-floyd fight. all u flomos are spoiling this overrated bitch. Floyd was a typical american olympian who was groomed to be a boxing star while Pac did it the hard way by earning respect of his countrymen and making a big statement in the US.
Floyd generates more money? ur not counting the endorsements of Pac right? Floyd is an overrated punk who is afraid to get exposed.
typical dumbass pinoy talk.... im sorry mayweather didnt get knocked out twice and lose to a shot fighter before getting his career together. For the record those 3 people pac lost to at the times they fought would not get a sniff of a chance against floyd at the same weight.
Floyd and Manny have roughly the same PPV average before they fought Oscar, unless you are giving Morales, Barrera and JMM all the credit (which I don't think you do).
Building a star is a process and both Floyd and Manny did roughly the same thing at this point Floyd generates more on average and make more on average. It is easy to argue that side.
From there it doesn't matter much what each sides wants as both sides need to come together to make the fight happean, concessions need to be made but that is what negotiations are for.
It is on both men to get the fight made, fi the fight falls apart again both men will deserve the heat they get.
Oh btw, seems to me people are for 50/50 :fing02:
Link: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=399353
You are in the minority of dumbtards who loves being flomos hehe
how is that??floyds ppv sells are higher
floyd jmm outsold manny-clottey
floyd-shane outsold-manny-cotto
floyd-hatton outsold-manny hatton
floyd oscar outsold-manny-oscar
Pac wasn't a house hold name yet when he fought DLH. It was after beating DLH that made him a popular boxer when he made DLH quit in his stool. Mayweather was already a star when he fought DLH and had fought in american soil in more years than pac.
It was after DLH that shoot him up as a house hold name. Pac was going up in popularity.
When Pac fought hatton it was 850k while before that mayweather fought hatton for 900k. (note hatton that time was undefeated so it was more sale able to the viewing public knowing their both undefeated fighting each other.
When Pac fought Hatton he still did 850k even if Hatton's star power wasn't the same like when he faced Mayweather coz he wasn't undefeated anymore.
The best way of gauging their populartiy is their present fight that had "24/7" and commercial hype, which was the cotto,pac fight and Mayweather mosely fight.
You can't pay a hollywood actor a huge talent fee if his star power is waning down. If a holllywood actor was big in the 90's but not anymore at present. Will you still pay him the huge amount he commands in the past? Ofcourse not, you give him his talent on assumption of his star quality @ present.
Hence, the best comparison is the closest present fight which both having 24/7 and commercials.
Note: Mosely Mayweather promotion was way up in promoting hype and commercials compared to cotto pac. Golden Boy spent a ton of money in commercials and billboards etc. And there numbers where close 1.25 pac, cotto, 1.4 may, mosely.
Btw, Mayweather and Mosely are both americans who are asking american viewing pubic to pay HBO PPV.
If pac was an american he could have done even more for sure. In his country alone he shuts down his country literally. No one works, evident that a fighter of his caliber is supported by his own people as Ali was supported by americans, Roy jones, sugar ray, Hagler, Hearns etc.
knowing these facts and common sense, they both deserve a 50/50 split.
PPv numbers for the Mayweather vs Mosely garnered 1.4million. 2 americans in their homeland. While Pacman who is a foreigner who fought cotto who is just as popular as mosely got 1.250 million ppv.
Plus, considering Pac is the fighter of the decade, pound for pound king, and 7 division champ. Pac is definitely giving a lot on the table to make this a PPV success.
Pac's credentials and Mayweathers credentials are the reason this is suppose to break PPV all time record.
They need each other: 50/50 is the way to go.
If Floyd has to be a greedy bastard the most he can ask is 55/45 no more no less. If it's 60/40 he is definitely ducking the fight again plain and simple.
He is over pricing himself if he asks more than a 55/45 split.
Common sense should dictate a 50/50 split, but just so it happens 55/45 is fine with me and most fans, more than that is just crazy talk, Boxing fans make this fight happen!
If Floyd will insist to a 60/40 boxing fans should expose Floyd as the ducker he really is!
if all the flomos think like u then i would not expect a Pac-floyd fight. all u flomos are spoiling this overrated bitch. Floyd was a typical american olympian who was groomed to be a boxing star while Pac did it the hard way by earning respect of his countrymen and making a big statement in the US.
Floyd generates more money? ur not counting the endorsements of Pac right? Floyd is an overrated punk who is afraid to get exposed.
Floyd has endorsements too but I thought we were talking about fighting. I noticed you skipped my question about cotto. I guess you couldn't understand or answer my post so its the usual flomo crap and other names. when you want to have a legitimate discussion about reasons for a certain purse split holla at me.
And you and manny can always go back to the phillipines to earn a living if you hate the american system so much. I guess its hard to sell ppv's in the phillipines.
yeah. i am a person before a boxing fan, so i wanna see people to be treated fairly. Pac overcame much harder obstacles than this overrated Mayweather. Im telling you now if Pac-May becomes a reality Pac knocks him out within 5 rounds. Ill bet all my points on it. Floyd ur now so famous in the Phils because of ur cowardice,
LMAO, what obstacles, getting knocked out cold by 2 scrubs? or getting beaten by a past it on a losing streak erik morales?
Pac wasn't a house hold name yet when he fought DLH. It was after beating DLH that made him a popular boxer when he made DLH quit in his stool. Mayweather was already a star when he fought DLH and had fought in american soil in more years than pac.
It was after DLH that shoot him up as a house hold name. Pac was going up in popularity.
When Pac fought hatton it was 850k while before that mayweather fought hatton for 900k. (note hatton that time was undefeated so it was more sale able to the viewing public knowing their both undefeated fighting each other.
When Pac fought Hatton he still did 850k even if Hatton's star power wasn't the same like when he faced Mayweather coz he wasn't undefeated anymore.
The best way of gauging their populartiy is their present fight that had "24/7" and commercial hype, which was the cotto,pac fight and Mayweather mosely fight.
You can't pay a hollywood actor a huge talent fee if his star power is waning down. If a holllywood actor was big in the 90's but not anymore at present. Will you still pay him the huge amount he commands in the past? Ofcourse not, you give him his talent on assumption of his star quality @ present.
Hence, the best comparison is the closest present fight which both having 24/7 and commercials.
Note: Mosely Mayweather promotion was way up in promoting hype and commercials compared to cotto pac. Golden Boy spent a ton of money in commercials and billboards etc. And there numbers where close 1.25 pac, cotto, 1.4 may, mosely.
Btw, Mayweather and Mosely are both americans who are asking american viewing pubic to pay HBO PPV.
If pac was an american he could have done even more for sure. In his country alone he shuts down his country literally. No one works, evident that a fighter of his caliber is supported by his own people as Ali was supported by americans, Roy jones, sugar ray, Hagler, Hearns etc.
knowing these facts and common sense, they both deserve a 50/50 split.
PPv numbers for the Mayweather vs Mosely garnered 1.4million. 2 americans in their homeland. While Pacman who is a foreigner who fought cotto who is just as popular as mosely got 1.250 million ppv.
Plus, considering Pac is the fighter of the decade, pound for pound king, and 7 division champ. Pac is definitely giving a lot on the table to make this a PPV success.
Pac's credentials and Mayweathers credentials are the reason this is suppose to break PPV all time record.
They need each other: 50/50 is the way to go.
If Floyd has to be a greedy bastard the most he can ask is 55/45 no more no less. If it's 60/40 he is definitely ducking the fight again plain and simple.
He is over pricing himself if he asks more than a 55/45 split.
Common sense should dictate a 50/50 split, but just so it happens 55/45 is fine with me and most fans, more than that is just crazy talk, Boxing fans make this fight happen!
If Floyd will insist to a 60/40 boxing fans should expose Floyd as the ducker he really is!
Floyd and Manny have roughly the same PPV average before they fought Oscar, unless you are giving Morales, Barrera and JMM all the credit (which I don't think you do).
Building a star is a process and both Floyd and Manny did roughly the same thing at this point Floyd generates more on average and make more on average. It is easy to argue that side.
From there it doesn't matter much what each sides wants as both sides need to come together to make the fight happean, concessions need to be made but that is what negotiations are for.
It is on both men to get the fight made, fi the fight falls apart again both men will deserve the heat they get.
steroid boy would be lucky to get a 40 split
seems to me people are for 50/50
Link: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=399353
You are in the minority of dumbtards who loves being flomos hehe
Rommel: thats Bob's fault. No one told him to put manny in with an unproven draw in such a large stadium. Manny only sold 750k ppv and his live gate (with 51k fans in attendance) was lower than floyd ssm (16k in attendance). Bob made a bad business move. Floyd generated much more money. Any fighter, including you, would change how much they asked for given the situation. don't hate on floyd when you'd do it too. Its business pure and simple.
yeah. Floyd and his flomos think the same. so much for being a boxing fan. i hope this diva retires. he'll never be missed coz he is hurting boxing by acting like a diva all the time. he is a diva inside and outside of it
To you Mayweather's balls taste really sweet and yummy. :wtf:
Your in a better place my man.. Nice to know you have seen the light.. These flomos are a bunch of retards your more classier than them.
Your definitely in the good side my man :fing02:
Welcome aboard:fing02: :usa:
Pacquaio doesn't want the fight!!!
seems to me people are for 50/50
Link: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=399353
You are in the mnority of dumbtards who loves being flomos hehe :biggthump
I used to be a Mayweather fan but since I made my account and found out how retarded his fans are I completely made a 180 degree turn.
Don't want to be grouped with delusional fans and yes I'm talking about you.
you are not even a boxing fan then.....if your dislike for one fighter makes you a fan of another fighter solely for that reason
Its funny because people try to paint manny like a saint, Pac has to be the only top fighter apart from Hopkins that i have seen with comments like "The fight is off if i dont get %"...... But then we have people saying the guy doesnt fight for money, yeah right and i dont mind him getting or asking for whatever he thinks he deserve but the man isnt a saint and he fights for himself and family no one else.
seems to me people are for 50/50 :fing02:
Link: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=399353
You are in the mnority of dumbtards who loves being flomos hehe :biggthump
I fyou feel manny will win fine. As for treated fairly please read my posts. Floyd has proven to generate more at the gate, tv ratings, and ppv sales than manny. From a ppv standpoint alone he has generated about $300 mil more than manny. Is it fair for him to split the purse? Is manny splitting the purse with cotto? he didn't last time.
Harder obstacles? Thats your opinion because you like manny. That has nothing to do with business negotiations.
No matter who we like or don't like, the purse split is about economics. Any way you cut it floyd generates more money than manny. If you really want to be fair!
if all the flomos think like u then i would not expect a Pac-floyd fight. all u flomos are spoiling this overrated bitch. Floyd was a typical american olympian who was groomed to be a boxing star while Pac did it the hard way by earning respect of his countrymen and making a big statement in the US.
Floyd generates more money? ur not counting the endorsements of Pac right? Floyd is an overrated punk who is afraid to get exposed.
70 - 30 purse split in Pacquiao's favor is the way to go. Why give Mayweather 50% when he's too scared to fight Pacquiao?
wow.....what a bandwagon jumper retard you are