My take on the floyd pac 50-50 split.

Floyd initially requested the extra drug testing that the boxing boards DO NOT REQUIRE. Pacman said no Pacman changed his mind and agreed to the initial drug terms as long as he gets 50-50. Floyd doesn't say anything except he needs more time to spend with his family. Now we all know boxing is a game of fitness skill but also psychology. If pacman were to agree to extra drug tests and also get less than a 50-50 split i think psychologically mayweather would have a winning edge since floyd would have had pacman bow to his wishes in both cases. So imo pacman cannot agree to the 50-50 split regardless since mayweather already has the upper hand with the extra drug testing call. It's important to have some sort of psychological advantage before the bout. Plus if u r the fighter of the decade and u r getting less than yr opponent ...psychologically u r saying he is worth more than you and you also gave him the drug testing so floyd would have the psychological edge. Still i dunno why floyd said he wants to spend time with his family..that's why everybody is calling him a chicken. He should have said. "I want to spend time with my family at the moment but i will have a tune up bout in the near future with the goal of having a fight with pacman sometime in 2011." tbh it doesn't matter who wins as long as the fight is made.

Comments (8)

madsweeney

Floyd's plan may have a wrench thrown in it if Pac/Marg outsells and out gates May/Mosley. I think Pac/Marg will do pretty damn well, we all know Marg has a decent following and the Mexicans will buy it either to support their man or because they know the fight will deliver, Filipinos obviously will be supporting it and I think people are seriously underestimating how much casual support this will get. This fight is as close to UFC style action that boxing can deliver and besides, people love seeing someone who will take on an opponent who may be cheating (Marg in this case).

15y ago

ROSS_CALIFORNIA

Floyd is playing too many damn games. I'm sure the fight will be made in the next two years, but whats to say Floyd doesn't lose a little speed and come in less than what he could have? I think Floyd is making a huge mistake. He needs to make this fight while he is in his prime, because he might really regret it later. I don't think Pac's speed is as big a factor for his style as Floyds.

15y ago

fabie

My humble take on it is that COMMERCIALIZATION and being MERCENARIAN PUGILISTS are ruining this beautiful sport.

15y ago

Jack_Napier

50-50 make sense Pac takes the tests, fight is on maybe Floyd say he going home to find time for a new stipulation Pac must cut off one arm or something

15y ago

Xercen

PAC and May are the top $ boxer in boxing and it takes two to tangle. There's no way either one should get 60/40. 50/50 is the way to go But the objective figures suggest anything between 55/45/and 60/40 is fair for manny. Why shouldn't the purse split be settled using the objective figures? Because floyd plus pac = massive mega fight. Floyd on his own might pull bigger PPV than pac but it takes two to tango. Either one on his own won't be able to pull enough dough as a megafight between those 2. So flomos and pactards can't really say anything since without each other there is no megafight. They might fight other people but there will be much less money in it. My point is very simple. They both need each other and manny already gave a concession in the form of extra testing and he is also the fighter of the decade. Floyd has better ppv so overall it should be a 50-50 split.

15y ago

NesNY

Pacs biggest concession is no cutoff ost (well, maybe like a 5 day cutoff). In turn, may's biggest concession has to be financial. 50/50 or 45/55. Obviously there's no fight unless both fighters concede on those two extremely important points of negotiation

15y ago

The_Big_Dunn

PAC and May are the top $ boxer in boxing and it takes two to tangle. There's no way either one should get 60/40. 50/50 is the way to go. OSDT is what we have to deal with here. 14 days is better than enough because we all know Floyd is not trying to clean up the sport. He's just using it as a building block to block the fight. PAC and May are the top $ boxer in boxing and it takes two to tangle. There's no way either one should get 60/40. 50/50 is the way to go But the objective figures suggest anything between 55/45/and 60/40 is fair for manny. Why shouldn't the purse split be settled using the objective figures?

15y ago

ModernTalking

15y ago