Pacquiao Warned, Take 50-50 or The Hatton Fight is Off!

[Me La Pelan]

you can accuse pac of many things, but he is certainly not a coward.

he is yellow

[badnewsbrown]

I doubt either have a backup plan. This is just ******. 50-50 is fair. This is the best fight for both of them because it's very winnable and a huge money fight that people really want to see. Pacquiao needs to take 50-50. He's not the champion.

i agree 50-50 is fair. not that is anywhere near as good tho. but he brings equal money or more so it's def fair. im not sure about pacman but hatton has said they already have another oponent lined up if this one doesnt come off. they said it would still be a big fight and would take place in the uk.

[Dave Rado]

Pac is going to cost himself the biggest payday of his career. Hatton will earn him more then even Mayweather would. Floyd will also DEMAND the bigger cut if he decides to fight again. Pac is lucky that Hatton is even offering a 50% cut.

Pac is getting scared, plain and simple.

You were doing okay until the end. To accuse Pac of being scared is ridiculous. He's just been getting bad advice from his lawyers.

[sparked_85]

Hatton will get 1,500,000 million PPV buys in the UK - £20 X 1,500,000 = £30,000,000 which is $43,000,000

The U.S PPV will get around 700,000 ppv buys - $40 x 700,000 = $28,000,000 which is around $19,000,000

Estimated UK ppv revenue is around $40,000,000

Estimated US ppv revenue is around $20,000,000

So the total ppv purse is around $60,000,000

Now explain how a fighter, can realistically demand a 60-40 split when most of the money is coming from Hattons end. Yes, people from the UK will be more interested in seeing Hattons fight because he is fighting Manny, but if Hatton is not there, no casual fan would pay to watch Pac fight in the UK. And I bet 700,000+ people in the U.S wouldn't pay to watch Manny fight anybody except Oscar, Mayweather, or Hatton.

This fight should be a 50-50. Anything else is an injustice to either fighter.

Pretty much it. Pacman's lawyer is taking the piss.

[Dave Rado]

Either way, I feel he will come to his sense and the fight will be on.
Go Pac Man

I sure hope you're right ...

[Dave Rado]

There are 90M people in the Phillipines compared to only 60M in the ENTIRE UK. Other Asian groups also support Pacquiao.

That's so irrelevant! Surely you're not claiming he gets 90 million PPV sales for each of his fights?

[mellow_mood]

Is this a deal breaker?

Not only is Hatton at least as big a draw if not bigger, but he's also the 140 lb champion. 50-50 is a fair deal and for Pacquiao and his supporters to demand more than 50-50 is just petty. Do you really want to make this issue a deal breaker? Seriously fellas, is this really a deal breaker!?! Hatton is the champion and his fans will travel en masse for this fight. Is this really a deal breaker???

I mean I understand that some of you think Pacquiao is the greatest thing since sliced bread and he is unqstionably great for boxing, but does he really want to blow up the biggest fight scheduled for the first half of the year? I just don't see how a rational person could think this is a legitimate deal breaker. I respect his right to want as much money as possible, but he's not the champion and Hatton is arguably a bigger draw. Does Pacquiao really want to throw this fight away over something so petty as percentage points? It's going to be about $15 mil. Why walk away from that over principle!?! It's not like it's some epic injustice.

great post!!

[Catrin]

Who cares F*U*K HATTON!!! turn him down to see where he runs to he's got nobody!!! unless he wants to take a beating from my boy VICIOUS ORTIZ!!!! other than that he's on his own manny!!! Rmember U are the P4P Best fighter in the world!!!! what u say goes!!!! non-negotiable!!!

[delipooke]

he is yellow

great post. Makes a lot of sense.

[Dave Rado]

Hey, no problem. Let's compromise: 55/45 split for Pacman. He deserves it.

If he was going to ask for that he should have done so at the start of the negotiations. According to Arum, Pac agreed to 50/50 and then reneged on the agreement. In those circumstances you can't blame Hatton's camp for refusing to budge. If Pac doesn't back down he'll lose his biggest payday - whether you think that's fair or not is irrelevant, that's just business.