Examples of why taking shorter money isn't always a bad thing

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Some people just have too much pride. Look, Bernard Hopkins was considered P4P #1 when he fought Oscar De la Hoya and he took $10 mil while Oscar made $35 mil. Hopkins took $3 mil to fight Trinidad while Tito made $10+ mil.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. took $20+ mil to fight DLH while DLH made $50+ mil and Mayweather made $20 mil to fight Hatton while Hatton made close to $25 mil.

Both Hopkins and Mayweather have a ton of pride but at a certain point you look at your other options, what the fight is going to mean for your career and how winnable this premium fight is and you just take it. Pacquiao needs to take the Hatton fight. I know that we'll all watch him fight just about anybody, but Pacquiao-Hatton is the fight that needs to happen. This 60-40 **** is petty and ******.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. took $20+ mil to fight DLH while DLH made $50+ mil and Mayweather made $20 mil to fight Hatton while Hatton made close to $25 mil.

Hatton is greedy because of his limited skill-set

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If I was Hatton I'd **** him off, if I didn't get 50/50.

Hatton could say 'Okay you can have 60% purse, American PPV. I take all UK PPV's.

Pacman would be getting 10 inched, up the arse - no lube. His Lawyers should be a bit careful.

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Hatton is greedy because of his limited skill-set

He's the champion at 140. And he's not just the champion but at least as big of a draw. Then on top of that, not only is Pacquiao getting this legitimate title shot in a huge money fight that could end up being his biggest payday, it's also a fight he's favored to win.

If you think he should turn the fight down take a look at what happened to Roy Jones when he started walking away from big money fights over purse splits. People slowly started to stop caring about him. It didn't happen over night, but eventually people stopped caring.

The appeal of Manny Pacquiao is that he's fought so many great fighters. Now, is not the time to start walking away from huge fights over petty stuff like purse splits on career high paydays.