Hatton ready to walk away from Pacquiao fight rather than accept smaller cut

[Johnny Rebel]

"Look around you. You can see how many have turned out tonight. I sold out the City of Manchester Stadium in six hours, 55,000 people. Thousands follow me to Vegas. How many people does he bring from the Philippines? Not many," Hatton said as quoted by Kevin Garside, the Chief of Sports Writers for the British broadsheet, in a story that was published last Friday.

"No disrespect to Manny, he is a great fighter, and deserves his pound-for-pound accolade. But I bring as much to the table if not more than him. We agreed a 50-50 split. It’s that or nothing," - Ricky Hatton

http://www.mb.com.ph/SPRT20090119145969.html

I hope Ricky stands firm and walks away if Pac insists on more then the 50% he already agreed to.

[FasTHarD]

Hatton ready to walk away from Pacquiao fight rather than accept smaller cut

• Hatton camp threaten to scrap fight altogether
• Filipino wants 60% of Las Vegas contest's revenue

• John Rawling
• guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 January 2009 12.23 GMT
• Article history

Hatton will be at ringside in Wigan tomorrow. Photograph: John Gichigi/Getty Images Photograph: John Gichigi/Getty Images

While Bob Arum is in the Philippines, attempting to persuade Manny Pacquiao to sign for a 2 May fight against Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas, Hatton's manager and father, Ray, has said his team are ready to scrap the contest if agreement is not reached early next week.
Arum, 77, had agreed a 50–50 split on purse revenue for the contest with Hatton's promoter, Golden Boy, but the deal has been thrown into doubt by Pacquiao changing his demand to 60%.
"We have the offer of another massive fight in the summer, in the British Isles, which would bring a crowd of 80,000 or more," said Ray Hatton. "We are extremely serious in our threat that we will pull the plug on Pacquiao and go for that alternative if that contract is not signed. We will not be messed around."
Hatton's words have been emphasised by Arum, who said: "We've all agreed to it, but now people are whispering in Pacquiao's ear. There's no way he's getting 60–40. Unless he comes to his senses and people start acting intelligently ... we'll see if we can keep this together, but the split is supposed to be 50–50."
Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, who will be reunited with Amir Khan tomorrow as the Briton prepares for his 14 March contest with Marco Antonio Barrera, is also trying to persuade the Filipino to accept the terms. "I hope the fight happens, and I think 50–50 is a good deal," he said. "I agree with it because Hatton brings a lot of people from the UK, so I hope I can get Manny on board."
It is estimated both men could earn US$10-20 million from the fight, but a significant proportion of the revenue generated would be by UK pay-per-view television. Shrewdly, Arum has demanded that sum is put into the overall total, perhaps calculating US sales will not match the 1.25m who paid for Pacquiao's 6 December fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
Hatton will be at ringside in Wigan tomorrow watching another Manchester boxer, the undefeated John Murray, defend the British lightweight title against Aberdeen's Lee McAllister. It will be Murray's first defence and he has been installed as the 7–2 on favourite.
Murray's promoter Mick Hennessy says he had talks for his fighter to take on Khan before he signed to meet Barrera. That contest remains a possibility for the future, however, although Murray said: "If Barrera is anything like the man he was, he will knock Khan out inside three rounds."
The 6ft 9in heavyweight Tyson Fury, 20, who won the ABA super-heavyweight title last year, is also on the Wigan bill, making his second professional appearance when he takes on the German Marcel Zeller, 35, who has 21 wins from 24 fights with 20 knock-outs. Fury's first fight, before Christmas, was over in less than a round.

Goodbye Ricky... You missed your chance fighting the best in this era.. A lot boxers is dieing for the fight against Manny and you already have the chance and blow it up for $$... We feel sorry for you...

[aether]

hatton's camp offered a 53-47 and 55-45 split each with different schemes. this fight will push through

[FasTHarD]

That's what i thought too... This are all mind games...

[Johnny Rebel]

No fighter that can earn Pac what Hatton can will ever agree to a 60/40 cut. Man, I really hope this fight doesn't happen now, just to see how much Pac cost himself.

[aether]

No fighter that can earn Pac what Hatton can will ever agree to a 60/40 cut. Man, I really hope this fight doesn't happen now, just to see how much Pac cost himself.

and you call yourself a fight fan? this is the best fight that can be made right now. we ain't receiving jack-**** of the purse so as long as the fight push through, i don't give a crap.

pac ko hatton 6