Pacquiao himself confirms: NO BELT ON THE LINE!! and why he agreed to the fight

[m00ks]

pac is one of my favorit fighters but i respectfully disagree with him on the welterweight title.

He's already p4p 1. there is nowhere to go but down for pac.

That 7th division championship would break his tie w/ oscar & make him the only man in history to be 7 division champion along with the only man in history to be 5 division lineal champion.

That distinction is worth the $400,000 sanc fee.

Stop being cheap pac & pay the sanc fees.

Agreed. I don't know what he's thinking. If all its going to take is to pay Cotto's sanctioning fee for him then my goodness man, do it. This is history and boxing immortality. To be the only man in the sport's rich history to hold this record is......well like you said, worth every penny of that 400k that can probably find under his sofa cushion.

But I'm SURE the WBO will strong arm Cotto. There is absolutely no way they miss out on a payday from this fight. When it's all said and done, the belt will be on the line unless Cotto vacates it which I don't think he will. Either Manny knows this or he truly just don't give a ****.

[gopi11]

pac is one of my favorite fighters but i respectfully disagree with him on the welterweight title.

He's already p4p 1. there is nowhere to go but down for pac.

That 7th division championship would break his tie w/ oscar & make him the only man in history to be 7 division champion along with the only man in history to be 5 division lineal champion.

That distinction is worth the $400,000 sanc fee.

Stop being cheap pac & pay the sanc fees.

I don't know how this **** works, but who's suppose to pay the sanctioning fees? Is it the party (challenger) who's interested? Or the belt holder? Can the challenger pay for the sanctioning fee with or without the belt holder's consent?

[WhoreUs]

Whoa! First time I saw you contradict your lover mak! LQ maybe? lmao

ps:

I'm with you pink, the WBO ww belt weighs more than that fraudulent P4P belt! lol

screw that ****. he's a notre dame hater.

what do u expect? he's probably thinking that 400k is gonna pay for the snake & leaches room & board for his next training camp along w/ another weight loss challenge.

pacquiao needs to dump all the fools.

trainer , accountant , promoter and lawyer is all he needs. he has too many bloodsuckers around.

[burnoksan]

pac is one of my favorite fighters but i respectfully disagree with him on the welterweight title.

He's already p4p 1. there is nowhere to go but down for pac.

That 7th division championship would break his tie w/ oscar & make him the only man in history to be 7 division champion along with the only man in history to be 5 division lineal champion.

That distinction is worth the $400,000 sanc fee.

Stop being cheap pac & pay the sanc fees.

Maybe he considers Mosley as THE MAN to beat at 147, which makes Cotto's WBO title almost meaningless. Not to take anything away from Cotto though: he held the titles Mosley is now holding. This is the real acid test for Pacquiao at the welterweight division.

[WhoreUs]

I don't know how this **** works, but who's suppose to pay the sanctioning fees? Is it the party (challenger) who's interested? Or the belt holder? Can the challenger pay for the sanctioning fee with or without the belt holder's consent?

they can work something out. the ibf and wbo are corrupt leeches anyway.

they'll agree with anything to be involved in this fight.



typically a challenger and a champion needs to pay sanctioning fees for a fight.

generally 3% of the purse (in the case of the wbo. ibf should be similar)

if cotto doesn't want to pay the fees , the wbo can strip him.

the wbo can still put the title on the line however with only the party paying the sanctioning fee allowed to win/retain the belt.

say pac pays the fees and cotto doesn't. the wbo can put the belt on the line and if pac wins he wins the belt. if cotto wins , they won't give him the belt because he didn't pay the sanc fees.

ibf is currently vacant. they can jump on this too if they want , all they have to do is change their rankings and make cotto and pac #1 and #2 at 147.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

I don't know how this **** works, but who's suppose to pay the sanctioning fees? Is it the party (challenger) who's interested? Or the belt holder? Can the challenger pay for the sanctioning fee with or without the belt holder's consent?

Maybe he considers Mosley as THE MAN to beat at 147, which makes Cotto's WBO title almost meaningless. Not to take anything away from Cotto though: he held the titles Mosley is now holding. This is the real acid test for Pacquiao at the welterweight division.

he's just being a cheap flip plain & simple. he's gonna make 12 mill guaranteed. judging by the interest/anticipation for this fight its gonna do a minimum 900k buys. Pac is gonna make 15-20 mill easy. How can he not step up & pay the sanc fees?

wbo is gonna strip cotto if he doesnt pay the sanc fees. much like when pac fought MAB for the first time, oscar de la **** & greedy boy promotions wanted to be cheap & not pay the sanc fees thats why technically pac is only a 5 division champion not 6. only reason why he is considered a 6 division is that MAB was the lineal ring magazine champ.

its not up to cotto if the belt is on the line. its up to the sport & sanc body. his only control is to pay or not to pay.

[WhoreUs]

he's just being a cheap flip plain & simple. he's gonna make 12 mill guaranteed. judging by the interest/anticipation for this fight its gonna do a minimum 900k buys. Pac is gonna make 15-20 mill easy. How can he not step up & pay the sanc fees?

wbo is gonna strip cotto if he doesnt pay the sanc fees. much like when pac fought MAB for the first time, oscar de la **** & greedy boy promotions wanted to be cheap & not pay the sanc fees thats why technically pac is only a 5 division champion not 6. only reason why he is considered a 6 division is that MAB was the lineal ring magazine champ.

its not up to cotto if the belt is on the line. its up to the sport & sanc body. his only control is to pay or not to pay.

barrera didn't have a belt anymore when pac fought him.

he dumped it a few fights back because he was like pac now and didn't want to bother with sanctioning fees and mandatories.

[m00ks]

they can work something out. the ibf and wbo are corrupt leeches anyway.

they'll agree with anything to be involved in this fight.



typically a challenger and a champion needs to pay sanctioning fees for a fight.

generally 3% of the purse (in the case of the wbo. ibf should be similar)

if cotto doesn't want to pay the fees , the wbo can strip him.

the wbo can still put the title on the line however with only the party paying the sanctioning fee allowed to win/retain the belt.

say pac pays the fees and cotto doesn't. the wbo can put the belt on the line and if pac wins he wins the belt. if cotto wins , they won't give him the belt because he didn't pay the sanc fees.

ibf is currently vacant. they can jump on this too if they want , all they have to do is change their rankings and make cotto and pac #1 and #2 at 147.

So theoretically if Cotto refuses to pay any sanctioning fees and gets stripped, and Pac pays BOTH the WBO AND the IBF fees (should they decide to saction both bouts), he can be a double title holder without Cotto ever putting the title on the line???

[Talisayen]

I don't know how this **** works, but who's suppose to pay the sanctioning fees? Is it the party (challenger) who's interested? Or the belt holder? Can the challenger pay for the sanctioning fee with or without the belt holder's consent?

WBO doesn't care where the money comes from, they just want to get paid.

[Mr. Philadel]

how can you not like manny?

its almost impossible for a NORMAL person......but there's some haters out there who'll find some BS reasons for hatin' him!!