Mayweather-Pacquiao negotiations hit early rough patch over rematch clause...

[screwhead1]

good info...it seems like they are getting closer to a decision...i knew that shane would prefer a fight with floyd over pac...oscar would want that as well to keep the money in house...i'm not sure what other options that pac has...even if he dominates floyd...i don't think he'd go for a fight with shane just off the strength of his political future...all signs point to freddie talking him out of it...of course that could all change tho if pac were to dominate floyd and the fans screamed for one last match with shane...could make a whole lot...but opportunity costs would definitely play a factor...as far as floyd...he's pretty much free to do what he wants...

[GG Marquez]

good info...it seems like they are getting closer to a decision......

It's still mad early.

Among the things they haven't locked down:

Location and site fee
TouchPoint Marketing is locking down corporate sponsorships
Swanson Communication is also working on sponsorships and marketing plan
Date!! They want CDM, but venue must be avail.

HBO is going to a fifth episode of 24/7 for this fight. And will have dedicated "events" . The gaming tournament was a good idea, but it didn't seem well-publicized (did any of your guys participate?). A dedicated website with online content is discussed/planned.

[Left Hook Tua]

source???


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google it.

hbo marquez pacquiao rematch

[TheGR8TESTOAT]

This was information shared with me by a source who is in the boxing business and and lives and works in Vegas. I do not have a link. So please feel free to disregard this if it sounds like BS to you.... or you can just take it as a data point for consideration and discussion.

I am merely sharing what I was told, so don't crucify me. Let's be mature.


The Top Rank team is pretty insistent upon a rematch clause. They are asking for "right of first refusal" for Floyd's next fight. Team Mayweather does not want a rematch to be mandated. They want a "mutual consent clause".

It appears that Arum is concerned about future big money fights for Pac in the event that Pac loses. Which makes sense, because there really are no other big-money fighters on the Top Rank roster. If Pac loses, and "loses well", the biggest available fight would be a Floyd rematch. This seems consistent with what Arum has done in the past. If you look at his fighters, they do a lot of rematches. Esp Pac.

Team Mayweather, whether confident, brave or ******, don't feel that they need a rematch, and don't want to be bound by one. This makes sense as it is consistent with the approach that Floyd has taken in the past. He has done everything to avoid long-term or future commitments (no promoter, gave up belts so he wouldn't have mandatories, etc). Floyd has only done one rematch, and he walked away from the Oscar rematch.

Again, I am relaying what I was told by a source who is usually pretty good for me. But you are welcome to take it with a grain of salt. As you can see, this was an objective position. No hidden agendas.

Peace.

PBF dont wanna get that beat down twice in roll REAL TALK

[screwhead1]

It's still mad early.

Among the things they haven't locked down:

Location and site fee
TouchPoint Marketing is locking down corporate sponsorships
Swanson Communication is also working on sponsorships and marketing plan
Date!! They want CDM, but venue must be avail.

HBO is going to a fifth episode of 24/7 for this fight. And will have dedicated "events" . The gaming tournament was a good idea, but it didn't seem well-publicized (did any of your guys participate?). A dedicated website with online content is discussed/planned.

well damn...are they sure that all that marketing is necessary? don't get me wrong...money is to be made...people are to be paid...but the current formula isn't necessarily in need of re-engineering...i'm sure it's nothing for a site to be brought up and managed...and an extra week of footage for a 24/7 show shouldn't be too much to do...but over saturation is something to consider...well i guess there may never be enough with a fight of this magnitude...as far as location...i hear the buzz about the cowboys stadium (from shafer's mouth)...i've heard about new york being out of the question (from arum's mouth)...and i've heard of vegas being a must (from roach's mouth)...but i can imagine that it wouldn't take more than a week to get that configured...some things like availability shouldn't even be in question...i don't think that a venue would ever let an opportunity like this slip away...they'd probably cancel a presidential dinner to let this thing catch that saturday slot...and a target date around the summer would (hopefully) be more than satisfactory for both fighters...we already know it is for roach...

but you are right about one thing...i'm acting as if this fight is supposed to happen in a few weeks...all the talk and buzz has got me pretty jumpy...it's not like all this is supposed to be up and running by tomorrow...so let me chill out...

and GG marquez...you must be pretty deep in on the going on's...that or you already know the business about the business...good to have you on this site...hopefully i can contribute like that in the future with my going-on's in the marketing world...

[Still Pimpin]

Well this bump in the road was to be expected. I dont think anyone is suprised with the stance each camp has taken. Seems like both camps expect a close fight with the winner barely edging it out by the skin of their teeth.

The Mayweather camp wants a rematch clause to be consentual because they know if Floyd loses Pac would not run from a challenge and would give him the rematch no questions asked.

They also know that if Floyd wins it'll be by the hairs of his chinny chin chin and would like to avoid a rematch if they can avoid it and gloat about how great he is because he beat Pac by split decision.

You really hae Floyd huh ? smh

[DiLLiNGER]

You really hae Floyd huh ? smh

dont worry about some of these tools here,they're in love with their favorite fighter.

[ianntheman]

Once Mayweather puts a clinic on Pac he pretty much will be the lone top dog and could fight anyone he wanted too. Most likely Mosley

stop crying.....

[Ray*]

Good read, Its easy to sit on the net and say "sign the contract" when it takes a lot to get one done, I know the fight would happen and i cant wait enough for it.

[hugh grant]

All i know is if Pac wins, i dont want him to give PBF a rematch. ON the other hand if Paac were to lose, i would want PBF to give Pac a rematch.