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Both Hatton vs Pacquiao and De La Hoya vs Pacquiao were completely off and done for.
At one point after the Hatton-Pacquiao fight was "off", Arum seriously made moves for a Humberto Soto vs Manny Pacquiao fight.
Remember Pacquiao refused 50-50 with Hatton and to finally make the highly anticipated fight happen, Arum had to give Pacquiao extra money from his own pocket in order to make Pacquiao happy and agree to fight Hatton.
The De La Hoya fight was also off because Pacquiao was asking for a larger purse split than Mayweather got against DLH. DLH's problem was that he did not want to give more money to Pacquiao than he gave to Mayweather(70-30). De La Hoya even wanted to fight Paul Williams at 154 if the Pacquiao fight did not happen(I guess as a ploy).
I bring all of this up because it seems to be the norm lately. Excluding the Cotto negotiations of course because he is in Top Rank too but let's not forget that the fight was almost off too because of Roach's demands of a 143 catchweight. It's normal for Pacquiao negotiations to seem completely off and ready to move to another fight but at the end of the day they still get the fight made some how. So boxing fans should be more patient about situation.
At one point after the Hatton-Pacquiao fight was "off", Arum seriously made moves for a Humberto Soto vs Manny Pacquiao fight.
Remember Pacquiao refused 50-50 with Hatton and to finally make the highly anticipated fight happen, Arum had to give Pacquiao extra money from his own pocket in order to make Pacquiao happy and agree to fight Hatton.
The De La Hoya fight was also off because Pacquiao was asking for a larger purse split than Mayweather got against DLH. DLH's problem was that he did not want to give more money to Pacquiao than he gave to Mayweather(70-30). De La Hoya even wanted to fight Paul Williams at 154 if the Pacquiao fight did not happen(I guess as a ploy).
I bring all of this up because it seems to be the norm lately. Excluding the Cotto negotiations of course because he is in Top Rank too but let's not forget that the fight was almost off too because of Roach's demands of a 143 catchweight. It's normal for Pacquiao negotiations to seem completely off and ready to move to another fight but at the end of the day they still get the fight made some how. So boxing fans should be more patient about situation.
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