Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Vows To Not Budge Further To Mayweather

[go1nbanana]

recognising that this fight won't get done with a 50/50 split is not tantamount to not wanting to see the fight. I would rather they fight and i get 100% of the purse and PPV revenue, but that won't make the fight happen will it? MAnny needs to start being realistic, 50/50 is no longer realistic. He should make a counter-offer. I think 45/55 is a good compromise from both fighters.

it was suggested before to have 45/45 each and remaining 10% to the winner. i think this is a good compromise, like each fighter betting for himself and good incentive.

[Sugar Q]

The criteria for money splits has always been about who brings in the most revenue. Mayweather sells the most and brings in the most. The only way pac can justify 50/50 is if he does OST all the way up to the day of the fight. If he makes that concession then PBF should agree to 50/50. Pac would get his dough and Floyd gets his testing. Pac is clean anyway so this would be a nice bonus just to prove that.

If PBF bends I will lose respect for him. He has to stand his ground 60/40 and OST up to fight time. The least I would do is 3 days before. Manny needs to test to prove his climb is legit and Floyd brings in far more revenue so he needs to stand his ground on the split. Manny has no other mega-money options and everybody knows that.

[PeterinMI]

I say good. I don't think he needs to bend to any more demands.
Both are equal draws and it is, above anything else, a fight between the #1 and #2...or rather, in my opinion, #1 and #1 to see who bumps who off the top of the mountain.

I make no monetary gain from any of this, so I'm not in this personally, but if it were me, I don't think I would bend to any more demands.
I wouldn't expect mayweather to bend to any more demands either.

Would Team Pac please stop talking to the press as they promised? If this is his idea of running a negotiation I weep for how he will stumble with his loose lips in congress.

[go1nbanana]

Just like Pac can "vow" not to budge any further, Mayweather can "vow" to not accept anything less than 60% or offer any OST cutoff date, numbers, facts, and morality favor Mayweather.

yeah..LOL at "morality favor" for Mayweather????? that is 5x question mark to me. and besides why "morality" will count towards purse share?

[M.I.C.]

Lol@ morality?

Thats right, morality, as in no cutoff date, As in not being suspected of cheating. Focus on the purse split if u want but HGH is the real issue.

[BoxingTech718]

If PBF bends I will lose respect for him. He has to stand his ground 60/40 and OST up to fight time. The least I would do is 3 days before. Manny needs to test to prove his climb is legit and Floyd brings in far more revenue so he needs to stand his ground on the split. Manny has no other mega-money options and everybody knows that.

I would respect him because it would mean that he does care a little about us fans. Although I don't blame him for doing what he has to do to get paid. Because nobody on NSB forums is going to pay his bills. Fictional awards like p4p mean nothing in money negotiations. People lie but numbers don't, Floyd sells more point blank. Now giving up 10 percent to make the testing go through and the fight happen would show great humility to me. I think Floyd should do it if Team pac agrees. Pac fans always say pac fights for legacy and Floyd for money. So let Floyd have the money and Manny can stroke his FOTD award.

[go1nbanana]

If PBF bends I will lose respect for him. He has to stand his ground 60/40 and OST up to fight time. The least I would do is 3 days before. Manny needs to test to prove his climb is legit and Floyd brings in far more revenue so he needs to stand his ground on the split. Manny has no other mega-money options and everybody knows that.

But mind you, Manny is not after the money, he could retire rich now and be just a congressman. He is just asking for the right split. The 2 are superstars of boxing and egos of not being dictated is one important thing.

[Wet Bandit]

As I read the endless arguments of who deserves a bigger percentage of the purse, I come to realize you guys are leaving out one important factor. If you take away De La Hoya(the biggest name in boxing for years, which neither Floyd or Manny were the A-side) and you look at the biggest names these guys have fought(Mosley and Cotto) the fights did about the same(Floyd number was a little higher). Now what does everybody on Earth say about this fight. They say that this will be the biggest fight of all-time. The estimates are 3-4 million ppv buys and all the other record breaking revenue the fight will bring in. Why is that? Why out of all the fights boxing has ever had will this fight be the biggest? Simple answer folks. The reason that this fight will shatter every money making record out there is because of the two men who will be fighting. The men that will be fighting are the #1A and #1B best and most popular fighters in the world you dumb *******s! Floyd can't hit those numbers without Manny and Manny can't hit those numbers without Floyd. They need each other. For that reason, it should be a 50/50 split. We are talking about crazy numbers here folks. Some boxing people think this fight could hit 5 million ppv buys. That's double Floyd and Oscar(the highest selling fight of all time). You don't hit those kind of numbers unless another superstar is standing across from you in that ring. And that's what Manny is, an international superstar. Quit disrespecting him. Give him his 50%.

[Sugar Q]

I would respect him because it would mean that he does care a little about us fans. Although I don't blame him for doing what he has to do to get paid. Because nobody on NSB forums is going to pay his bills. Fictional awards like p4p mean nothing in money negotiations. People lie but numbers don't, Floyd sells more point blank. Now giving up 10 percent to make the testing go through and the fight happen would show great humility to me. I think Floyd should do it if Team pac agrees.

PBF needs to show that he wouldn't do anything for money. He needs to show some principal here. He has to stand on the testing principal because Manny's excuses are full of ****. Then he has to know if Manny were in his position he wouldn't have a chance in hell at 50/50. He would get laughed at and ridiculed in the press for asking. Team Pac tries to bully and pout like they have leverage when they know they don't. It's not like Manny's options are PBF, Martinez or Williams we're talking about Cotto 2 or Cheatofest.

[AmericanFighter]

Numbers dont lie so if Pacquiao doesnt understand that then **** him and his dog and his cat too.In any case Arum calls the shots though and Arum will get that fight done now because he knows Pacquiao might not box for long so he will want to harvest.What Arum will do is accept the 60-40 arrangement because it is rational,tell Pacquiao to sign the dotted line and to save Pacquiao's face he will just mention that 'I had to dip into my pocket to give Manny the difference so this fight could be made'.Truth is Manny will not have been given nothing.

Who the "F" does Mayweather think he is? First time someone standing up to Floyd's ego. This time, ***** Floyd is not getting his way! If you can't say, "7 Weight Divisions, 7 Titles, 3-time Fighter Of The Year, and Fighter Of The Decade", then shut the "F" up.