Comments Thread For: Atlas Blasts Arum, Talks Mayweather-Pacquiao Outcome

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Because Mayweather wants his end guaranteed by someone. GB will NOT guarantee his end and they NEVER guarantee the money on his fights. He pays them a small fee, around 2 mill, to be a co-promoter. Mayweather guarantees his own money and the money of the opponent, but nobody really knows how much he makes per show.

That's the difference, and the advantage, of Pacquiao having Arum. Whether the pay-per-view fails or does well, Manny gets his money guaranteed no matter what. If Mayweather's pay-per-view fails, he could go broke, like Jones Jr. did with the Hopkins rematch, where GB only guaranteed Hopkins' end of the deal.

That's why Arum says, I will guarantee Pacquiao's end of the deal, but I won't guarantee both fighters. If he guarantees each guy 40-50 million, the pay-per-view would have to sell at least 2 million buys or more to make a profit. There is no guarantee it sells 2 million because of Internet piracy and HBO also takes their cut.

So who was guaranteeing Mayweather's cut during the first negotiations in 2009? Bob didn't have no problem then.

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So who was guaranteeing Mayweather's cut during the first negotiations in 2009? Bob didn't have no problem then.

Back in 2009, Arum actually wanted that fight.....

Since Team Pacquiao became aware that Mayweather would not concede regarding his OSDT request, they have never considered making that fight.

Also, people seem to be forgetting.....

Immediately after JMM/Pac III, Mayweather reached out to Top Rank via Richard Schaefer, and they went through the correct channels.

Richard Schaefer issued a request through Judge Daniel Weinburg, the agent who acted as mediator during the official negotiation.

Bob Arum informed GBP, via Weinburg, that they were not interested in negotiating with Mayweather because they were whole-heartedly pursuing a fourth fight with Marquez.

Since 2009, Team Pacquiao have never seriously considered Mayweather.