Comments Thread For: Mayweather Explains Why 'He Can't' Give Pacquiao 50-50

[D4thincarnation]

Floyd wants the lions share of the money and that's whats keeping the fight from happening. Whether he deserves all of the PPV is irrelevant, he thinks he should get it. As long as there are names like Cotto, Canelo and Martinez willing to give him his split and PPV he can just move past Manny.

Nothing to do with money, Floyd just doesn't want it, or he would not have agreed to 50/50 two years previous.

Floyd will make more money from 50/50 with Pacquiao than 80/20 with any other fighter.

Floyd simply doesn't want it he never has.

[PACsmash]

has any of floyd's opponents got zero on the ppv share??? even the upcoming fight with cotto i believe cotto is getting something from the ppv?

dunn u wanna take a shot at this??

[D4thincarnation]

has any of floyd's opponents got zero on the ppv share??? even the upcoming fight with cotto i believe cotto is getting something from the ppv?

Hatton got something like a 65/35 split and Hatton took 100% of the British PPV money.

Can't believe some people buy this stuff Floyd comes out with, but as they say there is one born every minute.

[PACsmash]

Hatton got something like a 65/35 split and Hatton took 100% of the British PPV money.

Can't believe some people buy this stuff Floyd comes out with, but as they say there is one born every minute.

as i thought.. so floyd fans, why wont floyd take a 50/50 split with pac when it was agreed upon before? and why wouldnt floyd give pac any of the ppv shares when his pass opponents did?? and dunn u still believe this is not a duck move?

[D4thincarnation]

as i thought.. so floyd fans, why wont floyd take a 50/50 split with pac when it was agreed upon before? and why wouldnt floyd give pac any of the ppv shares when his pass opponents did?? and dunn u still believe this is not a duck move?

Bit harsh on Floyd fans, most of them know the score now, even though some won't admit it openly. It is only a few left that are willing to defend Floyd's position now and they will defend him no matter what.

Anyone with a ounce of logic, common sense knows what is going, it really could not be any clearer.

Makes me think the one that still defend Floyd have mental issues if they really believe the stuff they type.

[TP6 U Snitch]

"It's amazing how much crying Manny and his fans do, and I feel bad for them but Manny chooses to put other things in front of his boxing career and thats not Floyd's problem. The dude said he would take less money, the NSAC paperwork revealing past guaranteed purses proves he deserves less money, and other than Arum 'projections' of his PPV sales; We still don't really know what Pacquiao's true worth is. I applaud Mayweather for blowing holes in theories which attacks African/Americans and their intelligence, because he has not only exposed and exploited the Media for what it is, but he has also got the drop on Arum and Manny and how they've been manipulating the public...beautiful.

Can Manny get the fight, I'm sure he can but he's knows what he has to do. Mayweather laid his own path to riches and success in the business a while ago, and an eventual fight with a guy like Martinez looming make all the talk of he, Pacquiao, and legacy fight in the same sentence irrelevant. But hey Pacquiao fans; like I said before I can feel your pain and all Manny has to do is wake up and smell the coffee, because otherwise he'll keep watching the Mayweather payday 'Walk on By'..."

The Truck

[tatangb45]

He told the media that because he believed Manny was using PED's of some sort. Then floyd asked for OST, after agreeing to all manny's stips. Fight initially died because Manny wouldn't submit to random testing. Ever since then it doesn't seem the fight was even close.

You just related the beginnings of the fear that has plagued Floyd's mind. The moment he witnessed what happened to Hatton and Cotto, he could not believe that was possible. How can this one-dimensional midget destroy his opponents in that manner? He could not believe it, his father could not believe it, his uncle-trainer could not believe it. That is when he started becoming paranoid to the point of accusing Pac of using peds. The paranoia never left him, and probably became worse when Pac finally conceded to his demand. If Pac is confident enough to accept that challenge, then he must not be on peds, the guy must be real.

Floyd's main concern now is to protect himself and must do everything to prevent him from being 'pushed into a fight that he should not be involved in'. It has become an all out effort to keep intact 'the most important thing for him, his health'. It is now a matter of 'self preservation'.

[toyboy33]

Nothing to do with money, Floyd just doesn't want it, or he would not have agreed to 50/50 two years previous.

Floyd will make more money from 50/50 with Pacquiao than 80/20 with any other fighter.

Floyd simply doesn't want it he never has.

It has everything to about money. That and ego.

[GRUSTLER]

I find it rather funny how Pacquiao fans try to forget about the first negotiations and when they do remember. They always forget about Pac ducking Floyd and the random blood tests with the excuses "Floyd never asked anyone else to take the tests" or "Who is Floyd to demand Pac to take a random blood test" or "Manny don't have to bend over for Floyd". All of those are b!tc# @$$ excuses. Personally I'm not into Mayweather because dude is a diva and a cry baby but fact of the matter is, Floyd was ready to fight in 09 and the only reason the fight didn't happen was because Manny wanted to know when the tests would be administered, taking the word RANDOM out of random blood and urine testing.

Not saying Pac was/is taking anything because I just think he was matched up properly to look greater then he really is but the reals is. Pac didn't want to take blood tests to fight the best and biggest fight of his career and get PAID. Back then Mayweather agreed to 50/50, weight penalty, the whole nine. How can Pac fans sit at their computers and type non sense about Floyd ducking? Pac negotiated a fight with Clottey while he was negotiating with Mayweather. It was Manny Pacquiao's fault that this fight didn't happen when it was supposed to and to deny that and favor Pac, clearly shows you are bias, ESPECIALLY if you are cosigning all of Pac and Arum's excuses.

Schaefer believes that Arum's position of leaving it up to the commission is him "moving the goal post."

"The pressure is on Pacquiao," he said. "They keep moving the goal post like they did with the $10 million weight penalty [if either fighter is over the contract maximum 147 pounds, which we agreed to. They didn't think we would accept that. When we did, they had to find something else to make into a problem. So now they're saying it's up to the commission instead of wanting to negotiate the drug testing with us. I don't want to hear that if the fight breaks up it was because of us. When they came to us with a $10 million weight penalty, they didn't expect us to say yes. They thought we'd say no. So when we said yes, they had to come up with something else. Now we're off USADA, and they are going to come and say only urine testing if that's what the commission says. It's really frustrating.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=4772853

But after nine hours in mediation on Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., and further attempts to come to a resolution on Wednesday failed, the fight was pronounced dead by the Pacquiao camp.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=4808708.

In my opinion I feel Floyd should have just fought him without the tests because I believe he could still whip him if he was juiced up but I'm not Floyd. If he believes Manny was on something then he had/has a right to ask for a test. The funny thing is. Why wouldn't Pacquiao agree to it if the dude was clean OR if he really wanted to fight? Have to be one of the two. Anyway, ain't trying to beat a dead horse but $h!t is crazy when you think about how many Pac fans ignore this just to support Manny. Don't you guys know that the fight ain't happen because of something so petty? Be fans of the sport and not just for 1 boxer if you are going to come on here and tell people they're bugging and call them names when the facts and truth is right there.

[SplitSecond]

^^ @ the weight penalty actually being any kind of roadblock
and i dont remember pacquiao ever wanting to know when the tests were happening, but rather a cut-off date