THE MONEY ISSUE: Floyd Mayweather In ESPN The Magazine

[Fighting Pride]

The best part of the article

It says that Mayweather dictates his AND Cotto's purse, sets the ticket prices for the fight, sets the "suggested" pay per view prices, rented 440 movie theaters to the tune of $20 a head.

Floyd runs this ****

When you see this, that is why it is almost incredulous to Floyd for someone to even ask for 50/50 when he has so much control over his fights.

At the end of the day, Pacquiao's fights generate as much as Floyd's, sell as much, gross as much. Floyd wants to be greedy, **** him, let him put the finishing touches on his legacy fighting Khan and Canelo for 90-10 splits. If he's happy not to prove he was the best of his gen, and forever have that shadow of Pac over him, all the best to him

[DeadLikeMe]

That is why the pinoy have spent the last two days posting that list of highest paid athletes from ESPN Mag last year. They're mad Floyd is featured in ESPN the Magazine.

I was wondering why some of the tards were dragging up a two year old list and posting it around boxing forums

[Gino Ros]

At the end of the day, Pacquiao's fights generate as much as Floyd's, sell as much, gross as much.

That would be true... if the facts didn't say that it is NOT true.

[Fighting Pride]

COTTO-PACQUIAO GATE REVENUES:

EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO

MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 11/14/09

15,470 Attendance


$ 8,847,550.00 Gate revenues

It will be interesting to see how much more revenues Pacquiao generated with Cotto than what Floyd will be able to produce on Saturday night.

About as interesting as comparing Pac-Marquez III's numbers to Mayweather-Marquez's numbers. People can scramble the numbers all they want, 50-50 is fair, what Mayweather wants definately is not.

[Fighting Pride]

That would be true... if the facts didn't say that it is NOT true.

Well I know Pac-Marquez did more buys and generated as much money than Mayweather's fight last year. I know the Cotto fight in 09 sold more and generated more than Mayweather's fight that year. So yeah, in 2 of the 3 years they've been going head to head, Pac has had the bigger fight. That's what the facts say.

[Pocket Dogs!]

That ESPN the magazine article was better than Floyd's last 3 24/7s combined.

[Come∂ian]

Well I know Pac-Marquez did more buys and generated as much money than Mayweather's fight last year. I know the Cotto fight in 09 sold more and generated more than Mayweather's fight that year. So yeah, in 2 of the 3 years they've been going head to head, Pac has had the bigger fight. That's what the facts say.

Mayweather - De La Hoya > Pacquiao - De La Hoya
Mayweather - Mosley > Pacquiao - Mosley
Mayweather - Hatton > Pacquiao - Hatton
Mayweather - Marquez < Pacquaio - Marquez 3

and we all know whats gonna happen MAy 5th

Mayweather - Cotto > Pacquiao - Cotto

so after next week Floyd will be up 4-1 over Pac in common opponents.....

[Fighting Pride]

Mayweather - De La Hoya > Pacquiao - De La Hoya
Mayweather - Mosley > Pacquiao - Mosley
Mayweather - Hatton > Pacquiao - Hatton
Mayweather - Marquez < Pacquaio - Marquez 3

and we all know whats gonna happen MAy 5th

Mayweather - Cotto > Pacquiao - Cotto

so after next week Floyd will be up 4-1 over Pac in common opponents.....

Well those fights happened at different times and economic times, different stages of their opponents' career. In any case, you spin it that way for Floyd, you can spin it back Pac's way in PPV total/average vs common opponents as A-sides which is what is relevant to today (Mosley, Hatton, Marquez), Pac 3.45M-Floyd 3.32M. Floyd does not deserve to take the share of the money he wants, which is around 70-30 by my calculations. 50-50 was never a problem, now Pac outsells him last year, the second time in 3 years going head to head he outsold him, and agrees to the test and it is suddenly what is holding up the fight? F'n disgraces Mayweather and his fans are, for pushing this facade

[NEELZ]

The whole "Mayweather Gets Money" parade to the fight is a big turnoff for me. It makes me not want to get the fight and give this SOB any more money. That is first on his agenda, the money. I don't think he is nearly as concerned about the quality of the fight. I think Cotto is a good opponent and I will rooting for him.

What I get when I see 24/7 is that Mayweather is taking the fight for granted. I feel he may be shortchanging his training a little because he feels God won't let him lose. I think Cotto's training appears more focused. When Mayweather says no athlete anywhere on planet Earth trains as hard as him, he is delusional. I am sure than are probably thousands in various sports, such as marathoners, for example, who train far more and harder.

I am also surprised that someone hasn't stolen Mayweather's wad of money by now, the way he carelessly flashes it around. I would bet there is some group of thugs that watches closely and has something in the back of their minds.

[iceman1985]

THAT ****Y MOTHER@#$%z^$ I HOPE HE GETS HIS ASS KICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!