Comments Thread For: Pacquiao on Mayweather-Cotto, Stands Firm on 50/50 Split

[maguirre]

Arum made a second attempt to make the fight happen two years ago with then HBO pres Greenburg's supervision. Floyd snubbed him and went on a looooong vacation.

Just recently Pac sent Koncz at Mayweather's gym and, again, Mr Floyd didn't take advantage of the goodwill gesture. Nothing happened. They (Pac/Floyd) talked on the phone and Pac wanted 50/50. Floyd offered something like 80/20.

WTF! Is this the picture of a guy who want the fight to happen?

That's why Pac needs to forget about this guy and let him rot and stay looking like a duck for the rest of his life.

He's got 1.5 years to decide.

[badass316]

50/50 is the way to go. Floyd is doubting himself against Pacquiao.

That and/or he wants to walk a way with king's ransom aka retirement money. He isn't offering a 60/40 split. He's offering a flat fee of $40 million to a fight that has the potential to do 150-160 million.

[reeflegend]

Arum made a second attempt to make the fight happen two years ago with then HBO pres Greenburg's supervision. Floyd snubbed him and went on a looooong vacation.

Just recently Pac sent Koncz at Mayweather's gym and, again, Mr Floyd didn't take advantage of the goodwill gesture. Nothing happened. They (Pac/Floyd) talked on the phone and Pac wanted 50/50. Floyd offered something like 80/20.

WTF! Is this the picture of a guy who want the fight to happen?

That's why Pac needs to forget about this guy and let him rot and stay looking like a duck for the rest of his life.

He's got 1.5 years to decide.

This is completely false kincz did go to the gym along with joe Jackson but no details of the fight were discussed, fight hype has that whole story in detail..and I mean detail cause I know they are a mayweather site, but they were spot on...bob arum makes the fights koncz as nothing to do with anything..your being fooled about bob

[reeflegend]

Arum made a second attempt to make the fight happen two years ago with then HBO pres Greenburg's supervision. Floyd snubbed him and went on a looooong vacation.

Just recently Pac sent Koncz at Mayweather's gym and, again, Mr Floyd didn't take advantage of the goodwill gesture. Nothing happened. They (Pac/Floyd) talked on the phone and Pac wanted 50/50. Floyd offered something like 80/20.

WTF! Is this the picture of a guy who want the fight to happen?

That's why Pac needs to forget about this guy and let him rot and stay looking like a duck for the rest of his life.

He's got 1.5 years to decide.

Floyd snubbed him two years ago cause bob didn't want the fight being promoted along side Golden Boy he wanted Mayweather to use Top Rank for the promotion and Logistics...


This Guy both of these fighters are at fault for not making this fight happen... Its not a one way thing.people can call Duckweather a ducwe or whatever fact of the matter Manny has zero say in who he fights and he's admitted it, but that am will FIGHT ANYONE...mayweather and arum have a long history with each other and they are still involved In a legal battle for some money over the judah fight....if they wanted this fight...they would've made it happen...I mean Floyd is being a ***** now...but manny said no to tests said he was scared of needles got a tattoo and fought Clottey in one of the worst fights be ever seen....it's two people at fault..anyone can be a fan...but enough guys...they both are at fault here ?..Manny leaves Arum and this right happens tomorrow

[pac2]

to that dude that says doesn't pac have to pay Arum no he doesn't Arum pays him. Arum tells him what he's getting paid Top Rank is Bob Arum's company Arum pays million to put these fight's on Pac is just an employee fighting for a check.

Thats like saying you pay the place where you work at because you get a check. No you are an employee they pay you they tell you what you get paid, you don't call any shots you don't pay the property tax of the building where you work or the light bill, or the phone bill, or the millions in advertising for the company you work for a check that they tell you how much it's going to be you don't pay the people you work for they pay you. Just like pac with top rank.

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I haven't heard of anything this idiotic since Mitt Romney tried to take credit for saving the automobile industry. The simple and practical reason Pacquiao won't get anything near 50/50 is that he doesn't sell as well as Mayweather does, the numbers are the numbers and no amount of fan hysteria will change that. There are a lot of numbers crunchers on both sides that are dispassionately looking at both fighters for their earning potential. They have no caring about drug tests or who's ducking whom. All they care about are decimals points and revenue. These guys know that Mayweather generates more or he wouldn't have been given the largest guarantee for a fight in history, they understand that whatever risks they take will be well compensated for in the end.

Pacquiao’s just flapping his gums. He knows he doesn't deserve half, and if he doesn't understand this he's taken one too many punches to the dome. There is no way in hell Pacquiao-Bradley does more than 1.5 million buys and based on Bob Arum's fuzzy math and reluctance to release Manny's PPV numbers, the cold logic of this situation remains pretty clear.

How can a man that doesn't sell as well as Mayweather demand not just half, but have the temerity to turn down more money than he's ever made in favor of an equal split? His logic, or should I say, Arum's logic makes no sense whatsoever. I'm trying to see this from a logical point of view rather than from an emotional one. Manny doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to demanding a 50% take. Everyone knows Manny’s just window dressing and the one who really makes the decisions won't do anything until he can make a gargantuan profit. Whatever scraps Manny gets in the end will wind up being his purse.

As long as Manny has a boss he can stop talking about percentages, it's like a two year old talking about his daddy's paycheck.