Originally posted by Evol
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Anyhow it is a last resort fight. For example, think Jones jr and B-Hop rematch. They should have made that years ago.. but it never happened. It was one of those fights that would be a last resort for both at the end of their career that would still make more money than any other fight that could be made for them.
Granted they are not super stars like Mayweather and Pac but for what they generate it was decent for them. Mayweather and Pac is a last resort fight. A fight that will always be there for both of them just as long as people have this idea that Floyd is supposed to be scared and/or that Pac will be the first man to beat Floyd etc.
Doesn’t matter when or how many loses Pac has, it is a fight that will make all people involved a lot of money and that is even if Floyd gets a lot more of the cut.
In the meantime, Bob can make a lot of money without having to share it while also feeding people the idea that Floyd is scared aka hyping Pac. It's business and Bob is REALLY good at it. He's been making fights for decades, people that think he can't make this fight are idiots.
He's keeping things in house and making himself a lot of money and will make a lot more in the end, even IF Floyd gets the larger share. If Pac loses to Floyd first, his stock is done. Nobody will care as his hype is built on beating Floyd.
Just look what happened after the JMM III fight. His stock dropped because he couldn't beat old man JMM at WW like Floyd did. That convinced a lot of people that he will never be able to beat Floyd. Why would Bob expose pac before exhausting all his options? It’s the same thing with Alvarez and GBP's? Hoya has never been keen on feeding his cashcow to Mayweather even though Alvarez is all for it. It's business and Bob is business when it comes to boxing. Hate the bastard but he knows how to build and protect a fighter.
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