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Yes, "MANNY" is once again agreeing to a Floyd Mayweather Jr demand.
Yes "MANNY" is agreeing to a 55/45 split.
Yes "MANNY" is agreeing to random blood and urine testing.
But, ARUM has never agreed to any of the above terms. This is the same song and dance from Pacquiao's camp. Manny agrees to Floyd's terms then Arum comes out and vehemently refuses Floyd's terms.
And on cue, Manny follows up with "It is up to my promoter Bob Arum... he... uhhh... makes... uhhh decision for who I fight..."
So yes, "MANNY" has and always will continue to come out and publicly state that he agrees to whatever Floyd wants to do. But also, by this "MANNY's" own words, he also says "It's up to my promoter Bob Arum."
This strategy is brilliantly designed to keep Manny's reputation as a fearless boxer securely intact by deflected the blame off him and putting it on the Floyd and/or Arum and it's worked beautifully because so many boxing fans have the perception that the power to make the fight happen solely rests on Floyd's shoulders.
Find 1 article where Arum agress to the 55/45 split. Please find one article reported by a primetime, reputable news syndicate that Bob Arum says "we agree to a 55/45 split in favor of Floyd Mayweather Jr." You will not find one article.
But here's what you what you will find:
Do a google search for the following keywords "Arum" "55/45" and you'll see plenty of content in the search engine results with the keywords "Arum" and "55/45".
Let's look at Boxing[N]ew24's article titled "Pacquiao willing to give Mayweather 55/45 split, but thinks he’s afraid to fight"
By Chris Williams: In an interview on ESPN earlier Thursday, Manny Pacquiao said he’d be willing to give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a 55/45 split of the purse just to make the fight happen along with full drug testing for performance enhancing drugs.
Pacquiao said this as quoted by fighthype.com: “I’m waiting for that fight [Mayweather] to happen…It’s okay for me if he gets the higher percentage than me…I told him [Mayweather] that I agree with 45 and 55. No problem [full drug testing]. Whatever he wants. Even the night of the fight, no problem.”- Pacquiao
That sounds well and good but what Pacquiao says and his promoter Bob Arum say seem to be two different things. In the recent past, Arum has said that a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight can’t happen unless there’s a 50-50 purse split. Now we’ve got Pacquiao saying he spoke to Mayweather in the past and agreed to a 45/55 split. I don’t know who to believe – Pacquiao or Arum? My thoughts are that Pacquiao can say 45/55 all he wants, but if Arum is sticking to the 50/50 line then the fight won’t get made. Arum is the one that will likely be doing the negotiating with Mayweather, not Pacquiao.
-Boxing[N]ew24's article is not hard to find
Another example: www.Mayweathervspacman.com
"This is like craziness," Arum said. "Manny is the box-office star, he is the pay-per-view star. He has all the endorsements. Who the (expletive) is this guy? I was shocked when Manny said we will do a 50-50 because I would not have done 50-50.
Arum was pissed that Floyd would even have the audacity to think he deserves anything more than a 50/50 split.
Call Mayweather what you will, but you can't call him the blame for this fight not happening. The blame is on Arum, the promoter, whom Manny says makes the decisions on who he fights.
But honestly, the blame is on Manny because Manny ultimately makes the final decision on who he decides he wants to fight when Arum presents his options. Arum can only recommend who he wants Manny to fight, Manny has the power to say "screw those guys Arum. Get me Floyd at all costs!" Then you'll hear Arum come out and publicly say "I agree to those the 55/45 split in favor of Mayweather and I will present this to Manny." Until then its...
The Same 'Ol Game
Yes, "MANNY" is once again agreeing to a Floyd Mayweather Jr demand.
Yes "MANNY" is agreeing to a 55/45 split.
Yes "MANNY" is agreeing to random blood and urine testing.
But, ARUM has never agreed to any of the above terms. This is the same song and dance from Pacquiao's camp. Manny agrees to Floyd's terms then Arum comes out and vehemently refuses Floyd's terms.
And on cue, Manny follows up with "It is up to my promoter Bob Arum... he... uhhh... makes... uhhh decision for who I fight..."
So yes, "MANNY" has and always will continue to come out and publicly state that he agrees to whatever Floyd wants to do. But also, by this "MANNY's" own words, he also says "It's up to my promoter Bob Arum."
This strategy is brilliantly designed to keep Manny's reputation as a fearless boxer securely intact by deflected the blame off him and putting it on the Floyd and/or Arum and it's worked beautifully because so many boxing fans have the perception that the power to make the fight happen solely rests on Floyd's shoulders.
Find 1 article where Arum agress to the 55/45 split. Please find one article reported by a primetime, reputable news syndicate that Bob Arum says "we agree to a 55/45 split in favor of Floyd Mayweather Jr." You will not find one article.
But here's what you what you will find:
Do a google search for the following keywords "Arum" "55/45" and you'll see plenty of content in the search engine results with the keywords "Arum" and "55/45".
Let's look at Boxing[N]ew24's article titled "Pacquiao willing to give Mayweather 55/45 split, but thinks he’s afraid to fight"
By Chris Williams: In an interview on ESPN earlier Thursday, Manny Pacquiao said he’d be willing to give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a 55/45 split of the purse just to make the fight happen along with full drug testing for performance enhancing drugs.
Pacquiao said this as quoted by fighthype.com: “I’m waiting for that fight [Mayweather] to happen…It’s okay for me if he gets the higher percentage than me…I told him [Mayweather] that I agree with 45 and 55. No problem [full drug testing]. Whatever he wants. Even the night of the fight, no problem.”- Pacquiao
That sounds well and good but what Pacquiao says and his promoter Bob Arum say seem to be two different things. In the recent past, Arum has said that a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight can’t happen unless there’s a 50-50 purse split. Now we’ve got Pacquiao saying he spoke to Mayweather in the past and agreed to a 45/55 split. I don’t know who to believe – Pacquiao or Arum? My thoughts are that Pacquiao can say 45/55 all he wants, but if Arum is sticking to the 50/50 line then the fight won’t get made. Arum is the one that will likely be doing the negotiating with Mayweather, not Pacquiao.
-Boxing[N]ew24's article is not hard to find
Another example: www.Mayweathervspacman.com
"This is like craziness," Arum said. "Manny is the box-office star, he is the pay-per-view star. He has all the endorsements. Who the (expletive) is this guy? I was shocked when Manny said we will do a 50-50 because I would not have done 50-50.
Arum was pissed that Floyd would even have the audacity to think he deserves anything more than a 50/50 split.
Call Mayweather what you will, but you can't call him the blame for this fight not happening. The blame is on Arum, the promoter, whom Manny says makes the decisions on who he fights.
But honestly, the blame is on Manny because Manny ultimately makes the final decision on who he decides he wants to fight when Arum presents his options. Arum can only recommend who he wants Manny to fight, Manny has the power to say "screw those guys Arum. Get me Floyd at all costs!" Then you'll hear Arum come out and publicly say "I agree to those the 55/45 split in favor of Mayweather and I will present this to Manny." Until then its...
The Same 'Ol Game
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