Comments Thread For: Video: Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Pacquiao, 50 Cent, More

[ThePunchingBag]

I agree that Mayweather lost out on his biggest pay day. I also think that Pacquiao is an easier fight than anybody that's being thrown around at 54. Still though, it's not really that big of a loss for Mayweather. He's still the biggest draw in the sport. He can get 40+ million fighting Alvarez or Martinez. He could probably get 40 fighting Guerrero. He could even still fight Pacquiao, Pacquiao and Arum will be a lot more cooperative from now on I'll bet you that.

I hope so. I don't really care who makes how much, or who takes the lion's share. I can understand why Pac refused given the situation at the time, but I just want to see the fight.

Maybe now that Pac has lost some leverage that both he and Arum can acknowledge the fight might actually happen. Whether or not the fight is as big or if Pac is even as competitive, I still want to see it. This is Boxing. Anything is possible when two ATG fighters get in the ring together.

[mrpizza-nd_beer]

No matter how you spin it. It made no sense for Pacquiao to reject Mayweather's 40 million dollar offer in favor of taking less money to fight Marquez. This is why it baffles me to see people trying to clown Floyd for losing out on the Pacquiao pay day when Pacquiao is the one who has lost out on the Mayweather pay day. Pacquiao took a gigantic risk by turning down Mayweather's offer and he lost big time. Now he has even less leverage in a potential negotiation with Mayweather, and other than Marquez that's really his only big fight. Not only was he knocked out cold inside the ring, his earning power took a major hit as well.

Manny's a made man. You don't offer chump change to a Made Man.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

Floyd needs to go into politics.

He's good at swerving questions... when the reporter asks him about 50 all he says is 'i wish him nothing but the best blah blah blah'.

He seems more grounded / chilled / mature though.

maybe hes thinking it was his close friend and he doesnt want to discuss anything negative with the media?????????? if me and my close friend fell out id never speak negative about him so the media could feed off of it... just a thought

[Goldie]

Manny's a made man. You don't offer chump change to a Made Man.

If 40 million dollars is chump change, then what do you call what Pacquiao made to get KO'ed by Marquez? It was certainly less than 40 million.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

Manny's a made man. You don't offer chump change to a Made Man.

Pacquiao vs Marquez IV Purses
Similar to last year's purse allocation, Pacquiao had been promised at least $23 Million USD for the fight while Marquez will get a guaranteed $6 Million USD. In the end, Pacquaio may pocket upwards of $30 Million USD (depending on the volume of PPV buys). Juan's purse may increase as well.

[mistermartin]

Boy oh boy....These guys sure do make it difficult to like them. I wanna be in this guy's corner so bad...but he's so full of **** it seems impossible. The only time the dude is honest is when he's in the ring. It's ridiculous listening to these guys campaign.

Floyd may be a dynamo inside that ring but it certainly is clear that he's not an intelligent human being otherwise. I feel bad for the guy. He's so emotional. You can tell he's butthurt over the 50 situation. But business is business. 50 is big time. He doesn't need to sit and wait for anybody to do his thing. I salute that mentality. Opportunity waits for no man.

[gbonafide]

Ouch

Floyd is the best boxer on the planet but with comments like "You don't ever learn nothin' from losing your freedom" proves he's got a loooong way to go to reach contender level intelligence. I can't think of anything more that would force you to learn a life lesson.

[Sin City]

sounds like 50 Cent was telling the truth. Mayweather went around the question like he had something to hide or didn't want to own up.

[pedrito]

Holy **** the guy can't answer a single question. Every answer comes down to "like I said before" bla bla bla and things totally unrelated to the question. Not even when the interviewer asks something twice or three times does Floyd change his discourse.

[radioraheem]

Floyd is the best boxer on the planet but with comments like "You don't ever learn nothin' from losing your freedom" proves he's got a loooong way to go to reach contender level intelligence. I can't think of anything more that would force you to learn a life lesson.

Have you not heard that losing one's freedom doesn't really rehabilitate a criminal? Maybe in some cases it can be effective, but not usually. Therefore, it's very likely they may continue to repeat the crime afterwards? This is part of Sociology 101.