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

[ThePunchingBag]

JMM took about 1/4th of what Manny made to get in the ring! Too bad manny wouldn't do same with floyd to get him in the ring.

JMM had no choice.

For JMM it was about more than the money.

Pac and Floyd are both superstars that draw a lot of viewers. You can't compare the two situations.

[Boxing's Truth]

sometimes i wonder does he hear the questions, because he answers some irrelevant ****.

I'm a big Money fan and think that there's no one out there that can beat him. But I'm with you here. A lot of times Floyd confuses the hell out of me when he answers questions asked of him. It's like he dodges all these questions. Oh well, the dude is great in the ring, that's all that matters I guess.

[Goldie]

JMM had no choice.

For JMM it was about more than the money.

Pac and Floyd are both superstars that draw a lot of viewers. You can't compare the two situations.

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.

[ThePunchingBag]

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.

Pac has lost a lot of leverage true, but you can't use hindsight to justify your position.

Pac was getting cut out of a large share of the financial pie against Mayweather when he felt that he was one half of a whole. Don't really know why Mayweather felt the need to offer such a ridiculous deal all things considered at the time. Both of them lost out. Floyd will never see a larger payday than the one he was looking at back in late 2010-early 2011.

[HazeAnatomy]

sometimes i wonder does he hear the questions, because he answers some irrelevant ****.

He hears them,He just says only what he wants to say and deflects what he doesnt care to speak on. He could say "no Comment" or he could just talk around it. Its politics...

[HazeAnatomy]

Its called Deflection. he Knows EXACTLY what he is saying. politicians do it all the time. Instead of saying "No Comment" on a topic that you dont care to speak on, you just talk around it until your talking about what you care to speak on. its a basic concept that a lot of high profile figures(athletes included use). Floyd is not the best at the art of it, but he's just as effective as ***** in the fact that, he's not going to say anything that he doesnt want to say. Simple.

[HazeAnatomy]

JMM had no choice.

For JMM it was about more than the money.

Pac and Floyd are both superstars that draw a lot of viewers. You can't compare the two situations.

True. What You can Compare is numbers and If Manny Has an Average of 36 Million in Total generated Revenue in his Last 6 Fights and Floyd has an Average of 58 Million in total Generated Revenue Per Fight, then guess who gets the Lions Share. Men and Women Lie,Numbers Dont.

[Goldie]

Pac has lost a lot of leverage true, but you can't use hindsight to justify your position.

Pac was getting cut out of a large share of the financial pie against Mayweather when he felt that he was one half of a whole. Don't really know why Mayweather felt the need to offer such a ridiculous deal all things considered at the time. Both of them lost out. Floyd will never see a larger payday than the one he was looking at back in late 2010-early 2011.

This was actually my position before the fight. It was obvious that Pacquiao was taking a huge risk in fighting Marquez again. Common wisdom was that Marquez had been jerked by the judges in their previous fights which had many people thinking that they would make up for this by giving Marquez the benefit of the doubt in the case of a close fight that went to the cards. Obviously it didn't come to that seeing as Marquez took things in his own right hand and lullabied Pacquiao, but the point remains. It was a huge risk and it's no surprise that it bit him in the behind. Yes Pacquiao was being cut out of a huge share of the pie, but the 40 million he would have made is still much more than he has ever made and ever will make. Evidently Pacquiao realized that he wasn't Mayweather's equal as a draw if he was willing to accept a 45-55 split. Now Pacquiao's earning potential may have been cut in half, and he has few options. He'll have to crawl to get Mayweather now. Yes we are now talking in hindsight but this was easily forseen. While nobody really expected Marquez to render Pacquiao senseless, many people predicted to him to win.

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.

[ThePunchingBag]

True. What You can Compare is numbers and If Manny Has an Average of 36 Million in Total generated Revenue in his Last 6 Fights and Floyd has an Average of 58 Million in total Generated Revenue Per Fight, then guess who gets the Lions Share. Men and Women Lie,Numbers Dont.

Numbers can be manipulated.

Shares can be debated.

Giving up 100% of PPV revenue is just plain ******.

[mrpizza-nd_beer]

spoken like a true champion. all boxing roads lead to floyd mayweather jr. 43 have tried and all 43 have failed. there's no blue print to defeat the #1 p4p,the most skilled, and undefeated,greatest non-heavyweight fighter in the history of boxing.

I'm beginning to believe you are the one and only Floyd ****sucker Ellerbe.