Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Explains Las Vegas/Macau Event Differences

[IMDAZED]

Its simple math.

U.S tax rate for those making more than $400k/yr - 39.6%

China's tax maximum tax rate for individuals. - 15%.


Pac is guaranteed $20mil per fight.

We don't know what Pac's guarantee is.

[STEELHEAD]

if you had a choice to choose . u.s. taxes or chinese taxes. who wins?

If I'm not mistaken, Pacquiao only pays around 13% in taxes when fighting in Macau rather than almost 40% here in the states.

Thank Que!

[bigjavi973]

no mention of floydie and its fun to see the flowmos STILL be butthurt

[STREET CLEANER]

I believe what Pac says but he forgot to mention that also the taxes are so much better over there

[The Gambler1981]

probably not lol it looks like PR talk to me

But I understand fully why Macau is being tapped by ARum, it makes sense, Manny can still come over to the US and fight a familiar American name and get 700-800k PPV buys but the money isn't the same because of taxes, yet in Macau he gets paid more...less taxes lol Win win for him and his promoter.

Plus, from a boxing fan point of view, it opens up new markets for the sport i love so can't complain. Wish more major championship fights took place outside of las Vegas which is becoming stale

Oh I get it and it is cool. Macau is footing the bill and when someone is paying you tend to say what they want, it is what it is. If it makes them more money to fight in Macau, then it would be kind of dumb to turn that down.

It was just cracking me up thinking about Manny saying this in an interview format in English, which is how the release is set up to look.

[bimhead]

Yeah, we ship our fights to some back corner of the world because the money is so much better! Shhh, don't tell anyone!

if you're from the Philippines,the u.s is some back corner of the world,NOT CHINA

[InvalidUserID]

Money. No shame in that.

I don't like paying taxes either and if I could do the same job, technically closer to my home, and keep more money, why not?

[bimhead]

It still reads like something a Chinese person would say and not Manny Pacquiao. I keep up on China so I read lots of their English stuff and it reads exactly like this.

inter-es-ting................................NOT!!!

[IMDAZED]

if you're from the Philippines,the u.s is some back corner of the world,NOT CHINA

Back corner isn't a geographical reference.

[The Gambler1981]

inter-es-ting................................NOT!!!

Great deep response~ I take it you are very well read on The People's Daily