The answer to the "challenge" is simple one; he "can't step on the plate" because Pacquiao refuses to accept the fight.
-He refused the fight in 2009, over even the notion of random testing.
-He refused the fight in 2010, over the idea of being tested 30 days till the fight.
-He refused the fight in 2012, over thinking that $40m was too little a payday.
-He and his camp seemed to have refused $40m + 35% of the PPV upside.
The fight has been offered up, with final contracts on the table several times, yet it's been Pacquiao who has refused to "step up to the plate". The charade needs to stop; Top Rank/Pacquiao never wanted the fight, and they don't want it now.
Should just call up Marquez, offer him a 50/50 split of the take ($10m + 50% of the upside on the fight, if Top Rank is unwilling to split things 50/50), put on Pacquiao-Marquez 5, and be done with it.
-He refused the fight in 2009, over even the notion of random testing.
-He refused the fight in 2010, over the idea of being tested 30 days till the fight.
-He refused the fight in 2012, over thinking that $40m was too little a payday.
-He and his camp seemed to have refused $40m + 35% of the PPV upside.
The fight has been offered up, with final contracts on the table several times, yet it's been Pacquiao who has refused to "step up to the plate". The charade needs to stop; Top Rank/Pacquiao never wanted the fight, and they don't want it now.
Should just call up Marquez, offer him a 50/50 split of the take ($10m + 50% of the upside on the fight, if Top Rank is unwilling to split things 50/50), put on Pacquiao-Marquez 5, and be done with it.
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