Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: It's 80-20 That Mayweather Fight Will Happen

[Flash13]

Floyd on pacquiao: "his ppv numbers are terrible"

Floyd on cotto: "he has a country behind him. Hes the lineal mw champ"

Pacs ppv numbers: 300k
Cottos ppv number: 350k

are we missing something here?

Yes. Pac made 23 million for that fight cotto made 8. They had it in China because macau paid bob arum 10 million just to have it there. Just to stage the fight in macau they got 10 million. So just you can't just compare ppv buys; you have to compare purses.

floyd made 32 million in a fight that LOST money (so hes not worth that much)
Pac made 23 million in a fight that MADE money

so 60/40 is more than reasonable.

[jomarc]

Is this coming from a guy who usually doesn't know who he's fighting until 2 months before the fight?

Stop already you have never been part of negotiations.

you should also shut your mouth because you've never been part of the negotiation.

[HanzGruber]

I think we should compare the PPV numbers for Pacquiao-Bradley (last U.S. fight for Pac) vs. Mayweather-Maidana 2 (last U.S. fight) which had comparable undercards... and those PPV buys should decide the percentage of the money split... if only we could only get Floyd to permit Showtime to release the numbers lol..

Mayweather: "Pacquiao has terrible PPV numbers" But won't release his own PPV numbers for his last fight ROFL... I really cracked up when I heard Floyd bring up PPV numbers...

This fight is happening at least 3 years too late... and Floyd is still acting like Pac is a low-level opponent with horrible PPV numbers... so I don't see, based on Floyd's comments, why he's even "negotiating" the fight...

Floyd saying Pac has horrible PPV numbers is basically saying that Pac isn't a worthy opponent and Floyd doesn't need him... so let's end the negotiations and move on.. I'm sure Floyd can make the same money fighting any other opponent as he can Pac (because other opponents go on the Today show and are asked about fighting Floyd too)...

Lol (last us fight) why does the location of the fight matter. Not like the ppv was early saturday afternoon.

[tiliheels]

Just Floyd being floyd....a hypocrite. He gave a contract for $40 million in 2009 and now all of a sudden he's not entertaining a Pac fight because of Arum. He asked for 14 days random drug testing and then Manny relents to 14 day after the offer deadline....Floyd turns around and says 14 days is not good enough. FLOYD says bring it Manny then refutes and says he never said that.

yea your missing the side where u toke quotes from years ago..u're missing that cotto only made 6 million and didnt have arum as a promoter or opposing networks...stop being bias..tell manny and bob to take a side then manny can whoop his ass..i cant stand to see fans of manny like you..we are the B side hear arum has to quit the media lies..even as a pac fan i see through it so i kno floyd fans do..

[turnedup]

Can misconstrued anything he clearly said blood testing is no longer an issue keywords are NO LONGER and arum is NO LONGER the issue common sense lacks with fanboys of both May and Pac do yall want the fight or just wanna keep going back and forth on forums over who ducked who, who can win I wonder sometimes with you guys

You know a ton of these "boxing fans" are going to be done with the sport when both men retire. It's inevitable. Once they don't have the daily argument about these men they'll wander on other to another sport and pick a side in a rivalry there. This rivalry has been great for compulsive arguers.

[MisanthropicNY]

TV Networks have released the PPV numbers for every Floyd event he's ever been involved in EXCEPT Maidana 2... hmmm....

Do you think they were very good number or very embarrassing numbers? Why would Floyd not want those official numbers to be released? Any ideas FIomos?

Floyd and FIomos: "Pac has horrible PPV numbers"

Floyd: "WE're negotating doughhhhhhhh"

Why, you just said he has horrible PPV numbers... why would you negotiate with him...

LOL no one of those softball interviewers had the common sense to ask Floyd that follow up question...

This fight is taking place at least 3 years too late and Floyd is being annoying in the negotiations, which means he's trying to make the fight completely unfair for Manny... I lost interest in this fight... I hope the Super Bowl is the deadline for Floyd... Manny doesn't need Floyd for his legacy..he's already 3X fighter of the year, Fighter of the Decade, 8 division champ..his accomplishments trump Floyd's by a landslide..

[tiliheels]

Yes. Pac made 23 million for that fight cotto made 8. They had it in China because macau paid bob arum 10 million just to have it there. Just to stage the fight in macau they got 10 million. So just you can't just compare ppv buys; you have to compare purses.

floyd made 32 million in a fight that LOST money (so hes not worth that much)
Pac made 23 million in a fight that MADE money

so 60/40 is more than reasonable.

how manny times has manny been over 2 million ppv?
when did manny make 80 mil for a fight...or 60..when did manny even make 40 from a fight..i ride with manny in this fight but he has to play the ***** to make it or it wont happen..

[WalkerSmith1921]

Sugar Ray Robinson will always be the greatest

Amen.

Ali to me is still the greatest of them all. Being a child of 8 seeing him in Thrilla in Manila with my father was the greatest experience I had too.

I love Ali and I thought he was the greatest until I got a little older and did research and fighters and fights from the beginning and learned that the greatest fighter ever was none other than Sugar Ray Robinson.
Robinson fought everybody. He could outbox boxers, outpunch punchers and out brawl brawlers. There will never be another boxer/fighter with his skills.
Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Kid Gavilan, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Alexis Arguello, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De LaHoya, Terry Norris, Donald Curry, Milton Mccory, Henry Armstrong, Fritzie Zivic, Emmanuel Stewart, Marvin Hagler, Willie Pep and so many other boxers and hall of famers agree with me.

[puroylan]

Floyd is all about money hence, TMT. The most sensible fight is Manny. Let's all face it, he won't make the same money fighting anybody out there but Manny and vice versa. 100% of boxing fans wants to see Manny vs Floyd. It will be the fight of the century!

[HeGotPacProblem]

yea your missing the side where u toke quotes from years ago..u're missing that cotto only made 6 million and didnt have arum as a promoter or opposing networks...stop being bias..tell manny and bob to take a side then manny can whoop his ass..i cant stand to see fans of manny like you..we are the B side hear arum has to quit the media lies..even as a pac fan i see through it so i kno floyd fans do..

You're missing the point that Manny was with Arum in 2009....so why is Arum the sticking point for negotiations now?

Floyd claims Pacman has Marquez problems but there are lots of boxers Floyd faced who had losses like Maidana. My point is Floyd is a hypocrite and his contract offers are a joke because he's so wishy washy. He sets up more and more roadblocks once the previous ones are agreed upon from Mannys camp giving me the indication he doesn't want the fight. Being that he is the A side....if he really wanted the fight it would have happened by now. It doesn't take 5-6 years getting a fight together when you're the a side.