Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: I Told Crawford's Promoter - I Want $40 Million For The Fight

[RuleOfTheSpear]

No company is willing to lose money on a fight and that’s exactly what the math says would happen.

Middle East is putting up the money according to Bob. Not network.

[Divine Hammer]

so when floyd demands $100 million it's a smart business move but when Pac demands $40 million. he's a punk a ducker greedy????? hahahahahahahahahaha the hypocrisy. give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cotto got $30 million. canelo got $400 million. floyd got over $200 million. but pac can't ask for $40 million??? disgusting sport. a 42 year old legend who gave everything to this joke of a sport than anyone around today should accept peanuts to put his life at risk in the ring against elite young guns??????

[megas30]

Pacquiao's a great fighter, a legend, love him, but that's a hefty asking fee against a guy in Crawford who's not a big box office attraction.

In his prime, I think Manny beats him . Today, at their current age and form, I'd have to say Crawford beats Pacquiao, and also beats Spence.

You are joking right? Who has prime manny beaten with the skill set and IQ of TC. His fights with high IQ fighters (Marquez and past prime Eric Morales) were death struggles, plus TC will have the size over him.

[War Room]

yup.there will never be another pacquiao for a long long time if ever. he is a very rare once in a lifetime fighter. so $40 million is bare minimum pay.

and u'd think floyd fans would appreciate pac standing up for himself and being a smart business man. pac doesn't need to fight any of these young guns. he doesn't need them at all. he's already proven himself countless times, already has a stable job as a politician, philanthropy work, other businesses etc. these young guns need him. FACT.

I'm a Floyd fan, some people are just haters through and through.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

You are joking right? Who has prime manny beaten with the skill set and IQ of TC. His fights with high IQ fighters (Marquez and past prime Eric Morales) were death struggles, plus TC will have the size over him.

Name one hall of famer crawford fight. Just one.

[Tibburon245]

Pac should retire while he can still think. Let the young studs Crawford & Spence fight. That is the fight the public wants.

[Scary]

Pac should have left Arum a long time ago, he could've made insane amounts. Now he is begging himself into a poor situation. Probably unsolvable. No fight, no monee...

[Blackstarr]

Pacquiao does not deserve 40 mil. He made a combined 20 mil guaranteed vs Broner and Thurman combined, and both of those Ppv buys together didn’t even crack 1 mil Ppv buys. The Ppv vs Thurman generated a total of 37.5 mil. So Pacquiao saying he wants 40 mil is basically him saying he doesn’t want the fight without actually saying it. No company is willing to lose money on a fight and that’s exactly what the math says would happen.

But who the hell is the average fan to determine what Pac deserves? Did AJ deserve over $60m in AJ-Ruiz 2 after getting destroyed in the first fight? Did Canelo deserve a flat fee $30m plus?

Those numbers you quoted are just guarantees..the contractually guaranteed purse for Wilder-Fury 2 was only $5m each..I’m damn sure Pacquiao would have earned way more than that. And if he didn’t earn far more, then I’d put the blame squarely at Arum’s feet because there’s no way a living ATG and one of the highest selling PPV stars of all time should be on that money, when you look at what the other stars are getting.

Besides, PPV money is just one part of the overall money pot. Let Arum or whoever find some Arab money for the site fee and pay the man.

[megas30]

Name one hall of famer crawford fight. Just one.

Don't move the goal posts. We are talking about skill set and IQ. Terence himself may not have beaten a prime hall of famer, but he's heading into the hall of fame one day. Any fighter can beat an all of famer if he catches him at the right time in his career, so please avoid the nonsensical arguments.

However, styles make fight, not who you have beaten. TC's style is all wrong for Manny, past or present. His style is the one that always present a problem for Manny. Freddie said it himself that he wants Manny away from TC, because Crawford is Floyd all over again with more power. Why do you think Manny has been avoiding this fight?

[RuleOfTheSpear]

But who the hell is the average fan to determine what Pac deserves? Did AJ deserve over $60m in AJ-Ruiz 2 after getting destroyed in the first fight? Did Canelo deserve a flat fee $30m plus?

This is exactly the problem in boxing. These fans telling fighters what they are worth lmao.
If Bob couldn't do it, so what? move on. Fight Porter or Ortiz.

They say when Pac is out of the picture, Spence vs Crawford is guaranteed to be in full swing. But the twitter wars between the two told me otherwise. Not gunna happen.