Earlier today, it was revealed that Manny Pacquiao wants $20 million up front if he is going to fight Crawford. Some believe Manny is ducking the fight, which seems to be the case if you consider what Manny is truly worth at this stage of his career.
The truth is manny got stiffed on the Vargas fight. He got a meager purse of 4 or 5 million dollars, and a percentage of the awful PPV revenue. Affter expenses? Paying top rank, paying his staff, paying Freddie? Manny is luck if he walked away with a million bucks.
He wants $20 million because he realizes that Bob hoodwinked him last time, and he wants to make sure he makes a nice payday if he is going to take a risk like that.
I am not even a Manny fan, and I totally understand his position.
So Oscar, Floyd, Cotto or Bobs biggest draws outside of Pac leaving over money weren't a hint enough????... Mikey and Chavez Jr leaving still weren't enough.
Floyd tried to warn him but everyone was calling him an arrogant prick for looking out for Pac.
He woke up too late in the game.
He did warn him, but nobody cared to look out for Manny. All they cared about was hatred for Floyd.
Earlier today, it was revealed that Manny Pacquiao wants $20 million up front if he is going to fight Crawford. Some believe Manny is ducking the fight, which seems to be the case if you consider what Manny is truly worth at this stage of his career.
The truth is manny got stiffed on the Vargas fight. He got a meager purse of 4 or 5 million dollars, and a percentage of the awful PPV revenue. Affter expenses? Paying top rank, paying his staff, paying Freddie? Manny is luck if he walked away with a million bucks.
He wants $20 million because he realizes that Bob hoodwinked him last time, and he wants to make sure he makes a nice payday if he is going to take a risk like that.
I am not even a Manny fan, and I totally understand his position.
If Pacquiao is going to need $20m to fight again, he's never going to fight again, full stop.
There's not $20m out there on a Pacquiao fight any longer (and the Broner or Garcia/Thurman winner are the only big fights really possible, and neither guy is going to take that fight on short money).
He admitted (before changing his story later) when he returned to fight Vargas that he was coming back because his current job as a Senator doesn't support his lifestyle the same way boxing did. So I can see why he wants as huge of a paycheck as possible.
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