We've still got to get past the Nov. 14 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. But why not talk about it as if Manny already won?
Well, as Mississippi Boxing Examiner Brad Cooney said today, "Sugar" Shane Mosley began his campaign to be next in the "Money" Mayweather boxing tour.
But for this article's purposes, let's live in a world where we already know that Manny has triumphed, not just survived the Cotto fight. That's a world inhabited by NY Boxing Examiner Michael Marley.
Estimates of the pay-per-view gross from Saturday's fight have yet to be reported as of this writing. And like any good politician, Leonard Ellerbe, a Mayweather insider is setting the framework for us to view those numbers.
As reported today in the Los Angeles Times, Saturday night's Mayweather/Marquez fight didn't sell out the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The reported number of attendees was some 3,000 fewer than Manny drew when he fought Ricky Hatton in May. Those British fight fans really do know how to fill an arena, don't they?
So instead of looking at the glass as half-empty, Mayweather's camp wants us to look at the final pay-per-view's numbers to determine who draws better.
And if Mayweather/Marquez pulled in more viewers willing to shell out real money to see the fight than Manny vs. Hatton or the upcoming Manny vs. Cotto fight, guess who should be in the driver's seat according to the Mayweather camp?
The driver's seat is in the vehicle called "splitting the purse." According to the report in the Times, Ellerbe says 50/50 will be off the table if "the numbers come back in our favor."
Then there's the view from the Pacquiao camp. You'd expect them to think Ellerbe is ridiculous and they don't disappoint. Is it any wonder that Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, wonders if the fight will ever happen?
So weigh in (excuse the pun) and tell me who should get the bulk of the purse in a Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight. The poll is open now:
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Comments
what a lousy article.
Haven't followed "The Sweet Science" seriously since the Leonard-Hagler-Hearns-Duran round robins of the 80's. Comparing the current crop of fighters to the fighters of the 1950-1980's, especially the 1970's, is like comparing a jackass to Secretariat. Can anybody actually picture somebody like Mayweather surviving with a J.C. Chavez, Roberto Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Ray Robinson, Aaron Pryor, Arguello, Basilio, etc. Unfortunately boxing has been regulated to a second-tier sport status now even being rapidly replaced by MMA, the talent level is so depleted that people like a Floyd Mayweather can rise to the very top of the hill.
I think people should stop hating on floyd and give him the credit he deserves he constantly proves time and time again why he's in a class of his own by beating world champion fighters. People don't like floyd because of his attitude and arrogance but guess what??? He has a right to be this way
oh please stop hating our gay leader floydie! wer're begging you all boxing fans.. you know nothing and have no love at all if you hate homo's like us
Floyd deserve the higher purse and if Arum wasn't taking so much of pac's money then , mayweather 60/40 pac, would be a problem.
sorry lol wouldn't be a problem
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