The coming together of representatives for welterweight superstars Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was scheduled for today in order to begin negotiations for possibly the biggest boxing match ever from a revenue standpoint….this according to J. Michael Falgoust of USA Today. By contrast, the Los Angeles Times reported today that Golden Boy Promotions’ CEO Richard Schaefer has not yet begun any formal negotiations on Mayweather’s behalf.
Whether this highly anticipated meeting of the minds actually took place today or not, one thing is for sure. It will happen, and despite all the money to be made between the two combatants, don’t expect these talks to go smoothly. Although it would seem neither party is going to accept less than 50% of the total purse made available, each will angle for more than an even split.
From Mayweather’s perspective, everyone must come through him to earn a career-best payday, so that entitles him to the lion’s share of the money. This logic may have rung true a year ago, but times have changed since the widespread recognition of Manny Pacquiao as being the best and most exciting boxer in the world on a pound-for-pound basis. His most recent performance against Miguel Cotto sold the MGM Grand Garden out, and pay-per-view buys have been reported in the range of 1.6 to 2 million. In comparison, the recent Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Juan Manuel Marquez fight did not sell-out the same arena and sold a little over a million pay-per-view buys. That being said, Mayweather has been the prominent B side to record breaking promotions that included bouts with Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya.
The bottom line is both men have legitimate arguments that can be made about who deserves the most money, so expect them to stake their respective claims….this is prizefighting after all. The hope among fight fans and media alike is so much money will be at the table for these two men to face off right now in the prime of their careers that a compromise will be made.
Of course money is only one part of the equation. Weight will be another bone of many possible contentions, given Manny Pacquiao required Miguel Cotto to tip the scales at 145 pounds, two below the 147 pound limit. Don’t expect Floyd Mayweather to give much on this issue. Even if he does, he displayed in the fight with Juan Manuel Marquez that he is more than willing to pay a major fine in exchange for coming in at a higher weight.
Should negotiations fail to schedule a match for sometime during the first half of 2010, Mayweather and Pacquiao will go their separate ways, and there is no shortage of great fights that can be made as a welterweight these days. There is the winner of the Shane Mosley – Andre Berto welterweight title unification match that will take place in January. Joshua Clottey, an outstanding fighter who is promoted by Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is another possibility. A very intriguing fight for either man would be the tall, lanky and action-packed Paul Williams who has moved up in weight but claims he can still make the welterweight limit of 147 pounds. Junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, a young, super fast and entertaining boxer, is another option.
So many good possibilities but only one super fight, and that is matching Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. right now while both men seem to still be at their physical and mental peaks. In the spirit of the holidays, let’s hope Golden Boy Promotions, Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank can deliver this bout gift wrapped to boxing fans.
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Mayweather is always riding on popular boxers back. Without a popular boxer, Mayweather wouldnt even make 10000 PPV buys.
mayweather is overrated!
I agree on that. Mayweather is overrated
yes,Floyd Mayweather is undefeated but in does not mean that he demands a big share in the PPV and revenue split..it's not the unblemished record of Mayweather is the big issue here but how you fight in the ring to make that record significant to the people..Manny Pacquiao should have higher share than him simply because he is the champion and P4P king,he deserves it..common Floyd don't wait Manny to say that he wants to fight you 'coz he won't do that..you should be the one to take the first step to make this fight happen in the near future..this is the fight anticipated of all boxing fans around the world..
Gayweather is undefeated....coz he runs away from the best. She chooses the easy fight....She fights only the small guys....What a fXXXING CHICKEN Sxxit!!! Be a man and face the real challenge....Face Pacquiao!!! Gayweather deserves 35%-40%tops PLUS $2million per pound penalty if she goes beyond the agreed weight limit(what a FUXXXNG CHEATER).
Crackbaby Mayweather will come up with another excuse not to fight. This my friends is for sure. His dad is starting again with the steriod stuff. Have you noticed that the three boxers saying MP is on steriods, all look gay.
Thrilla in Manila II ??
very nice fight but my man PACMAN will knowout MAYWEATHER in the late round..
Prettyboy got knocked down by hernandez and almost knocked down by Hatton in the very first round. Mayweather is no match for Cotto and Mosley...how much more vs PACMAN...Mayweather vs PACMAN is the fight where Manny will be merciless...even Mayweather is unconsious, PACMAN gonna throw a one last strike for a vengeance to shut his mouth off.
Mayweather has nothing to offer, no belts, just talking trash, he won't fight Pacquiao, you are wasting your time, just like Roger Mayweather said "Pacquiao has balls picking Cotto", now they know, they won't fight Pacquiao, period!
Are you for real? How long have yoy been writing, cause you sound like an amateur. Paul Williams and Manny? He's 6'2" and Many is 5'6 1/2 how stupid can you be?
hey gayweather.. the pacman is going to send you back to retirement if and when the fight happens.. enough of your excuses and let us get it on.. the whole world wants to see how you get trashed by the real greatest fighter of all time bar none.
Gay Mayweather is qouted saying as a P-4-P boxer... but against who? Did he beat a p-4-p boxer before or even now in his weight category? NONE so far!!!!
Then why brag that his the best when he's nothing but a bragging woman... the idiot in the boxing world!
I think she's even planning to fight Vasquez next! Fool followers!
A better deal: 50/50 and whoever losts, pays the extra to the winner... Maryweather losts, he payes extra to Pacman.
Manny is the new Golden PacMan. From now on, whoever he fights will turn into $$$ gold $$$.
Pacquiao vs Foreman (for 8th title???), million PPVs
Pacquiao vs Marquez (Trilogy), million PPVs
Pacquiao vs (Winner of Mosley vs Berto), Title cleanup, million PPVs
It's the PACMAN lottery.
Mayweather father and son are showing signs of fear towards Pacquiao already. Dad says Pacman is on 'roids so he doesn't want his son anything to do with Manny. Son is making absurd demands in money share and is also looking at other lesser rated fighters.
Gayweather is a pu$$y. He talks too much s**t
If this fight gonna happen, make no mistake Mayweather will go down earlier than Cotto. He has no power to back off the Pacman. He will be reduced into a jelly fish with no mercy beating from Pacman. The final fight for Manny will be disastrous to Floyd. Mark my words!
Mayweather will let you guys pump up the fight and negotiate the best purse possible. If you were in his shoes you would do the same thing. And as mentioned before, after the fight he will collect his money and smile. When you are good everyone isn't going to like you, especially when you make accurate predictions. Go Mayweather and make your money man, you trained for it and they just can't stand to see a succesful young boxer that talks smack and back it up in the ring.
DONT GET MAD AT MAYWEATHER CAUSE HE TALKS TRASH AN CAN BACK IT UP PEOPLE WANT MAYWEATHER TO LOSE SO BAD..PEOPLE FORGET HES 40-0 WHICH IS NO EASY TASK I DONT CARE HOW HARD PAC MAN PUNCHES DO HE HAVE THE SPEED AN STAMINA TO KEEP UP WITH FLOYD PACMAN ONLY LOOKS FAST CAUSE HES BEEN FIGHTING SLOWER COMPETITORS COTTOS WASNT EVEN THAT GOOD I KNEW HE WAS GONE LOSE FROM THE GET GO WHEN U FIGHT A BLACK MAN ITS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME THEN FIGHTING A WHITE OR HISPANIC BOXER PACMAN NEVER FOUGHT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN BOXER PAC WILL LOSE WATCH
Floyd Jr? The runner? STFU!!! You and your family are boxing's biggest joke!!!
He's not going to fight manny cause all he got is his mouth period
this article was well written...
Pacquiao said let's get it on Floyd! I hope there are no excuses left for the Mayweather's
the only good fighter worth mentioning that mayweather fought was late great arturo gatti. the rest of them are either nobodies or pacman already ran through them. pacquiao will dominate fm.
Pbfs already running scared. I heard he is in negotitions to fight mathew hatton or quintana next.
Mayweather will get knocked out
Stop it People! Floyd is on a much higher level talent wise than Manny. I know he's not well liked but his skill level is so much greater than Manny's that you would have to be a fool to ignore it. I'm saying this and I'm a BIG Pacquiao fan!!
What are all you Pacquiao fans smoking? Floyd absolutely embarrassed Marquez who proved in two fights that he was Pacquiao's equal. Believe me, Mayweather will easily outbox Pacquiao over twelve rounds.
it dont matter if your black, white, chinese, or mexican in a fight just cause he is african dont mean anything. gayweather will get knocked out by pacquiao... all he does is counter punch and lean back without a guard.. thats a perfect target for pacquiao. the marquez vs mayweather didnt impress me one bit it was boring and waste of money. pacquiao will knock him out just watch..
hhahaha he is joke just like the rest of his family. his last fight was weak
for Main Man?
So you enjoyed the Mayweather Marquez fight? Your such a Losser man, that fight is a waist of Money. The Gayweater running away for the rest of the fight... yes his a good technical boxer but his style is boring. I wont spend a cent for his fight again, unless he has the balls to fight my man Money.
Come on guys!! just compare how manny and floyd box on the ring! You must be dumb and blind if you guys can't see the diffrence in their fights!!! No doubt manny has speed and strength even if anyone try to block, manny's fist will just come thru any fighters face. And the speed of his fist,which is faster than "gay" weather... Just think about floyd "Gayweather" get beat up by manny pacquiao... i will laugh my ass off thru this fight!!!
how can mayweather outbox paquiao since he got only 10% offensive and 80% defensive skills he has no balls at all, scared to be hit, he got no power compare to cotto, He don`t have any Balls at all.
Just watching a preview on "gayweather" and Marquez fight was too boring!!! Honestly that's not the type of boxing i wanna watch!!! "gayweather" looks & punch like a little kid and also smiling... he looks really dumb! toooo Gay!!!
you can`t win the fight just by defense you need to outbox your opponent, manny got everything,his style fighting that is why he reach that point. 7 record..to all haters i think you need to accept sometimes the truth in order to learn , not to be stupid at all .. appreciate things and try to question yourself why? and read.. to learn
Miguel Cotto is 1tough guy when u think about it...... He's fought Shane Mosley, Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey & Manny Pacquiao in his last 6fights. Mayweather wouldn't dare fight any of the 1st 3fighters I mentioned & even now that he knows that he will make a $h!tload of $$$ against Manny, he's still not willing 2 man up & say lets get the deal done. What a punk!!!! & he has the nerve 2 say that the sport of boxing needs him. Who does this idiot think he's fooling?
@ the great white hope Mayweather is 40-0, that is true. So is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Lol its easy 2 do when your fighting bums that you know you can beat. & yeah every1 does want Floyd 2 lose because he's trash talking punk. Who likes a little punk that talks trash? Pacquiao is gonna have every1 rooting 4 him except blacks because Floyd is black & Mexicans because Manny fcked up all of their guys. Im Puerto Rican & im even gonna go 4 Pacquiao. He fcked up my boy Cotto but I don't really have a problem with him. He's a real fighter. I respect him. I don't respect anything about Floyd "I only fight 4 money not 4 respect" Mayweather Jr
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FOREIGNERS OR THE FOREIGN MEDIA ARE SO BIAS WITH REGARDS TO PACMAN PURSE SPLIT. BEFORE THEY SAID THAT PACMAN HAS TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT HIS DESERVES TO EARN THE BIG PIE OF THE PURSE SPLIT... THAT IS WHY PACMAN DID NOT HAD MUCH OF THE LEVERAGE. AND NOW THAT PACMAN IS THE IN TOP OF HIS GAME AND HE SHOWED IT TO THE WORLD THAT HE SHOULD EARN THE RIGHTS... NOW THEY ARE SAYING IT'S JUST OK TO GIVE IT A 50/50 SPLIT OF THE PURSE OF THE PPV??? THIS PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST BIAS IN THE SENSE BUT ALSO A RACIST... WHY BECAUSE PACMAN IS NOT WHITE? PATHETIC!!!
floyd is training for his new sport: track and field and promises to break all time records.
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