Should Floyd Mayweather Give Manny Pacquiao A 50-50 Split?
Even though both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are slated to fight anyone but each other, that doesn’t mean that people won’t continue to speculate about the only fight the world cares about. With Mayweather set to face Miguel Cotto on May 5 and Manny Pacquiao taking on Timothy Bradley on June 9th, you would be amazed at how much the general public cares less about their respective opponents and more about if and when they will fight each other.
The most recent episode in this long, long, long saga took place during the Mayweather-Cotto press tour that stopped in New York on Tuesday afternoon. The question that garnered the most attention wasn’t about his opponent, it was about what it will take to get Mayweather and Pacquiao in the ring. Right now, the sticking point isn’t drug tests, it’s about money. Money that Mayweather isn’t willing to part with. Manny Pacquiao recently stated that the reason the fight didn’t happen this time was because Mayweather wouldn’t agree to a 50-50 split of all the fight proceeds. Mayweather didn’t deny those claims at all when he spoke to ESPN.
“Just by speaking to Pacquiao on the phone, I mean, he’s not one of the sharpest knives in the drawer,” Mayweather said. “He faces Floyd Mayweather, he’s not getting 50-50. Not at all. No one is getting 50-50.”
Mayweather is right, nobody gets an even split with the man nicknamed “Money.” This is nothing new when it comes to Mayweather fights. He’s earned as much as 4x more than his previous opponents, so giving up half of his money is foreign to him. This is usually the process because Mayweather is the draw. However, in this situation, it can be argued that Pacquiao is just as big of a draw as Mayweather.
Upon closer inspection, this isn’t about Pacquiao, this is all about his relationship with Bob Arum, who promoted Mayweather in his early days, before an ugly split based on money put the two at each others throats. Seeing his old promoter with a huge payday off of his hard work is something that Mayweather isn’t going for.
“If I offered him $30 million, he should be happy,” Mayweather said. “If I offered him $30 million and I didn’t give money on the back end, why should I? He’s with Arum right now, and they’re having problems. It’s obvious he must not be getting money on the back end.”
Does Pacquiao deserve half of the proceeds? Perhaps. But as long as Bob Arum is around, he’ll likely never see it.
This is not about Arum, Pacquiao, the purse split nor the PEDs issue, this is about a very disturbed and controlling boxer who can’t come to terms with reality. His life is about taking things from people and he has gotten away with it for a very long time because he has enablers. His team was spotless in making fights happen at the right time. Hence, he avoided prizefighters in their prime and Pacquiao just happens to be the now-guy. He was successful with other fighters, but Pacquiao is like a gum stuck to his shoe and the clamor for this match has not eased up. Floyd obviously thinks that the time has not come yet to pick Pacquiao off the tree for an easy win, so he concocts issues like PEDS, Purse-split, and yes, even Arum.
He is used to dictating terms to the likes of Ortiz, Cotto,etc. Offering a magnanimous 30M to Pacquiao when all taken, he can possible stand to gain about 250M from this fight is so far removed from reality. This is an offer of an unwilling boxer who will not put his 0-loss card to the test. The uncertainty of losing is the will remove the only thing he can claim for himself. That is real story behind Floyd’s behavioral aberration.
Subconsciously, Floyd realizes this, hence, he feels the need to always explain himself, but his rhetoric has become incongruent as it has in his life of abuse and court cases, evidences of his difficulty in relating to life and people. Bottom line, even if Pacquiao leaves Arum, there will be another road block down the road.
You know what abid fans of Manny and Floyd? YOU can make the fight happen. Mayweather followers you wanted your guy to fight manny because you believe it’s an easy fight for him. The same goes with Pacman followers, they wanted the fight so bad so that once and for all who the best fighter P4P in the world will be settled. We cannot force Floyd to fight manny because of his argument that no way manny gets 50/50. And that he believes that he is the main attraction. It appears that he is the reason why it’s not happening. Manny agreed to all his demands. But for manny not get any part of the pay per view is rediculous. I HAVE A SOLUTION. GUYS YOU ARE THE SOLUTION. BOYCOTT THE ORTIZ MAYWEATHER FIGHT, I’M SURE THAT WON’T BE A PROBLEM FOR PACMAN SUPPORTERS. ANYWAY YOU ARE BOTH GUARANTEED. That way he will come to realize that the whole world is already fed up of Mayweather Pacman Non-fight. And he’ll finally come to terms and it’s not just about money, it’s all about respect. Believe me this is the only solution for us to witness the Greatest match of all time. Floyd you have what it takes to beat manny. Dont be afraid, if you do that your legacy will never have an asterisk beside it. MARK MY WORD, THE ONLY WAY THIS FIGHT TO EVER HAPPEN IS FOR MAYWEATHER VS ORTIZ FIGHT TO BE FLOPPED.
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