Posted on 03/09/2012 8:54:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
According to ESPN.com, Manny Pacquiao's camp approached Mayweather with their latest offer for the much anticipated fight between the world's two best boxers. Pacquiao's offer includes a split of the Pay-Per-View (PPV) revenue with the winner taking home 70%.
With the fight estimated to draw $150 million in PPV revenue, that would means more than $100 million to the winner and about $50 million for the loser. And that doesn't include revenue from a potential rematch which could be even bigger.
But that's not good enough for Mayweather, who recently told Bob Costas that he wants all of the PPV revenue and that he "can't afford" to give up a split.
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“But that’s not good enough for Mayweather, who recently told Bob Costas that he wants all of the PPV revenue and that he “can’t afford” to give up a split.”
He’d much rather stay home and smatch his bitch around...
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5580784
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5580784
I can’t believe that Mayweather would turn down a potential payday that would be the biggest in boxing history. Is he really that scared of Pacquiao revealing that Mayweather really has a glass jaw?
If you won't fight for the crack at $100,000,000 with a $50,000,000 minimum you are a pussy.
These guys get 20 million for fighting bums.
Going undefeated won’t help his legacy if he didn’t fight his biggest competition.
Packquaio is something like a senator in the Phillipines and could end up as president some day. He doesn’t seem to have anything quite comparable to Duran’s defensive skills and I don’t picture him taking Duran at lightweight or welter, but Duran’s about the ONLY guy I’ve seen that size who I can’t picture him taking.
Yes. Exactly.
I do too.
However...and this may be over simplistic...I think that the simplest explanation is the most likely. Floyd is unnerved by Manny for some reason. Otherwise his huge ego would not have kept him out of the ring for this fight.
Like they say, "When you hear hoofbeats, expect horses, not zebras."
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