Was Manny Smart or Dumb For Turning Down Floyds 40 Mil Guarantee?

* Since I wont make $100 million like Floyd, I will pass on $40 million, and then proceed to make significantly less money in my next fight, which is a high risk one at that.


Sorry, but no matter how you slice it, Pac not taking that offer was stupid, imo. Especially considering he went on to 'lose' to Bradley, and then got put out by JMM.


Had he taken that offer, and beaten mayweather, he would have been the biggest fighter since Mike Tyson, and he could get the money he or anyone else feel he missed out on the first fight.

Had he lost to Mayweather, he would have still gotten payed more then any other fight he could possibly have, his stock barely drops, and he goes on with his career.




You don't turn down the most money you can ever make, because you aren't making more of it, and then go on to accept less money against a guy who you can never beat decisively, which turned out horribly for him.


Other fighters that come from that flawed school of thinking *Winky Wright and Shane Mosley


idk... just imo

 

I know exactly what you are saying....

But the thing is this.

At the end of the day, Pac lost out on a huge payday (bigger then he can ever dream of having otherwise), and even more then that, a big opportunity, which would lead to even bigger money, if he had won.


You do not turn down your biggest possible payday, by far, because you are not making as much as you think you should be making.

- He lost the payday
- He lost that opportunity
- He had to take other, risky fights, for significantly less money


Financially, marketing wise, and legacy wise, Pac lost out.

Someone can spin it any way one wants, and believe me, it wasn't a fair offer from Floyd, but sometimes even if a deal is unfair, the smart move is to take it.

 

Losing is losing, imo. That Mayweather lost his biggest payday/legacy/chance as well, does not somehow override the fact that Pac lost his, and doesn't make losing out on that those things any better. Nor does if it was fair or not. Those things don't make a bad decision (to not take it) into a good one.

One has to look at the net result. And in that net result, Pac came out faaaarrrrr worse then he would have had he taken the fight. And that's not factoring in the fact he went on to lose two straight and get knocked out. Im talking financially and opportunity wise. We wont even get into had he actually won that fight and what comes with that.

Too many fighters miss out on their biggest possible paydays (meaning, they are losing out on money... flat out) because of what their opponent will be making.

I know it hurts the ego, and flies in the face of what appears to be business savy, but at the end of the day, if you are losing out on money that you wont make otherwise, sometimes you have to put emotion aside, check your ego, and make the better decision.

idk... its all just imo. but whats true is pac would be a much richer man today had he taken that offer, and would have given himself the opportunity to beat mayweather.

 

I totally agree with you man :good