The "All Things Mayweather/Pacquiao" Express!!!!!!

Good point. I thought the same thing. I was hoping it was true since I want to see the fight, and waiting until May or June when it is December is a long time. Pacman is going to fight someone else in March.

 

Promoter Bob Arum arrived in the Philippines and expected to start face-to-face talks Wednesday with Manny Pacquiao to try to reach terms for a mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Despite reports Tuesday that Mayweather agreed to terms and that a Pacquiao fight was virtually set, Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach cautioned Wednesday that that idea was premature because the Filipino star hadn't reviewed any contract terms.

Roach, in a telephone conversation from England, said, "Manny believes he should get a 60-40 [purse] split too, because he did better in pay-per-view than Mayweather this year. Manny's the bigger draw."

Roach is referring to the 1.25 million pay-per-view buys for Pacquiao's 12th-round technical knockout of Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14, compared to the 1 million buys for Mayweather's fight against Juan Manuel Marquez in September. Yet Mayweather's December 2007 bout against Ricky Hatton generated more pay-per-view sales than Pacquiao-Hatton in May.

"I'm obviously over here to talk to Manny," Arum said from the Philippines. "At this point, I've got to find out what my fighter wants to do."

By being there, Arum may avoid the drawn-out theatrics that occurred when Pacquiao handlers complicated the negotiations before his Hatton fight. Arum and Roach were kept at arm's length, and several Arum proposals and Hatton offers were met with delayed counterproposals that nearly led Hatton to walk.

Alone, Arum boarded a flight to Manila, where he was to meet with Pacquiao and his business advisors.

"Bob will sit there and walk everybody through it, so Manny has a full grasp of the situation," Arum's lead matchmaker, Bruce Trampler, said. "He has to respect the culture. Everybody will have eaten and had their libations, and then Bob will start talking turkey."

Roach said his agent, Nick Khan, told him "Arum had a [Mayweather] deal together" when he left the U.S.

This could be a game of leverage too. Mayweather's camp may want to appear more receptive to a deal, casting Pacquiao as the one holding up the welterweight super-bout for more money.

Arum revealed only that he has negotiated with Mayweather's designated promoter, Richard Schaefer. Schaefer declined to comment.

Arum and Roach both said they are uncertain whether a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout has to be fought by March 13 because of Pacquiao's planned run for a congressional seat in the Philippines in May. HBO, which will televise the bout on pay-per-view if it occurs, instructed promoters to make the fight on whatever date is possible.

Roach prefers a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout on May 1.

"March 13 is too fast a turnaround," Roach said. "Manny has a broken

eardrum" suffered in the Cotto fight. "I'd like to have more time. I hope the fight happens, yes, but I want us to be in the best possible shape."​

 

come On team pac wtf? March is a long time away

 

Now that is serious ducking haha, 60-40 now?omg

 

Just sign for 50/50....don't be silly and ask for the moon. To his credit, PBF's team stepped up, now it's Pac's turn.

 

LMAO at 60-40 in pacs favor.... I knew floyd would win easy, but damn he made pacman quit without throwing a punch... runnnn pacquiao runnnnnnnnnnn

 

I see it now.

Pac wants to push the fight back till May. March is too early.

Floyd then decides he needs a tune up in between, as September-May is too LONG of a turn around. So he fights in Feb-March.

Floyd then pulls Manny's move and says he needs more time from Feb-March to May to prepare.

So fight gets pushed back even further.

Manny then could possibly start the cycle again by fighting a tune up in May.

Of course, this would ALL be Floyd's fault.

 

Can you explain how? No one is telling me, and I can't find anything about it on the net.

 

LOL, the excuses are already starting, 60/40, needs to heal, broken eardrum..........I guess this not being a handpicked fighter coming of career defining losses or weightdrained corpses make them a little gun shy.

 

these fools just need to sign the fight and fight man **** all this drama I wanna see a fight

 

Seriously. Its a **** load of cash and someone needs to pull the trigger.

 

tbh, May is fine. PAC has just had three fights in a year. I don't care if it's in May or June. The thing that pisses me off is the idea of tune-ups. If any of them demand a tune-up then I will consider them deplorable.

 

I agree in general, but what if Pac wants to run for office and the fight can't be scheduled until at least September-October next year?

Should Floyd have to spend another year out of the ring? I don't think so.

 

Yeah this ****ing election thing is annoying. It obviously means something to PAC. I don't see why a May Fight or June wouldn't work for him. A win over Mayweather would be an awesome start to his election campaign.

*edit to add: If it has to be in Sept, why does Floyd need to fight a stiff to kill time? No reason he can't fight somebody relevant.

 

pac may have earned a 50/50 split with his last victory but he better not get greedy sux if after all of the floyd hate manny is the one holding out for more $$$$