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

I lied, 20 out of 33 had it for Floyd on yahoo sports.

Ring has Pac

Another site has them as 1a and 1b like me.


1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Points: 317 (20 of 33 first-place votes)
Record: 41-0 (25 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing:: W12 over No. 9 Shane Mosley on May 1
Previous ranking:: 2
Up next: Perhaps late fall bout against No. 2 Manny Pacquiao
Analysis: Showed complete game in convincing win over Mosley.

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Pacquiao

2. Manny Pacquiao
Points: 310 (13 of 33 first-place votes)
Record: 51-3-2 (38 KOs)
Title: WBO welterweight champion
Last outing:: W12 over Joshua Clottey on March 13
Previous ranking:: 1
Up next: Perhaps late fall bout vs. No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Analysis:Newly elected Filipino congressman may fight three more times.

 

The scene has Mayweather first

BTalk does as well.. Lmao

 

Did Manny?:deal

 

ESPN's Dan Rafael has Pac as 1.

 

Doesn't work like that. PBF was P4P #1 when he fought Oscar but the fight was fought on Oscar's terms and not PBF's. PBF knew this and accepted the contract immediately. Why? Becasue he knew he was going to earn a career high payday and he knew he was more talented and better than Oscar. Pac should do the same but in his mind he feels he's the bigger draw eevn though he's clearly not.

 

Floyds shooked. He prob saw the hatton, oscar and cotto demolition and thought to himself. heeeelll naaahhh!! hahahaha!!

 

Floyd step up and take a beating like a man. Your time is up.

 

How could he? Mayweather retired for two years. Thus relinquishing the crown.

 

Some good points. But in the end, doesn't it strike you as somewhat ludicrous that the fighter of the freakin' decade would be forced to accept the short end of the purse??

 

Fighter of the decade is irrelevant when talking about who the bigger draw is when it comes to negotiating purses. PPV sells is what they go by and PBF has beaten Pac clearly there.

 

so now you move away from p4p #1 without even a word, and you're going to cling to FOTD?

 

PPV sales are what the person who sells more, tries to go by.

Since when is that the sole determining factor?? PPV is a very recent development in the history of the sport of boxing. Are we willing to decide to throw everything else out the window and base absolutely everything on PPV $'s? **** like that is whats wrong with boxing nowadays.

 

even before PPV, the draw got the split (when they moved away from winner takes more type purses)...now you are just talking out of your ass

 

Don't you all see the futility of this discussion? It's got to the point where we're splitting hairs. They just need to fight and settle this in the ring. I know some of you feel the need to defend your fighter tooth and nail but surely any objective fan, given the epic revenue the fight will generate, sees 50/50 is the best way to get this done. When there's this much money, does it really matter besides being an ego thing?

 

But, things like one fighter being the fighter of the decade, were not (and still aren't) irrelevant to the discussion!