ESPN:Mayweather and Pacquiao highest paid athletes in their respective countries

Mayweather's business structure is set up differently to Pac's. He doesn't have a promoter taking a huge chunk out of his pie, for starters. GBP work for him, as opposed him working for GBP. That's why he pockets more money per fight (amongst the many other things he does).

But it's their name in the sport and their ability to draw, which is what should determine the split between the two. Not who has the more financially rewarding deal with their promoters. That **** is down to the individual fighters. What Pac does with his money and how he distributes it, is up to him. The important thing is that, in this sport, his name has become equally as big as Floyd's. It's that which warrants an even split. Asking him to take only a 40 mill flat fee whilst giving up the PPV money that he's helped generate too, obviously isn't something he and his team are gonna' accept.