Floyd admits he was never ok with 50/50

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Source: Pacquiao agrees to 50-50 split

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Manny Pacquiao has signed a contract to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in boxing's biggest fight on March 13, a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com on Friday night.

Pacquiao and promotor Bob Arum met for two hours Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz, who told The Associated Press that "Manny has some additional requirements, requests, which Arum didn't think was a problem.

"The requests of Manny were so realistic that Arum doesn't feel it's a problem and it's pretty much a done deal," Koncz said.
Later Friday it became a done deal, at least on the Pacquiao side, when he signed the paperwork, the source said.

Mayweather had previously agreed to terms with Golden Boy Promotions, his promoter for the HBO PPV fight, but it was unclear if he had signed a contract.

The source also disclosed other aspects of the fight, which will take place at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds for Pacquiao's title and match the top two fighters in the world, pound-for-pound.

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Both fighters will wear 8-ounce gloves but each fighter will be allowed to select the brand of gloves he will wear for the fight.

For promotional purposes, the bout will be referred to as Mayweather-Pacquiao, but Top Rank will receive first billing over Golden Boy throughout the promotion.

However, instead of a full-scale media tour, there will only be a single press conference in New York during the second week of January. With the schedule compressed because of the March 13 date for the fight, rather than May 1, which the promoters and HBO PPV preferred, it didn't leave time for a lengthy media tour.

The fight is going to take place March 13 because Pacquiao is running for a congressional seat in the Philippines and the elections are in May, which would have been a conflict between his training and the campaign.

Pacquiao will spend the first half of his training camp in Baguio in the Philippines, where he also trained for the first part of his camp in preparation for his 12th-round knockout victory against Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14. For the final few weeks of his training, Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach will relocate to Roach's Wild Card gym in Hollywood, Calif.

The site of the bout has not been finalized. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has expressed interest in bringing the fight to his new stadium as have representatives from the Superdome in New Orleans. Also in the mix is the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which has hosted several Pacquiao and Mayweather bouts. Arum has also received a proposal for a 30,000-seat temporary stadium on the Las Vegas Strip across from the Wynn resort.

Dan Rafael covers boxing for ESPN.com.

 

It would have been a one-sided fight in favor of Floyd and after those two lackluster performances in a row by Manny I'm not surprised Floyd said no to 50/50. I also like how Manny said he'd take a lesser share yet many Pacq fans don't acknowledge that. What changed? I thought he didn't fight primarly for money but to please boxing fans? And again, the fight ain't happening so this really holds little to no relevance.

And those same people who "hate" him are paying for his PPV's and putting money in his pockets.

 

cool story bro-

That's Floyd's reason:good

His "team" (Ellerbe and Haymon) has a reason too-Floyd averages 240,000 more PPV buys, per fight, since a common factor in Oscar De La Hoya.

Floyd produces much more "revenue" than Manny too.

 

"We want to fight Floyd on March 13th, but Mayweather will not agree to fight March 13th"

Freddie Roach Dec 2009

"We can do it March 13th, no problem"

Floyd Mayweather Dec 2009

NEXT STATEMENT FROM ROACH

"We won't be ready by March 13th...fighting Floyd is a different ballgame all together and we'll need more time to prepare....Let Floyd fight someone else, and we'll fight YURI FORMANE ON MARCH 13TH"

Dec 2009

Then Roach came back and said, "We don't need Yuri Formane and were gonna fight someone else. Yuri is too big and too long for us anyways"
Freddie Roach-Dec 2009

LMFAO-THEY WERE SCARED TO DEATH OF FLOYD AFTER WHAT THEY SAW EM DO TO JMM...

******* I just owned you with your own fukin source-hi:

 

I find it funny how people always make excuses for Pac and never give Floyd any credit for anything. Fact is, Manny fans slammed Floyd and his fans for " fighting for money, not legacy " If thats the case he should have agreed to the lesser share since he fights for the fans. That in itself is bull****. People fight for themselves because it benefits them to do so. I understand Pac is the " Good Guy " while Floyd is the " Bad Guy " but you gotta call a spade a spade

 

Fight will never happen then. Mayweather doesn't deserve more than Pacquiao. Pacquiao is the active fighter scoring millions in PPV numbers.

 

and in 2 months it will be 4 months old, and in 10 month it will be a year old
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and the fact remains theres always a problem with this guy when theres a chance he could lose and not coming in as an 8-1 favorite

 

He said $60Mill was fine. :smoke

60/40 is a FAIR split. :deal

Floyd is UNDEFEATED And brings in bigger PPV Revenues. :deal

 

i dont blame floyd for not wanting a 50/50, they new that **** and was cool with it at first. now they want the 50/50, look no 50 50 you get 40 million and you keep it moving.

 

this :good

 

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floyd can retire for another 2 years fight a name fighter and make over a million in ppv:deal

 

lmfao-
Gander Tasco always has "fail" threads-fukin idiot-

 

this is one of floyd's MO....pretends he's ok with fitty-fitty, then change it when the other side accepts his other bs demand.

 

*******-this is what Pac is known for ya fukin dumy-

u must really be stupid or your just on here trolling-there is no way someone is as stupid as u come out to be on this website-