Everybody can relax now. Pacman agreed to a 50-50 split. Hatton bout on; Pacman settles for 50-50 By Cedelf P. Tupas Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 03:30:00 01/16/2009 MANILA, PhilippinesThe Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton showdown will push through after all. A day after the fight looked doomed, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum Thursday said the duel between boxings top pound-for-pound fighter and its 140 lb king is back under control because Pacquiao has agreed to a 50-50 split with Hatton. The Los Angeles Times Thursday reported that Pacquiao is expected to sign the fight contract sometime Thursday. There was a lot of confusion about why we did 50-50, but everyone now understands why this is a good deal, Arum told the LA Times Lance Pugmire. This thing is going to happen. Thursday (Tuesday) was disarray. Today, everythings back in order. Pacquiaos lawyer, Franklin Gacal, on Monday said the Filipino superstar was demanding a 60-40 revenue sharing for the fight and hinted that they would look for another opponent if their terms were not met for the fight that is expected to gross $58.4 million. The demand prompted Hattons handlers to threaten the Filipino champion with a lawsuit and Arum to call off the fight since the American promoter and the British Hitmans handlers had verbally agreed to equal sharing late last month. Pacquiao apparently backed out on his demand due to the expected windfall from the pay-per-view revenue in Britain, which Arum said is attributable to Hatton. The Filipino would get half of the PPV revenue. http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirer...83646/Hatton-bout-on-Pacman-settles-for-50-50
hmmm is this upto date info or are they repeating what arum said a couple of days ago, before manny changed his mind again?
who the hell knows anymore. two other sites, one with news about fights and the other about boxing, just put up stories that totally contradict each other. We'll see eventually but this is all very silly. :silly
