Interesting Mayweather interview on Pacman

I'm not sure how much coverage this has got in the states, but it's a pretty interesting statement by Mayweather on the Pacquiao fight.

He was asked about his next fight:

"Certain fighters need to get their house in order before it can happen. I keep 100% of what I bring to the table. Pacquiao gives away 30% of the deal to people he works with. ".

A bit different to the usual backwards and forwards.

He's pretty much saying, Arum is the problem right?

If you remember, Mayweather was in a pretty similar situation when he was chasing a De la Hoya bout for 2 years. To make the deal, he dumped Arum (on the basis that De la Hoya wasn't willing to give him a cut of the deal)

 

I'm getting sick of explaining stuff to you.

Boxers like De la Hoya, and Mayweather don't have or need promotion. They sell fights on their names, and hence, keep nearly 100% of the fight purse.

So if Oscar is fighting Mayweather as an example, 100% of the fight purse goes to the boxers.

Manny however, has a traditional promotion deal. Meaning he hands 30% of all his deals to a combination of Arum, his management, and his team.



Meaning, you have two options

1: They take the 30% out of the purse, to pay Arum to promote it. Meaning the boxers get a smaller pot

2: Manny pays Arum himself, and hence gives up so much money, that he really can't afford to accept anything but 50%


Making the fight a lot harder to make.

 

It's not the same.

Mosely and Marquez dumped GB over politics. Their fight contracts weren't a problem

However

Oscar didn't want arum involved for financial reasons. On the basis that Arum demands to co-promote these invents, and take his ridiculous cuts.

It's financial.

Why's Mayweather going to give Arum 30% of the deal?

 

Have a look at Mayweather's earnings, per fight, compared to Pacquiaos, and get back to me on this one.

Floyd usually makes at least $40 from bouts. Manny, barely over $20 million.

Where's the extra money coming from, from similar sized events?

Probably the fact that Manny gives a lot of his away

 

I'll find the link.

I read it in a newspaper, in the UK, yesterday

Here's the full quote

"Pacquiao is in the news because he is attached to my name," the American said. "When they say Pacquiao, they say that's the guy they are trying to get to fight Floyd Mayweather. When they say Floyd Mayweather, they say Floyd Mayweather. All Pacquiao is doing is fighting my leftovers man.

"Certain people need to get their business in order. We're talking about a guy that gives up, when he fights, 30 percent of the deal to two different companies. I keep 100 percent of the revenue."

For his part, Pacquiao continually defers any talk of a Mayweather mega-bout to his promoter.

"I'm not going to fight anybody as long as there is a problem with the decision of the promoter," the Filipino said earlier this year. "That's my promoter's job. I'm just a fighter to do my job and train hard for the fight."

 

That's basically his point.

Manny gives up a lot of his deals to Arum, and other companies.

If Arum's involved, this automatically means Mayweather is effectively giving up a lot of money he could be earning, to a guy he hates.

What I'm saying is, if Manny was like Mayweather, they'd just pay GBP a fee to host the fight, and keep 99% of the money to themselves.

If Arum's involved, he'll demand to co-promote, and take $20 million for doing next to nothing