Mayweather Not Interested in Fighting Pacquiao Unless He Takes the Smaller Cut
July 14th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it clear today that he won’t be fighting Manny Pacquiao unless the Filipino star takes the smaller cut of the PPV revenue for the fight. Mayweather, 32, will be coming off a two-year retirement on September 19th against Juan Manuel Marquez, and isn’t interested in accepting a 50-50 cut for the fight with Pacquiao despite that figure being the one that Top Rank CEO Bob Arum wants.
That’s not likely going to happen and Mayweather probably knows that, because Pacquiao wants to squeeze in another payday against Miguel Cotto before trying to arrange a fight bout with the dangerous Mayweather. Cotto has looked like a shadow of his once former self since losing to Antonio Margarito but he still remains a popular fighter with only one loss, hence the interest by Pacquiao and his team.
Mayweather continued speaking the truth when he made a mention of Pacquiao having been beaten by Erik Morales previously and also adding that Pacquiao should have been beaten twice in his fights with Marquez. This is something that many boxing fans are in agreement with Mayweather over, because Pacquiao struggled badly both times against Marquez and appeared to lose both of the fights the talented Mexican fighter.
However, being the more popular fighter, Pacquiao got the nod what some people refer to as a gift draw in the first fight with Marquez and a highly controversial 12-round split decision in the second fight last year in March. To this day, Pacquiao hasn’t shown any interest in fighting Marquez for a third time.
I guess Pacquiao doesn’t want to risk fate and get beat. Both Marquez and De La Hoya both agree that Mayweather is still the best fighter in boxing. De La Hoya, who was stopped by Pacquiao last year, says he felt more skill coming from Mayweather compared to Pacquiao.
Marquez pointed out that he had already beaten Pacquiao twice, so obviously Mayweather should still be considered the top fighter in the sport because he hadn’t been beaten like Pacquiao has. Just for the record, I totally 100% agree with Marquez about that.
He clearly beat Pacquiao in both fights and I can’t see a beaten fighter like Pacquiao deserving anywhere near a 50-50 deal with a fighter like Mayweather. I could see maybe 20% to 30, but no more than that. Pacquiao attacks a smaller segment of the U.S. and world market compared to Mayweather, who is a true crossover star in the mold of the great Oscar De La Hoya and to a certain extent Marquez.
Pacquiao isn’t at that level from what I can see and I doubt he ever will be. Mayweather, De La Hoya and Marquez seem to bring a little more to the table when they enter the ring compared to Pacquiao, a fighter who has been feasting on limited fighters in the past year since his questionable win over Marquez. I think in the end, Pacquiao will understand where he stands in the big scheme of things and will take the smaller cut to get the fight with Mayweather.
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I saw a lot of Filipino hates the writer Mr. Manuel Perez. Why don’t you guys imitate his style and write some crap about Mexican boxers? Lot of page views probably bigger chance of income in adsense.
Get over it! for crying out loud. Mayweather needs Pacquiao if he wants to maximize his earnings live everybody does. And quit injecting Marquez into all your articles until he wins over Mayweather. You are only making yourself sound even more desperate. Let’s offer a Novena for Marquez to do something to uplift your spirits in his next fight and forget about Pacquiao. Your whole country will appreciate this.
Pac can be unbeaten too if he chose to run on fights ‘coz he has the quickness & natural agility too like Floyd. But he dislikes that boring Floyd style as most fans hate it. But I bet Floyd can never do What Pac had shown so far: the bravery & the heart of a true fighter. The difference b/w pac & floyd is that: one is coward while the other is an epitome of a true professional boxing champion.
Come home with your small penis and cook me some Ceviche in your Floyd Mayweather boxers. You cute(in a William Hung way) lil maricon, you.
Shut your mouth Tony before I drop a kettlebell on your forehead. De la Hoto chose to fight Pacquiao. Pac whooped Hatton at his “INVINCIBLE”(natural weight) at 140. Mayweather told him to meet him at HIS weight at 147 = a slower Hatton. Marquez n De la Hoya are sourpusses b/c their people consider them below Chavez,Morales and Barrera. There is not even an actual weight for the “Number 2 / Numero Dos” fight n no one really cares about this fight. I’d rather watch UFC instead of this Mockery of boxing.
Pac fought De La Hoya at 147 but De La Hoya still had to come down alot and Mayweather beat him at the weight that didn’t have to make him come down and look all drained, we all seen it on 24/7, so pac will be seen as a good fighter one day, the question is, will he be seen as a great fighter. Don’t drain them and then beat them, thats crazy how he makes them come down to a Catch Weight.
Well what can we expect, mayweather is american.. this is why he sucks, look at odlh mexican-AMERICAN..always a sore loser just like this writer…go to hell
hide behind split purse issue, soon floyd will runout of excuses. it smell more like FEAR! stop running and hiding floyd forget about money and fight for legacy and face the best pacman to prove yourself. action speak louder than words. and floyd had been talking too much with no balls. ha ha ha.
The writer clearly does not know what he’s talking about! You seem to hate on Pacquiao, yet you can’t stop talking about him! Pacquaio is the pound of pound king, Mayweather can talk all he want, but he sounds like a bitter, ignorant and desperate boy to me.
David- That was great!!! I totally agree with you…I don’t think we’ll be seeing you on youtube anytime soon.
haven’t all of you noticed, it is marquez vs mayweather but the story is mostly not about the two fighters but about pacquaio? how more popular can one get if he is not in a fight but everyone’s talking about him? get a grip.
Mayweather,de la Hoya and Marquez are full of contradictions.Mayweather is down grading Pacquiao but he wants to fight him,de la Hoya was beaten but lots of crap excuses,Marquez was beaten and handed with a draw because of one stupid judge and claimed he was robbed but he wants to fight him again.Deep in their heart they knew that Pacquiao is the man at the moment,they have a very serious personality problem and that include Manuel Perez.
perez thinks his better than the ring magazine when it comes to ranking. If that is so, then rank shebang as the #1 P4P king.
by the way potter clown… oscar isnt a crossover star… he was born in la you retart
you should give thanks to pacman, you have somethin to write about. cheers
Lol the punk’s pricing himself out now!!!
What a load of rubbish! Mayweather is not a cross- over star as De La Hoya was and the Pacman now is. The record PPVs for his last 2 fights b4 he retired was down to De La Hoya & Hatton. Yes, he’s a wonderful boxer with great skill, but ask the man on the street who they’d rather watch- him or Pacquiao & most will say Pacquiao no question. Manny unquestionably deserves at LEAST a 50/50 cut and if not he should walk away from the fight. Lets see where Mayweather goes from there; Mosley, Williams- both would beat him. . . lets b honest, which legitimate 147lb has Mayweather fought? Please don’t say Judah, for lost his previous fight b4 facing Floyd
i dont think the purse split is the real issue here!
i say this cos the true motivation 4 this fight isnt money but glory, the winner of this fight will b cemented as probably the best (or in the top 3) P4P fighter of this decade.
Even if pacquiao accepts a 40-60 split (which does kinda suck) he still gets the opportunity 2 fight in one of the biggest fights in years and do wot no man has done and beat mayweather makin him the true P4P champ
the real hitch will come when discussing weight, i dont think mayweather should b pressured into a catch weight like other recent pacquiao opponents, however the pacquiao camp will insist on this
even tho i doesnt like plausible i still hope they do this fight, a fight i believe every1 wants 2 see
Mayweather doesen’t need anyone, he’s proved himself over and over. I don’t know who Pacquiao thinks he is and why he wants 50-50, it’s ridiculous, Mayweather is the best and is the attraction in boxing, he’s the reason I watch the sport along with many other boxing fans, Pacquiao should take a something like a 70-30 and realise why…everyone calls Mayweather out but he only chooses to fight people if they give him the price he wants and whoever is the PPV attraction, Pacquiao is exactly that but after winning 2 fights and thinking he’s worthy of a 50-50 split against Mayweather is stupid, he needs to think again and realise why Mayweather is worthy of more.
u love to talk about marquez should have won the fight!!! but the fact of the matter is….. he lost!! and in the process… marquez was knocked down 4 times!!
then on the topic of should have won…… jose luis castillo should’ve won the first mayweather encounter!!
weight drained??? oscar wanted to take the fight because he saw pacquiao as an easy opponent!! he fought and demolished ricky hatton at light welter!! something that mayweather tried to dodge so made him move up to welterweight!!
asking a fighter drop 2 or 3 pounds extra is really not a big problem when manny has had to put on over 40 pounds! if they dont like it, then they should turn the fight down!! no one is forcing these fighters to fight manny!!
and finally… manuel i think u are a fool and i have now come to the conclusion u actually love manny!! but all i am saying is… it is alright to like a guy!! i have some friends who swing that way and it is nothing to be so ashamed of that u constantly have to keep writing negative things about manny to prevent people from finding out!! just come out the closet already!! if u do one more manny article…… then to me that is ur way of confirming to me u are officially a boy that likes some batty!!
Mayweather is scared of the Pacman.. anyone who saw how Manny destroyed Hatton so easy would be scared.
I never agreed with your usual crap and constant babbling.. but based from the past I do agree that Floyd should get a bigger cut. He is from USA and he will generate more PPV’s. He should get more. But I know Pacman will beat Mayweather. Pacman is just too good. Let’s see the PPV sales between Floyd and Marquez.. then we will know how much market Floyd still can pull. Peace.
hey Fettern! you maybe right. No human can ever write this article. Perez maybe don’t really exist, or just a dog that was trained to write or an alien with a half inch of a brain.
roger has a boxer father who trained him…and manny just grew up in the streets boxing…BUT THEY HAVE COMMON INTEREST….”FIGHT TO WIN”
The guy who writes these is deluded beyond belief.
mayweather is arrogant…
hahahaha! I said it once and I’ll say it again, “PACQUIAO IS A FRAUD”!
Yup, you got that right — Pacquiao is still nowhere near Mayweather’s level. Well, he is… but only in the minds of Pacnuthuggers. They have no idea.
don’t make any comment. ain’t worth it.