Pacquiao may regret that he didn’t accept the $40 million offer from Mayweather

By Boxing News - 02/01/2012 - Comments

Image: Pacquiao may regret that he didn't accept the $40 million offer from MayweatherBy Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao turned down a huge $40 million offer from Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a May 5th that would give the Filipino star by far the biggest payday of his career.

It’s safe to say that Pacquiao will never make that kind of money in a single fight during what’s left of his career. Indeed, $40 million is roughly twice as much as what Pacquiao has been getting in his fights if you’re to believe the reports of him getting $20 million+ per fight. Pacquiao is walking away from the $40 million and will be lucky if he makes half of that in his next fight on June 9th against Timothy Bradley.

Is that smart? But here’s the thing: If Pacquiao loses to Bradley, then that $40 million payday against Mayweather will be a forgotten dream. Pacquiao will have given away that big payday out of desire to get even more money. Greed is so bad. It reminds of the fisherman that got three wishes and none of things he wished for satisfied his wife until they were absolutely penniless.

I think Pacquiao should have taken the money because Bradley is a real live dog in this fight and he could pull off a huge upset over Pacquiao and his days of getting big, big bucks.

Can you imagine Bob Arum putting Pacquiao on pay per view after he gets beaten by Bradley? It would be like putting some kind of old rerun on and trying to sell it as new ton people. Who’s going to want to watch Pacquiao after he gets spanked?

I know I wouldn’t, even if Arum discounted Pacquiao’s fight steeply to 99 cents. I wouldn’t pay a dime to see him if Bradley does him. That’s why Pacquiao blew it by not taking the big cash offer from Mayweather. Greed is not good.



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