Mayweather shows off expensive plane

By Boxing News - 01/06/2015 - Comments

By Chris Williams: WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr isn’t letting the stress of his tough negotiations with Team Pacquiao get to him for their proposed mega-fight on May 2nd. Mayweather is still enjoying himself with his expensive cars, houses and in this case his plane.

Mayweather took to Twitter on Monday to show off his plane and eight of his super expensive cars. The price tags on the vehicles alone are out of this world expensive and beyond the reach of most people.

Pacquiao recently lashed out on Mayweather on his social media site in response to Mayweather showing his fabulous wealth. Pacquiao said “Floyd brags about his lifestyle and everything. I don’t care. I’m just waiting for him to sign the contract!”

Some boxing fans would say that Pacquiao does care about Mayweather showing off his wealth, because the way that Pacquiao worded his tweet could be interpreted annoyance based on envy/jealousy. Whatever is eating at Pacquiao, he needs to let Mayweather show off his possessions if he wants to.

Mayweather is just giving his fans what they want by him showing the things he owns and the way he lives. He’s not just a boxer, he’s also a businessman and obviously a highly intelligent one.

If Pacquiao stays patient and doesn’t overreact during the negotiation process by drawing a line in the sand in terms of the money split, then the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight negotiations could go smoothly with it quickly resulting in them signing for the fight. But if Pacquiao becomes impatient, and unwilling to give in to Mayweather’s offers, then we can pretty much forget about the fight taking place because Mayweather will no doubt move on rather than letting a B-side fighter ask for too much of the money pot.

If it’s not about money for Pacquiao then the fight can be made. However, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum was recently quoted as saying the negotiations are about money, so it doesn’t matter if Pacquiao is saying that money isn’t the issue. I believe it is the issue and will ultimately be the reason for the fight not taking place if the two sides are unable to negotiate the fight.

It would be a joint venture between Showtime and HBO if the fight can get made. It would similar to how Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson, who fought on different networks, were able to work out a deal way back in 2002 to fight each other. The fight can be made. The only question is can the money be agreed on for the fight.



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