Mayweather-Pacquiao fight to be announced on Sunday during NBA All Star game?

By Boxing News - 02/14/2015 - Comments

floyd8282828By Chris Williams: The Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao mega-fight will be announced this Sunday, February 15th during the NBA All Star game, according to 8countnews. Their two sources, which they say are “credible sources,” are saying that Mayweather will drop the bomb by announcing his fight against Pacquiao tomorrow.

In order for Mayweather to be beaten to the punch with inside sources spilling the beans before his announcement, he’s probably going to need to hold off on signing the contract until right before his announcement. You know how that goes.

Once Mayweather puts pen to paper and sends the contract back to Pacquiao’s people, the chances are that sources will start spreading the news about the fight being official.

None of this is official obviously. At this point nothing has been decided, and it’s quite possible that the sources from 8countnews will be as good as the sources from TMZ that said the fight was a done deal over two weeks ago.

If it were me, I wouldn’t choose the NBA All Star game to announce my fight. I would have done it during the much bigger event during the Super Bowl. There’s a lot more eyeballs that watch the Super Bowl compared to the NBA All Star.

If it were the NBA finals, then I could understand the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight being announced during that time. I’m sure there will be a fair amount of NBA fans who will be watching the All Star game, but it obviously won’t be monster numbers.
Further, as part of the contract, 8countnews’ sources are saying that there is a rematch clause in the contract that will go in effect if Mayweather loses the fight.

The gloves size will be 8 oz. This isn’t unexpected because it’s always been thought that the gloves size would be 8 oz. As we already know, the purse split will be 60-40 in favor of Mayweather. That’s a very fair deal for Pacquiao. It’s actually more than fair because you can make a strong argument that Mayweather could have easily pushed for a 70-30 deal, and Pacquiao wouldn’t have been able to do much other than accept it if he wanted the fight.

After all, Mayweather is the fighter with the unbeaten record and the bigger pay-per-view numbers. Mayweather wouldn’t have been off base in asking for a 70-30 cut of the loot for the fight. But by giving Pacquiao a 60-40 deal, Mayweather is showing his kindness and generosity. The only explanation I have for Mayweather giving Pacquiao such a great deal is because he wanted to get the negotiations over and done with as fast as possible rather than having to go back and forth for ages over the cash.

This fight is Mayweather’s chance to finally shut-up his critics that have been saying for years that Pacquiao has the talent to beat him. By beating Pacquiao, Mayweather can close the door on the Filipino star once and for all.

By beating Pacquiao in a one-sided fashion, Mayweather can wash his hands of Pacquiao once and for all. He can then walk away with his $120-150 million and look for other important fights to help put an exclamation point on his fantastic career. As for Pacquiao, he would be left having to pick up the broken pieces of his shattered career after the loss.



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