By Eric Thomas: Trainer Freddie Roach thinks that making a deal for a fight with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t be an easy task for his fighter World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach had this to say to Philstar:

“Mayweather still doesn’t have that huge audience so I would go for 60-40 for Manny.” That doesn’t sound like a promising development if Roach has anything to do with the negotiation process between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., because Mayweather will likely never accept the smaller 60-40 cut and Pacquiao will have to find another opponent to fight for his next bout rather than Mayweather.

The money is going to be an issue unless the sides can agree to come in at the same price. Roach not only wants Pacquiao to get the bigger slice of the pay-per-view revenue, but he also wants the bout to take place at another catch-weight.

It’s unclear if Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title would be on the line for the fight if Pacquiao does end up fighting Mayweather. Pacquiao captured the WBO title last Saturday night in a 12th round knockout over Miguel Cotto, in a fight that took place at a 145 pound catch weight instead of the normal 147 pound welterweight limit. Between Mayweather getting the smaller cut and then having to come in at a 145 pound catch weight, the fight would seem dead in the water if those are the final terms from Pacquiao’s side.

Roach says that Pacquiao would have to have a different fighting style for the Mayweather bout. “We [Pacquiao] need time to get ready for that fight. We have to come out with a real different style,” Roach says. You can say that again. Pacquiao would have to change his fighting style in a major way for a fight against Mayweather, because he fights nothing like Pacquiao’s last three opponents. Mayweather won’t be trying to trade shots with Pacquiao like Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Cotto did. All three fought more or less by standing directly in front of Pacquiao and trying to trade shots with him.

Roach doesn’t think a fight against Mayweather would be nearly as interesting as the Cotto fight ended up, saying “Cotto came to fight and Mayweather comes to run. He [Floyd] makes a boring fight, but a lot of people will buy tickets to see him lose.” Roach is right. Mayweather won’t stay and trade with Pacquiao, because his entire came in build around his defense and his ability to punch and move. Cotto was able to avoid getting hit when he started moving in the 2nd half of the fight. You could expect that Mayweather will do much better than Cotto did in that department.

Mayweather is faster than Cotto, and a much better counter puncher compared to him. Pacquiao, in effect, could be facing a bigger, faster version of Juan Manuel Marquez if he chooses to fight Mayweather. Marquez gave Pacquiao fits in his two fights with the Filipino star, fighting to a draw in their first fight and then losing a 12 round split decision in their second bout.