By Eric Thomas: According to news from the Manilastandard, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is hoping to make as much as $50 million for his mega fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, if the two fighters can agree to a contract for a bout that will likely take place in November. Writer Ronnie Nathanielsz says that sources are saying that Mayweather hopes to get $50 million, and Pacquiao less but near that amount. This would mean that Mayweather wants a bigger cut of the revenue but not probably not as large as some things that are being said about Mayweather wanting a 60-40 deal.
None of the promoters are revealing any information about how the negotiations are going, but there have been reported leaks of Pacquiao’s team having already made a number of offers that have all been shot down by Mayweather. And there is talk that Mayweather’s 60-40 offer was equally shot down by Pacquiao’s management team. It’s probably going to take a 50-50 or near that offer to make this fight happen because Pacquiao has a lot of pride and he may not want to give in and accept less than half, even it means walking away from the deal and making a lot less in a rematch with Miguel Cotto or a fight against Antonio Margarito.
Those two fights appear to be the backup plan that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has for Manny to fight if the Mayweather fight can’t be put together. Mayweather made a reported $40 million for his last fight against Shane Mosley on May 1st. However, Mayweather was able to make that kind of big money because he took the lion’s share of the purse split. This is what makes the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight so tricky.
It’s not as an appealing fight for Mayweather unless he can do better than what he made in his last fight, which turned out to be an easy one. The Pacquiao bout could be a competitive one and Mayweather will likely get hit a lot even if everything goes well for him. But he’s going to probably want to make the big money for this fight and the only way he’s going to do better than last time is to get the bigger purse split. Mayweather can make big money in other fights just by giving himself a bigger cut than his eager opponents, who will gladly agree to it just to have the opportunity to get the biggest payday of their careers, fight Mayweather and get a lot of attention in the press.
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