By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: I will let the children and their emotions argue over who deserves a 50/50 split. I’ve already checked mines at the door. Floyd Mayweather said that he would not give Manny Pacquiao 50/50 split. He also offered Manny a flat fee of 40 million dollars. But one thing doesn’t seem right in this situation.
If Manny is the face of boxing, the cash cow, then why is he ASKING Mayweather for a split? Shouldn’t he be the one telling Mayweather “You’re not getting 50/50 from me”? Or “I will wire you 20 million and you’ll get the rest later”? But this isn’t happening. It is highly rumored that, Pac’s promoter, takes 27.5 percent of his money. So if this is true, then Manny won’t see the entire 50 percent from the revenue or pay per view sales. After all Manny said he would take less money to make the fight happen. My source is below.
Can’t Hate on Floyd Business Savvy
Floyd is simply a smart businessman. The undercard is just as important as the main event so why not recruit people who are going to help promote the event? It would be stupid not to. The idea is to do good pay per view numbers and that’s what happened. But I believe the main reason some are really pissed is because Floyd outsold Pacquaio with another common opponent. This time the roles were reversed. Pacquaio fought Cotto first in 2009 and generated 1.2 million buys. Floyd fought Cotto and did 2 million buys. This has to be a little embarrassing to Team Pac. Cotto was supposed to be “washed up” “a shot fighter” and had “nothing left”. I guess 1.5 million people didn’t think so.
Maybe Arum should take note and work with other promoters to get these kind of buys. In my opinion, a good card would have been Pacquiao vs Bradley with Chavez vs Martinez, and Marquez vs Judah. That fight card would surely generate great numbers. But because of Arums reluctance to do business with other promoters, and do in house fights, the end results are…..
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