Arum: Mayweather and Pacquiao will likely want a rematch if their May 2nd fight is competitive

By Boxing News - 02/25/2015 - Comments

arum422By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is talking about the possibility of a rematch between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr if their fight on May 2nd is an evenly matched competitive fight. There isn’t a rematch clause in the contract between the two fighters, so it’s possible that both of them can go their separate ways at the conclusion of their fight next May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Arum obviously wouldn’t mind if the two of them fought again, as long as it was a competitive fight the first time around. This is going to be big money for Arum, Top Rank and for Pacquiao. He’s not going to see that kind of money if Arum keeps matching Pacquiao against his Top Rank stable fighters like Brandon Rios, Jessie Vargas and Tim Bradley.

“Thinking on the rematch for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is that if it’s a competitive fight, both likely will seek another, Arum said,” Via Lance Pugmire’s twitter. “Also, Bob Arum tells me there was no rematch clause made because it would’ve taken too long.”

It would be a bad idea for Pacquiao and Mayweather were to fight each other again if the first fight is a one-sided affair with one of them getting totally dominated over a number of rounds. For example, if Mayweather schools Pacquiao totally for 8 rounds before knocking him out in the 9th, then I don’t think there would be any reason whatsoever for a rematch.

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I’m sure boxing fans would still be interested in seeing another fight between them, but it wouldn’t be good for Pacquiao’s career to take a potential second licking from Mayweather.

At the same time, it could cause Pacquiao’s pay-per-view numbers to take a nosedive after a second loss to Mayweather. The rematch will probably still do well, but obviously it won’t bring in the same kind of money and PPV buys as their first fight, because boxing fans will see the fight as a money grab due to the one-sided nature of their previous fight, and that in turn will cause a lot of boxing fans to save their money rather than dumping it on a fight where they know who will be victorious.

The money is going to be so good for both fighters; it won’t be surprising to see them show interest in a rematch with one another. Mayweather isn’t going to be able to make the kind of cash against anyone else that he’ll be making against Pacquiao.

Mayweather will be getting three to four times what he normally makes for his fights, and that makes it a lot more appealing for him to get that kind of cash all at nice in a fight against Pacquiao rather than Mayweather having to fight three to four times to get the same kind of cash.

The problem with Mayweather getting the money the slow way with a 3-4 fights is that he’ll have to fight a lot of guys that hold and run a lot. Mayweather won’t be able to count on him being matched against a slugger that will be coming to him to mix it up.



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