Originally posted by silkyjohnson:
Originally posted by phiLthyphiL:
Mayweather's a f**kin joke. Kenny mayne asked him the same s**t 10x. What did he respond with?
"Ask my promoter." f**kin b***h.
Dude, they've asked Manny Pacquiao if he wants to fight Mayweather 100s of times since Saturday. He responds with the same s**t. Ask my promoter this, ask my promoter that blah blah blah... 
BUT... unlike the Money Mayweather haters, I aint gonna call Manny out on it. Why? Because this is all a negotiating tactic.
THE FIGHT'S GONNA HAPPEN. QUIT ACTING LIKE IT AIN'T. Pac fought just 2 days ago, give it a rest, have patience grasshopper.
Anyway.. back to what I was getting to. It's all a negotiating tactic. Neither one wants to call each other out because it gives the other guy the upper hand. Once someone calls the other one out, the other one basically has precedence to set his own terms and set a starting bar for negotiations in his favor, giving the other one a disadvantage and having to compromise.
LOL. Give it a rest? Of course Floyd would be ready to pounce on Manny once he didn't come outright and say "I want Floyd". He had just finished arguably the toughest fight of his life. Go through Mayne's interviews with Mayweather since he came out of retirement, everything is a bob and weave from answering the one question, do you want Manny? He even said, "All Manny has to do is say the word and I'll pay Marquez some step-aside money, and we can get the fight done." That in itself was a joke. He conveniently chose Pacman/Hatton's fightday to announce his comeback.
The BIGGEST OBSTACLE in this fight happening is the purse. There's no way in hell Mayweather deserves more than 50%. It'd even be highway robbery for Mayweather to get an even split of the purse. A 55/45 split in favor of Pacquiao sounds about right, even 60/40. What that bonehead better realize is that 40% of over 2million PPV buys is a whole lot of money. I'd even bet that it'd surpass the DLH/Floyd PPV.
Floyd is NOT the PPV king. He fought DLH who was arguable the most popular fighter in boxing. He fought Ricky Hatton who has a large European gathering. His bout with Marquez? Only 1 million PPV buys. Why? Probably from Marquez' cultural following.
Who was Mayweather before DLH? He was never the PPV king, thus he has absolutely no leverage to gain the lion's share of the purse or an even split. Pacquiao is #1 P4P, a welterweight beltholder, and is the hottest boxer in the sport.
55/45 or 60/40.
[ Edited by phiLthyphiL on Nov 17, 2009 at 07:56:42 ]