Comments Thread For: Mayweather Jr: "Pacquiao Better Step His PPV Game Up"

[Sugar Q]

Pacquiao is a:

• WW Champion
• Best Fighter of the Decade
• Pound for Pound King

And that's just the start, how can he not have at least 50% of the purse if he fight Mayweather?

A 50/50 is logical and fair...but if one has to consider many things I have just mentioned above (and then some) then Pacquiao can even argue for a 60/40 but I don't think that this would happen with Floyd being a purely mercenarian fighter that he is.

He doesn't respect the sport but the money. And so 50/50 is fair in this light.

All political. How can a fighter that has loss and who's only wins are against fighters that have already been conquered be P4P not to mention fighter of the decade over a fighter that has beaten most of the same fighters before him and is still undefeated? And if Shane beat the man who beat the man doesnt that make him the man to beat @147? Floyd came back and handedly beat the man many think beat Pac now he's fighting the man Pac blatantly avoided but Pac is the P4P best and BS fighter of the decade? SUPER BS!!!!!
Boxing is a business. It's about numbers. When this fight sells over 2 million PPV it doesn't matter what you or any other delusional hater thinks Floyd will be in a position to command a 80/20 split with unconditional random testing take it or leave it! Sorry to bust your bubble my dude but Manny should've taken that 50/50 when he had a chance. :-)

[Sugar Q]

Step pac's PPV game up??? He's averaging 1mill PPV buys for his last 4 PPV's you dummy. He just sold out 51,000 seats alone and did 700 PPV buys without any promotion whatsoever. WTF is this fraud talking about??

The 2 million plus he's about to do Saturday night not to mention the common opponent numbers where his far exceeds Pac's. What is it about that you don't understand?

[SCEN3RY]

Wins, losses and belts or P4P status are not the overriding factor in purse splits.....something Frazier could never understand when he fought Ali.......the man who puts more bums in seats and gets more ppl to part with their money gets the larger share in almost all cases......what happened to Pac being willing to fight floyd for free???

Bob Arum would never allow that, the free part. So far I haven't heard Pacquiao speak on purses about a fight with Floyd since then, but 50/50 should be good enough for both guys. The idea is to make these decisions as smoothly as possible, no more stalling. I also read somebody else speak on, 40% is okay b/c its still a lot of money...You have to understand it's not about the outcome on the percent, it's about the evenness of the split. Pacquiao has proven he will not let Mayweather dictate the terms of the contract in such a manner, all this talk is just hurting the fight. But all of this is rather premature, I don't know why Floyd would even speak on it now of all times, Shane Mosley anyone?

[And Still]

First of all Shane went to Roach and the press before the Berto fight and BEGGED Manny for a fight but Manny wanted absolutely no part of him and it is well documented all over the internet. You seem a bit delusional when comparing Pac to Floyd. Why not just call it like it is "Floyd is a far bigger draw than Manny" period, point blank and that's what it is. Some will say well Floyd had Shane but what about when Manny had Cotto. I would say that Cotto has a much bigger following than Shane does but May/Marquez almost out sold Pac/Cotto so just be a good sport and tell it like it is. Floyd is the man in boxing.

Even Roach admitted that Cotto brings more money than Shane does,

[waxfondler]

I guarantee you if Mayweather had a no name dance partner, with no HBO 24/7...he couldn't and wouldn't do over 700,000 buys. In fact I'd bet the house now in his next fight if it's against a no name fighter, he won't pass 700,000 buys.

thats the damn truth, people dont realize that the REAL reason for success is GBP... do people honestly think that if mayweather promotions were to promote his fights alone, he would do big numbers???? people forget that GBP is cozy with HBO, has 24/7 on lock, puts fights in theatres, etc.... Schaeffer is no joke, GBP is promoting their A**ES off... also, this is a GREAT matchup.

arum failed manny with a shorter promotional period, no 24/7, crap undercard, rushed to sign with clottey.... on top of that, the allegations were tarnishing pac's reputation... bob arum saying f** off to the fans wasnt too helpful either. LOL. that fight was basically swept under the rug compared to the way GBP promotes.... so it really was SURPRISING to see it go 700k.

[TysonTKO]

Step pac's PPV game up??? He's averaging 1mill PPV buys for his last 4 PPV's you dummy. He just sold out 51,000 seats alone and did 700 PPV buys without any promotion whatsoever. WTF is this fraud talking about??

Mayweather draws PPV ‘Money’ Date Opponent Location PPV buys Revenue May 5, 2007 De La Hoya Las Vegas 2.45 million $136.8 million Sept. 19, 2009 J.M. Marquez Las Vegas 1.06M $54.5M Dec. 8, 2007 Hatton Las Vegas 920,000 $52.4M April 8, 2006 Judah Las Vegas 378,000 $17M June 25, 2005 Gatti Atlantic City 369,000 $16.6M Nov. 4, 2006 Baldomir Las Vegas 325,000 $16.2M Total 5.498M $292.7M

Now you give me a list of pac's numbers of his last six fights

[And Still]

With all due respect, I think you guys are expecting too much from Pacquiao. Manny dropped out in the third-grade and he is barely literate, if at all. It was said that he couldn't read his own contracts. That is how he took a briefcase of money and signed with multiple promoters.

...resulting in a spate of lawsuits, and his current convoluted (and expensive) promotional deal.

[commonsense81]

serious whats with this talking and not enough boxing.

what are you talking about has fight on saturday and you see him on 24/7 training hard what else do you want when freddy roach is taking his jabs at mayweather I dont hear that **** coming out yall *******s mouth. Just tune in saturday and you will get your wish.

[GRUSTLER]

Manny Pacquiao had a shot at Floyd at 50/50 when Pac was in a
better position to call shots but he blew it by fronting on the
random blood testing. By doing that, he only made things worst.
Floyd fighting and beating Mosley and doing like 2MIL and better
PPV wise puts Pac in the back seat as far as negotiations go.
Pac is going to have to submit to the testing and the percentage
Floyd wants because the pressure will be on him if he doesn't
fight Floyd. i said this when Pac began playing himself with the
testing and being all extra emotional with it. Floyd came back
from a lil lay off and took back the spot light like he was never
gone. I'm speaking the straight up facts in everyway. Now Roach
is saying "17" day cut off instead of "14"? I thought he said that
they don't need Mayweather AND that Floyd wasn't the commission?
Pac fans need to get a clue and stop with Floyd is ducking crap.
After them #'s come back Arum, Freddie and Pac are going to
be too greedy to turn down a fight with Floyd. You can already
tell by how Roach is compromising and Pac is still talking about it.
If a fight with Floyd don't happen, Pac will be looked at as ducking
by the masses not only Floyd fans. Floyd took on Mosley, a fighter
who Pac wanted nothing to do with and according to his coach
was too good to fight Pac. Pac fans keep dreaming thinking this
is a ploy for Floyd to duck Manny. Taking that Clottey fight proved
that Manny wasn't confident or serious making the fight with Floyd
happen. I like Pac but can't cosign the BS.

[Samski313]

Nobody told Pacquiao to find a no name nobody like Clottey! Pacquiao and Bob Arum brought this on themselves. The public was not asking for a fight with Clottey but they signed that **** anyway 2 days after negotiations broke down. Pacquiao made his choice in Clottey now he is paying for it.