Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao: 50-50 Split is The Breaking Point

[thebaklapacklas]

Doesn't Arum STILL owe Floyd money? And Floyd should agree to 50/50? GTFOH.

[Kilrain]

You are forgetting that he has to pay Arum 27%, the IRS gets half, Roach gets 10%, etc.

Dont believe all the numbers you hear online because Manny lost a lot of money and he needs money. He did not get a 22 million guarantee for the JMM fight. Go look at the contract.

Those fixed deductions are still going to be there for the Mayweather fight (duh) so the point remains: how is he going to make more fighting Floyd than he has ever made? It makes no sense.

Are you trying to claim he only made $6 million from the Marquez fight? Because that's nonsensical. It's been well-reported that $22 million was the guarantee. See this bleacher report article - - which states "According to the Nevada Commission, Pacquiao is guaranteed at $22 million. He will likely make close to $30 million when all is said and done."

But I suppose we should listen to you, not the NSAC?

[marvin douglas]

Taking a less share of the purse means that he was "willing" to take a less than equal piece of the pie.

Taking "less than he normally gets" was not what he announced to the public-in fact,when Floyd was supposed to go in the slammer,Pac made the "I will take the smaller share" comment, but now since jailtime is delayed, he wants equal-which one is it? Sounds like posturing to me.

Pac and Floyd make more by taking 75-90% of the purse by fighting lesser fighters.If they fight one another,even if they did Floyd/Oscar ppv numbers (nearly 2.5 million),they would still make less than what they make fighting weaker fighters because the share is 50/50.

If they do 2.5 million buys @ $69.90 a pop, the fight will gross well over $175 million (if you include the live gate and money from sponsors). At 2 million buys, the fight would still gross over $150 million.

Under a 50-50 split, they would split the money down the middle and each side would pay half of the production expenses and costs (the cable companies take a substantial portion for instance).

Each side would also have to pay for their own promotional expenses because the fight will be a co-promotion. Manny would pay TR and Floyd would pay GB. Each fighter would pay whatever percentage is specified in their individual promotional contracts.

Therefore, as I see it, both Manny and Floyd should make twice as much money for this fight as they would fighting anyone else (and that's even if they get 70% for those other fights).

[disolly]

why dont they just agree for the winner to get 60%

more fights should be like that in situations like this. i dont know everything that is going on, only top rank/manny and floyd and his team do.
but floyd saying on television that he wont fight with a 50/50 split pretty much kills any chance of this fight happening.
they both stand to make the most they have ever made, they both are the biggest draws in the sport and most talented in the sport. for this fight to happen the terms need to be even. otherwise i dont blame manny for not taking the fight. as i wouldn't blame floyd if manny said he wanted it to take place in the phillipines with a 60-40 split and he denied.
floyd said he wants to fight, and i think he does, but only on his terms. the fact that he is not willing to fight in say texas at the cowboy's stadium or in a bigger venue that could make this fight more money is ******, asking for a bigger split is ******. I know both guys have done stuff to appear as if they are ducking the fight. but the guy who is willing to take 50/50 cut is [robably the guy who actually wants the fight more
the sad thing is, i think floyd will probably win, and i think he thinks that but he treats the sport like a god damn investment, if the pay and terms aren't high enough for the potential risk he just wont do it. and it's ***** like this that is killing this amazing sport. he probably could have beat cotto, margs, williams in their prime and solidified himself as one of the best ever to anyone who watched the sport, but same thing the risk to reward was not great enough. and i think floyd is the worst (smartest) at this technique, but all the top guys in the sport do it and it fuccking sucks.

[WESS]

Mayweather should be accepting 50-50. However there is no issue as Pac agreed to taking the lesser share.

Make the fight already.....

[War Dinamita]

Those fixed deductions are still going to be there for the Mayweather fight (duh) so the point remains: how is he going to make more fighting Floyd than he has ever made? It makes no sense.

Are you trying to claim he only made $6 million from the Marquez fight? Because that's nonsensical. It's been well-reported that $22 million was the guarantee. See this bleacher report article - - which states "According to the Nevada Commission, Pacquiao is guaranteed at $22 million. He will likely make close to $30 million when all is said and done."

But I suppose we should listen to you, not the NSAC?

Bleacher report is your source?

Show me the actual contract from NSAC. You do know that the contracts are available for people to see?

[V.WEBB]

Not that I think he should get more than 50-50, but, if anyone were to be entitled to more than 50-50 it's obviously Mayweather.

That being said, has anyone from Mayweather's camp addressed the 'email' yet?

Not to my knowledge, that's what I'm wanting to hear.

[Kagami Taiga]

50/50 was a ****** move, no doubt. but it definitely wasnt a breaking point. thats beyond ******. that could be negotiated. arum used it as an excuse to remove blame from his side and it was floyd's ****** ass that allowed him to do so, if the email was real. it was just a ****** move on his part. he did everything else right but he dropped the ball right before the touchdown. dumb ass.

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

why dont they just agree for the winner to get 60%

Exactly. I'd love to see 40/40 with 20 to the winner become standard for big fights.

[Roy Hobbs]

If they do 2.5 million buys @ $69.90 a pop, the fight will gross well over $175 million (if you include the live gate and money from sponsors). At 2 million buys, the fight would still gross of $150 million.

Under a 50-50 split, they would split the money down the middle and each side would pay half of the production expenses and costs (the cable companies take a substantial portion for instance).

Each side would also have to pay for the own promotional expenses because the fight will be a co-promotion. Manny would pay TR and Floyd would pay GB. Each fighter would pay whatever percentage is specified their individual promotional contracts.

Therefore, as I see it, both Manny and Floyd should make twice as much money for this fight as they would fighting anyone else (and that's even if they get 70% for those other fights).

Its just sheer greed on floyd's part if he cant swallow his pride and give a 50-50 split. He will lose the court of public opinion if this fight doesnt come off because he couldnt give a 50-50 split after all the wrangling about the drug testing. the overwhelming majority of fans will blame him. I think floyd has put the pressure on manny these last couple of months and is winning the PR battle at the moment, but that will drastically change if he sticks to his 50-50 stance. In this internet social media age, court of public opinion is just as important as who has a belt. Floyd really doesnt want to lose that.