Comments Thread For: Arum Discusses Pacquiao vs Bradley, Earnings, More

[Primera]

lmao 6 mil compared to floyds 55 mil

thats sad

[edgarg]

Chill man i just called ronnie a **** lol nothing about who could sell out their living room or not

OK. Sorry. Must have attached it to the wrong post. I keep out of calling that kind of name. Promoters are known for switching their opinions like changing coats. It all depends on "whose ox is being gored"......

[edgarg]

cant be! thats to much! i heard he only makes about 1mil flat and this is after the ppv and everything. pretty sad... but i heard he pays roach 500k so he's left with 500k when its all said and done.. wait i also heard he pays ariza 200k, and 300k to buboy, so pac is actually left with WTF nothing?? i guess pac does fight for the fans then

You're absolutely right to laugh at these poor numbskulls.

[TerrisJ3]

Ok, so since you know more than me why don't you just educate me on how Manny Pacquiao is getting guaranteed 6MIL and Bradley 5MIL.

guarantee is the payment just for signing the paper. i remember watching the Mosley fight on skysports that the commentators said Manny was to make over 20 million for the fight. now you are not counting the nike sponsorship check, the sky sports check, the HBO PPV check, the gate check, and the Top Rank check. you guys talk all ignorant like you all know what goes in Manny's bank account. it amuses and annoys me at the same time.

[edgarg]

yes you can when giving just enough to make you thing that you are really getting paid. thats the illiteracy that allows a dirty street business smart promoter like arum and king to rob fighters under concrete ****ty contracts

"Dirty street business smart promoter" is what Don King is. Arum is a Harvard Law School graduate, Summa Cum Laude, (if you know what that means) and a former Department of Justice Tax expert for Robert Kennedy.

[GRUSTLER]

You have very imaginative arithmetic. Since when is $5 mill more than $6 mill. And you know very well that the total amount is what counts not the "declared" guarantee (or minimum). You've been told this over and over. You see the whole mechanism of payments detailed time and again. When are you going to accept it?

And Mayweather's $40 mill "offer" might be as real as his $32 mill "guarantee"............

Why didn't Mayweather accept the $50 mill that was offered?? It was at least as real as his $40 mill, and likely much more so with a solvent Promoter making the offer. Surprised at you.

I was talking about Bradley in regards to the 5MIL/6MIL thing. Fact of the matter is that Bradley should not be getting no where near what Pac is getting on a business level because Manny has way more worth in the sport financially. Also, it is a known fact that Manny Pacquiao ain't making more than Mayweather each fight. You should not even try to deny or debate this. How can Arum offer Floyd 50MIL when Floyd fights are making that much without Pacquiao? Guarantee Pac fight with Bradley ain't even going to see 50MIL after it is all said and done.

[GRUSTLER]

guarantee is the payment just for signing the paper. i remember watching the Mosley fight on skysports that the commentators said Manny was to make over 20 million for the fight. now you are not counting the nike sponsorship check, the sky sports check, the HBO PPV check, the gate check, and the Top Rank check. you guys talk all ignorant like you all know what goes in Manny's bank account. it amuses and annoys me at the same time.

And that comes out to 26MIL (According to Bob Arum). He didn't say nothing about no Nike or Sky Sports check and anyway, Floyd makes more than that. You are talking about me in the guy's bank account but you are acting like you know EXACTLY how much money he is getting but you don't just like me unless you are down with the team and even then, you may not get the inside scoop. You are reading the article just like me and from a business aspect as far as worth go. Your boy Pac is STILL supposed to be getting double digits over Bradley. Bradley couldn't even pack a living room but now he is getting 5MIL to Pac's 6MIL for signing? Manny Pacquiao is on top of the sport. No justifying that. I don't care about the guy's money unless I'm getting paid but speaking from a business perspective. Pac is getting ganked. You guys are hurt.

[edgarg]

it's also noted that he had to rent out that red ferarri for 24/7 when he actually drives an older model benz. i think he might be broke, these 3 mil paydays aren't helping

Why do you see significance in "driving an older Benz"?? My last car was a 20 year old Chrysler Imperial which I had from new. I liked it, it drove well. It had everything that "luxury" implies. It literally "talked" to me. I could afford the very best custom-made if I wanted..but why??

Why should MannyP not drive "an older Benz"? It's probably a top model and he may like it.
A close friend of mine drives a 1926 Rolls Cabriolet. To me it's not the most comfortable, and only had rear brakes and hard steering. It cost him a fortune to have it brought up to roadworthy standards. But he likes it.....so why not??

[GRUSTLER]

"Dirty street business smart promoter" is what Don King is. Arum is a Harvard Law School graduate, Summa Cum Laude, (if you know what that means) and a former Department of Justice Tax expert for Robert Kennedy.

Talk about being ignorant. Bob Arum is a crook just like Don King, if not worst because Bob Arum knows how to use the law and justice system to his advantage to get what he wants and things to lean in his favor. He already got busted for bribes and such. Why do you think Bob Arum is still on top while Don King is not as relevant. Just off of the fact that you tried to pour syrup on Arum's $H!t and call it pancakes, just shows how bias you are by putting down King but elevating Bob Arum as this honest promoter. Dude is a lawyer!

[edgarg]

bullshhit Floyd Jr. is a Goldenboy fighter who gives 20% of his check to Schaefer!

I think it's more likely 25%. Or 26%. Top promoters generally have just about the same expenses, and since Arum is paid 27% by Pacquiao, Mayweather would want to beat that, as it's a sort of sickness with him. Just like paying himself that fake $32 mill "guarantee" which was obviously so that he could claim the top guarantee in history, beating out Mike Tyson who had a $31 mill guarantee.

BEFORE the Cotto fight, I read several times that he is being chased by the IRS for $4 mill owed.