Jerry Jones offers $25 million for Pacquiao-Mayweather
by Scott Christ on Dec 13, 2009 1:11 AM EST
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has offered $25 million to host the March 13 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. From AOL Fanhouse:
"I agree with that statement," said Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, when informed that Golden Boy Promotions' Richard Schaefer told The Los Angeles Times "The numbers are going in the right direction and I believe we'll end up in excess of $30 million."
"I just agree," Arum reiterated. "We will end up with a guarantee that starts with a three."
This is a massive offer. The $20 million from Los Angeles' Staples Center was big, and this ups it. This thing is going to end up with a $30 million-plus site fee from whoever lands the fight. I still think it's likely that the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will outbid everyone, but Jones is making it interesting.
No matter where this fight ends up, it's going to be massive. That's a given. But this offer might change the game a little bit. If Jones is prepared to go even higher, who knows what the site fee could wind up being?
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I thought someone had already more or less decided it wasn’t going to happen in Dallas?
by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Dec 13, 2009 4:07 AM EST reply actions
Mayweather had reportedly tried to decide that but
25 dollars is hard for any businessman to ignore!
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 13, 2009 4:50 AM EST up reply actions
25 dollars is clearly 25 million dollars
site needs an edit function. grr.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 13, 2009 4:50 AM EST up reply actions
Whats the normal fight fee for any fight?
by AllDayBoxing on Dec 13, 2009 4:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The biggest I can remember was Oscar-Floyd, which was reportedly $15-20 million. Mayweather-Hatton, a very very big fight, had a $7 million site fee.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 13, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
Mark Cuban
I read on another site that Cuban is wanting to help get the fight in Cowboys Stadium….its gonna be interesting how high the bids go cuz Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban together can come up with alotta $$$$$$.
and usually whatever Cuban wants, Cuban gets.....
by FrankinDallas on Dec 13, 2009 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
It would be pretty sweet to watch Mayweather and Pacman throw down on that mega screen.
by ultimoshogun on Dec 13, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
He didn’t get a baseball team.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Dec 13, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Damn it’s amazing to think this fight is taking place in a hundred days.
Pac and Mayweather will be in training soon if they are not already while everybody else will be running around trying to get a million other little things sorted out.
I doubt anybody in either camp will have much time to breath let alone take a break these next 100 days.
Seems like a rapid build up towards something that is very close. Makes you excited for the spectacle though it just seems like everybody is breaking their back trying to make this happen and the result has got to be something amazing.
bring it to texas baby!!
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 13, 2009 9:17 PM EST reply actions
Please!
This is the only way that i can have a chance of seeing this fight live. Tickets won’t be too expensive and with that many seats, ample opportunity to buy them. My vote is for Dallas!
$$$$ This is where things get interesting. $$$$$$$$$$
The only situation that would stop this, would be fighters themselves. If they don’t feel comfortable fighting there then it’s a “NO GO”. I believe they both prefer Vegas.
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