Mayweather won't fight Pacquiao for even money
by Scott Christ on Jul 14, 2009 5:51 PM EDT
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. said again during a conference call for his September 19 fight with Juan Manuel Marquez that there's no way he'll fight Manny Pacquiao with a 50-50 purse split.
"I feel Manny Pacquiao is a good fighter, he does his job to the best of his ability. Many people forget that Manny Pacquiao got beat by Erik Morales. I am still at the top of my game and I have never been beat. He hasn't done anything that I haven't done."
"I don't really have anything bad to say about Pacquaio. He never called me out. Everyone knows it's not hard to find me."
The "no 50-50" part isn't the most interesting thing to me, it's Floyd's misunderstanding of what makes fighters worth the most money. No one has ever forgotten that Pacquiao lost to Erik Morales. What happened there is Pacquiao twice avenged that defeat by stopping Morales inside the distance, including a rubber match where he blitzed him out while hardly breaking a sweat. Also, his loss to Morales and the rematch were both great fights, which made people want to -- you guessed it! -- spend money to see him fight again in the future.
Mayweather lives on the idea that wins = money, which isn't always the case. Winky Wright is a great fighter but has never been an attraction. Bernard Hopkins has never been an attraction. Shane Mosley is a great fighter and a genuinely thrilling fighter to watch a lot of the time, and even he's never been a draw without a big opponent, which is also the case with Mayweather. There is a lot more than being good that goes into being a draw. Pacquiao once losing to Erik Morales doesn't diminish what he's accomplished. And again, great fighters lose when they take great risks. The other usual knock on Mayweather is he doesn't take risks.
Of course another way to get people to pay to see you is their desire to see you get beaten by someone, and he's pretty decent at that. Floyd plays heel, but sometimes I wonder where his line gets blurred, because he seems to genuinely want the admiration and glory of being remembered as one of the best.
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Who does mouthweather think he is? Pacquiao should get at least 65 %. All the comments of de la hoya & marquez are just from sour losers. Look at the face of de la hoya and marquez after Pacman mauled them. Come on guys, let’s be honest. Pacquiao is Mr. Excitement when it comes to boxing.
Floyd can make other fights where he’ll get the bigger split, I’m sure Mosley would give him 60 or maybe even 65 to get Money in the ring, but the bigger splits will not equal the money he could make with Manny, even if he takes 50-50. Manny is by far the biggest fight, PPV buys wise , out there for Money. Hopefully he’ll take a smaller piece from an overall bigger pie so this fight can happen.
If both he and Manny can win in their next fights
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He’s making all these statements because he’s just making excuses. He’s just afraid of fighting Manny Pacquiao…
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
Man quit your blamin and take care of business. You say you make 100 percent and Pac makes only 27 percent. You are already making 73 percent more than Pac without a set split yet. So this looks like another risk you are willing to run away from. Mayweather will probably lose to Marquez just to evade the fight with Pacquiao and place the blame on unhealthy ribs. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, FLOYD, KEEP EATING THAT CHICKEN!
SPEED, ACCURACY, HEART = DEATH TO ALL WHO OPPOSE
I cant wait for the day when Mayweather losses that 0 of his. He throws it around so much “he lost to —”. He will lose heart after his 0 and i dout we would see him back after it.
What would be funny is he loses and an unbeaten fighter comes to fight him and can go on and on about his loss. Id love to hear him talk his way out of it with injury or judges or some magical problem that suddenly poped up and only he knew about
"Good, so it can’t go any deeper." - Arturo Gatti after being told he was cut to the bone
‘He hasn’t done anything I haven’t done’…no, just beat DLH and Hatton far more impressively than you did, and the latter at his best weight, but I guess dreamland’s a nice place for Floyd to be thinking he’s still No.1, and insinuating that Pacquiao has to call Him out, and then he’ll dictate the terms…
We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. (Sugar Ray Leonard)
Mayweather is a joke..
The man is broke and he still calls himself money.
It’s funny really Mayweather is making himself the biggest joke in boxing.
Hopefully, all this talk about his drawing power is just a promotional stance.
If we’ve learned anything from Pac’s last few fights and Mayweather needing to delay his, it’s that Pac is the true “cash cow” in the sport. That’s why guys like Mosley are begging to fight him.
Roach should hold out for 60% for Pac to fight Floyd. What’s the upside? Pac could well get beat and Floyd brings little appeal to the fight. Pac will sell against whomever. Floyd is pricing himself out of a career, at a time when his finances can seemingly least afford it.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on Jul 15, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions
Scared yet, Floyd Jr?
He’s scared of risking his beloved record against a real opponent. He’s scared of fighting a guy who made a 45-2 former Ring Magazine champion looke like an amateur. He’s so full of himself that he’s just plain scared of taking risks at this point of his career and thinks he’s the only name in the world who can sell PPVs.
Please, someone make him shut up, take this fight – AND LOSE.
Because if he does get in the ring with Pacquaio, LOSE HE WILL.
by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Jul 15, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
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