Quote Originally Posted by Boom Boom View Post
Absolutely not. Should be 50/50. Anything else is just disrespectful to the other guy, greedy and arogant on the part of the guy making more imo.
First off it's not the fighters that do the negotiating, it is their represenatives. The fights either accept the deal or don't.

As for if he deserves a 60/40 split, every boxer wants to earn as much as he can. In the history of boxing you will not find another boxer with as many supporters as Pacquiao. Hatton, even with his enormous popularity, could not even come close to Pacquiao. When Pacquiao fights the entire Philippines stops to watch and that doesn't include the people around the world. There is no way to gauge how much support Pacquiao has right now but certainly there is alot more PPV in the US than there is for Hatton.

As for greed? you are an absolute idoit to say that about Pacquiao.

You might say that about Pacquiao's Lawyer is greedy because it's the defination of a Lawyer.

So lets look at it if Hatton were to fight who else? What kind of payday would we be looking at? PBF; Forget it! that fight was already made. Sure a lot of people would watch it but it's not the block buster Pacquiao/ Hatton is. If this not made then the bigger fight is MP/PBF. IMO - If Hatton's reps were smart, he'd go back to the table and drop a percent or two. Hatton can make money fighting a home but no where near what he can make Hatton/Pacquiao 60/40 or 55/45.