Mayweather: "If Manny wants it, I'll pay Juan to step aside"

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I wish Floyd would shoot himself in the anus

[Gandalf]

Floyd is such a dick sometimes.

Just fight the guy that you signed on to fight and quit bitching!

[cnote111]

This is hilarious to me...

What happen Floyd

I thought you were the biggest PPV Draw in the sport now that ODLH is out of the way

FMJ is pathetic!

[The Congressman]

Hey Floyd! Miguel, Shane, Tony, and Paul wants it too. When are they gonna get their chance to fight you? They've been waiting like forever. Lol

[Taeth]

Hey Floyd! Miguel, Shane, Tony, and Paul wants it too. When are they gonna get their chance to fight you? They've been waiting like forever. Lol

Sorry which one of them has earned this as much as Manny has?

[knodaledge]

The second argument Mayweather makes is if there is a fight to determine which man is better in the ring, he will receive the majority of the money from it.

That notion doesn’t sit well with the boxing promoter that represents Pacquiao, Bob Arum. Mayweather has already made it clear he wouldn’t consider a 50/50 split with Pacquiao because of his track record of generating enormous pay-per-view buys.

Schaefer agrees with him.

“A fighter, just like anyone else, has a certain market value they establish over time,” Schaefer said. “Mayweather, in his last two fights did 3.5 million buys with Hatton and Oscar. Pacquiao has fought the same two guys and it did a little more than half of that.

“So, it’s difficult for Floyd, who has worked so hard to get to where he is today, to say, ‘Okay, it should be 50/50,’ because in fact, it shouldn’t be 50/50. Each guy has a certain market value and they should get compensated accordingly.”


Schaefer makes a great point.

[generalbulldog]

Who really gives a shit who takes the lions share of the purse. Real fight fans just want to see a good fight. It's only the fanboys of the fighters that argues who should take what.

[knodaledge]

Who really gives a shit who takes the lions share of the purse. Real fight fans just want to see a good fight. It's only the fanboys of the fighters that argues who should take what.

I agree. But this is also a business. This is their careers and they want to be paid accordingly.

I just don't see why Pacquiao's people wouldn't take the fight. Mayweather said he wants it, he has the proof of drawing more against the 2 most recent common opponents, it's the fight the fans want to see.

There should be no reason negotiations shouldn't be taking place as we speak. I really hope they are.

[Kev]

Who really gives a shit who takes the lions share of the purse. Real fight fans just want to see a good fight. It's only the fanboys of the fighters that argues who should take what.

It's not the fans reaction to the purse split that fighters care about, its the money.

Floyd cares and he doesn't care if the fans care or not.

He feels he will be bringing in the majority of the PPV money and so he should receive a greater share.

It's not something that fanboys or haters can even argue over, its just the negotiations between the fighters. I want the fight to happen immensely and I don't care if one agrees to a 99-1 split but the fighters themselves care and therin lies the problem.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

The second argument Mayweather makes is if

“A fighter, just like anyone else, has a certain market value they establish over time,” Schaefer said. “Mayweather, in his last two fights did 3.5 million buys with Hatton and Oscar. Pacquiao has fought the same two guys and it did a little more than half of that.

Schaefer makes a great point.

Yeah but to be fair. Oscar and Hatton have HUGE followings. I'm pretty sure both Audiences in attendance were Pro Opposition.

In terms of PPV buys it's obviously harder to determine who the buyers were following but no doubt Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton brought a shit load to the table in terms of Buying power.... The fact that Floyds most recent fight aint selling so well further supports my point.

[knodaledge]

The second argument Mayweather makes is if

“A fighter, just like anyone else, has a certain market value they establish over time,” Schaefer said. “Mayweather, in his last two fights did 3.5 million buys with Hatton and Oscar. Pacquiao has fought the same two guys and it did a little more than half of that.

Schaefer makes a great point.

Yeah but to be fair. Oscar and Hatton have HUGE followings. I'm pretty sure both Audiences in attendance were Pro Opposition.

In terms of PPV buys it's obviously harder to determine who the buyers were following but no doubt Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton brought a shit load to the table in terms of Buying power.... The fact that Floyds most recent fight aint selling so well further supports my point.

But Oscar/Hatton had the same HUGE followings when they fought Pacquiao. Why did they only do half the sales then?

We can only take from these numbers that, to the public, fights between Oscar/Mayweather & Hatton/Mayweather were more intriguing than Oscar/Pac & Hatton/Pac matches.

Also, were the reports of the fight not selling true? I remember hearing rumors but no evidence was presented. I read a report from a Golden Boy rep that said the rumors were false. Are they still rumor or were they proven fact?

[BlackRazor]

I wish Floyd would shoot himself in the anus

That would really hurt!

[RP33]

In my opinion, this was dumb for Floyd to say. He put more pressure on himself for the JMM fight now, assuming it goes through.. If he loses it will be that much more embarassing considering he's basically saying that JMM isn't even worthy of fighting him.

On the other hand, he did basically call Pac out straight up. Granted it's because of the money but he doesn't really ever call anyone out, and calling out the up-for-debate #1 P4P fighter has to give Floyd some credit, no?

[ICB]

Im a fan of both fighters but i have to say, this is a total insult to JMM. Floyd Mayweather canceled the fight then got it resheduled, because of poor ticket sales or whatever, wasting JMM's time. Now he's suggesting to call the fight off completely, so he can fight Manny Pacquiao ?

So all of JMM's hard training and time, is just a waste of time ? despite JMM not getting any younger ? and he only probably has a few good ones left in him ? you know i said who i should root for before ? i think i'll go with JMM now, hes had to work hard to get where he is, he never ducks anyone.

And he has been in some great fights and he's a pleasure to watch, the great technical fighting is a thing of beauty. And P4P wise this is actually the best fighter Floyd Mayweather has ever fought, and i've seen strange upsets happen, especially with Floyd Mayweather's lay off.

[Gandalf]

Im a fan of both fighters but i have to say, this is a total insult to JMM. Floyd Mayweather canceled the fight then got it resheduled, because of poor ticket sales or whatever, wasting JMM's time. Now he's suggesting to call the fight off completely, so he can fight Manny Pacquiao ?

So all of JMM's hard training and time, is just a waste of time ? despite JMM not getting any younger ? and he only probably has a few good ones left in him ? you know i said who i should root for before ? i think i'll go with JMM now, hes had to work hard to get where he is, he never ducks anyone.

And he has been in some great fights and he's a pleasure to watch, the great technical fighting is a thing of beauty. And P4P wise this is actually the best fighter Floyd Mayweather has ever fought, and i've seen strange upsets happen, especially with Floyd Mayweather's lay off.

It is a huge insult and it's just getting annoying listening to Floyd spout his spiel over and over again.

Marquez is getting on and has a bout 3 fights left in him. And here is Mayweather trying to diss a fight that he himself has already signed up for and already cancelled once.

Floyd signed up thinking it was easy money and isn't so happy now that sales aren't so good. What a dumbass! I hope Marquez does a real number on him.

Please note: These were not racist comments. Furthermore, I hope Mayweather gets brutally knocked out without the accumulation of any brain damage.