Golden Boy given green light to start negotiations

[Chino]

People make it seem as if Pac wants the fight badly. Larry Merchan asked him TWICE yesterday if he wanted to fight Floyd and he stuttered "Aaaah, well...uuuumh...I have to talk with my promoters about it" and the second time "aaah, eeeerrr...well....uuuuumh...oh, I will take a vacation and have fun" .

Pacquiao doesn't exactly make a habit of calling out fighters though and you know if Roach is clamoring for the fight he's not doing so without Pacquiao's approval.

Yeah, you're right. And that is something I like about Pac. For this fight, both, Cotto and Pac, didn't have to trash talk, the fight itself was enough to make the numbers.

[piye]

The thing that annoys me about internet boxing fans is the way they ignore the reality. Floyd being a bigger PPV draw entitles him to more money, no matter the reason he is a bigger PPV draw (Prob cause he is american) just because you like pacman more and think his in ring achievements are better does not mean that he should get an equal amount of the monety.

It's silly that this fight will probably not happen because Floyd is to proud to accept anything less than he is entitled to.

The smaller PPV draw HAS TO recieve the smaller percentage of the purse.

PAcman is now P4P number 1 without doubt! but he is not PPV number 1 Floyd and Arguably Ricky still outsell him with PPV numbers! so unless they start charging for PPV in the philipines PPV wise PAcman does not bring much to the table!

I mean I am pretty sure in AMERICA even Cotto is a bigger PPV draw and considering that America may well be the only country the fight is PPV in, how can Pac demand more just because he is a fan favourite? what about the majority who watch the fights who happen to be casuals tuning in to see Mayweather and hi big mouth get shut?

If you really want to see this fight we must now be reasonable and realistic.

[hackey]

The thing that annoys me about internet boxing fans is the way they ignore the reality. Floyd being a bigger PPV draw entitles him to more money, no matter the reason he is a bigger PPV draw (Prob cause he is american) just because you like pacman more and think his in ring achievements are better does not mean that he should get an equal amount of the monety.

It's silly that this fight will probably not happen because Floyd is to proud to accept anything less than he is entitled to.

The smaller PPV draw HAS TO recieve the smaller percentage of the purse.

PAcman is now P4P number 1 without doubt! but he is not PPV number 1 Floyd and Arguably Ricky still outsell him with PPV numbers! so unless they start charging for PPV in the philipines PPV wise PAcman does not bring much to the table!

I mean I am pretty sure in AMERICA even Cotto is a bigger PPV draw and considering that America may well be the only country the fight is PPV in, how can Pac demand more just because he is a fan favourite? what about the majority who watch the fights who happen to be casuals tuning in to see Mayweather and hi big mouth get shut?

If you really want to see this fight we must now be reasonable and realistic.

I'm not sure why you get annoyed? The fact is, if they fight each other we could be talking $70-$80 million to split between themselves, otherwise they will fight Mosley for probably a $10 million share.

It doesn't take a genius to see that by fighting each other they can make more money than in three or four other fights alone. Floyd is all about the money so he says and in that case, regardless of the split, it makes zero sense for him not to make this fight. I think now it can actually be argued that Pacquiao is the bigger draw.

[Kirkland Laing]

There's no way this fight doesn't get made, there's just too much money involved. When you consider that a close Floyd points win is the likely scenario there's a good chance of a rematch, so they could end up grossing over a quarter of a billion dollars for two fights. The only real option for either of them is Mosley, only a fraction of the earning potential. You can argue about which one of them is the bigger draw but one can't do without the other, you need two to make a fight and the only way either of them can make the money they'll make fighting each other is to fight each other. They'll eventually agree on 50/50 but Floyd can still boast he gets more because he's a co-promoter, or at least technically he is. There'll be a whole period of it's on/it's off stories but just to build the fight up, when they get Christmas out of the way and people aren't distracted they'll announce IT'S ON! and we'll get to see it next year.