Just in: FLoyd loses round one against PAC in Negotiations

[miron_lang]

Pacquiao-Cotto outdraws Mayweather-Marquez at gate - USATODAY.com


Pac's fight drew a larger gate than Floyd's. Certainly Floyd will argue that it was because it was the two of them whereas HE only sold the Marquez fight.

Many mexicans contributed to the sales. Its a mexican holiday for john's sake.

Its stupid to compare previous fights. Pac is at least 4X more popular after the Hatton and DLH victories.


50-50 is fair imo.

[fan johnny]

Well....

Here's what I think. 1. Pacquiao was called out by Mayweather, 2. Pacquiao is holding the WBA Welterweight title belt. 3. Pacquiao should defend the belt with at the maximum limit of 147lbs. 4. Pacquiao should go into the ring last. and 5. The split should be 51/49 toward the Title holder.

[Rantcatrat]

Pac v. Cotto did 1.25 million buys. (Pacquiao-Cotto Generates 1.25 Million Pay-Per-View Buys - Boxing News) Puerto Ricans accounted for 110,000 buys. It was a more compelling matchup than Mayweather v. Marquez must be part of the reason it did better numbers.

Good year for boxing, Pac/Cotto (1.25M), PBF/Marquez (1M), Pac/Hatton (850K). Also, first time in a decade, boxing had two fights that did more than 1 million buys.

I like Freddie Roach's idea of 50/50 split with the winner taking a big bonus. Both guys get 10M and the winner takes another 10M etc. Pacquiao-Mayweather: Roach Says �50-50 Gets it Done� - Boxing News

Pac does have the belt though and had to fight a tougher opponent in his last fight to get it.

[KKisser]

Pacquiao-Cotto outdraws Mayweather-Marquez at gate - USATODAY.com


Pac's fight drew a larger gate than Floyd's. Certainly Floyd will argue that it was because it was the two of them whereas HE only sold the Marquez fight.

Many mexicans contributed to the sales. Its a mexican holiday for john's sake.

Its stupid to compare previous fights. Pac is at least 4X more popular after the Hatton and DLH victories.


50-50 is fair imo.

and it was a comeback fight for floyd, people are curious. that and it's against an opponent pac had trouble with. anyways, i think this fight will eventually get made on even terms.