Super fight in jeopardy: Pacquiao wants 60-40 purse for Mayweather fight.

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I don't understand whats going on here; do Pac and Roach want this fight?

The negotiations between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather may have hit a brick wall with the news that Pacquiao wants a bigger share of the purse than Floyd. Mayweather has apparently already signed for a fight in March, and Bob Arum is in the Philippines now talking to Manny about the terms of the deal.



While many people suspected that the talks would hit a snag at some point most thought that this would come from Floyd Mayweather and Golden Boy rather than Pacquiao.Speaking to the L.A Times Freddie Roach said:
"Manny believes he should get a 60-40 [purse] split too, because he did better in pay-per-view than Mayweather this year. Manny's the bigger draw."

"March 13 is too fast a turnaround," Roach said. "Manny has a broken [right] eardrum" suffered in the Cotto fight. "I'd like to have more time. I hope the fight happens, yes, but I want us to be in the best possible shape."

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It seems particularly odd that Manny has made this claim after his trainer, Freddie Roach said recently that a 50/50 split would get the fight made. Whether or not either fighter is more deserving of a bigger split, demanding to get the bigger share is almost certain to raise the ire of prospective opponent Floyd Mayweather, who rightly or wrongly believes that he is the better fighter.
As far as Floyd Mayweather is concerned, a smaller share of the purse will probably not be acceptable to his ego, pride or claims that he is the best fighter in the world.
To let Pacquiao take the bigger purse is almost to admit that he is the better and more popular fighter, which are both things that Floyd has contested vehemently in the past.
The truth of the matter is that neither factor is clearly in favor of either fighter. The best fighter will have to be contested in the ring if the fight now happens. and the most popular can be argued for either given the mixed bag of pay per view sales either has achieved.