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Fact is, when Floyd beats Shane, die hard Pac fans will be the only people on the planet who would still have Floyd p4p #2. Floyd will be the consensus #1 fighter in the world, and we all know Mayweather-Mosley will sell more than Pacquiao-Clottey. When you're the top dog, the odds on favorite to win, AND the bigger draw, you will get, and deserve to get, more money. And people need to stop going back 4 and 5 years looking at their ppv numbers. The bigger draw means who's consistently been drawing more lately. If Freddie Roach and Manny are gonna cry that Mosley is a bigger draw than Clottey that's their own fault, since they had their pick of the litter on who Pacquiao was going to fight before Floyd and could have challenged Shane.
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Manny Pacquiao could not have chosen Shane bec. by the time his bout with Clottey was finalized, Shane was still scheduled to fight Berto. After the Pac-Mayweather bout did not materialize, Clottey was the next best available fighter at that time .
Pacquiao and camp chose Clottey less than 2 weeks before Mosley-Berto was to take place. Berto pulled out only days before the fight in wake of the Haiti quake. All Pacquiao had to do was wait for what they thought would be the fight and had Shane won they could have entered into negotiations. They knew damn well whoever would have won Mosley-Berto would be the best available opponent. Floyd didn't even look elsewhere until Pacquiao made it clear he was signing on to fight someone else.