‘Money’ Mayweather wants 2/3 revenue share to face Pacquiao – report

Naveen Ganglani, Ryan Songalia

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‘Money’ Mayweather wants 2/3 revenue share to face Pacquiao – report
Mayweather has reportedly insisted on a significantly larger purse than Pacquiao to make the long-delayed fight

 

MANILA, Philippines – Money continues to be the biggest obstacle to finalizing a fight between eight-time boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated Floyd “Money” Mayweather.

After Pacquiao dominated Chris Algieri two weeks ago, the pressure has been at its highest for Mayweather to agree to a fight with the Filipino boxer after both sides have failed to come to an agreement in recent years. But according to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, a “source close to Mayweather” says Floyd is now asking for two-thirds of the revenue.

Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, however, told Mannix that isn’t the case. Arum also says that he’s been in contact with CBS, the parent company of Showtime, with regards to the split between both sides. 

Just recently, M. Akbar Muhammad, a boxing executive and one of the chiefs of an Abu Dhabi-based investment group, offered Mayweather a $110 million purse with total combined purses of $200 million for the right to have the match between Floyd and Manny take place in the United Arab Emirates. 

Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, has also stated that Mayweather has requested a rematch clause, should Pacquiao defeat him.

Mayweather’s side has not spoken publicly on discussions for the fight, though Mayweather’s uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather has expressed interest in the fight happening.

Arum shot down reports that he had rejected a flat purse of $40 million plus 35% of pay-per-view revenues for Pacquiao.

Arum says he has yet to see the details of the proposal, but doesn’t mind holding a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight abroad, granted the conditions surrounding the fight are objective. “If Mayweather signs on, if the deal with us is okay, we have no objection to fighting in Abu Dhabi,” Arum told Mannix. 

(RELATED: Pacquiao puts pressure on Mayweather after Algieri beating)

Arum also said that Pacquiao’s fight with Algieri in the Chinese territory of Macau yielded 400,000 pay-per-view buys, which is a good number considering the duel took place outside of the United States. 

“In the [United States], That fight does 700-800,000 buys,” Arum argues. 

Mayweather’s last fight with Marcos Maidana in September sold 925,000 pay-per-views, according to Yahoo’s Kevin Iole. 

In the past, random drug testing had been a sticking point with negotiations. Pacquiao submitted to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) drug testing leading up the Algieri fight, while Mayweather has been aligned with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for his testing in past fights. – Rappler.com

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