By Charles Indriolo, Examiner.comAs the days go by boxing fans hope and wait for the announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to fight. With negotiation reports running rampant it appears that an agreement is inevitable. But a few new obstacles may emerge and stop the mega fight from happening.
This week, and over the past month, it’s been widely reported that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would try to negotiate a larger cut of the earnings for a bout with Pacquiao. Earlier this year, before their bout fell through over blood-testing, Mayweather and Pacquiao had agreed on a 50-50 split. However, after generating an impressive (although less than expected) 1.4 million pay-per-view buys and grossing the tenth highest gate take in Vegas history for his fight with Mosley, Mayweather may want 55-45, or even 60-40. However, Top Rank and Manny Pacquiao wouldn’t agree to anything less than a 50-50 split. The other obstacle, the same issue that caused the fight to fall through before, blood-testing. This week, Manny Pacquiao told the Manila Bulletin that he’s willing to accept a 14 day cut-off on blood testing. During their last negotiation period Mayweather insisted on a 14 day cut-off to blood testing, while Pacquiao would only agree to 24. Now Pacquiao has agreed to the 14 days, however it’s been widely reported that Mayweather may now request testing up until the day of the fight. Its Mayweather’s right to request testing whenever he wants, but it’s also Pacquiao’s right to tell him to buzz-off. Hopefully the 14 day cut-off period will be agreed upon.
It’ll be interesting to see what new demands, if any, surface when negotiations begin. Reportedly they may begin next week. Let’s hope they do.
Source: examiner.com
Pacman refused the compromise offer of 14 days and at that moment it then was not on the table. Now that other circumstances have gone sour on him (pay per view figures and overwhelming win for Mayweather) he now says he accepts them. I agree with Mayweather. Pacman's "concession" is actually a new offer from him, since Mayweather's was rejected. Mayweather is well within his right to put in his counter offer. The new middle ground seems to be 7 days.
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