Pacquiao: Mayweather doesn’t want to fight, I want to fight
Pacman cites Floyd's offer as unacceptable
MANILA, Philippines – Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao said his much-awaited showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. did not push through because “Pretty Boy Floyd” had no real interest in fighting him at all.
“He talks, he says all this, but you know what: He doesn’t want the fight,” Pacquiao told Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole.
Pacquiao cited his negotiations with Mayweather last January as proof of this claim.
He said Mayweather was forcing him to accept an offer that is “financially unacceptable.”
“He offered me $40 million, and no pay-per-view [money],” Pacquiao said. “No pay-per-view. Can you believe that? Would you do that? Come on. What would he say if I offered him $50 million – not $40 million, $50 million – and said ‘No pay-per-view. Take this money and be happy, but no pay-per-view.’ He wouldn’t do it, either.”
Pacquiao stressed that he wanted to fight Mayweather, but said that getting shortchanged in their share of revenue is unfair.
The fight is seen to earn as much as $160 million in pay-per-view money, and Pacquiao felt that he deserves a fair share.
“I told him, ‘OK, 50-50 [with the money] and I’ll agree to everything else,’ ” Pacquiao said. “I told him I would agree to all of the other things he was demanding. Everything. Even the blood testing he wanted, I would do it. But it had to be 50-50.”
Pacquiao said he later directed his adviser, Michael Koncz, to offer Mayweather a guarantee of $50 million.
He said the rest of revenue will be split, with 55 percent going to the winner and 45 percent going to the loser.
Pacquiao said he never heard from Mayweather’s camp since then.
“Manny authorized me to do that and I went forward with it, but it went nowhere,” Koncz said. “That was it.”
Mayweather then announced he would be fighting Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto on May 5. The unbeaten boxer claimed that “Miss Pac Man” was ducking him.
Pacquiao, on the other hand, settled for a fight against junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.
The Filipino champion said the mega fight didn’t push through not because of him.
Pacquiao blamed Mayweather for not giving fans the fight they wanted.
“I want the fight. I’m the one who has wanted this fight all along.”
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kaya nga may boxing kasi may pera dyan!!! unfair naman cguro kong natatalo c c monkey floyd pero mayaman cya, pero c pacman nanalo pero wla cyang pera.... pacman's offer although lugi cya nang konti. pero ang offer nya reasonable naman. 55% to the winner just to get the fight... tanong lang pilipino kaba? or abu sayyaf ka...
Mga mukhang pera...
alam mo Manny, isa ako sa mga masugid mong tagahanga...pero sa huli mong laro, nawalan ako ng gana sayo..at mas lalo ngayon sa ginagawa nyo ni moneyweather..nag papakita lang ng mga mukha kayong pera..lalo na ikaw, hindi na kami naniniwala sa mga sabi sabi mong "para sa bayan ang laban kung ito"....noon seguro, pero ngayon.."para sa bulsa" ko ang laban nato...
nakaka lungkot isipin pero eto nangyayari na...kung ang laro mo ay kagaya nong nakaraan na nanalo "kadaw"...eh, segurado ako na kakainin kalang ng buhay ni moneyweather...so, tama ng porma at patamaan ng salita..alam na ng tao, mga mukha lang kayong pera...
I agree with you. Pakyaw is
I agree with you. Pakyaw is now all about money. It's long been like that, anyway. It's really for his own glory and pocket and not about winning it for our country. Besides, it's better for Pakyaw to just avoid may weather coz for sure Floyd is just going to eat him in the ring basing on pakyaw's last performance against Marquez. If Pakyaw loses to Floyd then bye bye to his alleged "legacy" as an all time great. So, if he cares about his legacy then he should avoid Floyd. Fighting Floyd will just expose pakyaw as an overhyped catch-weight king.