Please lock.

[threeoneoh]

Agreed. Thurman is all hype and mouth like deontay. This guy calls out the best 147 dudes but is fighting a 39 YO nobody ....

 

[doublemesh96]

Agreed. Thurman is all hype and mouth like deontay. This guy calls out the best 147 dudes but is fighting a 39 YO nobody ....

It's not really up to him who he fights at this point.

 

[proshares]

And didn't the dude just miss a bunch of time with a bad injury. I tend to lean to give him a pass for this fight, just trying to get the rust off. Wasn't like Garcia fighting Salka

Recap of the fights this weekend. Title will be updated for this week's fights.

Spoiler

Saturday at Macau
Manny Pacquiao W12 Chris Algieri
Retains a welterweight title
Scores: 120-102, 119-103 (twice)
Records: Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs); Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: When Algieri challenged Ruslan Provodnikov for a junior welterweight title in June, he was awarded a controversial split decision, despite getting knocked down twice in the first round and suffering a terribly swollen right eye (which he showed a huge heart to fight through). Prior to that fight, Algieri, 30, a former kickboxer with a master's degree, was a virtually unknown fighter from Huntington, New York, whose career had been spent fighting in Long Island club shows.

So off that debatable and not very impressive victory, Algieri found himself with a world title (which was stripped from him as he entered the ring in Macau) and was in the right place at the right time because Pacquiao, the Filipino icon and one of boxing's all-time legends, needed a dance partner and because he came relatively cheap (a package of about $2.7 million to his co-promoters, of which Algieri got a career high $1.675 million). Everyone tried to sell it as a competitive fight, but most didn't buy that sales pitch. It was never a fight, even on paper. Algieri was in, as Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach correctly said, way over his head. So was his trainer, Tim Lane, whose labeling of the fight as "The Chris Algieri Show" and his comments to him during the bout that they had Pacquiao right where they wanted him, were absolutely laughable comic gold.

In the end, Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division titleholder, rolled over Algieri with absolute ease, just as most expected in a fight contracted at 144 pounds and fought before a sold-out crowd of 13,201 at the Venetian's CotaiArena. Pacquiao's winning margin on the scorecards -- 18 and 16 points -- has to be among the most lopsided ever in the history of world title fights.

The 35-year-old southpaw, who is still speedy and offensive-minded, did as he pleased other than get a knockout. So while Algieri deserves credit for once again showing heart and courage -- and for being terrific to deal with in the buildup of the fight -- he did not show much else. Although Pacquiao's streak without a knockout ran to nine consecutive fights since a 12th-round stoppage of Miguel Cotto to win a welterweight belt for the first time in 2009, he dropped Algieri six times. Even if the second-round knockdown looked more like a slip courtesy of the wet canvas in one of the corners, the others were legitimate. While Algieri's supposed superb jab was meaningless in the fight, Pacquiao unleashed a torrent of straight left hands and right hooks and even body shots. He dropped Algieri two more times in the sixth round, twice more in the ninth round, when referee Geno Rodriguez probably should have stopped the fight, and for the final time in the 10th round. It was a shellacking of the highest order as Pacquiao won his third fight in a row (second overall in Macau) since the stunning knockout loss to rival Juan Manuel Marquez in their fourth fight in December 2012.

Perhaps Algieri and Provodnikov will meet again in a rematch, which would be mildly interesting. Pacquiao, however, has only one fight left that anyone cares about and he made it known after thumping Algieri that he wants it and wants it next: Floyd Mayweather Jr. The world has wanted it for years. Now it's up to Mayweather whether he will finally give the fans what they want.

Zou Shiming W12 Kwanpichit Onesongchaigym
Flyweight
Title eliminator
Scores: 120-103, 119-106 (twice)
Records: Shiming (6-0, 1 KO), OnesongchaiGym (27-1-2, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: When Zou, 33, turned pro in April 2013, he fought like an amateur. He was all about moving and just touching his opponent without any idea of how to get leverage on his shots to do damage. Six fights into his pro career, and the work trainer Freddie Roach has done with him is obvious. Zou, the legendary Chinese amateur -- three Olympic medals (two gold) and three world amateur championships -- is becoming a professional. He probably won't become a knockout artist but he has learned how to get leverage on his shots and is able to let them go and hurt his opponent now.

In handing the extremely game and durable OnesongchaiGym his first defeat, Zou, who is responsible for big-time boxing coming to Macau (hence an incredible $700,000 purse), earned a mandatory title shot against titleholder Juan Estrada of Mexico, although promoter Top Rank likely will move him instead toward a shot at titleholder Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand. However, a planned February title fight in Macau now likely will be pushed off a month or two because of a bad cut Zou suffered in this fight.

Cut aside, Zou dominated OnesongchaiGym, 33, of Thailand, who bears a striking resemblance to Pacquiao (in how they look, not how they fight). Zou showed off his newfound power by stepping into two excellent right hands in the second round to score a pair of knockdowns in a huge round for him. Zou landed a lot of hard shots throughout the fight but OnesongchaiGym, who lost a point for repeated low blows in the sixth round, took 'em all like a champ. Zou then dropped him later in the sixth round with another stiff right hand. OnesongchaiGym came on some in the going, but not enough to win rounds. An accidental head-butt opened a cut over Zou's left eye in the eighth, the first of his career, and Roach was pleading with him for the knockout, but Zou couldn't get it despite having a much better offensive display than in previous fights.

Vasyl Lomachenko W12 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo
Retains a featherweight title
Scores: 120-107 (three times)
Records: Lomachenko (3-1, 1 KO); Piriyapinyo (52-2, 33 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: How good is Ukraine's Lomachenko? Good enough to beat a solid fighter with one hand and do so easily. Lomachenko, a 26-year-old southpaw and 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is regarded by many as the best amateur in history (396-1) and he has the look of a special fighter in the pros.

He beat a quality opponent, Jose Ramirez, in his pro debut 13 months ago, lost a competitive decision in a title fight to Orlando Salido, who didn't make weight and fouled him repeatedly in his second fight, and then boxed a masterpiece to easily outpoint then-unbeaten Gary Russell Jr. for a vacant title in June. Lomachenko wanted a unification fight next but when he could not get one, he asked to fight his No. 1 challenger even though the fight was not due. So he took on Piriyapinyo, 29, of Thailand, whose only other loss was by decision to then-titleholder Chris John in 2012. Lomachenko won going away, despite injuring his left hand/wrist in the sixth round. He barely threw another left the entire fight but still threw 1,006 punches and had no problems with Piriyapinyo.

Lomachenko's victory and titleholder Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) knocking out Nonito Donaire on Oct. 18 keep them on track for a unification showdown in the first half of 2015. The plan calls for the two to appear on an HBO doubleheader in the early part of next year, assuming Lomachenko's hand is OK, and then move on to a summer showdown, one of the more fascinating matchups in boxing.

Jessie Vargas W12 Antonio DeMarco
Retains a junior welterweight title
Scores: 116-112 (three times)
Records: Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs); DeMarco (31-4-1, 23 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Vargas, 25, of Las Vegas, claimed a secondary belt in April and defended it in August, both in shaky performances that were highly competitive. Former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. saw both fights and took a liking to Vargas. Vargas, who met Jones at a function in Las Vegas, was in the market for a trainer after an amicable parting with Ismael Salas. Vargas worked with Jones a little in his gym, and Jones asked to be his trainer. It was his first time working as a head trainer in a title fight, and it looks like an excellent pairing, going by this tough bout with DeMarco. It was a hard-fought battle but Vargas was in control most of the way against DeMarco, 28, a southpaw from Mexico and a former lightweight world titleholder.

Vargas suffered a cut on his left cheek in the second round but it didn't have an impact on his performance. He continued to fire hard right hands, including in a big fifth round. DeMarco had his moments, especially in the later part of the fight, but Vargas was calm and showed toughness against an experienced opponent.

DeMarco, who dedicated the fight to his 13-year-old sister, Mariana, who was diagnosed with bone cancer in her shoulder while DeMarco was in the Philippines training with Freddie Roach in Manny Pacquiao's camp, saw a three-fight winning streak end. He had three in a row since losing his lightweight belt by eighth-round knockout to Adrien Broner in November 2012 and then moved up in weight.

Saturday at Liverpool, England
Tony Bellew W12 Nathan Cleverly
Cruiserweight
Title eliminator
Scores: Cleverly: 116-112; Bellew 115-113, 115-114
Records: Bellew (23-2-1, 14 KOs); Cleverly (28-2, 14 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In October 2011, Cleverly, of Wales, traveled to Bellew's hometown of Liverpool, England, to defend his light heavyweight world title and won a very close, competitive majority decision that had rematch written all over it.

But they went their separate ways. Cleverly, 27, eventually got smoked by Sergey Kovalev in a title loss in August 2013 and Bellew got crushed by Adonis Stevenson in a second title shot in November 2013. Both eventually moved up to cruiserweight and won two fights in a row to set the stage for the inevitable rematch, once again on Bellew's turf. While it was not a world title fight, there were high stakes -- a mandatory shot at cruiserweight world titleholder Marco Huck of Germany.

Unfortunately, the rematch was a dud and did not come close to the sustained drama and action of the initial meeting, although Bellew couldn't care less because he evened the score with a well-deserved victory. He was the clear winner and the fact that it was a split verdict just shows you how bad judging can be.

The first couple of relatively action-free rounds were close and Bellew suffered a cut over his right eye in the second round, although his corner did a great job closing the wound. In the third round Cleverly stopped using his right hand because, as he confirmed after the fight, he injured it. From that point, Cleverly relied entirely on his left hand, mainly a weak, flicking jab. It was an ugly fight because while Cleverly did nothing, Bellew couldn't do a whole lot against a one-handed man. He would have been served by jabbing his way in but rarely did. That said, Bellew was the heavier puncher and the aggressor, and clearly winning rounds.

For almost all of the final four rounds, Cleverly put his back on the ropes, looked exhausted and barely did anything but take shots and flick powerless jabs as Bellew had huge rounds. Bellew did not look very good, but he looked a lot better than Cleverly, who looked terrible. After the fight, Bellew said he would consider a third fight. Cleverly said he would also welcome a rubber match if Bellew goes to Wales this time. Why not do it? Neither stands a chance against Huck, and a third fight couldn't be any worse than the second one.

Anthony Joshua TKO1 Michael Sprott
Heavyweight
Records: Joshua (10-0, 10 KOs); Sprott (42-23, 17 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Many believe that Joshua, 25, the 2012 British Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, is a future world heavyweight champion. He has been flawless so far since turning pro 13 months ago and his performance against veteran Sprott, 39, of England, whose best days are long past, was no different.

As expected, this one did not last long. Joshua, with great punching power, fast hands and excellent size (6-foot-6, 240 pounds), went right at Sprott, who was knocked out in the first round in his second consecutive fight. He forced Sprott to the ropes with a big right hand and never stopped throwing. With Sprott looking to cover up, Joshua continued to rain right hands to the head and also nailed him with a hard right to the body. Joshua, who has experience sparring with heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, continued to pound Sprott until referee Terry O'Connor properly stepped in to call off the fight at 1 minute, 26 seconds.

Joshua, who won all six of his fights in 2014 and has never been past three rounds, needs rounds and promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sports hopes he will get them in his next fight. Joshua is due back in action in January against American Kevin Johnson (29-6-1, 14 KOs), a former title challenger, who went the distance in a loss to then-titleholder Vitali Klitschko in 2009 and is known for durability. Johnson has lost three in a row and four of his past five, but mostly to good opponents, including Tyson Fury, Dereck Chisora and Manuel Charr.

George Groves TKO7 Denis Douglin
Super middleweight
Records: Groves (21-2, 16 KOs); Douglin (17-4, 10 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Groves, 26, of England, won his second in a row since back-to-back knockout losses in super middleweight world title fights to Carl Froch but he did not look good at all against a mediocre opponent in Douglin, 26, of Marlboro, New Jersey. Even Groves admitted he did not look good, giving himself a 5 on a scale of 1-10.

Nonetheless, Groves was staying busy even though he is the mandatory challenger for Anthony Dirrell's world title. Groves was in a serious struggle for the first three rounds and suffered a nasty gash on the bridge of his nose. But he turned things around, eventually knocking down Douglin, a southpaw, with two hard right hands in the seventh round. Douglin, known as "Momma's Boy" because of the unusual fact that he is trained by his mother, was up at six but Groves was all over him and had him in terrible trouble in a corner when referee Victor Loughlin stopped the fight at 2 minutes, 54 seconds.

James DeGale TKO3 Marco Antonio Periban
Super middleweight
Records: DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs); Periban (20-3-1, 13 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: DeGale, 28, a 2008 British Olympic gold medalist, is a mandatory challenger for one of the super middleweight world titles held by countryman Carl Froch. But because that fight is several months away, if it ever happens, because Froch could give up the belt or even retire, DeGale elected to remain active rather than sit and wait for a fight he might not get. So he took on Periban, 30, of Mexico, a noted tough guy who lost a majority decision challenging Sakio Bika for a world title in June 2013.

DeGale looked sharp against Periban, who did not seem to be in top condition. DeGale, a southpaw, was in command in the third round when he hurt Periban with a long left hand. He continued to put his punches together and dropped Periban with another left hand. Periban beat the count and looked OK but referee Howard Foster stopped it at 30 seconds. Some might argue that it was a bit of quick stoppage, but Periban was never in the fight at all.

After the bout, DeGale called on Froch, who was working as an analyst on the Sky Sports pay-per-view telecast, to fight him or give up the title. If the fight does come off, it would be a pretty big event for British boxing. Periban dropped to 0-3-1 in his past four bouts.

Scott Quigg W12 Hidenori Otake
Retains a junior featherweight title
Scores: 119-109 (twice), 118-110
Records: Quigg (30-0-2, 22 KOs); Otake (22-2-3, 9 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Quigg, 26, of England, rolled to a lopsided win against an unknown opponent in Japan's 33-year-old Otake, who was facing his first notable opponent and fighting outside of Tokyo for the first time. Quigg, a southpaw, made the fifth defense of his secondary title but has yet to face a good opponent, and it's about time that he stop fighting guys with no name and no chance.

Quigg took it to the slower Otake from the outset, who was never in the fight. Quigg messed up Otake's right eye, which bled heavily and caused the ringside doctor to examine repeatedly. But Otake was game, never gave in and landed some good combinations to redden Quigg's eyes. Quigg had him badly hurt near the end of the 11th round and it looked like he might get the knockout or that Otake's corner might stop the fight, but he survived to make it to the final bell and lose the lopsided decision. Ideally, Quigg will face Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton in a big unification fight. That is what many want to see, especially in the United Kingdom. Quigg is due back March 28.

Callum Smith W12 Nikola Sjekloca
Super middleweight
Title eliminator
Scores: 120-108, 118-110, 118-111
Records: Smith (14-0, 10 KOs); Sjekloca (27-3, 8 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: England's Smith, 24, fighting in his hometown, went past 10 rounds for the first time, going the distance in his first scheduled 12-round bout in a workmanlike performance. It wasn't great and not all that entertaining, but Smith, who fought on what would have been his grandmother's 80th birthday just a week after her death, deserves credit for staying focused on the fight and boxing very well against an experienced opponent as he moved himself a step closer to challenging for the 168-pound world title held by Anthony Dirrell.

Smith, who had a bloody nose early in the fight, had a huge fourth round. He landed a left to the body that hurt Sjekloca and unloaded on him throughout the final minute of the round. In the fifth round, Smith, who has experience sparring with world titleholder Carl Froch, also hurt Sjekloca with a body shot.

Sjekloca, 36, of Montenegro, lost a unanimous decision challenging titleholder Arthur Abraham on May 3, but had won two fights in a row before facing Smith.

Jamie McDonnell TKO10 Javier Chacon
Retains a bantamweight title
Records: McDonnell (25-2-1, 12 KOs); Chacon (20-3, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: There was a lot at stake for McDonnell, 28, of England. He was not only trying to hang onto his world title but also clear the final hurdle for a title unification against Japan's Tomoki Kameda (31-0-, 19 KOs). The fight is already signed to take place in March in Las Vegas. Kameda retained his title on Nov. 1 and it was up to McDonnell, who was facing Argentina's Chacon, 33, a late substitute for Walberto Ramos, who fell out a week before the fight because of visa issues.

McDonnell, who won a vacant belt in May, looked awfully shaky for the first six rounds of his first defense. Eventually, McDonnell began to take over, although he was not out of the woods, when Chacon suddenly quit 39 seconds into the 10th round. He had not been hit by anything of note, but began shaking his arm and claimed a shoulder injury as he turned his back and walked away from the fight.

Saturday at Yokohama, Japan
Takashi Miura TKO6 Edgar Puerta
Retains a junior lightweight title
Records: Miura (28-2-2, 21 KOs); Puerta (23-5-1, 19 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Miura, 30, a southpaw from Japan, made his third defense by facing mandatory challenger Puerta, 32, of Mexico, and beating him with ease.

Miura set the tone with a first-round knockdown on a left hand and battered him throughout the fight. Miura opened a cut over Puerta's left eye in the fourth round and continued to lay a beating on him until referee Massimo Barrovecchio called off the one-sided fight at 2 minutes, 15 seconds of the sixth round. Miura was blasting him around the ring with solid punches from both hands and Puerta was bleeding and unsteady when the fight was called off. It had been a wipeout to that point with Miura leading 50-44, 49-45 and 49-45 at the time of the stoppage.

Roman Gonzalez TKO6 Rocky Fuentes
Retains world flyweight title
Records: Gonzalez (41-0, 35 KOs); Fuentes (35-8-2, 20 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Gonzalez, 27, of Nicaragua, is a former strawweight and junior flyweight titleholder who moved up to flyweight in 2013 and got a shot at the legitimate world championship on Sept. 5. He was brilliant in knocking out Japan's Akira Yaegashi in the ninth round to win the title and returned to Japan, where he was fighting for the third time in a row and has fought frequently during his career, to make his first defense against the Philippines' Fuentes, 28, who lost his second fight in a row after having dropped a decision for a vacant version of the title to Amnat Ruenroeng in January.

Gonzalez, one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, pounded Fuentes in the one-sided win. He unloaded numerous combinations to the head and body in the sixth round before knocking him down face-first with a right hand to the head. Fuentes beat the count but Gonzalez was all over him in the follow-up attack, forcing referee Len Koivisto to step in at 2 minutes, 11 seconds.

Next up in early 2015 could be a rematch with Juan Francisco Estrada, whom Gonzalez outpointed in a fantastic junior flyweight title defense in November 2012 in Los Angeles. Estrada also has moved up to flyweight, won a pair of alphabet belts and is in the midst of an excellent run. But Gonzalez is also interested in fights with two of Japan's top fighters, former junior flyweight titlist Kazuto Ioka and Naoya Inoue, who recently vacated a junior flyweight belt and is moving up to challenge junior bantamweight titlist Omar Narvaez on Dec. 30.

Friday at Tulsa, Oklahoma
Felix Diaz W10 Adrian Granados
Welterweight
Scores: 98-91, 97-91, 94-94
Records: Diaz (16-0, 8 KOs); Granados (13-3-2, 9 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Diaz, 30, won an Olympic gold medal for the Dominican Republic in 2008 but has seen his pro career develop very slowly because of long layoffs and promotional issues. This was only his second fight of 2014, but it was a good one against Granados, 24, of Chicago, who was fighting for the first time in 11 months.

They put on a heckuva fight in the headline fight of a Mike Tyson-promoted card that was a lot more competitive than two of the scores indicated. Diaz, however, took over in the late rounds to put away what appeared to be a close fight. A southpaw, Diaz finally seized control in the final seconds of the ninth round when he caught Granados with a clean right hook to the head to drop him to his backside. In the 10th round, Diaz scored another knockdown with a right hand to put away the hard-earned victory.

Claudio Marrero TKO6 Ira Terry
Featherweight
Records: Marrero (17-1, 13 KOs); Terry (26-13, 16 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Marrero, 25, a southpaw from the Dominican Republic, lost a competitive decision to Jesus Cuellar for an interim title in August 2013 but won his third fight in a row as he easily beat late substitute Terry. Marrero was teeing off on Terry in the sixth round to the head and body, but it was the body shots that did the damage. Terry touched his glove to the canvas after getting nailed for an official knockdown, but after referee Gary Ritter gave him the mandatory eight-count, Terry was wincing and Ritter waved off the fight at 1 minute, 51 seconds. Terry, 27, of Memphis, a late replacement for Juan Antonio Rodriguez, dropped to 2-11 with a no contest in his past 14 fights.

Ievgen Khytrov KO1 Louis Rose
Middleweight
Records: Khytrov (7-0, 7 KOs); Louis Rose (11-2-1, 3 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Khytrov, 26, a native of Ukraine living in Brooklyn, New York, is another in a long line of excellent prospects from the former Soviet republics. A 2012 Olympian and 2011 amateur world champion, he has been devastating since turning pro 11 months ago and he continued to look good in a knockout of Rose, 25, of Lynwood, California, whose only other defeat was by decision. Khytrov took a minute or two to find his range and when he did, watch out. He moved Rose to the ropes and let his hands go, connecting with several shots, including a powerful right hand to the jaw that dropped Rose to all fours. Referee Gary Ritter counted him out at 2 minutes, 35 seconds. Definitely keep an eye on Khytrov, who could move quickly into serious fights.

 

[a-friend]

SAS: "I was told by a source linked to the Mayweather camp, that Floyd got on the phone and offered Arum 10million to get out of the way"

I wonder if their is any truth to this?

I can only imagine how many people linked to the Mayweather camp could be considered "sources".

That Mayweather team is hundreds deep.

SAS: "They lost 16 million with the 2 Maidana fights"

 

[lightweight champion]

I don't buy any of that for even a split second.

How is Mayerather going to lose $16 mil in two fights when he's guaranteed money by CBS for all 6 of his bouts? Doesn't make sense.

 

[freakydestroyer]

Because he would have made more off his % from the PPV sales if he fought somebody else? Just a guess.

 

[gunna get it]

Yeah, more of opportunity cost than a net loss

 

[retiredkicks]

Floyd isn't losing any money. The networks that are shelling out the dough might be though. After all the different variations of excuses he's come up with and after that "I'll let the fans decide" poll I don't see how anyone can ever believe a word that comes out of the Mayweather camp. Casual fans respect the money and not the person smh.

 

[proshares]

Yeah, more of opportunity cost than a net loss

That's what I took from it. I gotta imagine that if they could, Showtime would be doing what they can to make that fight. The numbers have to have been terrible for them to not even have any rumors of what the rematch did. What does he have, two more fights left in his deal? Two more fights against other fighters are gonna put em more in the red with this deal.

 

[rfx45]

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Purse Split: $100M For American, $60M For Filipino— Report


The negotiations for Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao super fight in 2015 are already in full swing according to multiple reports. It’s only logical that the big wigs are also discussing the probable purse for the respective top pound-for-pound and most popular boxers today. The latest numbers are in; $100 million for the undefeated American and $60 million for the eight-division Filipino champion.

Bob Arum, who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Top Rank Promotions, admitted during the lead-up to the Chris Algieri fight last Sunday that he is already discussing the possibility of the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight in 2015 with CBS Corporation chief executive officer (CEO) Leslie Moonves. Arum has also stated that the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao bout could happen in the first six months of 2015.

As for the discussion on the share of the fight purse for the two boxers, a website for a local TV channel in the Philippines, gmanetwork.com is reporting that “Money May” is amenable to a 60%-40% split of the probable purse.

“Those in the know say that the Mayweather camp is looking at the possibility of splitting the purse with the undefeated American getting $100 million while Pacquiao settling for $60 million,” the report stated. Both figures are pegged to be the biggest career purse for each fighter. Pacquiao earned $25M in his win on Sunday against Algieri while Mayweather Jr. received at least $32M for his victory over Marcos Maidana last September.

Meanwhile, Pacquiao’s business manager Eric Pineda echoed Arum’s statements over the last few days that the negotiations for the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight are on-going according to an another report. Pineda also confirmed that there is possibility that Pacquiao will have a lesser purse than his American counterpart and that it is not going to be a problem for the Filipino.

"The talks are already going on. It is more of what the fans want. It's not about the pay (level). That's the least of his concerns," Pacquiao's business manager Eric Pineda said via msn.com.

Meanwhile, a probable venue in the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao bout is the AT&T Stadium, or more popularly known as the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Jerry Jones, who is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), has stated that he badly wants the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight to happen in the Cowboys stadium. AT&T Stadium can seat up to 80,000 fans and over 100,000 with standing room only access.

 

[ravagebx]

That's a fair split.

 

[doublemesh96]

Floyd just whoop his *** and get paid. No more excuses at this point. I never once thought he was scared but if he doesn't make this fight in May idk what else to believe other than that.

 

[retiredkicks]

Floyd will go down as one of the all time greats and now/still has an opportunity to be apart of one of the biggest sporting events of all time.  If he shuns away this opportunity I really don't know what else to say about the guy.  Money is his persona, well this fight is the definition of that.

Other note, I've watched the Loma fight a few times.  This kid is as polished as they come.  Hopefully the hand won't be a major issue in the future because it is very bright for him. 

 

[mr jordan04]

Floyd should obviously get more money because he's the more popular fighter that gets fans to BUY the ppv. IDGAF what anybody says, it shouldn't be a 50/50 split. If manny was so good and popular, I feel more fans would actually purchase his fights. Floyd fights "nobodies" and still outsells pacquio by a lot

 

[everysingletime]

As a Pacquiao fan, let Floyd get his 100 mil. I just want to see the fight

 

[ramonayala]

I cant stand floyd. But in his weight class, there is not a fighter i know of, that has the power of hurting him. Maidana had it bit floyd was foghting like a lil *****. You can call it ''smart' but it was a ***** move.

Floyd fights 'nobodys' and weaker opponents and will continue to do so cuz hes a ***** made business man an gets away with it by running his mouth.


Floyd isnt scared of gettin knocked out by manny, hes scared of losin in points to manny but it also seems like floyd has the nevada committe paid.



Bottom line fight wont happen. **** floyd.

 

[YOUR GRACE]

i wanna see pac algieri rematch curious about uncaging algieri..............................










































just jking not srs
pac vs floyd got my 70 saved up anytime it happens hopefully soon.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Weak tho, jerry jones needs to bag back. This needs to happen in Vegas.

 

[freakydestroyer]

Am I the only one wondering what Danny Garcia's next move is?

 

[degenerate423]

Am I the only one wondering what Danny Garcia's next move is?

Probably. I don't think anyone is taking him seriously after the Salka fight. He's gonna need a decent name to gain his popularity back.

 

[onlyjs]

YOUR GRACE this fight will not be $70 for ppv it will easily be $100 start saving up some more, jk let's talk about the fight when it's signed

 

[lightweight champion]

I doubt the fight happens. This past Saturday was the first step to manny moving back down to 140.

I can see DSG picking a fighter like one of those Thai guys on Saturday for his next opponent.

 

[Kaleo15]

Floyd should obviously get more money because he's the more popular fighter that gets fans to BUY the ppv. IDGAF what anybody says, it shouldn't be a 50/50 split. If manny was so good and popular, I feel more fans would actually purchase his fights. Floyd fights "nobodies" and still outsells pacquio by a lot

Since there's a rematch clause. I pray Manny knocks his *** out! The winner of this fight determines the bigger purse on the rematch!

Let Floyd get his big fat payday! Since money is all he cares about. And hope that Manny gets the win!

BTW most casual boxing fans watch Floyd to lose. Not because they like him or because he's popular Floyd's style is boring to most casual fans... they like the entertaining, exciting bang out type of fights.

 

[freakydestroyer]

If Floyd legitimately loses he will move to some secluded island so that he will never be seen again

 

[water runs dry]

Fighting at Cowboys Stadium would be EPIC!