Remember back in the mid-1980s when pro wrestler Dusty Rhodes fought Tully Blanchard with a case of money hanging above the ring awaiting the winner?
Call me a dummy, but I used to buy into that sort of stuff when I was kid and I think boxing’s next true mega match-up between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could benefit from a little bit of over the top promotion.
After Manny Pacquiao waxed Miguel Cotto, the boxing world has been beating the drums of war for a bout between Manny and Floyd. Unfortunately, many experts seem to believe that the negotiations between Manny and Floyd would make the bout near impossible to make.
If I was in charge of the financials for this bout, I would sit both fighters’ promoters down and explain to them that each fighter would get 45 percent of the take, with ten percent hanging in the balance for the winner.
Imagine Manny and Floyd on a press tour with a pallet of several million dollars accompanying them on the stage. Imagine the coverage that a fight where the winner actually makes more money than the loser would receive.
High drama, and fair, in my assessment.
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This idea of an even share, with a remainder in the balance, could immediately be blown out of the water if my co-host on The Boxing Truth Radio John Chavez’s recent report is correct.
The San Francisco fight follower informs the masses that Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao did near 2 million buys on pay per view. If this statistic is correct, Manny Pacquiao will be in the drivers seat for negotiations with Floyd and demand the highest cut of the pot.
