Boxing lovers across the globe are keenly waiting for the Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao fight but no such deal is looking to happen in near future and the fans are beginning to feel pessimistic that whether this mega bout will ever happen.
One of the main reasons which had stalled the fight was Mayweather?s call for the random blood testing and Pacquiao?s refusal to do so. Now a new issue has cropped up, which is believed to be proving a roadblock in the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. The issue is related to the financial purse split afforded to each fighter.
It is learnt that the purse is in favor of Mayweather, which sounds a little unreasonable because Pacquiao has been a star in boxing since he defeated Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 and his fight with Joshua Clottey was superb in terms of revenues. The Pay-per-view bout had attracted 700-thousand buys and 51,000 tickets were sold at 100-thousand seat Cowboys stadium in Texas.
The Filipino sensation is in no way a lesser star than Mayweather and deserves an equal split. Critics may argue that Mayweather have the recent Pay-per-view numbers on his side but Pacquiao can definitely prove a bigger magnet in attracting people to the fight venue. The best solution would be that the fighters agree a 50/50 split and if they are not willing to reach a common ground then a simple solution would be that the winner of the fight gets 60 and the loser walks home with 40 percent.
But it seems unlikely that Mayweather would agree on a 50/50 purse split because he knows that Pacquiao is a tough opponent and he will find it tough to defeat the Filipino star. Mayweather knows that this could be his last mega bout and he wants to earn maximum out of it because if Pacquiao beats him then his next fight on Pay-per-view would not attract much viewers. We will keep you posted with the latest developments in this fight, till then keep your fingers crossed.
