It?s the money on the table, nothing else and no one else, which will decide whether or not Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will fight a third time.
?At the end of the day, money talks,? said Golden Boy chief operating officer David Itskowitch Sunday as talks of a Pacquiao-Marquez Part 3 filled the Big Dome.
Marquez, who lost a close, controversial decision to Pacquiao last month in Las Vegas, challenged Pacquiao to a fight when they crossed paths during the ?Invasion? card.
The dethroned Mexican champion said he?s ready to fight Pacquiao anytime, anywhere, any price. He said he?s willing to make concessions just for the fight to happen.
Itskowitch, who came with fellow Golden Boy officials Eric Gomez and Ramiro Gonzales, said a third fight between Pacquiao and Marquez should generate an enormous amount.
?If it?s the biggest fight between the two fighters, then it will happen. Tell me, would you rather see Pacquiao facing David Diaz or Pacquiao facing Marquez a third time?? he said.
Pacquiao reportedly landed his biggest paycheck ever, a guaranteed purse of $5.5 million and a couple million more on the $20 million pay-per-view shares, for fighting Marquez last month.
Marquez reportedly got $1.5 million or less than what he truly deserved. He agreed to several concessions just for the fight to take place because he felt ?it?s the fight that everybody wanted to see.?
?There were doubts after the rematch. So let?s fight again and clear all these doubts,? said Jaime Quintana, one of Marquez? handlers who was also at the Araneta Coliseum the other day.
He was right in the middle when Pacquiao, under Top Rank, and Marquez, of Golden Boy, came face to face at ringside.
Marquez challenged Pacquiao to a third fight, and the WBC super-featherweight champion from Gen. Santos City said, ?No problem. Anytime.?
Then Marquez said, ?Okay, sign, sign, just sign it,? then told Quintana, ?Give me, give me the papers for the signing.? But nothing really came out as the meeting ended.
