Ok, according to Bob Arum Manny Pacquiao is guaranteed $15 million with a $10 million upside? Antonio Margarito is guaranteed $3 million with a $5 million upside? What is wrong with this picture. Why are they making so much money for what most people are calling a tune-up fight? Is Bob Arum the Don King of boxing now? Nobody ever ever talks about how much the Promoter makes.
Why is that? More than likely because they are making such a nice profit off of these fighters that it would bring shame to them. I don’t even think that the fighters know how much the promoters make. Their will be no complaints from Goldenboy Promotions because he still get’s his share of Manny Pacquiao’s purse. From Clottey to Margarito are the fans really getting their money’s worth with the high price of PPV.
Bob Arum and Oscar Dela Hoya might not be friends but they sure will be laughing all the way to the bank after all the smoke settles. I think Don King misses the spotlight and it would tickle his fancy to help get Floyd the fight with Manny. Those two Promoters together could milk the fight fans and PPV execs all the way until no more money could be squeezed out of their budget. The fans want to know why they are not getting good fights is because they pay for stupid fights like this. Then when all the budget is spent up they complain. You don’t have to pay for this fight. When the fans stop paying for meanless fights then the Executives will start paying closer attention to what they spend out for.
Who really loses here. Manny or Margarito? Neither, even though they both don’t d
