MANILA, Philippines ? Fighting congressman Manny Pacquiao said his short phone conversation with Floyd Mayweather Jr. covered two important points about their mega-fight: the revenue split and the fight date.
Pacquiao said in a one-on-one interview with ABS-CBN correspondent Dyan Castillejo that Mayweather contacted him through his adviser, Michael Koncz. Manny Pacquiao (left) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. discuss revenue split and fight date.
He said their conversation lasted 3 minutes.
?Nagpag-usapan yung hatian. Napag-usapan din kung anong petsa (We talk about the revenue sharing. We also discussed the fight date),? said the Sarangani congressman.
Pacquiao said Mayweather is particular about the guaranteed earnings of their possible fight.
He said the American boxer asked him how much guaranteed earning he wants for the fight.
?Gusto nya kong mag-commit sa guarantee, kung anong guarantee na gusto ko (He wanted me to commit on a guarantee),? said Pacquiao.
?Sabi ko (I told him), just keep your 50% and I will keep my 50%, and I will take care of my own guarantee.?
In his third fight against Juan Manuel Marquez last November, Pacquiao reportedly received a guaranteed amount of $20 million.
Mayweather, on the other hand, earned a $25-million guarantee in the Victor Ortiz fight in September last year.
Fight date
He also said Mayweather mentioned May 5, the fight date that prompted a Las Vegas court to move the start of Mayweather?s prison sentence to June.
Although he has no problem about fighting on May 5, Pacquiao said that a latter date will allow more spectators to watch the fight live.
?I think MGM o ibang arena will not be enough,? said Pacquiao.
He said a latter date, sometime in late May, will pave a way for the construction of an open arena that could accommodate more fight fans.
?I hope we will agree for that para marami ng taong makapanood (I hope we get to agree on that so more people can watch the fight first hand),? said Pacquiao.
Asked if he might change his mind about the fight date, Pacquiao said: ?Depende ?yun… by next week malalaman natin (It depends? we?ll know by next week).?
