Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Fight:  A 67-33 Purse Split in Favor of Money Should Make the Bout Happen!

As always in boxing, negotiations for how much each pugilist would receive at the end of a bout, is key to finalizing a fight and subsequently arranging a date in the ring.

With negotiations for the Manny Pacquiao – Floyd Mayweather fight reportedly on its high gear, it would not be surprising if the focal point of it all is the purse split between the two most popular boxers in the world today.

Had the fight happened five years ago, a 50-50 split would have been the ideal financial scenario. Since then, Mayweather has remained unbeaten. But Pacquiao suffered two losses, including a devastating knockout from the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez.

Pacquiao’s loss to Timothy Bradley was a fluke and he proved it in their return bout almost two years later.

Because of his two losses in the last three years, the ring value of Pacman has already diminished and this was obvious with the steep drop in the pay-per-view (PPV) buy-ins of his recent fights, which according to East Side Boxing, is now below 500,000.

That’s a far cry from the PPV buy-ins of Mayweather fights, which are making 875,000 to 900,000.

That being said, Mayweather is right when he said during his pronouncement in December 2014 that Pacquiao should not have a say in the financial terms of the fight. Money should call the shots on that aspect. In the subsequent pronouncement of Pacquiao, he seems amenable with that condition too, if only to make the fight happen. Although both did not specifically state the purse split that they see as ideal.

Asking for an 80-20 split?

While there has been no official word from Mayweather and his camp about their desired purse split for the bout, there are rumors that Money is eyeing an 80-20 deal in his favor for him to agree to the $200 million or more historic fight.

If that is true, then Mayweather must be way over his head to think that he can get another $200 million or more from another fight other than with Pacquiao. Money should consider the fact that without the Pacman, there is no $200 million or more purse to split.

Factoring in the recent drop in Mayweather’s PPV buys, East Side Boxing opines that the ideal sharing for the historic bout would be 67-33, in favor of Money. For Mayweather to get something like $134 million or more in a fight that would last no more than an hour, that is quite a financial windfall already, in any sports.

Pacquiao should be happy getting $66 million or more too since that is certainly more than what he is wishing for. What’s more important to him, if he is being true to himself, is to finally get a fight with Mayweather and give the world’s boxing fans the fight that they have long wanted to see.

But until the two boxers finally sign below the dotted line, the world’s historic boxing fight is just a theory, a long-running theory that is.