Mayweather fights on May 5th

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Mean Mister Mustard Wrote:I think that one of the worst things that Pacquiao could do is to take on Bradley. Sure he would get a nice paycheck but even with Top Rank going all out with a PR campaign, I do not see the PPV hitting a million. Also the fight could be boring and Bradley has a very good chance of springing an upset. I would like to see it, but if I were Pacquiao or his handlers I would not take it unless I absolutely had to.

It's funny to see that Arum has run out of viable options, while Mayweather has been reduced into actually considering Sergio Martinez as an opponent. These two mutts should have fought each other in 2010.

Bradley doesn't have a chance. sig bet if it happens

JD Wrote:Doesn't all the money funnel back through Floyd on his shows, thereby allowing him to just take his pay as a guaranteed purse?

In the case of Pac, the money runs through Top Rank, so doesn't he have an agreed upon guarantee and then get paid on upside of the PPV?

First, Mayweather will write himself a check this week in the neighborhood of $25 million. This is similar, in concept, to the guaranteed money that other fighters receive from their promoters, but the check is much larger. Besides Mayweather, only Manny Pacquiao would command that much. What Mayweather earns in addition depends on the success of the event.

If 1.4 million or 1.5 million fans buy the fight ? which is expected ? Mayweather will make about $40 million, Schaefer said.

For comparison, consider Pacquiao. For his coming November fight, Top Rank has guaranteed $22 million and a percentage of other revenue for a total of $30 million, said Bob Arum, chairman of Top Rank. If the fight is canceled because of a natural disaster, for example, Pacquiao will still make $22 million, whereas Mayweather would stand to lose much of his total earnings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/sports...wanted=all