Junior: No 50-50 purse split for me and Pacman

MANILA, Philippines – Show me the money. This early, Floyd “Money" Mayweather, Jr. shot down an even purse split with Manny Pacquiao should they eventually forge a showdown, claiming it’s him who would bring the money to the blockbuster card in the first place. “Pacquiao will never get 50-50 (share). It’ll be a cold day in hell before that happens," Mayweather was quoted to have said in a report by fighthype.com. Money matters have been the primary consideration ever since the idea of pitting the comebacking fighter and Pacquiao, widely recognized as the pound-for-pound king, was first hatched. Pacquiao’s camp, particularly promoter Bob Arum and trainer Freddie Roach, had previously stated that the Filipino ring icon deserves the lion’s share (60-40) in his next fights, being boxing’s top draw. But Mayweather, who chose lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez as his opponent for his return bout, pooh-poohed the Pacman’s claim to a bigger pie. “He’s a very good fighter who has a promoter and trainer that are doing all the talking for him. I ain’t heard Pacquiao mention my name one time. Why? He knows that he would get his ass torn out of the frame fighting me. His promoter is jockeying for position to set his guy up, but that would never work with us," he said. Mayweather went on to rattle off his PPV resume vis-a-vis Pacquiao’s showing against two common rivals, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton. “We deal with facts. When he fought with Oscar, he did 1.24 (million buys). When I fought Oscar, we did 2.5 (million). Against Hatton, they did 800 (thousand) and change. I did 930 (thousand) for the same fight. I did over a million in the UK and they did less than half of that," he said. Pacquiao is said to be considering the winner of the Mayweather-Marquez duel for his next outing tentatively set October 17, although other marquee names have popped up like Sugar Shane Mosley and Miguel Cotto, as well as Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. – GMANews.TV