Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao “Thrilla’ in Manila II”
ZILLIONAIRES LOOK TO WOO FLOYD MAYWEATHER
San Francisco, CA– With Macau being the backdrop for the Manny Pacquiao rout of Brandon Rios, there were obviously stories to tell. One involves Manny Pacquiao’s (55–5, 38 KOs) next opponent, while another is talk about the seemingly impossible, I’m talking about the “Thrilla’ in Manila II,” Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines!
SOURCE USED TO WORK FOR HBO (WINK-WINK)
My source goes on to tell me that there are some businessmen, near billionaires, they want to do Mayweather-Manny in Manila next year. Now the first thing you are thinking is that Floyd won’t fight any further than a few miles from his house in Las Vegas. Not a road warrior by any means, Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) has always has always fought on American soil. Texas, Michigan, Atlantic City, California, Mississippi with Florida being the furthest he has ever fought as a pro from home.
FLOYD AIN’T GOING NOWHERE YOU SAY
So if you’re scratching your head at this point trying to figure out the direction in which I am going, if there’s one thing that impresses Floyd Mayweather it is money. Literally, “Money” is his middle name. So if some Filipino banker is willing to offer him a $100 million guarantee, this in addition the pay-per-view revenues, meaning Mayweather can make over $150 million for one fight, I think Floyd should take it with conditions.
MANILA COULD BE LIKE ALI IN ZAIRE FOR FLOYD
Bringing this fight to the Philippines means so much to the country, the economy, the spirit of the nation, that Floyd is going to be offered a blank check per se, how could he not want to? That fight, Mayweather-Pacquiao would eclipse the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier match, their epic third fight, the “Thrilla’ in Manila” because the population of the world has greatly increased since 1975 and modern technology makes it available to more heads than Ali-Frazier..
HBO & SHOWTIME BOTH HAVE ONE PARTICIPANT
For Mayweather, who is said to be worth $170 million, the potential to grab over $100 million in one night, if his personal safety was guaranteed, that might be just too much for Floyd to walkaway from. As is the case, Floyd is with Showtime and Manny Pacquiao is with HBO. The two networks are fierce adversaries, especially in boxing. They seemed to get over that when Mike Tyson unsuccessfully challenged Lennox Lewis. With Lennox winning, HBO secured the rights to run the fight delayed.
HOW IS PAY PER VIEW CASH SPLIT UP?
Let me explain to you how the pay-per-view dollar is divided. For example, a fight costs $50. The cable company, or in this instance companies, take $25 bucks, and the promoter is left with $25 clams. In 1996, the two networks could not agree on Oscar De La Hoya–Julio Cesar Chavez and the fight was shown on closed-circuit television for the most part throughout the country.
PACQUIAO HAS TO IMPRESS IN MARCH
If Manny Pacquiao can look stellar in his next fight scheduled for March 2014, that means not fighting Tim Bradley, Ruslan Providnicov or rival Juan Manuel Marquez, for he cannot look good against Bradley even if he wins and Ruslan might go in the favorite and outright win.
MARQUEZ FIGHT BAD CHOICE AS WELL
As for Marquez, let Manny go down to Mexico and fight him after the Mayweather-Manny dust settles in what would be the swan song for both men. So outside of having a Brandon Rios clone, the Top Rank matchmaking crew will be put to the test here.
FLOYD NEEDS THE MONEY? NO, FLOYD IS “MONEY”
If Mayweather continues to win this will be an earthshaking event, especially if Floyd had the stones to go to Manila and fight Manny Pacquiao at home. In closing, the objective of any prize fighter is to make money. But as I said earlier, give Floyd essentially a blank check and I think he’ll do it because he’s”Money.”
Pedro Fernandez