PACQUIAO GUARNTEED $6M; DE LA HOYA $20M
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 06 Dec 2008
The disparity in the guaranteed purse of Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya is even wider than the height and reach disparity between the two fighters.
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer has informed www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports that according to the bout contracts filed with the NSAC, Pacquiao will get a guaranteed purse of $6 million while Del La Hoya?s guaranteed purse is $20 million.
However, the overall split from revenues which would include pay-per-view and other ancillary rights as agreed upon would be 32 percent for Pacquiao and 68 percent for De La Hoya.
There was no indication that Pacquiao?s income from the Philippine TV and theater rights under his contract with Solar Sports is part of the revenue split under the agreement since Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has insisted that Philippine TV rights belong to Pacquiao and Solar Sports.
Pacquiao is believed to earn around $1.2 million from the Philippine rights.
As Kizer told us several weeks ago, the referee for the Pacquiao-De La Hoya ?Dream Match? will be Tony Weeks while the judges are Stanley Christodoulu of South Africa and Adalaide Byrd and Dave Moretti who are both from Nevada .
Weeks refereed only one Pacquiao fight so far and that was the rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera in which Pacquiao scored a lopsided twelve round decision.
Weeks has had his share of problems in the past. He was the referee in the September 17, 2005 lightweight title fight where champion Leavander Johnson took a bad beating from Jesus Chavez and lost by an 11th round stoppage in a fight where Weeks was criticized by some for not stopping the fight earlier although Johnson who died five days later himself protested the stoppage.
The tragedy had an emotional impact on Weeks who was quoted by the Arizona Republic as saying ?when something traumatic like that happens, it can?t help but affect you.?
While Weeks said the death of Johnson after brain surgery didn?t change his desire to be a referee he conceded it ?heightened my awareness.?
Weeks also came under criticism for his handling og the 10th round TKO suffered by Jose Luis Castillo at the hands of D iego Corrales in what was regarded as one of the bloodiest battles of all time. In fact it was Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who ripped Weeks saying he allowed Corrales to spit out his mouthpiece twice after he was knocked down and had it washed, which gave him time to recover.
Moretti was one of the judges in Pacquiao?s first two fights against Erik ?El Terrible? Morales while he also served as a judge in De La Hoya?s fights against Bernard Hopkins, Arturo Gatti, the ?Redemption? rematch against Sugar Shane Mosley and the controversial victory over Felix Sturm where all three judges scored it 115-113 for De La Hoya.
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao waves to the crowd during Friday afternoon's weighin at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Photo by Dr Ed de la Vega / PhilBoxing.com.
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