Now that the super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao appears to be a done deal, details of the negotiations are starting to see the light of day. The bottom line: 50/50, 147 and eight ounce gloves.

Thought to be one of the biggest potential sticking points, both fighters have apparently agreed to a straight 50/50 split of the money in the fight. Both Mayweather and Pacquiao had argued in the past that they deserved more than half of the pie, based on their own personal conceptions of themselves as the bigger draw. Getting them to agree to 50/50 should not have been hard with the amount of money we’re dealing with in this fight, but with two egos like they have, it’s a small surprise that they both agreed to it so quickly and so easily.

The next possible sticking point was the weight for the fight. Both Mayweather and Pacquiao have avoided the 147 limit in their recent fights, instead fighting at a lower catchweight. It was thought that perhaps Pacquiao would try to get Mayweather to fight at 145 or lower as a bargaining chip, but Mayweather instead tried to apparently bring Pacquiao up to 154 instead. That play by Mayweather might have been the smartest move of this negotiation, as Pacquiao was left with little choice but to “negotiate” Mayweather down to 147, getting the fight to be signed for the actual welterweight limit.

The last point of contention was that Mayweather was reportedly trying to get 10 ounce gloves on both fighters. This was likely due more to Mayweather’s past hand problems than cushioning Pacquiao’s punches, but the fighters will in fact wear eight ounce gloves in the contest. They will both, however, be able to choose what brand of gloves they wear in the fight.

So just like that, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are going to fight on March 13, 2010, with the negotiations apparently going easier than most other marquee fights seem to go.

While a giant pat on the back goes to both fighters for agreeing so promptly to make the fight that the world wants to see, huge kudos also go to Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer, as well as both teams advisers for making this fight get done so quickly.

If only every major fight in boxing could be arranged so easily.

Originally published at BoxingInformer.com

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