$27.5M, Pacquiao's official earnings in last 2 years
7-division champ Manny Pacquiao had officially earned a total of $27.5 million or P1.2 billion even before the successful result of defending his title against Joshua Clottey in the last 2 years.
Basing on the records of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Pacquiao earned $3 million against Juan Manuel Marquez in March 2008; $3 million against David Diaz in June 2008; $6.6 million against Oscar de la Hoya in December 2008; $7.4 million against Ricky Hatton in May 2009; and, $7.5 million against Miguel Cotto in November 2009.
His earnings totaled to 27.5 million, but this does not include Pacquiao’s pay-per-view earnings from all of his fights. Based on reports, Pacquiao got $10 million share from the 1.25 million pay per view buys in his fight with Cotto.
In his last fight with Joshua Clottey, Pacquiao received a total of $12 million according to Ronnie Nathanielsz, boxing analyst. In his last fight, Nathanielsz stressed that it was Pacquiao who lured boxing fans into the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas last March 13.
If Pacquiao-Mayweather materialised, the Boxing champ could receive $40 million-$50 million in total earnings. Pacquiao’s views towards Mayweather’s nonstop rantings is that the retired boxer just bought his time to prepare. Pacquiao wants a fight with him, but it seems, Mayweather doesn’t want to fight, so he created issues to stall.
Despite all the pressures of others that he should retire already, he still wants to fight even if he becomes a member of the House of representatives. He thinks that he still has to face more difficult fighters as he extends his boxing career. “Alam mo, habang patagal ng patagal, pahirap ng pahirap sa akin ‘yung boxing. Dati parang easy lang sa akin, sandali ko lang natatalo ang kalaban,” said Pacquiao.
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