Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao walked away from a $7 million payday when he decided not to prioritize a monumental showdown with Mexican world champion Marco Antonio Barrera, the Filipino fighter’s former manager, Shelly Finkel said.
In an interview with www.boxingconfidential.com, Finkel, whose managerial contract with Pacquiao ended Jan. 31, said he could have worked out a television deal that would bring the Filipino boxer $2 million more, aside from the $5 million guaranteed purse for the Barrera rematch.
Finkel also mentioned that his supposed itinerary for Pacquiao was to ride on the momentum of his victory in the trilogy with Erik Morales. “The plan was to fight Barrera early in the year, before pitting him against Juan Manuel Marquez in September or November,” Finkel said.
Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, and Golden Boy Promotions, which holds rights to Barrera, are in the middle of a legal battle, after Pacquiao renounced the contract he signed for Golden Boy and inked another deal with Arum’s company in December.
The legal battle threw the Pacquiao-Barrera rematch off course but Golden Boy Promotions chief executive officer Richard Schaefer said recently there is still a possibility that the two fighters will square off “if the public desires”.
Barrera and Marquez are fighting in March, taking off one possible huge payday for the Filipino boxer, who is scheduled to fight Mexican Jorge Solis on April 14 in San Antonio, Texas.
Finkel also lamented that Pacquiao has been relegated to a co-feature bout with friend, Jorge Arce in the April 14 event. *
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