The proposed super-fight between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, being discussed for Las Vegas on May 2, appeared to be in danger of collapse on Monday night.
Hatton's legal counsel Gareth Williams insisted the Hatton Camp would only consider a 50/50 split for the fight, while Pacquiao's negotiators were adamant that they want a 60/40 share for their man.
Franklin Gacal, Pacquiao's lawyer, insisted the Filipino fighter would not accept an equal share and may look for another opponent.
However, Williams, speaking exclusively to Telegraph Sport, insisted: "We already have a verbal agreement from Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum that it would be 50/50 split for the contest. We have said all along that that is all we are prepared to do, and Arum has agreed to the equal share."
It would appear that the two camps are at an impasse, for a fight expected to generate £40 million.
Gacal, in a Monday morning interview at Ninoy Aquino International Airport aboard a Philippines Airline flight from Los Angeles, told Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN that they "will not agree to a 50-50 sharing" as put forward by Arum, the Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who acts for Hatton in the States. Conversely, Gacal insisted that Pacquiao wants the lion's share of a 60-40 split.
Gacal added that if the promoters and the Hatton camp fail to agree to the terms laid down by Pacquiao they would "find another opponent." It is thought that Floyd Mayweather Jr could be in the frame as Pacquiao's alternative opponent.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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