Bob Arum has warned Floyd Mayweather he will have to take the short end of the purse if he faces Manny Pacquiao.

Even before a fight has been put in place and with a substantial obstacle in the shape of Ricky Hatton in Pacman's path, Arum wanted to set the record straight over the terms their side would want from a mega-fight with 'Money'.

With Pacman the current consensus pound-for-pound king, inheriting the title when Mayweather went into his, seemingly short-lived retirement, a bout between the two would be the biggest fight in boxing.

Mayweather has suggested he should get 60% of the purse if the two meet but his former promoter gives this short shrift.

“Far and away the biggest attraction in boxing. So when he said a while ago that with Hatton he wanted the lion’s share and people said he was being greedy. No he wasn’t being greedy, he was right.”

“He takes a much smaller percentage," Arum told reporters at The MGM Grand. "Everybody else who fights Pacquiao now has to be treated like he was, as an opponent of the former great attraction Oscar De La Hoya.

"That means the opponent should be happy to get a maximum of 35 percent and Manny gets the 65 percent,”

Back to the matter of hand and Pacquiao's upcoming fight with Hatton, Arum believes his man is bettwe in all departments than he was six months ago when he beat De La Hoya.

"He is faster, he’s smarter and he has all of the attributes,” Arum said.

“What’s Manny’s strength? Its his speed. So if he fights the fight capitalizing on his strength which is his speed there is no way Hatton can beat him."

Arum claims that Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler told him that he is handling sparring partners Urbano Antillon, Mike Alvarado and Raymund Serrano (no mention of Amir Khan) "like babies."

Arum is quoted as saying on Inside Sports: “You now can't see his hands, he is so fast.

"He throws them so quickly you can’t see the punches and this time he is in with main event fighters."

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So whats the point of having the Pac-Hatton bout if the outcome has already been decided? Seems to me everyones forgetting Hatton actually has a chance... okay not much.. but a better one if Pac overlooks him the way everyone else is.

Too many looking past Ricky IMHO-may be a nasty shock ion store for Arum and co

A few points from me.

Firstly Floyd should get a minimum of 50% of the purse if he comes out of retirement to fight Pac-man. Floyd has been consistently the best fighter in the world for nearly a decade. Pacman is very good but i cant see Floyd coming out of retirement to receive the shorter end of the stick.

Secondly i think Hatton will beat Pacman. Pacman is very quick and could cut and bust up Hatton but i think Hattons relentness pressure will beat Pacman. Pacman took 9 rounds to bust up and defeat the brave but very limited David Diaz and beat a shell of De Le Hoya. He is still a brilliant superfeather fighting the best man at light welter and i think Hatton wins in 9.

its like nobodys given hatton a chance but there might a shock i store for them

Apparently PBF will hold a press conference with Don King on the day of Hatton-Manny.

I had enough of Floyd already. The spotlight should be on Hatton-Pacman only now!

Mayweather is scheduled to face a featherweight Marquez at welterweight now.

Reminds me of an eighth grade bully hanging around the fouth graders acting tough and when the other eighth graders come out he runs away. Except with Mayweather it's when the other welterweights come out he retires.

Hhhhhhmmmmm...

If am reading it right, win or lose, it looks like PBF will be the Pacman's next opponent.

Or am I straying from what Sir Pugilist is trying to point out...

Hatton has a chance. However he must get rid of Pacquiao whilst he(Hatton) is fresh whilst he still has all his energy.

Ricky's only chance is to put it on Pacquiao's toes and stay on his chest, bang the body. If Hatton stands off he will get a right shellacking.

Thats why i think he must get him out of there early, because when he starts to tire he wont be able to close that gap as fast and Pacquiao will have time to measure him and set him up.

lol I could have sworn I just read you say Hatton had no chance.

And batang, do you really think Floyd would fight Pacman if he gets destroyed by Hatton? Or do you think Floyd would have a certain rematch on his mind? .. I'm not just reading the lines, I'm reading between them too.