source: Nick Giongco | The Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be guaranteed $25 million, the biggest purse of his career, when he faces undefeated American challenger Tim Bradley on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao’s promoter, Hall of Famer Bob Arum, had told the Manila Bulletin last week that Pacquiao will receive “his biggest guaranteed purse” against Bradley, although the Top Rank chief declined to say exactly how much.
In his last fight with Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, the 33-year-old Pacquiao was guaranteed $22 million, plus a share in the pay-per-view sales, gate attendance, and international broadcast rights.
On the other hand, Bradley, 28, a native of Palm Springs, a desert city in Southern California two hours from Los Angeles, will get $5 million for trading blows with the Filipino boxing icon.
Bradley has never earned more than $1 million in his seven-and-a-half years as a boxing pro.
If the pay-per-view and other money-making schemes do well, Pacquiao stands to receive additional more.
The $25-million paycheck is a far cry from the $40,000 that Pacquiao took when, as a super-bantamweight (122 lbs), he made his US debut in June 2001 as a last-minute substitute fighter also at the MGM Grand.
Pacquiao is a heavy favorite to whip Bradley, who has a 28-0-0 win-loss-draw card with 12 knockouts.
But Bradley is unfazed. “I am definitely shooting for the stars,” he told Leighton Ginn of the Desert Sun newspaper that serves his hometown of Palm Springs.
Bradley’s manager Cameron Dunkin is also excited about the fight.
“I believe in Tim Bradley. I absolutely do,” said Dunkin.
Arum said Pacquiao will fly to the US way ahead of the three-city press tour that will kick off in Las Vegas on Feb. 21.
After the Las Vegas press conference, the tour will have stops in Los Angeles (Feb. 21) and New York (Feb. 23).
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