Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is offering a guaranteed $25 million to host this year’s boxing super fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has offered a $25-million guarantee to host the scheduled March 13 mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in his Texas stadium, a source close to the negotiations but not authorized to speak publicly about them told The Times today.
Jones’ new Dallas Cowboys Stadium has a capacity of more than 100,000. His offer exceeds the $20-million guarantee that Staples Center offered fight promoters earlier this week.
When asked about the Dallas guarantee, Mayweather promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions would neither confirm or deny its accuracy.
“The numbers are going in the right direction, and I believe we’ll end up in excess of $30 million,” Schaefer said.
A spokesman for Jones declined to comment about the site talks.
The Dallas offer will be greatly challenged by the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which is expected to offer ringside seats for $2,500, which is $500 more than the highest-priced seats for the most lucrative fight in boxing history, Mayweather’s split-decision triumph over Oscar De La Hoya in May 2007.
Payout Perspective:
The result of this venue bidding war is not only going to ensure that Pacquiao-Mayweather becomes the highest grossing gate in boxing history, but it’s the type of press the fight needs to make it the biggest fight ever. It’s news that signals the magnitude of the fight to non-fight fans.
This is PR and fight promotion 101.
25 million gate guaranteed and the fight is months away.
Well I hope this fight lives up to the hype but iv been hearing 75$ppv f*** that but I hope it ends up en la cowboy estadio that would be huge and I love boxing but mma is way better the fightcards are always better. I think this fight will be the same as all mayweather fight boring he boring and I don’t like pacman or gayweather money holto punto but hay yo soy boracho and I got mi $ on gaymoney
shawn i have to disagree with you the mma fights that i have seen lately are garbage, if i want to see skilled wrestling ill walk down to the local high school to see that. gracie killed the sport of mma when every woodbe mma fighter started taking “gracie jujitsu” classes. they dont fight anymore they hold and hug lookin for submission.
Arum is a master promoter the last guy alive who knows how to delelop talent and make a guy into a super star.
75$ is insane, they better come to their senses.
You might want to go to that local high school wrestling. There are probably a half dozen kids there who would beat the best boxers in the world at a real fight. ahaha
Gracie brought intelligence to combat sports. A sport where rules create cookie cutter fighters who have to fit a given body type and skill set are a thing of the past. Although boxing is still needed. After all where will all the fighters who said “boxing kept me out of prision” go? Have fun watching 1 dimensional street bums see who is “better” while wearing pillows to drag the “fight” out.