Not sure what Arum is smoking, but it has to be the strong the stuff. But, here is his reasoning why Pacquiao should get a bigger split in rematch.
Even if both sides want to make a rematch, making the deal would seem difficult. One would figure that because Mayweather beat Pacquiao he would want an even greater share of the money in a rematch than the 60/40 split he got in his favor for last week’s fight.
Arum disagreed. While he said he didn’t “want to negotiate through the media,” Arum said, “The fact that he won the fight, what does that mean? The two of them together created such a bonanza — numbers we’ve never seen before — and without Manny, who could Floyd create a bonanza like that with? And without Mayweather, who is Manny going to fight to create as much money? Maybe we should get more than the 40 percent. They need each other to create this kind of money.”
It is that type of talk that would guarantee a rematch never happens. I think they would probably be able to get their 40% again, but they would be pushing it trying to get anything more than that.