on january 20, 2012, mayweather spoke directly to pacquiao via telephone. "he ask about a 50/50 split," mayweather said. "i told him no that can't happen, but what can happen is you can make more money fighting me then you have made in your career." mayweather offered to pay a flat fee of usd 40 million for a proposed fight but would not allow pacquiao to share in the revenue. pacquiao said, "i spoke to floyd ...and he offered me an amount. he didn't talk about the pay-per-views here and that's it. i can't agree with that. i told him i agree with 55 and 45 (split)."