Is Floyd piggy backing off the Mexican fanbase?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by osreyes77, Aug 10, 2011.


  1. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Great, so if they're within 8 months of eachother but occur in separate calender years, it will sell well. If it's within 8 months but occurs in the same calender year, the numbers will suffer. I guess that makes sense.
     
  2. Blizz42

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    That isnt a "you never know" scenario lmao. You can't pick and choose your own argument. Didn't Pac/Clottey out sell Pacquiaos fights with EM, JMM and MAB??? :rofl

    What's the excuse?
     
  3. Bladegunner

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    Hell will freeze over when actually talk boxing on this forum.:rofl
     
  4. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What does Pac's ppv #'s with Clottey vs his #'s with EM, JMM, and MAB have to do with what Floyd would do against a no namer or fighter with zero fanbase?
     
  5. Lance_Uppercut

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    What do you think I've been doing troll? :patsch This is the extent of the **** you post ****...
     
  6. MAIN

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    pretty much

    if folks think lil floyd will only fight once a year of course it'll sell

    if lil floyd could sell so much what's up with his vacations

    y not keep selling a lot and get paid

    he know's it doesn't work like that

    he know's he show's his face once a year and folks want to see him

    u tryin to tell me folks would always have sell outs in football if they played 162 games like baseball, no, football sells out cuz its once a week

    the less you are out there, the more people want to see you

    u want to keep repeating that 8 month thing, sure, but the fact and point being made is it still seems as if he isn't there as much, due to his "vacations"

    if lil floyd don't take vacations and people know he'll b back here and there his numbers won't always b where they're at
     
  7. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He said it himself. Something along the lines of how he only needs to fight once a year and how its like the superbowl.
     
  8. Blizz42

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    It has about as much to do as your "we'll never know" theory of Floyd carrying a card by himself. You don't know so all you have is ab opinion.

    You picked a fight from 06 if Floyds and compared it to a Pacquiao fight in 2010, so I took Pacquiaos ppv fights against 3 great fighters around that time, and compared their ppvs with Clotteys, understand???
     
  9. MAIN

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    naw man according to reg it's not once a year, its an 8 month span :lol:

    wonder what he thinks about the gap between lil floyd vs shame to lil floyd vs victor

    again, so if lil floyd could make so much in drawing power, y does he need to fight only once a year like the superbowl

    that right there showing him f'in up his hustle then if he really is making soooooo much per fight




    it aint like that, the real hustle is fighting once a year with a special event following
     
  10. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well aside from the men here who act as if they share a pillow with Floyd at night, it would be pretty hard to see Floyd doing 1mil ppv buys against a guy like Berto on some random date with a mediocre undercard. A realistic # would be around 500-600k for a fight like that where Floyd would pretty much have to carry it on his name alone without the help of his opponent having a huge ethnic following.
     
  11. BigReg

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    The Phillies have sold out every game for like the past 3 years. I think The Red Sox have done it the past 7 or 8 years. Furthemore, Mayweather fought twice in a calender year in 2007. He did 2.4M against Hoya and 900k against Hatton.
     
  12. BigReg

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    Mosley does not have a huge ethnic following. He doesn't have a huge following period. And where was Ortiz's huge ethnic following the rest of his career? How come they only show up when he's fighting Mayweather?
     
  13. MAIN

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    bull

    i was at philly in feb, it was easy to buy tickets for a fri and sat night game

    no way were the tickets sold out



    there u go, oscar sold and ricky's fanbase sold, then lil floyd took his vacation and when he came back of course everyone wanted to see him

    had lil floyd not gone on vacation and say fought another golden gay boy and just stayed busy, his numbers wouldn't have been as high

    look aint sayin lil floyd doesn't sell, just sayin he sells because he isn't there much

    but even if he DOES happen to sell no matter what, then wtf he taking vacations for, y don't he go to the office, sell his 1.5, pick up his 3 checks per year then
     
  14. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mosley is a very well known future HOF fighter who many saw as having a shot at beating Floyd given his performance against Margarito.

    Do you think the casual boxing fan walking in the street will be able to differentiate between Andre Berto and Andre Ward? I think not.

    Never said Ortiz has a huge ethnic following, but the fact that he's mexican and will be fighting on Mexican Independence Day against Floyd Mayweather along with a strong Mexican undercard will definitely help boost sales. Floyd is a pretty big draw himself, but in order to pull in the type of #'s he's been doing, he needs a strong B side. :deal
     
  15. Blizz42

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    The 2006 and 2010 markets are totally different markets to sell ppvs. Since you don't know if Floyd can sell a ppv by himself TODAY, how can you think that Floyd wouldn't sell against an as you say, fighter with no fanbase, and base your opinion off that by using Floyds ppvs from 5 years ago when Pac was selling similiar ppv amount against name fighters. Different year, different market.