Floyd should get 60-70% of the purse against Pacquiao

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  1. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
  2. TheGreat

    TheGreat Boxing Junkie banned

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    :patsch Manny is a bigger PPV draw than PBF IMO. 50-50 is fair.
     
  3. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    How is Manny a bigger PPV draw when he has never did better numbers then Floyd. Floyd vs Judah and Baldo did better the Pac vs Marquez. Floyd did far better numbers with DLH then Pac. And did better numbers then Pac vs Hatton.

    You cant just make **** up thats not true.
     
  4. redifish

    redifish Active Member Full Member

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    It should be 50-50. Quit insisting on a 60-70% purse for Floyd, you won't get a cent from it.
     
  5. Devildoc

    Devildoc Capo Di Tutti Capi Full Member

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    you forgot the fact that floyd was able to generate those ppv numbers he was fighting Oscar who was at the time the most popular figure in boxing and Ricky who has a lot of fan base from europe.

    The fight with De La Hoya did a record 2.44 million buys. But De La Hoya is the undisputed all-time pay-per-view king. Mayweather's fight with Hatton did 900,000 domestic buys on HBO, as well as 1.4 million in Great Britain.
    England's Hatton has as fanatical a following as any boxer.

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    Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs) is a tremendous fighter who has won titles in five weight classes. How popular he has become remains to be seen. But we'll find out soon enough when he takes on Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez in a welterweight fight July 18 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
    The fight will be available on HBO pay-per-view for $49.95.
    This will be a big pay-per-view test for Mayweather. If, after everything he has accomplished in the ring - not to mention the anticipation of him fighting again

    after a 17-month retirement - he is unable to generate at least 750,000 buys, he will have failed this exam. Mayweather and Marquez were on hand Monday in Los Angeles to begin a press tour, which this week also made its way to New York City and London.
    Mayweather is very intelligent, his trash-talking notwithstanding.
    Instead of saying things such as Marquez has no chance, that he is too big for the Mexican slugger who has never fought at higher than lightweight, that he doesn't belong in the same ring with him, Mayweather sang a different tune.
    "Marquez is a great Mexican warrior who is going to be in tremendous shape," Mayweather said. "He is a hell of a guy and a hell of a fighter."
    Those were Mayweather's words. Not surprising, though, because Mayweather has to know deep down he needs to produce big numbers for a fight that some believe may not be a thriller because both are counter-punchers.
    He needs to make people want to see this fight.
    "I like to get hit, but I don't get hit," Mayweather said. "Marquez hits and gets hit. He seems used to it and still comes out on top 90 percent of the time.
    "I expect a great fight. If Marquez is aggressive, it could turn into a brawl and that is exactly the type of fight fans love to see."
    Mayweather wasn't finished. He also praised the fans he know are going to have a lot to do with the pay-per-view numbers.
    "I've got nothing but love for Mexican fans; they are some of the most loyal fans in boxing," he said. "Mexican fans really know boxing inside and out."
    This is true. It's just weird hearing Mayweather dole out so much love. Usually, he is tearing down someone.
    As for Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs), he made sure he said his weight disadvantage will not be an issue. He came with a little comedy, too.
    "I have a tough fight with Floyd," Marquez said. "I'm training right now and will go up to the mountains to build muscle for the fight.
    "It isn't exactly my weight. But that only means I'll have to eat more tacos, burritos and carnitas."
    Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather promotions, pointed out just how much the sport of boxing has missed Mayweather.
    "No matter where he goes, fans are always coming up to him asking, `When are you coming back?"' Ellerbe said.
    De La Hoya is president of Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Marquez. He made his pitch, too.
    "This is truly a fight that the fans want to get behind," he said. "In my eyes, Mayweather is the best in the world, who is about to meet the No. 1 Mexican in the ring to duke it out and show who is truly No. 1."
    That's funny.
    When Manny Pacquiao - the consensus pound-for-pound king - was about to take on Golden Boy's Ricky Hatton earlier this month, everyone associated with Golden Boy was correctly acknowledging that Pacquiao was No. 1.
    Guess Pacquiao's blistering second-round knockout of Hatton wasn't enough to keep him there in the eyes of De La Hoya.
     
  6. Drexl

    Drexl Your Hero Full Member

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    SO???

    You do realize that the majority of the world's population is also not American, right?
     
  7. TheGreat

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    First of all I said it was my opinion, #2 before Hatton and DLH ,Floyd was able to do PPV # BUT he was not a big draw, so once again IMO there is no way in hell PBF should get 70% against Pac, 50-50 is right and PBF will take it because this an easy fight for him and he will get paid.
     
  8. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    omg it's only the floyderettes that seem to not know wth 2+2 equals. yes, floyd was part of the huge ppv numbers, but only because of oscar and hatton's popularity. oscar vs. cotto or oscar vs. hatton would of brought similar numbers. take floyd's fight's with oscar and hatton out of the equation and what do you get? exactly, you don't get ****
     
  9. Farmboxer

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    Void is not the draw, the draw is Pac.