Is Floyd piggy backing off the Mexican fanbase?

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  1. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    People tend to forget that when Oscar was in his prime, so were hotboxes (illegal cable boxes). Everyone I knew had one and when it came time to watch a fight, nobody really paid for the ppv. I'm sure this era took a huge chunk out of ppv buys. If not for illegal cable boxes, Tyson would probably hold the ppv buy title.
     
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  2. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Oh man, I miss the blackbox! :patsch
     
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  3. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    And lil Wayne is better than Tupac because people can download music online now:nut
     
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  4. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who u tellin! I had free premium channels along with all ppv events for free for about 5yrs for $200! :happy
     
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  5. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Fuuuuuck that's awesome!
     
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  6. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    For those who think this had no impact on ppv sales back then, you have to be a real idiot! I cant speak for anywhere else, but here in NYC, these things sold like hotcakes! They were everywhere until cable switched from analog to digital.
     
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  7. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    What's with the sarcasm?
     
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    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Yeah, but people now stream PPVs online for free.
     
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  9. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    that's his way of telling you, that you trumped his arguement
     
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  10. osreyes77

    osreyes77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    They've actually been cracking down on this, and when you do get a stream, its usually unreliable or of poor quality.
     
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  11. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    900K is less than 1M. Futhermore, Mayorga was probably a more popular fighter back then than Ortiz is now.
     
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  12. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Knee-jerk reaction. Like an itchy trigger finger.

    Anyway, the thing about this thread is, we'll never see how Floyd sells a PPV on his own. He's been choosing the right type of opponents. And that's not a knock on Floyd, all boxers pretty much do that. Buty it is what it is.
     
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  13. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    The 1 mill # is arbitrary, since you just set that as your bar.
     
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  14. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    So what's considered selling well? According to you, it's anything over 300K. If that's the standard, than we've seen Mayweather do those numbers with a little known opponent. If Mayorga is the standard for a "****" opponent, then let's see how this fight with Ortiz does considering he's lesser known than Mayorga was back then.
     
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  15. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    uh no comment
     
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