Who will replace Oscar De La Hoya?

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  1. thunder06

    thunder06 Active Member Full Member

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    I think most of us will agree that Oscar will retire.

    He is the only fighter today who can guarantee 1 million+ PPV buys.

    He is the only fighter who can guarantee his opponents 8 figure paydays.

    He is boxing's only crossover superstar in the U.S.

    Who will replace him?
     
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  2. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    nobody in near future with state of USA economy, there will be no 1million PPV next year and maybe the year after, all sports in USA are going to take a massive hit in the next 2 years.
     
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  3. thunder06

    thunder06 Active Member Full Member

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    bump
     
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  4. SweetScience

    SweetScience Accuracy is the key! Full Member

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    If everything clicks, then I'd go for Juan Manuel Lopez.
     
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  5. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    think about it PAc vs David Diaz did about 250K and Pac vs JMM did over 400K

    and also, Hatton vs PBF did 2.2 million PPV sales.

    so obviously the sport can break a million without Oscar. Easily.
     
    PH|LLA, Dec 7, 2008
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  6. Koa

    Koa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxing, as a whole should have thought about this a long time ago. As great as the Pac victory is for me, and as great as this is for boxing fans. Its horrible for boxing as a sport, now that the more entertaining match-ups can only be seen if we pay for them.

    Going to be interesting to see how boxing deals with this. If we are lucky, it could lead to times more similar to late 80's and early 90's, when it wasn't odd to see great machups and big names on ESPN.
     
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  7. thunder06

    thunder06 Active Member Full Member

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    That fight did 850K PPV buys.
     
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  8. ya-ni

    ya-ni Guest

    it's pac-man for now, he i see as the next one, maybe some european around the corner, i think kessler would be a good guy to put in the mix, he a great fighter an i got him in my top 15,,,i like to see him go after hopkins
     
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  9. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    850 in the US

    1.4 million in the UK was it?
     
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  10. Fedor Em

    Fedor Em Enforcement, VRWC style Full Member

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    Pacquiao vs Hatton or Pacquiao vs PBF would do a million buys.
     
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  11. Mike_S

    Mike_S Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep they are the fights boxing needs.
     
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  12. FanManII

    FanManII Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No one.
    Boxing is over.
     
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  13. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    A million would seem to be a bit ambitious for either fight but I would envision both doing extraordinarily well.
     
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  14. thunder06

    thunder06 Active Member Full Member

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    PBF-Hatton didn't even do a million buys and that was before this recession.

    I'd like to see the numbers from tonights fight before I make any predictions though.
     
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  15. icyhush

    icyhush What's on your mind? Full Member

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    i agree. lets see first on how this "dream match" did on PPV buys.
     
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