Would Pacquiao set another boxing record this coming May 7?

Pretty much my thoughts. The economy is in a bad spot on those two dimensions, and they matter for fight fans' pocketbooks and PPV buys.

Still, I would be very surprised if this fight does under 1 million buys. It could be promoted a little better, perhaps, and Showtime has less PPV infrastructure than does HBO, but Pacquiao is an icon at this point. That should carry the day here, IMO.

 

9 to 1.1 ppv buys

 

with mosley i dout it.with jmm and 24/7 its posible.

 

casual fans probably didnt even know Mosley fought Mora

 

espn reminded them

 

It's pathetic that you are being dead serious. At the absolute most, 100,000 people would be swayed from buying the fight to not buying it. And that is the absolute most.

But yes, I too think it will break 1 mil.

 

haha....cmon....ya the clottey fight just magically appeared out of thin air after the mayweather talks broke off right? hahaha...gimme a break.....

weve even got a '**** blaming gas and grocery prices for a fight, that hasnt even taken place, not selling....ya its gas and groceries....not the fact that theyve already seen mayweather dust shane....and then shane get a gift draw with sergio mora(who was just beaten by bryan vera)....lolol

 

im sure casual fans saw what floyd did to him...im sure thats enough

 

so true

half of esb haven't seen it either.

 

its not fair to compare something tyson did 20 years ago to now...there are far more satellite companies, cable providers that werent around back then...also the big bar scenes and clubs who have it beamed in now, they didnt do during tyson-ruddock for example...if you were gonna watch that, had to be in your living room, now you can watch through your xbox, streamed. bars, clubs, ect. and if a bar for example has a 250 capacity seating...thats what goes into the stats as how they are charged....they dont get charged for 1 buy....
its almost like comparing opening weekend movie grosses for a movie in 2011 to one in 1978
there are ten times more the theaters
and the population is more too

 

pretty safe to say that countries who still chop peoples heads off if you are a tourist or just someone that wandered into the wrong hood..aint up to date with the HD tvs and and ordering ppv fights....

 

Some of those people do live in AMERICA, and do buy ppvs.

 

Well if the outcome is known you should be making money. :think

 

In boxing anything can happen, all it takes is ONE punch. Upsets, they happen. As a matter of fact, they have been happening all month!