Official fight thread for GGG vs Lemieux: Oct 17 HBO PPV

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MIAlien

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I meant to say they not even mentioning Ward name breh lol. Not saying you're lying or what bit my friend MSG does not pay you to fight in their arena unless you're a big name and they did not pay for Ggg Lemoumou :heh:
Maybe MSG didn't pay, so we'll see. I guessed they did, and I could be wrong. Like I said, I'll try to find out.

And where did I say that HBO IS discussing GGG/Ward now?My comment was a response to you saying GGGs camp didn't want the fight. I'm just explaining why HBO pushed at all and why Ward kept pushing. At one point GGGs camp was all about making the fight with Ward.

Maybe it was all tied to GGGs potential 168 move for Froch and/or JCC Jr. But they did express interest in the fight in 2014.
 

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Oh so now u using Floyd to save your argument because it fits you huh ? You were saying Floyd Berto was a mismatch and should be free. Nobody was hyping the fight and the fight was poorly advertised. Everyone knew the fight was not gonna do much and people were saying the fight wouldn't do 200k. Doing 400k+ was a huge success for the card and if a Floyd Stan said the card would do that we'll he'd be stoned and negged. Just take your L like a man breh. Have some pride. You and Dan were saying 200k was success so what is less than 200k ?

This is what happens when u think u big enough to claim thrones and say you some legend then you fall flat on your face. Now once Canelo or Cotto GGG does over 500k I know you stans and media slobber gonna run with the fact that GGG did 500k and act like that card never happened.

@Newzz @Big Boss HBO was strong arming investors offering low returns and acting like GGG was Floyd or Pacman lol. My dude said it was a very frustrating time for HBO when they heard the pre order numbers hence the price drop. He believes HBO will push for Canelo/Cotto GGG via the WBC so they can build him up use the Latino exposure to no limit. He also said Ward is even being discussed and nobody from GGG camp wants the fight.

About the wraps he said Lemieux people did not even fully inspect the gloves fully so he doesn't wanna hear anything. He also claims that GGG should not fight better competition now because he already made his name.

About Floyd return he says Floyd wants the media to see how important he is to the sport. If he were still active the media could have used his name to promote the fight just like A rum did with Pacman. That's why Floyd does not even talk about boxing but he's still doing light training and maintaining his shape.

@krackdagawd My dude says he's not involved with Ward at all and wishes Ward had signed with Haymon but he believes Ward didn't make a bad decision at all going the neutral route. He also said that Ward next card might be on HBO but Ward hasn't picked any future opponents. He also denied hearing much about KKK v Ward.

@Newzz dude believes Brower is a star and a bigger draw than people give him credit for. Brower had star quality and not camera shy. Khan Broner is possible but no discussions yet. Khan wants a payday and believe he's the A side when Brook was discussed.


Arum said he has no plans on refiling the suit. He believes boxing needs PBC and has his doors open for PBC fighters.

We talked on Lotta stuff but dude is so into his own company now and has hope Laura can do well with the Cuban market.



#SOGGang:blessed:



I don't blame floyd:pachaha:
 

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About Floyd return he says Floyd wants the media to see how important he is to the sport. If he were still active the media could have used his name to promote the fight just like A rum did with Pacman. That's why Floyd does not even talk about boxing but he's still doing light training and maintaining his shape.
That was a two way street friend. A potential fight with Pacman were a big selling point of a lot of Floyd's fights (Ortiz, Guerrero, Maidana I & II).
 

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This fight should of never been on PPV to begin with. I know HBO is trying to cash out on GGG, but as of right now he doesn't have the fan base to carry him for PPV fights at the moment. It's basically similar if they was trying to push Kovalev as a PPV fighter when he still only known by die hard boxing fans and not casual fans that will buy the PPV.
 

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Leonard Ellerbe on the PPV game:


According to Loeffler: the fight sold just over 150k (they hoped for 200k, but budgeted off 150k), had a $2 million dollar gate, and got excellent ratings in the UK, Germany, and Russia. Said to expect GGG on regular HBO or PPV in the future depending on the matchup.
 

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I wish I knew. In a few weeks I'll be able to get a lot of new info, so I'll try to find out.


Just to add to this, from what I've been told:

One of the main reasons Ward, RNS, and HBO even started pushing for GGG/Ward is because K2 assured them that they were interested in GGG/Ward and wanted to make it happen.

Maybe MSG didn't pay, so we'll see. I guessed they did, and I could be wrong. Like I said, I'll try to find out.

And where did I say that HBO IS discussing GGG/Ward now?My comment was a response to you saying GGGs camp didn't want the fight. I'm just explaining why HBO pushed at all and why Ward kept pushing. At one point GGGs camp was all about making the fight with Ward.

Maybe it was all tied to GGGs potential 168 move for Froch and/or JCC Jr. But they did express interest in the fight in 2014.

okay breh I misread it. Let me repeat to you breh. MSG would not pay GGG to host his fight lol. They did it in NY due to Canada being close by and maybe they were hoiping Canadians will show out like they did for Pascal and SUpaman.


97G needs to know he's a regular guy. He's not Hagler, Hearns, Floyd or whatever he thinks he is. 97G gotta understand he's not capable at making demands now and just take a big fight. If he can't realize that, he might as well retire or sue Broner for using his name ( CANman)
 

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That was a two way street friend. A potential fight with Pacman were a big selling point of a lot of Floyd's fights (Ortiz, Guerrero, Maidana I & II).


Huh ? People refused to buy Floyd's fights. De La Hoya made Floyd. Not Pacman. The media were the ones going out there picking fighters to beat Floyd. Then, Arum started saying Floyd was ducking. The media were asking Floyd, why don't you fight Pac ? That'd be before the fight. The media would then ask Pac why Floyd don't wanna step in the ring with you after his fight. Or Pac would go around saying Floyd knows why he's avoiding him.

I remeber Pac making t shirts and twitter posts, he even had 3 commercials for all sake. Stop being a revisionist breh
 

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you dudes discuss the dumbest shyt for pages on end

ppv numbers
tv ratings
who had the cutest shorts

where's the boxing discussion

this was a great card
 
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