Pacquiao vs Mayweather Official Thread...May 2nd!!!

[HamAndEgger]

5.6 Mill buys...



Mayweather-Pacquiao PPV sales are astronomically high; could hit 5 million


Generally for a major pay-per-vew fight, sales on cable systems throughout the country account for 55 to 65 percent of the total. It's more often in the 60 percent range, with satellite systems usually accounting for 35 percent of the sales and telephone companies making up the rest.

Yahoo Sports on Thursday learned sales figures for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight on DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as AT&T's uVerse and Verizon's FIOS services. Those add up to 2.25 million sales, which even without one sale from a cable company customer would make it tied for the second-highest-selling pay-per-view of all time.

DirecTV sold 1.15 million pay-per-views, while Dish's number was 500,000. The telephone companies combined for 600,000. Combined, that is 2.25 million already. If cable systems wound up being 60 percent of the total, that would mean the final figure is a mind-boggling 5.625 million.


Mayweather has already participated in the top two best-selling pay-per-view fights of all time, but their totals have combined for 4.73 million. The 2007 match with Oscar De La Hoya stands No. 1, with 2.48 million sales. The 2013 Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez bout sold 2.25 million.

If cable hits 60 percent of total sales and Mayweather-Pacquiao winds up doing 5.625 million, it would exceed Nos. 1 and 2 on the list by 895,000 sales.

Any promoter would be thrilled with sales of 895,000, given that would mean it's one of the top 40 pay-per-views ever. According to Yahoo Sports research, the top 10 boxing PPVs of all time, excluding Mayweather-Pacquiao, are:

1. Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, 2007, HBO, 2.48 million
2. Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez, 2013, Showtime, 2.25 million
3. Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson, 2002, HBO & Showtime, 1.98 million
4. Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II, 1997, Showtime, 1.98 million
5. Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield I, 1996, Showtime, 1.59 million
6. Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto, 2012, HBO, 1.5 million
7. George Foreman-Evander Holyfield, 1991, 1.45 million
8. Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad, 1999, HBO, 1.4 million
9. Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley, 2010, HBO, 1.38 million
10. Mike Tyson-Peter McNeeley, 1995, Showtime, 1.35 million

It's hard to understand exactly how this fight took off the way it did. Yes, it was hyped for five-plus years and, yes, the fighters were still regarded as the two best in the world at the time they met. But the numbers coming in are so out of whack that it's almost impossible to explain.

All it means, at the end of the day, is that the fighters are going to wind up splitting up even more money than originally believed.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxin...y-high--will-obliterate-record-220828318.html

 

[LurkMoar]

Fight of the Century huh

 

[Newzz]

You know, reading posts like this and observing the opinions of the general public...the behaviour of pacquiao, his team and his fans could be the basis of a very good pyschology case study into cults and how to manipulate large groups of people. I'm dead serious with this too. You've got a man like manny blatantly lying saying he sustained an injury which would mean he wouldn't be able to lift his arm as soon as he felt it let alone throw a punch, and people are just believing it 100%. There's 36 mins of video footage of him throwing both arms without a wince and we're supposed to believe hes got s torn muscle in his shoulder!? The muthafucca said the injury came back in the 3rd round when HE WAS THROWING 10 PUNCH DOUBLED FISTED FLURRIES IN ROUND 4. Use some fuccin common sense people jesus christ. The nicca was too dumb to not fill in the questionnaire in a way to help his case.you can tell its a lie cos of how inconsistent his story is and how many potholes there are in it, with the pre fight questionnaire being a huge one.


AND


AND

If the nicca said the injury came back in the 3rd round. THEN WHY THE FUCC WAS HE ASKING FOR A NUMBING INJECTION A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE THE FIGHT haaaaanhhhh?


lets not even get onto the subjects of his back acne and the fact he got his gloves confiscated immediately after the fight for suspicion of glove tampering and he looked shook when they took em or the fact that at first he said he won the fight...and is now saying he lost because of his shoulder....sooooo which one is it? Is it black girl lost or shorty owe you for ice?


Robert greene is sitting somewhere like cos manny is the living embodiment of law 27. Manny didnt hsve no damn shoulder injury during the fight and people are drinking the kool aid. How you gonna trust the word of a man who was preaching god before a fight, throws god in the bushes when he loses the fight, and then picks it up again once he trying to spin his ducktales days down the line. I also LOVE the fact his recovery schedule somehow conveniently falls in line with being able to have a fight in november like he usually does. Yer, no red flags there . I used to like manny but now man fucc that nicca

Great post breh

 

[mr. smoke weed]

@patscorpio lock this shyt its 5/8 brah

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

@patscorpio lock this shyt its 5/8 brah

Nah breh this joint still got legs. Besides
if he does lock it then we're gonna have
a dozen threads about anything new coming out. I'd at least wait a few weeks for things to putter out

 

[Newzz]

@patscorpio lock this shyt its 5/8 brah

Breh, you cant stop Floyd stans from talking their shyt after winning the biggest fight of their Stanning career


Let these nikkas cook, they aint hurting nobody or The Ring...they just in here taking their victory laps, which they deserve


@patscorpio dont lock this thread breh. A fight built up for 6 years, "Fight Of The Century" hype, biggest selling fight all-time and it aint even close...this thread should stay open for them to talk their shyt until it either dies down (drops down the page) or Floyd announces his next opponent


Let them have their shine and time to gloat...it's only right.

 

[Big Boss]

You know, reading posts like this and observing the opinions of the general public...the behaviour of pacquiao, his team and his fans could be the basis of a very good pyschology case study into cults and how to manipulate large groups of people. I'm dead serious with this too. You've got a man like manny blatantly lying saying he sustained an injury which would mean he wouldn't be able to lift his arm as soon as he felt it let alone throw a punch, and people are just believing it 100%. There's 36 mins of video footage of him throwing both arms without a wince and we're supposed to believe hes got s torn muscle in his shoulder!? The muthafucca said the injury came back in the 3rd round when HE WAS THROWING 10 PUNCH DOUBLED FISTED FLURRIES IN ROUND 4. Use some fuccin common sense people jesus christ. The nicca was too dumb to not fill in the questionnaire in a way to help his case.you can tell its a lie cos of how inconsistent his story is and how many potholes there are in it, with the pre fight questionnaire being a huge one.


AND


AND

If the nicca said the injury came back in the 3rd round. THEN WHY THE FUCC WAS HE ASKING FOR A NUMBING INJECTION A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE THE FIGHT haaaaanhhhh?


lets not even get onto the subjects of his back acne and the fact he got his gloves confiscated immediately after the fight for suspicion of glove tampering and he looked shook when they took em or the fact that at first he said he won the fight...and is now saying he lost because of his shoulder....sooooo which one is it? Is it black girl lost or shorty owe you for ice?


Robert greene is sitting somewhere like cos manny is the living embodiment of law 27. Manny didnt hsve no damn shoulder injury during the fight and people are drinking the kool aid. How you gonna trust the word of a man who was preaching god before a fight, throws god in the bushes when he loses the fight, and then picks it up again once he trying to spin his ducktales days down the line. I also LOVE the fact his recovery schedule somehow conveniently falls in line with being able to have a fight in november like he usually does. Yer, no red flags there . I used to like manny but now man fucc that nicca

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Floyd was hated and vilified for six years because of this fight. Manny and team will be hated and vilified for the rest of eternity because of this fight. Brehs, that is poetic justice.

 

[Baracka Flocka Flame]

You know, reading posts like this and observing the opinions of the general public...the behaviour of pacquiao, his team and his fans could be the basis of a very good pyschology case study into cults and how to manipulate large groups of people. I'm dead serious with this too. You've got a man like manny blatantly lying saying he sustained an injury which would mean he wouldn't be able to lift his arm as soon as he felt it let alone throw a punch, and people are just believing it 100%. There's 36 mins of video footage of him throwing both arms without a wince and we're supposed to believe hes got s torn muscle in his shoulder!? The muthafucca said the injury came back in the 3rd round when HE WAS THROWING 10 PUNCH DOUBLED FISTED FLURRIES IN ROUND 4. Use some fuccin common sense people jesus christ. The nicca was too dumb to not fill in the questionnaire in a way to help his case.you can tell its a lie cos of how inconsistent his story is and how many potholes there are in it, with the pre fight questionnaire being a huge one.


AND


AND

If the nicca said the injury came back in the 3rd round. THEN WHY THE FUCC WAS HE ASKING FOR A NUMBING INJECTION A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE THE FIGHT haaaaanhhhh?


lets not even get onto the subjects of his back acne and the fact he got his gloves confiscated immediately after the fight for suspicion of glove tampering and he looked shook when they took em or the fact that at first he said he won the fight...and is now saying he lost because of his shoulder....sooooo which one is it? Is it black girl lost or shorty owe you for ice?


Robert greene is sitting somewhere like cos manny is the living embodiment of law 27. Manny didnt hsve no damn shoulder injury during the fight and people are drinking the kool aid. How you gonna trust the word of a man who was preaching god before a fight, throws god in the bushes when he loses the fight, and then picks it up again once he trying to spin his ducktales days down the line. I also LOVE the fact his recovery schedule somehow conveniently falls in line with being able to have a fight in november like he usually does. Yer, no red flags there . I used to like manny but now man fucc that nicca

You noticed the back acne too huh?

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Paulie back on his grind with this.

“He’ll(Pacquiao) never get a rematch. But I would watch it because you’re watching greatness you’ll never see again with Mayweather. But you’re rewarding this garbage by giving him the fight in the first place. If he would have took the test 5 years ago, this guy would be somewhere working in a corner store in Manila, he would have been long gone. Instead, he gets 100 million, and you’re rewarding this garbage. You saw how he fights with random drug testing. He hasn’t knocked anyone out and yeah he dropped Chris Algieri but that was the 1st time he was at this level. Now you’re going to reward him again? You don’t reward this low-class type of behavior, sore loser type of behavior.”

http://thaboxingvoice.com/malignagg...-garbage-and-im-sick-of-this-guy/44798?var=no

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

leave it open. leave the stans and chans to rumble in here, all good.

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

Dan Rafael chat wrap 5/8:

Mayweather - Pacquiao:
- Not alerting the commission in time regarding his injury was bad form by Pacquiao and his team.
- Even if his shoulder was healthy, does not think Pacquiao beats Mayweather.
- A lot of people find Floyd boring to watch. People probably thought Pernell was more boring. But he likes watching Mayweather.
- Floyd on offering and rescinding the rematch offer? He was annoyed and the injury be blamed for the loss, so he rescinded his offer. With the money on the table he believes Floyd would change his mind again if he wanted.
- Does not care what casual fans think. The fight was easy to score. Casuals should adapt to the hardcore fans, not the other way around.
- Incredible tension in the arena right as Bayless had the fighters together getting ready to let them fight. His favorite moments in sports is right before the bell rings.
- Does not believe Floyd retires after a September fight.
- Freddie Roach was a poor sport after the loss.
- Thoughts on Evander Holyfield's scorecard? Better fighter than a judge.
- The burden of the fight fell on Manny. Floyd did what he always does. If Manny wanted to change that, it was up to him.
- Bayless did a great job refereeing. He is the best in the sport.
- Believes Floyd will give up his belts and let others have a chance to get them.
- Would he prefer Floyd vs. Khan, Garcia, or Thurman in September? Thurman.
- Kellerman did a great job interviewing Manny after the fight.
- Was that Mayweather's best performance? Still believes it was vs. Corrales.
- Thought the covered both sides (good/bad) of the fighters appropriately.
- Believes GGG would beat Floyd.
- Arum told him that the Dish numbers by themselves are over 2 million buys and near the all time record. Once you add in cable, they are expecting over 4 million buys.
- No matter what the PPV numbers are, believes they would have been higher had they had more time to promote.
- It is brilliant, epic, and legendary that Pacquiao didn't want to be tested with needles and now wanted a shot the day of the fight.
- The atmosphere of the event was good, but not an all-timer. The weigh-in was the greatest weigh-in ever.
- The people who complained about Mayweather-Pacquiao not having enough action, probably won't watch Alvarez-Kirkland, or GGG's next fight.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Dan Rafael chat wrap 5/8:

Mayweather - Pacquiao:
- Not alerting the commission in time regarding his injury was bad form by Pacquiao and his team.
- Even if his shoulder was healthy, does not think Pacquiao beats Mayweather.
- A lot of people find Floyd boring to watch. People probably thought Pernell was more boring. But he likes watching Mayweather.
- Floyd on offering and rescinding the rematch offer? He was annoyed and the injury be blamed for the loss, so he rescinded his offer. With the money on the table he believes Floyd would change his mind again if he wanted.
- Does not care what casual fans think. The fight was easy to score. Casuals should adapt to the hardcore fans, not the other way around.
- Incredible tension in the arena right as Bayless had the fighters together getting ready to let them fight. His favorite moments in sports is right before the bell rings.
- Does not believe Floyd retires after a September fight.
- Freddie Roach was a poor sport after the loss.
- Thoughts on Evander Holyfield's scorecard? Better fighter than a judge.
- The burden of the fight fell on Manny. Floyd did what he always does. If Manny wanted to change that, it was up to him.
- Bayless did a great job refereeing. He is the best in the sport.
- Believes Floyd will give up his belts and let others have a chance to get them.
- Would he prefer Floyd vs. Khan, Garcia, or Thurman in September? Thurman.
- Kellerman did a great job interviewing Manny after the fight.
- Was that Mayweather's best performance? Still believes it was vs. Corrales.
- Thought the covered both sides (good/bad) of the fighters appropriately.
- Believes GGG would beat Floyd.
- Arum told him that the Dish numbers by themselves are over 2 million buys and near the all time record. Once you add in cable, they are expecting over 4 million buys.
- No matter what the PPV numbers are, believes they would have been higher had they had more time to promote.
- It is brilliant, epic, and legendary that Pacquiao didn't want to be tested with needles and now wanted a shot the day of the fight.
- The atmosphere of the event was good, but not an all-timer. The weigh-in was the greatest weigh-in ever.

Fat Dan stays consistent. Manny fan but always called for Floyd to beat him. Also has always said that GGG would be Floyd. Save for the retirement and the GGG stuff since it'll never happen, I agree with everything, especially about casuals adapting to the hardcore.

 

[Manny Pac]

Paulie back on his grind with this.



http://thaboxingvoice.com/malignagg...-garbage-and-im-sick-of-this-guy/44798?var=no

 

[krackdagawd]

- A lot of people find Floyd boring to watch. People probably thought Pernell was more boring. But he likes watching Mayweather.

I don't find Floyd boring at all to watach because I know how extremely difficult the things he makes look simple are.

Pretty Boy = Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Money May

from an "excitement" standpoint