I would be down.
It would take some work but it could be done. Maybe if we started small with The Coli top 10's for each weight class then expand it after that. Maybe a sub forum in the ring for it with a thread for each division and then we can do a vote on the top 10 and have posters post their write in for "other" where if a dark horse can gain enough votes they can jump into the rankings
I like that......
Top 10 would be a bit much, especially for guys not familiar with the lower weights......how bout top 5?
Oh Bob...
Will wait, I still believe both numbers are wrong and HBO never releases numbers, whats their agenda here. Now if various sources back this number I'll concede with my beleif, but various sources already came out and said the fight sold 300,000-350,000Arum - "Fight did 550K buys"
HBO - "Fight did 475K"
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxin...-rios-fight-sells-475-000-213600764--box.html
Manny Pacquiao's trip to China to fight Brandon Rios on Nov. 23 in Macau was a success on many levels, but not on the pay-per-view front.
Mark Taffet, the senior vice president of HBO Sports, told Yahoo Sports on Thursday the Nov. 23 bout sold 475,000 pay-per-view units and generated roughly $30 million in revenue.
Promoters knew going in that fighting outside of the U.S. would adversely impact the pay-per-view numbers, but they weren't sure how much. In a February interview with Yahoo Sports to announce the signing of two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming, Arum estimated it could be as much as 50 percent.
Taffet feared the decline might even be greater. He said his research indicated that a pay-per-view emanating from outside the U.S. would only get 30 to 40 percent as much as a show started from within the U.S., despite the fact that the show started at the exact same time as it would have had it been in the U.S.
"So we knew there were challenges and tempered our expectations from the beginning," Taffet said. "It was an extraordinary effort by everyone involved, and we recognized that anything above 350,000 buys would be a success.
"Our efforts in establishing a U.S. media center and originating radio, television and print interviews with legends George Foreman, Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Ray Mancini and Marco Antonio Barrera went a long way toward helping us address some of the challenges and reach the levels that we did."
Arum - "Fight did 550K buys"
HBO - "Fight did 475K"
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxin...-rios-fight-sells-475-000-213600764--box.html
Manny Pacquiao's trip to China to fight Brandon Rios on Nov. 23 in Macau was a success on many levels, but not on the pay-per-view front.
Mark Taffet, the senior vice president of HBO Sports, told Yahoo Sports on Thursday the Nov. 23 bout sold 475,000 pay-per-view units and generated roughly $30 million in revenue.
Promoters knew going in that fighting outside of the U.S. would adversely impact the pay-per-view numbers, but they weren't sure how much. In a February interview with Yahoo Sports to announce the signing of two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming, Arum estimated it could be as much as 50 percent.
Taffet feared the decline might even be greater. He said his research indicated that a pay-per-view emanating from outside the U.S. would only get 30 to 40 percent as much as a show started from within the U.S., despite the fact that the show started at the exact same time as it would have had it been in the U.S.
"So we knew there were challenges and tempered our expectations from the beginning," Taffet said. "It was an extraordinary effort by everyone involved, and we recognized that anything above 350,000 buys would be a success.
"Our efforts in establishing a U.S. media center and originating radio, television and print interviews with legends George Foreman, Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Ray Mancini and Marco Antonio Barrera went a long way toward helping us address some of the challenges and reach the levels that we did."
HBO grasping at straws.Why admit a already known flop unless they have a agenda, they dont want the world to hear the true true numbers further making HBO look like a asses for siding with Manny and Arum. Like I said yesterday vrious sources said the fight did 300-350 thousand range before HBO came in.....
Dan Rafael - who usually is really accurate with news (he almost never breaks it, but has a reputation with me for nearly always being correct); originally heard 350,000...but said during his chat he felt the 475,000 was pretty close to being accurate.
I feel you 100%, It's embarrassing like I said, fukk was HBO thinking doing a ppv in china like Manny is Chinese n shyt. My goodness does Arum has some fukking game, he's robbing Manny blind and crippling Manny career yet Manny fans defend Arum to the death.....
I thought they was gonna sell to 100 million Chinese at 5 a pop and crush the industry instead that shyt was free on tvOn some ol "we already expected to sell 50% less because its in another country" ass nikkas. Yeah fukkin right! That shyt might have flew if the fight showed at 10 am or they showed it on tape delay and nikkas ain't buy cause they knew the outcome but otherwise this shyt bombed!
This fight needs not to happen Garcia will slaughter, he already fells he has no worries, and Brone has shown he fears it, bad enough Garcia is the better skilled fighter(aside from D), that mental battle is the battle that win the fights.......
Can't wait
