Not trying to be a conspiracy theorist but doesnt it smell fishy that as soon as Oscar and Arum had that Meeting, Oscar Wants to take the may date in turn making Floyd fight better opposition than Canelo Which is Pac, cause most likely Canelo is fighting Cotto.
I think Oscar and Arum may be making a HUGE power move here.
If Arum and Oscar co promote this fight together with HBO's backing (whom I believe will host the PPV), it'll be really tough for Floyd to top that fighting Amir Khan or Danny Garcia. Even Espinoza is hinting from a recent LA Times article that he wants to make that fight, and why wouldn't he?? There's no way Showtime is making a profit off Floyd with only 1 out of 4 fights selling over a Million buys and adding the huge guarantee Floyd gets up front.
Besides Manny, Cotto vs Canelo trumps any fight Floyd can realistically make.
Maybe Oscar would get better PPV numbers if Sho didn't charge $75 a pop.
Just sayin....
In the UK PPV events are nowhere near that expensive. Groves Froch 2, the biggest fight here for quite a while, was IIRC about £16?
Hatton v Mayweather in 2007 was around £20.
If it was up to US levels in the UK (£50+), literally nobody would watch it. At the price it is, many casual fans will shell out.
Crazy ass price.
And is it just me, or is Floyd starting to remind me of Apollo Creed the first time you see him in Rocky? It's all business baby.
Oscar is decent he'll try to put Cotto-Canelo on the Pac-Floyd undercard and try to lure him in "with the biggest fight card ever!"
But Arum would hate that. He'd rather split it into 2 and make both separate events so he makes more money. That's why I hate Arum
You hate him because he thinks with logic?.... Okay
Because they did big numbers with Floyd & Manny but they don't do big number with anybody else. Put it like this Khan is a bigger star than Maidana by all acounts. Floyd did up to 900k vs him which is considered a flop for Floyd because he's that big of a star he doing good numbers vs anybody he fights.
Cotto biggest fight without Floyd or Manny is barely 600k in a Margarito rematch the Sergio fight was built as being bigger did close to 40% less. Canelo did less fighting Lara which was a true legitimate fight than he did vs Angulo. Lebron James is the only athlete in US(note I said US) who is a bigger name than Floyd Mayweather right now. Canelo vs Cotto is huge boxing fans fight it's not a huge event.
You are comparing apples to oranges homie....what was khans highest US ppv numbers or Maidanas without floyd and compare it to cotto and canelo?..lol
And where did you get the 900k coz espinosa was just explaing apologeticlly why the numbers were not release for that fight , same with the guerrero one...
Ok then ..if they both did not do mil buys vs hatton (who was way bigger attraction than khan) but both did more than million buys vs canelo and cotto(one is the second highest grossing fight in boxing history), how in hell can floyd vs khan fight be abigger event? ..not possible or logical, isnt it?..lol, hatton,cotto, and canelo all lost when i comapared the production,lol and theres no relevance to what we are talking about...cotto and canelo are the a sides (vs eachother not sure) vs everyone else not named pac or floyd....
Because they did big numbers with Floyd & Manny but they don't do big number with anybody else. Put it like this Khan is a bigger star than Maidana by all acounts. Floyd did up to 900k vs him which is considered a flop for Floyd because he's that big of a star he doing good numbers vs anybody he fights.
Cotto biggest fight without Floyd or Manny is barely 600k in a Margarito rematch the Sergio fight was built as being bigger did close to 40% less. Canelo did less fighting Lara which was a true legitimate fight than he did vs Angulo. Lebron James is the only athlete in US(note I said US) who is a bigger name than Floyd Mayweather right now. Canelo vs Cotto is huge boxing fans fight it's not a huge event.
Neither did a million buys vs Hatton either but both had huge live gates. if you want to compare them when they fight superstars and lose that's fine. But you to consider when they Lara,Angulo, and Sergio in the recent memory as the A-sides.
Ok then ..if they both did not do mil buys vs hatton (who was way bigger attraction than khan) but both did more than million buys vs canelo and cotto(one is the second highest grossing fight in boxing history), how in hell can floyd vs khan fight be abigger event? ..not possible or logical, isnt it?..lol, hatton,cotto, and canelo all lost when i comapared the production,lol and theres no relevance to what we are talking about...cotto and canelo are the a sides (vs eachother not sure) vs everyone else not named pac or floyd....
Baseless assumption...is khan a bigger draw than ricky hatton was when he fought floyd and pac?..answer is clearly NO...now, compare the production in the floyd hatton&pac hatton fights VS floyd cotto,floyd canelo,pac cotto fights....its a mismatch no matter how you twist to compare it...
Neither did a million buys vs Hatton either but both had huge live gates. if you want to compare them when they fight superstars and lose that's fine. But you to consider when they Lara,Angulo, and Sergio in the recent memory as the A-sides.
Manny or Floyd can fight Khan or anybody with a decent name and sell more PPV's and with a bigger live gate. Floyd & Manny beat a superstar to get those huge numbers while both those guys lost to superstars. Its a fight I would love to see this fight. But it's not bigger than Floyd or Manny fight vs anybody with a name.
Baseless assumption...is khan a bigger draw than ricky hatton was when he fought floyd and pac?..answer is clearly NO...now, compare the production in the floyd hatton&pac hatton fights VS floyd cotto,floyd canelo,pac cotto fights....its a mismatch no matter how you twist to compare it...
I think HBO & Showtime can come together to get a big guaranteed purse together along with guaranteed rematch to get Mayweather vs. Pacquiao to happen. Though we know Al Haymon calls the shots so the options on the table right now are Amir Khan, Danny Garcia or Keith Thurman. I think Demetrius Andrade has a chance to get a fight with Mayweather if he wins the WBO 160lbs title.
It is the biggest event only next to pac vs floyd...neither pac or floyd can compete with that without fighting each other ..and both canelo and cotto are easily the biggest draws outside the obvious 2, atleast in the US..also,as of right now, nobody is doing million dollar buy fights anyways...
And with jumping from 350 -390 k buys -mill buys, thats pretty much what happened to floyd and pac after fighting delahoya..
Manny or Floyd can fight Khan or anybody with a decent name and sell more PPV's and with a bigger live gate. Floyd & Manny beat a superstar to get those huge numbers while both those guys lost to superstars. Its a fight I would love to see this fight. But it's not bigger than Floyd or Manny fight vs anybody with a name.
Canelo vs Cotto is a big fight to boxing fans but it's not huge event; the US media can care less about either of them. Floyd's flop is still better than there 3 PPV's combined this year. Only Floyd or Manny will be involved in fights that can 1mil PPV for the foreseeable future. You don't go from bith fighters barely scrapping 375k to a jump 1mil-1.5 mil that's laughable.
It is the biggest event only next to pac vs floyd...neither pac or floyd can compete with that without fighting each other ..and both canelo and cotto are easily the biggest draws outside the obvious 2, atleast in the US..also,as of right now, nobody is doing million dollar buy fights anyways...
And with jumping from 350 -390 k buys -mill buys, thats pretty much what happened to floyd and pac after fighting delahoya..
This thread is funny because I have seen several interviews where Oscar has clearly stated that Floyd was not the reason the fight hasn't happened. He also hinted at PAC being a cheater. So what changed???Now Bob wants the fight in Macau?? First it was some imaginary ultimate stadium (that never got built)now he wants to take the fight overseas after all the years of support from Americans. They both need to retire
If anything, oscar has implied that floyd did not want the fight vs pac in the george lopez show as many boxers have samely said like duran, hagler, hollyfield, pryor, etc..read my sig , got a link back it up too..
And unlike yogaboy, pac does not demand impossible things like sigining to his amateur promotional outfit to make the fight , fight going to macau was never demanded ...
Canelo vs Cotto is a big fight to boxing fans but it's not huge event; the US media can care less about either of them. Floyd's flop is still better than there 3 PPV's combined this year. Only Floyd or Manny will be involved in fights that can 1mil PPV for the foreseeable future. You don't go from bith fighters barely scrapping 375k to a jump 1mil-1.5 mil that's laughable.
This thread is funny because I have seen several interviews where Oscar has clearly stated that Floyd was not the reason the fight hasn't happened. He also hinted at PAC being a cheater. So what changed???Now Bob wants the fight in Macau?? First it was some imaginary ultimate stadium (that never got built)now he wants to take the fight overseas after all the years of support from Americans. They both need to retire
Mayweather can try to fight Cotto for the lineal MW title on 5 de mayo
I think this is a legit option for floyd but he would have to give cotto a good reason to fight him again, more $$$, given he did not seem happy with the judges cards when they fought and floyd have a lot to gain,(lineal title at 5th division, never been done) but if cotto takes half of the pie for the canelo fight, it'd be hard for floyd to beat that wihout sacrifising a lot of dough, floyd would pretty much the b side for this one......
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