Ellerbe: "Fans Coming For Floyd, Not Ricky"

[C'MONMANG']

Floyd was involved with because was popular, had talent, and was marketable. Only the top rated and most popular fighters fight in PPV's.Hatton is only now becoming popular, whereas Floyd has been popular for quite some time.

LOL.. are you freaking insane?

do you follow boxing??

Margarito vs Gomez..

hell David Tua just fought some nobody on PPV..

man get REAL

[deevel79]

On fight night there will be more Floyd fans then Ricky for these reasons:

1. The fight is in Las Vegas, where Mayweather resides and is well known, most of his fight fans live there.

2. 3,800 tickets have been sold in UK and about over 25,000 tickets have been sold in USA.
3. Who is more popular in USA, Floyd or Hatton? Surely you can answer that considering these points:

P4P #1, Undefeated, 6 time champion, 5 weight champion (all of these accomplishments) + him being an American

Been in boxings biggest fight (2.4 million PPV Buys), beating DLH will surely gain new fans.

Been on the most popular TV Show (Around 20-25 million viewers per episode)

We will find out on fight night when Michael Buffer announces the Introduction's of the fighters, and who has the yay's and the boo's

The stadium only holds 16k. So how the hell did they sell 25k tickets here in the U.S genious?

[Parody]

LOL.. are you freaking insane?

do you follow boxing??

Margarito vs Gomez..

hell David Tua just fought some nobody on PPV..

man get REAL

Are you real?

Margarito vs Gomez did 25k ppv buys, Floyd's last fight did 2.4 million the highest in boxing, dont come up witht that "Oh thats because of Oscar" **** because you and I know very well Oscar could NEVER come up with that kind of numbers, it took two of them to make it that big, and since Floyd has beaten him, im sure most of the DLH fans saw it and some became fans. He was on a TV Show that was viewed by 25 million viewers and was introduced there as the best boxer in the world

[Easy-E]

LOL.. are you freaking insane?

do you follow boxing??

Margarito vs Gomez..

hell David Tua just fought some nobody on PPV..

man get REAL

The biggest fights in boxing are nearly always ppv.

Under rare circimstances, promoters believe they can make more money putting their fight on ppv as opposed to HBO or another channel, most notably if that fighter has a loyal fanbase. Ex: Tua, Margarito, early Cotto

And those ppv's your talking about did terribly, with less that 100k buys each, and are not relevant to the type of numbers, or quality of fighters we are talking about.

[C'MONMANG']

Are you real?

Margarito vs Gomez did 25k ppv buys, Floyd's last fight did 2.4 million the highest in boxing, dont come up witht that "Oh thats because of Oscar" **** because you and I know very well Oscar could NEVER come up with that kind of numbers, it took two of them to make it that big, and since Floyd has beaten him, im sure most of the DLH fans saw it and some became fans. He was on a TV Show that was viewed by 25 million viewers and was introduced there as the best boxer in the world

regardless YOU just said only popular fighters or ELITE fighters have PPVS..

you were wrong

[Easy-E]

The stadium only holds 16k. So how the hell did they sell 25k tickets here in the U.S genious?

Genuis, you mean?

[sonofisis]

It took Floyd 35 pro fights here in the U.S in order to land a PPV fight.

Hatton has 43 pro fights. Stop trying to move the goal post by inserting your own criteria. Floyd has clearly accomplished more and has established a much bigger name.

[Easy-E]

regardless YOU just said only popular fighters or ELITE fighters have PPVS..

you were wrong

There are exceptions to every rule, and if you knew anything about the sport of boxing, then you would know that is for the most part, a true statement.

You have alot to learn.

[C'MONMANG']

The stadium only holds 16k. So how the hell did they sell 25k tickets here in the U.S genious?

LOL ..........

[C'MONMANG']

There are exceptions to every rule, and if you knew anything about the sport of boxing, then you would know that is for the most part, a true statement.

You have alot to learn.

IF YOU ARE in here arguing that Floyd has a bigger fan base then Hatton then you have a lot to learn and you are blind ...