Wow Supposedly only 4,000 tickets sold for Pacman vs Diaz fight.

[Mr. Ryan]

I just got off the phone with Top Rank. They couldn't give me an accurate number but told me that they were "just about sold out" on the Diaz-Pacquiao fight.

[2501]

many boxing articles are bull**** sad to say!

it was just arum hyping the fight up I remember recently he said that the tickets sales were doing ok...and said if they do not sell then he hopes the ppv rates rise, he blames the Gas prices.

why do you always do this? you always make ****** ass predictions and you say "my friends said this", "My mexican gardener said that", "My mexican maid said this" and you always end up completely wrong. do you do this on purpose?

[Domain]

Don't forget about JMM's fight against another star Barrera.
The arena was almost half-empty.
And to Domain, your friend was lying.
According to article that I've just read.
70% of the tickets has already been sold and they're expecting by fight night the arena will be sold out.

that Article is predicting something...there is a difference.

Watch you will see come fight night the audience will not be full there will be so many empty seats.

[warp1432]

Well there you have it. Where the **** are Xcaret and Mayan Sun now that we still have 4 days to go and Pacquiao officially sold more tickets than Marquez-Barrera by himself. Lol

Would you like to bet that PPV buys do less then 400k lol. Your 2k to my 4k?

[VanesBoxing]

my friend just told me only 4,000 tickets have been sold for the fight such low sales sad.

12,000 seat arena and only 4 thousand tickets...wow must be the gas prices?

I hope people order the ppv at least I know I am gotta support boxing .

where is the fight at??

i may be goin since Im in Vegas... I know Vanes will be ringside with Ronnie Shields.

[Ryn0]

like i said, pacquiao aint **** without a decent Mexican opponent... Marquez did most of the ****ing ticket sales and PPV's...

Out of interest what do you think of spaniards? Considering most Mexican's/Latino's are decended from Spaniards

[Domain]

where is the fight at??

i may be goin since Im in Vegas... I know Vanes will be ringside with Ronnie Shields.

mandalay bay

[shadeyfizzle]

Would you like to bet that PPV buys do less then 400k lol. Your 2k to my 4k?

No thanks. Im more practical when it comes to numbers. Some of the numbers guys spout off are ridiculous but i know 4 sure that Pacman sells more tickets and PPV than any mexican in the history of boxing not named delahoya. I'll take Tye Fields over Monte Barrett if you're up to it though

[Kball15]

Sellout seen in Manny’s title quest
By Joaquin Henson
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The expectation is tickets will be sold out in Manny Pacquiao’s quest for the WBC lightweight title held by David Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas this Saturday (Sunday morning, Manila).

“At the moment, we’re up to 70 percent sold,” said a Pacquiao insider. “We expect a sellout or at least a near sellout. But the big money is in the pay-per-view sales. At first, we estimated hits of 275,000 to 300,000. Now, we’re looking at 400,000 and we hope to surpass the sales for Manny’s fight against (Juan Manuel) Marquez.”

Tickets are priced from $100 to $600 at face value. Internet sellers are charging $1,950 for a ticket in the first 10 rows. A pay-per-view subscription is $49.95. To prevent black marketers from hoarding, box office outlets are limiting individual purchases to eight tickets.

First-day sales reached 7,000 tickets. The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino arena has a capacity of 12,000.

Pan Asian Boxing Association lightweight champion Dennis Laurente of the Johnny Elorde stable is the only Filipino seeing action in the undercard. Laurente, 30, takes on Pacquiao sparmate Steve Quiñonez in an eight-rounder. He arrived from Manila last week and tapered off at the Wild Card Gym with trainers Buboy Fernandez and Nonoy Neri.

A Fil-Am prospect, Hawaii-born Carlos Tangaro, is also appearing in the show. He was brought in to spar with Pacquiao from a referral by Oklahoma matchmaker Sean Gibbons. Tangaro, a left-handed superlightweight based in Palm Springs, turned pro last February and has a 2-0 record. He was recently signed to a contract by Pacquiao’s promotional company.

Another Filipino, Aaron Melgarejo, was pulled out of the card and will take on Manny Perez of Vallejo, California, in an eight-rounder at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas tomorrow night (Friday morning, Manila).

Melgarejo, the Philippine superfeatherweight champion, has an 11-5-1 record, with three KOs. His most impressive win was a decision over Gerry Peñalosa protégé Mike Farenas. Melgarejo’s grandfather Oscar Reyes was a former Oriental featherweight champion now living in Los Angeles and will be at ringside for the bout. Melgarejo, 24, is the nephew of former Oriental superfeatherweight titleholder Tiger Ari.

Ticket sales got a boost when Diaz was introduced in promotional tours to Filipino communities in Phoenix, Houston, San Francisco and San Diego.

Franklin McNeil of the New Jersey Star-Ledger said there are three keys to the fight:

“Activity – Pacquiao is a very busy fighter and most of his punches are power shots, including the jab. Diaz must match his aggression and land counterpunches.

“Weight – Diaz is naturally bigger and should lean on Pacquiao as much as possible in an effort to wear him down.

“Jab – Both men are southpaws. This should help Pacquiao who throws right jabs to set up his powerful left.”

McNeil figured Diaz’ plan is not to match Pacquiao’s power but to be more aggressive.

“Pacquiao stops once in a while when going forward,” said Diaz. “When he is resting, that’s when I can attack. We’re going to match up pretty much the same. He walks around pretty heavy so he feels comfortable…what’s going to matter most is the conditioning. Whomever is in top condition is going to end up winning this fight.”

L. O. L.

100% garuntee that DOMAIN calls this articel "bull****"

w/e though, the fights only a few days away and he'll see for himself then

[MaTTuP]

no way this can be true