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

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

Most Mexicans don't care about the Spaniards. They try to be all Aztec Pride.

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The only Celeb in the Audience will be Fernando Vargas.

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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

..... Chavez sold out all of his fights when he was in his prime, shut the **** up if u dont know what the **** ur saying..

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

? what does that have to do with anything?

I could care less, most are racist and they have an annoying accent...havent u seen that video of that dude beating an Ecuadorian chick in the bus in Spain?

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..... Chavez sold out all of his fights when he was in his prime, shut the **** up if u dont know what the **** ur saying..



? what does that have to do with anything?

I could care less, most are racist and they have an annoying accent...havent u seen that video of that dude beating an Ecuadorian chick in the bus in Spain?

So you consider yourself a Spaniard then?

[shadeyfizzle]

..... Chavez sold out all of his fights when he was in his prime, shut the **** up if u dont know what the **** ur saying..

Check the numbers you dumbass. Theres a big difference between selling out a highschool gym and selling out Mandalay Bay you racist bastard.

[Alibata]

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.”

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7000 tickets sold the first day... only 12000 seats in mandalay bay... you do the math.

[Ryn0]

..... Chavez sold out all of his fights when he was in his prime, shut the **** up if u dont know what the **** ur saying..



? what does that have to do with anything?

I could care less, most are racist and they have an annoying accent...havent u seen that video of that dude beating an Ecuadorian chick in the bus in Spain?

No I was just asking LOL

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Check the numbers you dumbass. Theres a big difference between selling out a highschool gym and selling out Mandalay Bay you racist bastard.

hahahaha.... one of these "high school gym's" sold out with 132,247 spectators in the Aztec Stadium, that must of been a big gym... ****ing dumbass

So you consider yourself a Spaniard then?

did i say that? no... so no..

[Mr. Ryan]

Julio Cesar Chavez did outsell Pacquiao at the gate many times over.

Chavez-Camacho I was at one time the highest grossing non-heavyweight fight in history and was the fastest sellout in the history of the Thomas and Mack Center.

Julio Cesar Chavez-Greg Haugen holds the record for largest in-person paid attendance in boxing history with 132,274 people at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The previous record was Dempsey-Tunny nearly 70 years earlier.

Whitaker-Chavez has the second-highest attendance ever for an indoor bout, at 59,995, which took place at the Alamodome. The PPV sold more than 1 million.

Pacquiao is doing his thing, but not on Chavez's level.