Pacquiao vs. Diaz earned 250k ppv buys!!!

[Boofdatruth]

i just get tired of people saying hamed , barrera and morales all ducked marquez.

they make it seem like marquez was therefore better than those 3. (though i'm pretty sure marquez would ud12 hamed)

when max kellerman talked about how great marquez was he didn't even bring up marquez's wins but talked about how morales and barrera was scared to fight him and ducked him.......i wanted to throw my beer bottle at the tv.

marquez while very skilled will never be as great as Erik and Marco.....NEVER.

I used to be one of those guys who thought Barrera and Morales never wanted J.M.M in their primes. I consider Marquez better than both guys. I thought Morales matched up bad against J.M.M, and Barrera did well against J.M.M in his loss. There was no ducking of Hamed by any of these fighters. I used to think that in the past, until i got some boxing sense lol. There are legit reasons why fights aren't made as Scott has said.

[Boofdatruth]

PPV hits gross modest $12.5 M
By Abac Cordero
Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Manny Pacquiao-David Diaz title bout held in Las Vegas last week drew close to 250,000 hits on pay-per-view, according to Top Rank Promotions president Bob Arum.

“It was okay but not great,” the ageless promoter told a Filipino scribe of the pay-per-view sales that were released exactly a week after Pacquiao scored the sensational win.

The numbers paled in comparison to the 400,000 hits generated worldwide by Pacquiao’s 12-round showdown with Juan Manuel Marquez last March also in Las Vegas. The sales reached over $20 million.

Pacquiao’s three classic fights with Erik Morales drew a combined sales of 1 million pay-per-view hits.

Each hit is worth $49.95 and with close to 250,000 hits sales would reach around $12.5 million. After HBO and Top Rank get their share, the boxers will get theirs depending on what’s stated in the contract.

Pacquiao, the main draw, will get the lion’s share.

The crowd attendance during the fight held at the Events Center of Mandalay Bay wasn’t that great either. With a seating capacity of 12,000 official records showed an attendance of 8,362.

Promoters blamed the failure to pack the venue to the rising cost of gasoline prices as the ordinary fight fan coming in from as far as California would need a few hundred bucks for gasoline to get to Vegas.

Meanwhile, Arum is still hoping that he could find a Las Vegas venue for the planned Nov. 8 match between Pacquiao and Venezuelan knockout artist Edwin Valero.

Arum was informed the other day that the MGM Mirage group cannot accommodate the fight because of two big promotions around the date Arum wants.

There’s the Nov. 22 fight between Ricky Hatton and Paul Malignaggi and the Dec. 6 farewell fight of Oscar dela Hoya. Both fights are set at the MGM Grand, and officials think that it’s not a wise decision to bring in another promotion involving Pacquiao around those dates.

Arum said he’s now looking at the Thomas and Mack Center, where Pacquiao fought Morales twice, or Planet Hollywood.

An Internet report, however, quoted Thomas and Mack director Daren Libonati saying that his facility “wouldn’t work” for a Nov. 8 date because the Professional Bull Riders finals on that night, and a game featuring the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels on the 15th.

“We’re aggressively looking for a date that works for Bob and, potentially, Planet Hollywood,” Libonati said in the report, adding that an October date can be considered.

Just to give you guys an idea of what I mean by bad, but not a washout is because while 12-12.5 mil sounds like a lot of money, nobody profited off of this except for Pac. Now you might say, the fighter is supposed to make the most money true. But it takes a lot of people to help promote a fight and fighter like PAc. For Pac being a non American fighter, this was an ok ppv. I'm wondering why I didn't see this on any boxing site. Pac being as known as he is, this was bad, but not a total washout ppv. The fact that he didn't sell out the Arena was bad also. Many people have to be paid off. That is why Arum said the ppv was only "alright".

[MakeDamnSure]

250k..This is good numbers considering only 4 people chanted watched Diaz at Mandalay Bay... This numbers were great than Barrera vs Marquez match-up.. At least Pac by himself can draw 250k which Barrera, Morales and Marquez even fighting each other.

Xcarut is clearly delusional

[Boofdatruth]

Just to give you guys an idea of what I mean by bad, but not a washout is because while 12-12.5 mil sounds like a lot of money, nobody profited off of this except for Pac. Now you might say, the fighter is supposed to make the most money true. But it takes a lot of people to help promote a fight and fighter like PAc. For Pac being a non American fighter, this was an ok ppv. I'm wondering why I didn't see this on any boxing site. Pac being as known as he is, this was bad, but not a total washout ppv. The fact that he didn't sell out the Arena was bad also. Many people have to be paid off. That is why Arum said the ppv was only "alright".

I should say that they made a profit, just not a big profit on Pac like they have done in the past.

[Mr. Ryan]

250k..This is good numbers considering only 4 people chanted watched Diaz at Mandalay Bay... This numbers were great than Barrera vs Marquez match-up.. At least Pac by himself can draw 250k which Barrera, Morales and Marquez even fighting each other.

Xcarut is clearly delusional

Diaz was the draw, Pacquiao was the opponent.

[Left Hook Tua]

Diaz was the draw, Pacquiao was the opponent.

have to agree.

if diaz wasn't fighting they would only draw 249,998.

david's family and plastic surgeon wouldn't have bought the fight......

[flipbjefrox]

this was a profitable fight cuz top rank solely promoted this unlike pac vs. marquez where they split the profit between 2 promoters

[Boofdatruth]

this was a profitable fight cuz top rank solely promoted this unlike pac vs. marquez where they split the profit between 2 promoters

Who was the other promotor, I forgot?

[flipbjefrox]

Round Figure of 250,000 Buys for Pacquiao-Diaz

”We’re Pretty Happy With the Result”

John Chavez
7/7/2008

The numbers, the figures, the bottom line is what everyone is about today.



With the sensational performance by Manny Pacquiao several Saturdays ago, many critics and boxing fans were questioning as to how well the “Pacman” might perform on a Pay-Per-View in which he basically carried on his own back. I just spoke with Top Rank founder, Bob “Bobfather” Arum regarding the numbers and the potential November opponent for Pacquiao.





BB: I heard through the g****vine that Pacquiao-Diaz did about 250,000 buys. What’s the deal on this figure?



Arum: Comcast corporate won’t release any official number to us so it’s hard to say as to the exact amount of buys that took place. It’s hard to say what is exactly what but that number of 250,000 is about right from what I’ve heard. We’re pretty happy with the result. We probably got a little greedy throughout the media promotion and tours being that the live fan turnout was so great.



BB: Still though, 250,000 isn’t a bad figure being that it was basically Pacquiao selling on his own.



Arum: Exactly. If somebody had told us before we signed the fight that we’d do about 250,000 buys, I’d be very happy with that figure.



BB: So what’s going on with Edwin Valero getting cleared to fight in Nevada?



Arum: I have no idea. I was looking over the papers for him to fight in Texas and it makes me very optimistic that he’ll get cleared to fight in Nevada. There was an outside neurosurgeon that cleared Valero to fight in Texas and there’s no way that he would have allowed him to pass if he was in any danger due to his injury.



BB: What happens if he doesn’t get cleared to fight in Nevada? Is there anybody else you’re potentially looking at to fight Pacquiao?



Arum: Yes, it’s either going to be Valero or Soto but we’ll wait and see in the meanwhile.



BB: Sounds good Bob. Take it easy.



Arum: Thanks and take care.





250,000 isn’t bad with all things considered. A miserable financial crisis, no Erik Morales standing across the ring, and sky high plane ticket prices didn’t deter 250,000 households from shelling out the cash to see today’s best pound-for-pound fighter do what he does best… beat people down.



On another note, the potential clash between Manny Pacquiao and Edwin Valero will be a good barometer as to the power of the internet. Should this thing known as the “world wide web” cease to exist, I cannot fathom how any of us would even have a clue as to who Valero is.



Can you?



Either Soto or Valero will make for an extremely thrilling match-up this coming November as the “Pacman” continues his march to boxing immortality as he continues taking on the best that the 135 pound division has to offer. I can’t wait for November and 2009 as it will undoubtedly be one of Manny’s best…

[flipbjefrox]

Who was the other promotor, I forgot?

golden boy co-promoted pac vs, marquez so the profit was split 50/50. so 250k isnt as bad. look at the article above