Ricky Hatton: "Floyd Mayweather Jr Can't Sell Tickets"

[larry smith]

U sure do sound like a closet pbf fan. U r excited he is bak huh, BRAH? If he fights pacq will u spend your hard earned money to watch him? BTW how much money does pacq have? What is he worth? When was the last time hbo commented on the purse of the fighters they broadcast on ppv?

U knw so much BRAH when it comes to pbf I must ask u all these questions. Plz help me out!

idiot do some reading. pacman was in the forbes list top 5 highest paid athlete
he got $40 million dollars for his fight with dela hoya, hatton and endorsement

[big_james10]

he has a point...

mayweather, is a great competitor for the main event, he brings alot to the table as far as an antagonist goes... but if he's the main guy on the card, its usually bad news for sales!

kinda like mosley!

I am a Mayweather fan. I agree with you in that Mayweather, by himself, is not a big ticket seller. The only two big ticket sellers in boxing today are Ricky Hatton (in Manchester or when is is fighting a major opponent in the U.S.) and Oscar De La Hoya. However, the Oscar/Mayweather fight sold twice as many tickets as Oscar/Pacquaio and the Mayweather/Hatton fight sold twice as many worldwide as Hatton/Pacquaio. So, obviously Mayweather is a good ticket seller if he is in with the right person. And even without a big name opponent, he has sold more PPVs than both Cotto and Pac in their respective careers. The numbers show this.

Mayweather/Marquez will sell as many tickets as Cotto/Clottey and as many PPV's as Cotto/Pacquaio.

[big_james10]

I think it goes the same for all them guys like Floyd/Hatton/Pac
because if they could sell with any other ordinary fighter then
they wouldn't be looking for other big name opponents MEANING
Mosley would fight Clottey, Pacquiao would fight Valero and Oscar
would not have fought Floyd or Pac. When each fighter has fought
someone that wasn't as famous then the turnout wasn't that big.
Each fighter Boxing superstar need one another to sell big fights.

Excellent point!

[lcheezy]

it does'n matter if people tuned in to see short arms ricky the no chin get hatton and flat footed ass de la hoya. pbf'z money was guaranteed and he beat the **** out of hatton and spanked de la hoyas ass. the ass whippins and money is in the bank.

[MANGLER]

He can in a fight wit someone people think can KO him.

[big_james10]

not always grustler. hatton fought lazcano after the PBF fight and sold 50k+ tickets. i think hatton sells tickets regardless, but i see your point.

Hatton can sell tickets in his hometown or against a big name opponent. The Laczano fight was in Hatton's hometown after the Mayweather fight. So Mayweather actually helped him become a bigger name. Prior to the Mayweather fight, Hatton could only average between 16 and 20,000 at the MEN arena (in his hometown). That is still good, but not spectacular. When Hatton fought Jose Luis Castille in America, it only sold 4,000 tickets.

[big_james10]

But that was in England where Hatton is from and has a great
following. The only other fighter who can do that is Miguel Cotto
at Madison Square Garden on the Eve of The Puerto Rican Day
parade. Big name fighters need other big name fighters to sell
tickets.

Miguel Cotto has never sold out Madison Square Garden, not even on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade.

[big_james10]

mayweather fight is boring thats why

I disagree. The haters find them boring because Floyd always wins and they are usually one-sided. Watching Hatton hit the turnbuckle as he was being KO'd by Floyd was very exciting to me. Also, the fight against Diego Corrales, Zab Judah, Arturo Gatti and numerous others was exciting.

[lcheezy]

the haters are going to hate on mayweather anyway. whats crazy about it is that if you hate him that much then why do you talk about him all the time.haters are constantly bringing up his name. its to bad that you haters blood pressure will be even higher when he whip marquez ass.

[Don Johnson]

Well he kinda is a draw but, for the wrong reasons. Alot of people buy his fights just to see him lose.