Roach Says Mayweather-Marquez Will Bomb on PPV

[azam]

it ll be interesting to see how mayweather will deal with pacmans speed if they ever meet and this time it ll be roach and roger will be going at it

[Xcusemymood]

Boxing fans will watch this fight no matter what happens

Fight fans well...i dont know so much about them

but i know for a fact that any boxing fan with real love for the sport is gonna watch this fight

Its an important fight and a very interesting match up

but style wise yes, it doesnt match up to be a Fight of the year type of fight

so what? does that mean u cant enjoy it?

I swear none of ya'll who continue to hate on floyd/pac/cotto or whoeever the **** else...is helpin the sport
MMA is slowly takin over...WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Good post. Too many people just hate instead of enjoying boxing.

[flyest1]

This is one of the best cards in a minute even if you don't like the main event. I wish they could put Erislandy Lara on the card since Zab canceled, lol. But for real I wish boxing can suppoort each other in these hards times. Floyd is trying to market himself and the sport.

Let's be real Pac vs Cotto 24/7 will probably be horrible. They both can't speak English at all. I hate when people point to the economy when talking about boxing. UFC last two PPV's did over a mill. That's even when some of there cards from the last one ******. Floyd vs JMM is doing there best to make this a great card. 2 championship fights, 2 P4P greats going at it. I can't wait and even though I wish it was Floyd vs Mosley. This is a great card

[lopez36]

sorry,but floyd does good when he faces the hatton,oscars,,,nobody would pay to watch him face someone like baldomir,or fighters like that,i mean who gets excited about his style? casual fans? i don't think so,,,,,,,pac will sell his fight but not mayweather,,,,but pac will lose,he's just too small,not because cotto is that great,he quit against tony and looked like he wanted to quit against clottey too,but i think he was embarrased after quiting against tony and decided to fight along,,,cotto wins by ko in first or second round

[MANGLER]

Just get Pac focused for the Cotto fight Roach. Forget about the #s on this fight.

[lcheezy]

bombing on the pay perviews does'nt matter **** roach. his money is guaranteed and i guarantee that he will whoop manny's ass too.pbf is the one fighter that can negate that south paw **** spank lefties easily and it wounds up being a boring fight.

[big_james10]

You know it won't beat the record of Pacquiao's epic battle with David the Destroyer Diaz.

Excellent point. That was a case where styles made the fight. Pac was aggressive and Diaz was a counter puncher and it sold a whopping 100,000 PPV.

[big_james10]

yea.. i dont think it will bomb.. but i dont think it will do as good as pac/cotto either.. i'll be watching the fight.. because regardless if you like floyd or not and complain about his constant cherry pickin (which he does do) its still marquez in there.. and you cant forget he is the #2 P4P ranked in the world.. and he earned that.. so lets just see how the fight goes and support it.. ITS BOXING PEOPLE! we should all be happy..

If Marquez is a cherry-picked opponent, what was David Diaz?

[big_james10]

We all know what a non-partisan observer that Freddy Roach is. He didn't say how he defines "bomb". Is it 100,000, which is what Pac did against David Diaz, or is it 150,000, which is what Pac did in the first fight against Eric Morales or is it 300,000, which is the most Pac had ever drawn on PPV prior to his fight with De La Hoya.

I am a Mayweather fan and my guess is this fight will do between 350,000 and 400,000 buys, not including the movie theater buys. I guess Freddie would consider that a bomb. I believe Pac/Cotto will do around 500,000 buys and he will consider that a great success. Even though Pac/Cotto will do better on PPV I would bet that Mayweather/Marquez will gross as much if not more money because it has a lot more sponsors and a bigger site fee. Also, despite what Arum says, I doubt that Cotto/Pac will be a sellout.

[Pullcounter]

Really, all of a sudden because the fight will hit movie theaters, it means the fight will bomb?

The fight won't bomb but the ppv will.

Why you ask? Cuase if people are watching the fight in the theaters they arent watching it at home on ppv.

This obviously means that gbp and mp have given up on ppv. They both know that ppvs are the way to determine who makes the most money and who is the biggest draw in boxing. By providing a different outlet (showing the fight in theaters) they won't have to compete w/ pac/cotto in ppvs bought.

Its genius really cause it gives pbf/jmm an excuse whether the ppv fails or succeeds. If the ppv succeeds they can claim to have created a new market for boxing while retaining the the same ppv #s. If the ppv fails they can blame it on the fact that the theaters drove away potential ppv customers.

So all their bases are covered. Obviously it is a smokescreen to give the winner some equity against pac (should he win) in the negotiations.