Here is another example, Vitali got paid 5.5M to fight Danny Williams and the ppv sales were lousy as hell.
As a matter a fact Morales vs Barrera III PPV sold twice as much and their purse combined are still short of Vitali's.
that question was i asked to my self-as i noticed before,the heavy the weight the heavy the purse they would get! what is the logic of being a heavy weight comparing to lighter weight who was more interesting fight that it showed.
in my opinion,ppv is important for the fighter itself. to whom?
any kind of weight...:for the interest of the promoter or the fighter who deserves to pay them equally!
guys i don't think PAC is getting ripped off, he knew before hand that when he will fight Erik he will get 1.75M USD (the biggest ever pay check for any Filipino or Asian Boxer)...
if he gets into a fight of the year type of a brawl with EM, his stock will also rise even if he loose, and if Pac will beat EM come March 19 his stock will sky rocket ...
Just to clarify an issue: there are tons of latino-americans and latinos are the biggest buyers of pay per view boxing events. Add to this people in mexico, peurto rico, and other boxing countries. Secondly, pacquiao has an entire country of 80 million people behind him, over 90% of which will be watching the fight. There's no question that this fight will generate massive revenue. Question is, who's pockets is most of this revenue going into.
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