Pac vs Clottey. What will the numbers be?

[THE REED]

Well, the results of this fight is gonna affect the negotiation process with Mayweather. If he does significantly less than Mayweather, then we're looking at 60-40 for Mayweather.

In other words... no fight.

[SuntokCorps]

I think it'll fail miserably. Same with Mayweather's fight. I think most casual fans will skip these fights thinking that the next one is Pac vs. Mayweather.

[street bully]

I am guessing around 800K. 24/7 can increase the buy rate. They will probably make CLottey look like an animal, and have him shirtless most of the time.

[THE REED]

I am guessing around 800K. 24/7 can increase the buy rate. They will probably make CLottey look like an animal, and have him shirtless most of the time.

[big_james10]

While Pac v Clottey will be an interesting fight, I can't helpt but think it will do "poor" numbers PPV wise and live gate. Pac vs Cotto filled the MGM Grand and had 1.25 million ppv. But that's two countries with huge boxing fan bases and sizeable communities in the US. What does Clottey bring? There are not a lot of Ghanians in the US. Clottey has never been a headliner on PPV while Cotto, Hatton, and de la Hoya have been. Nobody knows Clottey but hardcore boxing fans. I'm guessing 400k PPV. There won't be a Pac v Clottey 24/7. How are they going to sell and market this fight? The fight will be in the stadium but I can't see Pac v Clottey selling more than Pac v past opponents. I'm predicting the numbers will be poor.

If Pacquaio is the biggest draw in boxing as his fans on this site believe he is, then the Pac-Clottey fight should draw at least one million PPV. After all, Mayweather drew one million in a figth against a guy who has never drawn on PPV (Marquez), so Pac should be able to do the same type of number since he is sooooo much more popular than Mayweather (and that applies even if Mayweather fights on the same night). However, I agree with yo. I think this fight will do poorly and his fans will have five excuses already made beforehand (ex: not enough time to promote the fight; conflicting PPV with Mayweather, bad date, fallout from the Mayweather/Pac debacle, etc...)

[RockStar45]

If Pacquaio is the biggest draw in boxing as his fans on this site believe he is, then the Pac-Clottey fight should draw at least one million PPV. After all, Mayweather drew one million in a figth against a guy who has never drawn on PPV (Marquez), so Pac should be able to do the same type of number since he is sooooo much more popular than Mayweather (and that applies even if Mayweather fights on the same night). However, I agree with yo. I think this fight will do poorly and his fans will have five excuses already made beforehand (ex: not enough time to promote the fight; conflicting PPV with Mayweather, bad date, fallout from the Mayweather/Pac debacle, etc...)

It all depends on the circumstances. If HBO puts on Pacquiao-Clottey 24/7 and they/Top Rank spend $10-20 million in advertising/promotions. Then we'll be able to compare it to Pacquiao/Cotto or Mayweather/Marquez. Both events had the full force of the HBO marketing machine behind them.

I'm not expecting HBO to pull out all the stops for either fight, no matter which fight they choose.

People can't just pretend that all fights are marketed similarly. If HBO picks the Pacquiao fight and Golden Boy has to stage Mayweather on their own, Pacquiao fans can't claim victory over Mayweather when the buy rates are higher because Manny has the HBO machine behind him and Floyd didn't. And vice versa.

[Banlistic]

I am guessing around 800K. 24/7 can increase the buy rate. They will probably make CLottey look like an animal, and have him shirtless most of the time.

Let's hope they don't show his ass.

[Reloaded]

I think the drugs issue will hurt Manny a lot , the PPV will be ordinary , the other point is if the PPV does do really well then Mannys bull**** court case will take a hit because it can be argued that Manny got more gain out of the publicity than he lost .

Interesting to see the fallout of all what just went dowm .