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Mayweather praying for Pacquiao victory?
March 3rd, 2010
By Gary E G
During yesterdays press conference for the Mayweather/Mosley bout, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer stated his believe that the fight could top 3 million PPV buys. While this prediction might seem excessive there is no doubt it’s going to be huge. But how much could the outcome of Manny Pacquiao’s March 13th square off with Joshua Clottey affect the numbers?
Even though these upcoming matches have been set in stone for weeks now, most of the fight talk on boxing forums has still been about Mayweather/Pacquiao with many fans crossing their fingers that these fights are just the semi finals before the real real event happens later in the year.
If Pacquiao hands Clottey a beating later this month, the hype machine will be turned up a notch with all eyes turned to May 1st to find out who’s the man to fight the man. If on the other hand he loses to Clottey it will take the edge of the excitement and maybe some of fans converted to boxing by Pacquiao’s recent exploits(and as a consequence despise Mayweather) may be turned off.
Now im not suggesting Floyd will be watching March 13th with rosary beads in his hands but surely a win for Manny is good for Money.
March 3rd, 2010
By Gary E G
During yesterdays press conference for the Mayweather/Mosley bout, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer stated his believe that the fight could top 3 million PPV buys. While this prediction might seem excessive there is no doubt it’s going to be huge. But how much could the outcome of Manny Pacquiao’s March 13th square off with Joshua Clottey affect the numbers?
Even though these upcoming matches have been set in stone for weeks now, most of the fight talk on boxing forums has still been about Mayweather/Pacquiao with many fans crossing their fingers that these fights are just the semi finals before the real real event happens later in the year.
If Pacquiao hands Clottey a beating later this month, the hype machine will be turned up a notch with all eyes turned to May 1st to find out who’s the man to fight the man. If on the other hand he loses to Clottey it will take the edge of the excitement and maybe some of fans converted to boxing by Pacquiao’s recent exploits(and as a consequence despise Mayweather) may be turned off.
Now im not suggesting Floyd will be watching March 13th with rosary beads in his hands but surely a win for Manny is good for Money.
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