Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing's map

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  • Palitaw@Puto
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    Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing's map

    Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing's map
    By JAIME ARON (AP) – 5 hours ago

    DALLAS — About 41,000 tickets have been sold for the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night.

    That's around 4,000 away from a sellout for the first boxing match at the $1.2 billion stadium.

    Promoter Bob Arum says he's not sure whether people are coming to see Pacquiao — widely considered the best boxer, pound per pound — or this showplace facility, which Arum called "the greatest venue in the world."

    Arum said he's eager to hold more fights at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. He said on a conference call that Kelly Pavlik, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and other boxers will be at the fight in hopes of getting to become headliners there.

    Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his stadium becoming a top destination would boost the sport of boxing.
  • aristotlemoses
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    I think it's awesome that they are having a fight there. But me personally I like fights held at casinos better haha. Gotta get my gamblin in before or after.

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    • Bogig
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      Trivia:

      What do Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Joshua Clottey, George Foreman, Roberto Duran, Michael Moorer, Timothy Bradley, Chad Dawson, Mike Tyson, Winky Wright, Joe Goosen, Jose Luis Castillo, Juanma Lopez, Joe Calzaghe(and many others) and most boxing trainers and pundits in the sport, not to mention the Boxing Writers Assoc of America and the Ring Magazine, ... have in common?

      They all agree on who the # pound for pound fighter is !

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      • Akyra
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        pacquiao put boxing back on the map, period.

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        • -The Glove-
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          #5
          Originally posted by Bogig
          Trivia:

          What do Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Joshua Clottey, George Foreman, Roberto Duran, Michael Moorer, Timothy Bradley, Chad Dawson, Mike Tyson, Winky Wright, Joe Goosen, Jose Luis Castillo, Juanma Lopez, Joe Calzaghe(and many others) and most boxing trainers and pundits in the sport, not to mention the Boxing Writers Assoc of America and the Ring Magazine, ... have in common?

          They all agree on who the # pound for pound fighter is !
          Don't flame man. It's childish and annoying!

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          • DeanoFlash
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            I appreciate Arum's newfound effort to put boxing in new arenas about the country....just wish he woulda found that motivation before now lol

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            • Pullcounter
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              only guy that can sell at cowboys stadium is pac.

              floyd can't do it.

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              • el malo
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                cowboy stadium is already on the map, but pac is putting boxing on the map. wow 41,000 is alot for a boxing match, but thats less than half of what cowboy stadium holds. the nba all star game had 108,000+ damn!

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                • Lakas
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Akyra
                  pacquiao put boxing back on the map, period.
                  He sure did. Pacquiao is the people's champ

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                  • JCaster
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Pullcounter
                    only guy that can sell at cowboys stadium is pac.

                    floyd can't do it.
                    he wont do it.. hes not allowed to use his drugs in dallas.

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