Comments Thread For: Pacquiao vs Clottey Lands 700,000 Pay-Per-View Buys

[DuttyAlacrity]

Mayweather-Marquez did 1 million PPV buys because it was also available in movie theaters!! So each $8 theater ticket was counted as a PPV buy!! Those ticket buyers would have never paid $49.95!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=4502922

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"The million buys was derived from 525,000 from cable homes and 475,000 from satellite homes."

[jayhova29]

Floyd was ready to fight and you know it. Manny and his team thought Floyd would say that's too soon but he fooled them and said let's go that's when Manny blamed the test. Remember the test was always in the contract from the beginning it wasn't something they just threw in there. Manny didnt wanna fight. Your boy punked out.

We think alike, they never expected Mayweather to agree to all the demands they had. So they figured he would get frustrated by agreeing to the things he made publicly clear he felt he didnt' have too. 50-50 purse split, he agreed. 8oz gloves, he agreed, 10mil per pd every pd mayweather is overweight he agreed. Bottom line is that they tried to discourage mayweather from excepting there terms and it completely backfired. Now not only can you not say he was afraid of Manny, (because he's fighting Mosley) but he's having mosely undergo the same testing that Manny refused. Why do you think their talking that retirement **** now, jusssssssssst incase FLoyd wins. Watch you'll see.

[big_james10]

The only reason Floyd is going to double that is because he's fighting Mosley, a well known opponent. Not to mention theres going to be a HBO 24/7 series which Pacquiao didn't get. If Pacquiao vs Clottey was **** I could only imagine what Mayweather vs Clottey would of been, probably a replay of when Floyd fought Baldomir (don't bother you-tubing it, it's not worth it).

Another dumbas *******/****** whining because Pacquaio can't seem to beat Floyd when it comes to anything. Mosley is not a well-known opponent. Mosley can't draw flies on PPV. That was why his last fight against Margarito was on regular HBO and not on PPV. Floyd/Mosley will sell big because of Floyd and Floyd only. There was no 24/7 on Pac/Clottey because HBO did not think that fight was worthy of a 24/7 show. If Pacquaio was anywhere close to being the star that your dumbass thinks he is, the Pac/Clottey fight would have sold over 1 million PPV. Also, I would bet the live gate was very small, even though they had 51,000 in attendance because Jerry Jones gave away 30,000 of those tickets to his friends and associates.

I think 700,000 is actually a good number regardless of who he is fighting and I congratulate Pac on doing so well.

[jayhova29]

Wow...your so delusional. You *****s all think alike. It's like Floyd's brainwash on his fans really makes them believe his BS! Let me fix it for the truth here...

Floyd and his team thought Manny would say that's too soon but he said let's go that's when Floyd made the test.
Ok, now that it's the truth, I can rest alil better.

Your the delusional one, they knew all along Floyd was asking for Olympic style blood testing, Floyd kept it a secret until after he agreed to there terms, that he wanted random blood testing, ****head------that's when the list of pac man's excuses started to come out. LOL, maybe your dumbass doesn't read the papers, but Team Pacquaio stated they dont' have a problem giving blood, they had a problem with Random blood testing. Get your facts straight, the fact of the matter is that floyd agreed to every demand Pacquaio had listed, the 1st and only demand Mayweather ask's for is rejected, and you *******'s blame mayweather for that. I mean manny and all his self pride felt so offended that they didn't file a defamation suit until after negotiations broke apart. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.

[mathed]

clottey got 1 million/

gate was over 28 million i think

I think he was guaranteed 3.25 mill

[Pacdbest]

[QUOTE=jayhova29;7874467]

The only reason Floyd is going to double that is because he's fighting Mosley, a well known opponent. Not to mention theres going to be a HBO 24/7 series which Pacquiao didn't get. If Pacquiao vs Clottey was **** I could only imagine what Mayweather vs Clottey would of been, probably a replay of when Floyd fought Baldomir (don't bother you-tubing it, it's not worth it).[/QU


You guys are letting your hatred towards mayweather outweigh your common sense. Look at every fighter they both fought, and mayweathers number's are better across the board. Mayweather did better numbers against marquez, his numbers we're better against hatton, his numbers were also better against De La Hoya. Clottey is a well known opponent fighting in one of the biggest states in the country. It's funny how after the fact these pacquaio fans are saying this. After negotiations broke apart with Mayweather, according to Freddie Roach and bob arum, Clottey was the next highest welterweight available. These are smokescreens that they put up to cloud the real issue.

Truth of the the matter is that the next highest availabe ww was Mosley, and team pacquaio wanted know part of him. Mosley even volunteered to come down to super ww and they refused to fight him. Now that Mayweather asked for random blood testing, now all of a sudden Clottey is the next best available opponent. Now you see them in the ring after the fight, and their talking about if Mayweather doesn't want to fight them translation(if mayweather keeps asking for random blood testing) then we'll be more than welcome to fight Mosley. Team pacquaio is getting desperate now.

When we 1st heard of the testing idea mayweather proposed a lot of people felt it was his way of trying to get out of the fight. Now that he has a harder fight with Mosley lined up it disspells those "Mayweather is afraid of Manny rumors." Somebody correct me if im wrong, but i could sworn that Bob Arum tried to make a fight with Yuri Foreman at 154lbs, before they even considered fighting a legitimate WW. The More you hear team Pacquiao talk, the harder it is to defend them.

Hey Moron!!!! Mosley was not available when Pac-Clottey was made. It takes an Earthquake and the lives of 300 Thousands Haitians for the PBF and Mosley to be made. Remember Mosley was tied up to Berto??

[Tweezy316]

[QUOTE=Pacdbest;7874569]

Hey Moron!!!! Mosley was not available when Pac-Clottey was made. It takes an Earthquake and the lives of 300 Thousands Haitians for the PBF and Mosley to be made. Remember Mosley was tied up to Berto??

Mosley was available last year when he went to the wild card gym twice to fight Pacquiao and they turned him down twice was he not? then shut up *******!!

[pasawayako]

I was expecting that this PPV is impossible to exceed the 500,000 buys mark.

[big_james10]

There was no 24/7 because hbo didn't wanna waste money on a bum fight. Noone wanted to see Pacquiao-Clottey. This was apparent when they first started talking about it. It sounded like a good idea because they thought all Mayweather had was M. Hatton or Paulie and it backfired. So stop crying. And don't act like Mosley is this big money maker either. Dont forget that before Berto pulled out they we're gonna fight on hbo for free and split 3 million dollars. And that was in a unification bout. Floyd doesn't even have a belt!! And stop talking about how many seats he sold at dallas stadiums first of all IT WAS A FOOTBALL STADIUM!!!! Not a casino in vegas. And the tickets we're like $50. Not that impressive. Floyd-Mosley tickets are a lot more expensive and they sold over 14,000 in 15 minutes so please spare me. And one more thing. Would you like some cheese with all that whine?

This is the best comment I have seen on this site in months.

[Sugar Q]

Why is everyone crying about who is known and who isn't? Let me say this again. Pacquiao CHOSE Clottey. He HAD Mayweather but CHOSE Clottey. Why did he choose Clottey? It's simple Team Pac along with the *******s thought Mayweather was gonna fight M. Hatton or Paulie. Team Pac choosing to fight clottey the bigger guy they we're looking to get more credit for their fight and Mayweather to be crucified for his fight. It was their way of sticking it to Mayweather for bringing up the random blood test and making Pacquiao look like a cheater cause he turned down a $25 million drug test. Even tho Pac made himself look like a cheater by turning it down. Anyways Mosley became available and everyone was hoping that Mayweather wouldn't sign the contract. They said he was a coward and he would never fight a guy like Shane. And then he signed and everything Team Pac had planned BACKFIRED in a major way. And that's what they get for being so deceitful and shady. They tried to screw Mayweather by quickly shutting off negotiations and signing Clottey right away. Humble my ass!!! They got what was coming to them PERIOD.

Well said my dude. True indeed.