Sorry to bring up PPV #'s, but...

[Spacey1991]

Right, I get sick of this talk myself so im being a bit of a hypocrite here by making a thread, but I just wanna ask you guys something.

I always like to see PPV #1's be successful for any fighter, not just for the fighter but because it is good for the sport, if Manny vs Cotto or Floyd vs Mosley got 2 million buys I would be happy cause its good for the sport.

But I am starting to think that maybe if Floyd vs Mosley doesn't beat Manny vs Cotto, or if they are very close either way then it might be a good thing... cause then there will most likely be no purse split issue and it can go as 50/50 as agreed upon before, say if Manny vs Cotto beats Floyd vs Mosley by 100k buys or vise versa. I am not saying Floyd would definitley try to get greedy and ask for the lions share if his does significantly better, cause I think hes back to beat the big names and the same for Manny, but I am starting to think that if the PPV's are really close to one another then its could be a good thing cause at least it eliminates the chances of that ruining the fight, as good as impressive PPV #'s is good for the sport.

I mean lets face it here, 50/50 is fair regardless... the fight is huge, they are both the best fighters out there and the only way to decide who is better is if they fight each other, the fight is in so much public demand cause of both fighters, so 50/50 is fair.

Your thoughts?

[Scary]

Agreed, 50/50 split.

[Spacey1991]

I am not saying I hope it doesn't do well, cause I do because its good for the sport. But maybe if it doesn't do 1.5+ it could be a good thing in the long run.

[jrosales13]

That is a great point because if Floyd-Shane smashed Pac-Cotto PPV numbers. Then Floyd would of asked for the bigger split. And, Pac would not fight without getting 50-50.

So that would bring two problems to the table the split and OST.

However, if Floyd Shane does around the same numbers as Pac-Cotto then the fight will be 50-50 and the only problem would be OST.

There is a part of me as a boxing fan that wants Floyd-Shane to do great numbers 1.5mil+ Break records. But, there is also a part of me as a boxing fan that don't want the numbers to be that great because it would get us closer to the fight that we all want.

[2501]

both fighters should donate their whole purse to jesus

[Spacey1991]

That is a great point because if Floyd-Shane smashed Pac-Cotto PPV numbers. Then Floyd would of asked for the bigger split. And, Pac would not fight without getting 50-50.

So that would bring two problems to the table the split and OST.

However, if Floyd Shane does around the same numbers as Pac-Cotto then the fight will be 50-50 and the only problem would be OST.

There is a part of me as a boxing fan that wants Floyd-Shane to do great numbers 1.5mil+ Break records. But, there is also a part of me as a boxing fan that don't want the numbers to be that great because it would get us closer to the fight that we all want.

That is exactly what I am thinking now, I wanted them to do excellent, but then when I heard about them doing 1.2 from one report (could be wrong I guess, some report between 1.2-1.7 or whatever) I thought well maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway.

I mean even if it does do 1.7 Floyd might still take 50/50, but at least it eliminates the chances of it happening.

[War Dinamita]

Why do you guys keep bring up the money split? I already told you guys he doesn't really care about the money split because he only cares about the guarantee money. His fight purse against Mosley was 22 million and his guarantee for the fight was 40 million. The split for the fight was 78-22 for Money May.

Floyd cares more about the guarantee money than the split.

[Spacey1991]

both fighters should donate their whole purse to jesus

Nice insight, I think they should donate it to me instead though!

[FLY TY]

Why do you guys keep bring up the money split? I already told you guys he doesn't really care about the money split because he only cares about the guarantee money. His fight purse against Mosley was 22 million and his guarantee for the fight was 40 million. The split for the fight was 78-22 for Money May.

Floyd cares more about the guarantee money than the split.

bro his guarantee was 23 million....the rest comes from the ppv.

[Spacey1991]

Why do you guys keep bring up the money split? I already told you guys he doesn't really care about the money split because he only cares about the guarantee money. His fight purse against Mosley was 22 million and his guarantee for the fight was 40 million. The split for the fight was 78-22 for Money May.

Floyd cares more about the guarantee money than the split.

I am not getting into that, I am saying that if it doesn't do significantly better then maybe its a good thing cause it eliminates the chances of either fighter asking for the lions share.