Comments Thread For: Pacquiao vs Margarito Fight Week Erupts With a ****

[SluggerFan]

In an interview with Bernard Fernandez of Philly.com, Hopkins said, "If you put on tape, then gauze, then tape, then gauze, it's like a [plaster] cast.

NOW, WHY CAN'T "YOU" get your facts straight. An extra wrap of gauze... more like a baseball bat, bucko.

Okay, dumba$$, I did get my f**king facts straight! Did Trinidad insert anything into his hands? No he f**king did not! Those are the facts, period and they are not the EXACT same thing Marg did! Hello!
You've been b*tchslapped.... !!!!

[Dave Rado]

By Lem Satterfield - The crowd of 50,944 for Pacquiao-Clottey was the third largest for an indoor event in boxing history, and Arum said that Pacquiao-Margarito is "tracking well ahead of where we were of the Clottey fight, so I'm very optimistic". [Click Here To Read More]

Yesterday David P. Greisman wrote, in a "Fighting Words" boxingscene article:

It’s a whole bunch of BS that boxing reporters will parrot when it comes to the announced attendance this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium for Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Antonio Margarito.

Eight months after the fact, major boxing media outlets (such as ESPN.com and THE RING magazine) still continue to put forth the falsehood that Pacquiao-Clottey drew 51,000 people.

So, what should deadline reporters write this weekend when it comes time to refer to what will nevertheless be a legitimately huge crowd?

“Promoters said attendance for Pacquiao-Margarito was xx,xxx, but that claim should come with a major caveat. They also claimed Pacquiao-Clottey, held in March in Cowboys Stadium, drew a crowd of 50,994.

“In reality, that bout drew 41,841 – selling 36,371 tickets with an additional 5,500 seats given away for free, according to the Sports Business Journal – still a significant amount, but far less than the monumental figure of 51,000.”

Seems odd that boxingscene journalists are contradicting each other on this question.

[tesla_power]

pure bull doo doo crap. can't wait to laugh at the numbers.

Your statement implies that regardless of the number, you would still find ways to ridicule it. tsk tsk tsk.

[MiguelDirrell25]

50-55k at best they trying to boost shid up

[pinoypunch]

Yesterday David P. Greisman wrote, in a "Fighting Words" boxingscene article:

It’s a whole bunch of BS that boxing reporters will parrot when it comes to the announced attendance this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium for Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Antonio Margarito.

Eight months after the fact, major boxing media outlets (such as ESPN.com and THE RING magazine) still continue to put forth the falsehood that Pacquiao-Clottey drew 51,000 people.

So, what should deadline reporters write this weekend when it comes time to refer to what will nevertheless be a legitimately huge crowd?

“Promoters said attendance for Pacquiao-Margarito was xx,xxx, but that claim should come with a major caveat. They also claimed Pacquiao-Clottey, held in March in Cowboys Stadium, drew a crowd of 50,994.

“In reality, that bout drew 41,841 – selling 36,371 tickets with an additional 5,500 seats given away for free, according to the Sports Business Journal – still a significant amount, but far less than the monumental figure of 51,000.”

Seems odd that boxingscene journalists are contradicting each other on this question.

Bloated or not, can you think of any boxer that can generate that kind of gate attendance? Maynever? Cotto? Marquez?

[Dave Rado]

Bloated or not, can you think of any boxer that can generate that kind of gate attendance? Maynever? Cotto? Marquez?

The Klitschkos regularly get gates in excess of 50,000. And as for the others you mentioned, it has never been tested because they haven't fought in stadiums. But it's true that 35-40,000 against a fighter with as little drawing power as Clottey is impressive.

[budfr]

Margarito has still many fans, mostly Mexicans but not just them. The reason is simple: He fights with pride, none of that hugging and running. Watch Zab Judah´s last fight against Matysse, Zab was a coward. African-Americans are boring nowadays, they just run and hug.

[Dave Rado]

Margarito has still many fans, mostly Mexicans but not just them. The reason is simple: He fights with pride, none of that hugging and running. Watch Zab Judah´s last fight against Matysse, Zab was a coward. African-Americans are boring nowadays, they just run and hug.

Wow, talk about racial stereotyping.

[Gorilla Dogs]

dam i wish i couuld eat in the middle of the night to help keep my weight...dam