Is Pacquiao bad for boxing?

[bigsmoothh]

ive always said it before pac was just a circus show for entertainment thanks to roach and bob arum. People are so ignorant that they still pay to see him against a guy who has little or no chance of beating him yeah atg my @ss................

[ThePrince]

I'm not saying he is an unknown...I just can't see how people think Manny Pacquiao is some huge superstar in America...that is like saying Landon Donovan is a superstar in America. Plenty of people know who he is sure, but nobody really cares.

What are you talking about?

Pacquiao has been averaging about 2 millions PPV buys per year since '09 (Virtually an American institution), has been/will be featured on a multitude of American TV programs, and has merchandise in American stores/companies.

Landon Donovan has a deal with Nike if I'm not mistaken, but that's where the comparison ends. Who do you know that would shell out $60 to watch him play soccer in the U.S. let alone 2 million every year? How many times have you seen him headlining a show whose sole purpose is to document his life?

Please stop.

[| THE KING |]

Yet another thread exposing 'supposed' boxing fans..

[KingOfBox]

No he is not. Pacquiao is great for boxing. Its the screw ups behind the scenes who mess up the sport politically... The Sulaiman's, Arum's, WBA, even HBO believe it or not.... These people keep fighters away from eachother, organize undeserving title fights, guarantee ridiculous paydays to undeserving fighters, create super duper belts and platinum belts, sign contracts with one stable guaranteeing them all their fights on tv. Its all this **** that ****s up boxing... Why blame Pac? He comes to **** and everyone leaves happy. He does his job. Everyone else needs to start being held accountable. What boxing needs is a governing body with boxers having agents to negotiate and for fights to be on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, TNT on primetime. National tv coverage, ONE recognized belt in each weight class, blood testing, and mandatory defenses!!!!!

[jrosales13]

No he is not. Pacquiao is great for boxing. Its the screw ups behind the scenes who mess up the sport politically... The Sulaiman's, Arum's, WBA, even HBO believe it or not.... These people keep fighters away from eachother, organize undeserving title fights, guarantee ridiculous paydays to undeserving fighters, create super duper belts and platinum belts, sign contracts with one stable guaranteeing them all their fights on tv. Its all this **** that ****s up boxing...

Pretty much bro. Good stuff.

Why blame Pac? He comes to **** and everyone leaves happy. He does his job. Everyone else needs to start being held accountable. What boxing needs is a governing body with boxers having agents to negotiate and for fights to be on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, TNT on primetime. National tv coverage, ONE recognized belt in each weight class, blood testing, and mandatory defenses!!!!!

I would love to see that in the bold. That would really help the sport as well.

[Saddlebred]

What are you talking about?

Pacquiao has been averaging about 2 millions PPV buys per year since '09 (Virtually an American institution), has been/will be featured on a multitude of American TV programs, and has merchandise in American stores/companies.

Landon Donovan has a deal with Nike if I'm not mistaken, but that's where the comparison ends. Who do you know that would shell out $60 to watch him play soccer in the U.S. let alone 2 million every year? How many times have you seen him headlining a show whose sole purpose is to document his life?

Please stop.

lol "featured" on a multitude of american tv programs...those programs have 3-4 guests a night and are on 5 nights a week...I think he was on Jimmy Kimmel last night, which is like one of the lowest rated late night talk shows of all of them. Pacquiao has a great PR machine, I will give him that, but if you really think America gives a **** about Pacquiao at all you are sadly mistaken...little kids aren't playing at recess pretending to be Manny Pacquiao...this isn't Philippines...

[ThePrince]

Pac has been averaging 2mil PPV buys in the U.S? Are you sure about that?

2009

Pacquiao- Hatton 850,000 buys
Pacquiao-Cotto 1.25 million

Total= 2.1 million buys

2010

Pacquiao-Clottey 700,000 buys
Pacquiao Margarito 1.15 million

Total= 1.85 million buys

Yearly Average= 1.975 million buys per year.

What am I missing here?

[Walt Liquor]

who the *** is landon donovan?

[ThePrince]

who the *** is landon donovan?

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[Saddlebred]

2009

Pacquiao- Hatton 850,000 buys
Pacquiao-Cotto 1.25 million

Total= 2.1 million buys

2010

Pacquiao-Clottey 700,000 buys
Pacquiao Margarito 1.15 million

Total= 1.85 million buys

Yearly Average= 1.975 million buys per year.

What am I missing here?

The USA has 307 million people...1975000/307000000= .6 of a percent of americans between two PPVs

Compare that to Baseball, Basketball or Football attendance figures or viewership.