Comments Thread For: Arum: Floyd Mayweather is Fighting Erik Morales Next

[RuMbLe]

Mayweather-Ortiz was the second highest grossing fight in the history of boxing. I don't think Mayweather needs to, "use Manny Pacquaio's name" to book any venue. Come on Bob. You can do better.

Before having Pacquiao as a rival Mayweather sold 910K PPV as an A-side vs an extremely popular Ricky Hatton, who was his rival back then. It was the fight everyone wanted, and this was after the exposure he had as a great b-side in the record breaking De La Hoya fight.

He has done better numbers against much less popular fighters after he came back and associated himself to P4P #1 and FTOD Pacquiao's name by announcing he was fighting Pacquiao's rival during Pacquiao-Hatton, even mentioning Pacquiao at the conference he held at the same casino just hours before Pacquiao was due to step in the ring.

People had started to forget about him in his retirement, especially as the Pacquiao phenomenom was taking it's spectacular course. His PPVs should not have done as well as they have, especially the Marquez and Ortiz fights.

With fans believing a Pacquaio fight was on the horizon there is no doubt that created alot more interest in Mayweather's fights than there otherwise would have been.

He does use Pacquiao's name to sell his fights. There was the Marquez situation as mentioned. He also mentioned at the first press conference for the Ortiz fight that Pacquiao is next, which he later recanted in a smaller interview. That would suggest he deliberately put it out there at the big conference which would've had the most exposure solely to trick people into believing it so they'd consider buying the Ortiz fight to see how he looks in his warm up vs a southpaw. And he mentions Pacquiao in seemingly every interview with pre-concocted rants. It's very smart though, certainly worked out for him with the money he's made off Pacquiao's name.

[komandante]

Good luck on you Floyd, stay ducking..

[COACH WEBB]

Before having Pacquiao as a rival Mayweather sold 910K PPV as an A-side vs an extremely popular Ricky Hatton, who was his rival back then. It was the fight everyone wanted, and this was after the exposure he had as a great b-side in the record breaking De La Hoya fight.

He has done better numbers against much less popular fighters after he came back and associated himself to P4P #1 and FTOD Pacquiao's name by announcing he was fighting Pacquiao's rival during Pacquiao-Hatton, even mentioning Pacquiao at the conference he held.

People had started to forget about him in his retirement, especially as the Pacquiao phenomenom was taking it's spectacular course. His PPVs should not have done as well as they have, especially the Marquez and Ortiz fights.

With fans believing a Pacquaio fight was on the horizon there is no doubt that created alot more interest in Mayweather's fights than there otherwise would have been.

He does use Pacquiao's name to sell his fights. There was the Marquez situation as mentioned. He also mentioned at the first press conference for the Ortiz fight that Pacquiao is next, which he later recanted in a smaller interview. That would suggest he deliberately put it out there at the big conference which would've had the most exposure solely to trick people into believing it so they'd consider buying the Ortiz fight to see how he looks in his warm up vs a southpaw. And he mentions Pacquiao in seemingly every interview with pre-concocted rants. It's very smart though, certainly worked out for him with the money he's made off Pacquiao's name.

Stop lying, he was ALL they talked about while he was "retired". Especially the Manny fans.

[hitking]

Before having Pacquiao as a rival Mayweather sold 910K PPV as an A-side vs an extremely popular Ricky Hatton, who was his rival back then. It was the fight everyone wanted, and this was after the exposure he had as a great b-side in the record breaking De La Hoya fight.

He has done better numbers against much less popular fighters after he came back and associated himself to P4P #1 and FTOD Pacquiao's name by announcing he was fighting Pacquiao's rival during Pacquiao-Hatton, even mentioning Pacquiao at the conference he held at the same casino just hours before Pacquiao was due to step in the ring.

People had started to forget about him in his retirement, especially as the Pacquiao phenomenom was taking it's spectacular course. His PPVs should not have done as well as they have, especially the Marquez and Ortiz fights.

With fans believing a Pacquaio fight was on the horizon there is no doubt that created alot more interest in Mayweather's fights than there otherwise would have been.

He does use Pacquiao's name to sell his fights. There was the Marquez situation as mentioned. He also mentioned at the first press conference for the Ortiz fight that Pacquiao is next, which he later recanted in a smaller interview. That would suggest he deliberately put it out there at the big conference which would've had the most exposure solely to trick people into believing it so they'd consider buying the Ortiz fight to see how he looks in his warm up vs a southpaw. And he mentions Pacquiao in seemingly every interview with pre-concocted rants. It's very smart though, certainly worked out for him with the money he's made off Pacquiao's name.

If Pacquaio is the reason Mayweather sells so many PPV, why has he outdone Pacquaio in PPv sales with each of their common opponents?

[hitking]

Wasn't there a rumor that KFC was fighting Ortiz and he denied it at first and then lo and behold the fight was already signed and made?

What's wrong with Mayweather fighting Ortiz? I mean, personally I didn't like the match-up. But, I remember a day when Mayweather was fighting the likes of Hatton and JMM and people claimed he was ducking the top welterweights. Ortiz was the next best welterweight behind he and Pac.

Ironically, Mayweather was crucified for fighting the jr welterweight and lightweight champions in consecutive fights. Now, Pac is fighting the lightweight champ and if Uncle Bob has his way, his next fight will be against the jr welterweight champ. I'm just saying.

[spoonwars]

What's wrong with Mayweather fighting Ortiz? I mean, personally I didn't like the match-up. But, I remember a day when Mayweather was fighting the likes of Hatton and JMM and people claimed he was ducking the top welterweights. Ortiz was the next best welterweight behind he and Pac.

Ironically, Mayweather was crucified for fighting the jr welterweight and lightweight champions in consecutive fights. Now, Pac is fighting the lightweight champ and if Uncle Bob has his way, his next fight will be against the jr welterweight champ. I'm just saying.

Mayweather gets crucified because he talks trash and doesn't back it up when it comes to Pacquiao. The end game and only thing now for his legacy is Pacquiao. When he can pick on Pacquiao at anytime he wants, he just flirts with the idea instead of doing it. Pacquiao's into politics, won't talk the same kind of trash back, and Mayweather thanks God for that--if he did, Mayweather would be done for as a man. It's a good thing the mass media and the casual fans are on his a$$ more than ever for the Pacquiao fight.

[Simply Zyzz]

Why is it that Team Pacquaio and their worshipers spend a heck of a lot more time trying to convince the world that Mayweather is "scared" of Pac and the fight won't happen than legitimately trying to make the event a reality?

This right here is what blew my mind... instead of being in favor of the fight they rather celebrate everytime something pushes it back, unbelievable ...


If mayweather and pacquioa don't fight, it will be embarrasing for boxing..

[el salsalero]

To my knowledge yeah.

Where is the article and link regarding the Official HBO PPV buys for KFC/Ortiz?

[spoonwars]

If Pacquaio is the reason Mayweather sells so many PPV, why has he outdone Pacquaio in PPv sales with each of their common opponents?

The momentum is going over to Pacquiao. The only thing different for Floyd lately is raising the price on his PPV show with a bunch of star Mexicans on the undercard.

[spoonwars]

This right here is what blew my mind... instead of being in favor of the fight they rather celebrate everytime something pushes it back, unbelievable ...


If mayweather and pacquioa don't fight, it will be embarrasing for boxing..

How is it pushing it back? Mayweather's the only one recently to dodge the question to fight Pacquiao directly. Pacquiao has no problem answering those questions. When it comes down to it, Pacquiao and Mayweather make the decisions. It seems Pacquiao is the only one on board the Mayweather Beating Express.