Why did Floyd-Oscar sell so much?

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  • Atreyu Khalil
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    #51
    Originally posted by Ottke's Twin
    It's arguable. Going into his fights with both Floyd and Pac, Ricky was bringing in a huge amount of fans and exposure. Floyd versus anyone at the time would not have been elevated to the levels it was with Hatton.

    Bigger draw might be the wrong phrase to describe Hatton. But I don't think he was the B-Side at all in that fight.
    Hatton wasn't the Bside? Really?

    The MGM has a 16800 seat arena....over 8,400 Brits flew over from England? really?

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      • RichardP
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        #52
        the same reason why u bought ppv. oscar was a ppv star...

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          • Twako
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            #53
            US went into recession right after the Oscar-Mayweather fight. lots of people lost their homes, cut their cables, shared ppvs, etc.

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              • Ringlife
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                #54
                That fight was the fight to watch kinda like the Pac vs May now.

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                  • I Love Jesus!
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                    #55
                    Originally posted by Larryx2011
                    I watched the build up and the fight live just wondering what made this the highest selling ppv fight of all time???
                    well it was a huge fight and a lot more people have access to cable boxes and pay per view now then they did when say tyson fought holyfield. its actually a huge problem for energy consumption in this country now.

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                      • Cleto_Reyes
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                        #56
                        Originally posted by Larryx2011
                        I watched the build up and the fight live just wondering what made this the highest selling ppv fight of all time???
                        controversy sells and floyd is full of it versus biggest draw in boxing

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                          • JOM'S
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                            #57
                            Originally posted by Heavy Hitter
                            Aside from De La Hoya being such a huge draw. I would say a lot of it had to do with the first installment of 24/7. Mayweathers personality being fresh to everyone. Basically 24/7 being so groundbreaking.
                            I have to agree here and have to add that Oscar was also looking for a pretty good PPV dance partner and Floyd was at that time the best dance partner for him ....

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                              • DeadLikeMe
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                                #58
                                It did that because everyone wanted to see that fight. And Floyd wasn't a catchweight vag about it either...Oscar was the man at 154 and Floyd went and took it.

                                Anyone who talks down on that fight is a fool and Roger would agree they don't know **** about boxing.

                                A year and a half or so ago Pac-May would've done 3 million...now it will be lucky to break 2 million...they ****ed around for so long that everyone has realized Pacquiao could never beat Mayweather.

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                                  • mrpain81
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                                      • DAN916
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                                        #60
                                        Promo during the super bowl

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