Arum- Pacquaio/Rios sold between 500,000-550,000

[WholeSoul75]

top rank and golden boy should have two separate networks if manny and floyd box. customer chooses. what's the problem?

[The Big Dunn]

Why is this a suprise? Was this fight suppose to be a success?

If arum estimtaed pac was going to get $12 mil from ppv on top of the $18 mil guarantee then yes, it was supposed to succeed.

[BUNGALOWS]

You didn't make a prediction on sales in the prediction thread. OK. Maybe someone will heck and we'll see if you are lying or not.

Stop making excuses.

Check for yourself. The last prediction I made was for the Floyd/Canelo fight, and I got it right. I said between 1.8 and 2.5.

I knew Manny/Rios wasn't going to be a blockbuster hit.

[sbbigmike]

I wonder how many chinese bought the fight for the $5.00 or whatever they were charging for it in China. That was what Bob was banking on. Either way, it does sound like a bit of a flop and I think it flopped over in China as well because Bob said Manny's next fight would be back in the U.S. soon after the Pac/Rios fight ended.

Bradley vs. Pac will probably do about the same or maybe as much as 600,000 so this is why they are clamoring for a Floyd fight. There is nobody but Floyd and possibly Marquez left for Manny and Bob knows this and he also knows Marquez is scared shidtless to risk another fight with Manny.

From what I heard they nixed the Chinese PPV beforehand, because people felt the fight wasnt ppv worthy.........


So the ppv in China was for no reason at all, I suspect Arum was being shady here for future negotiation posturing.......................................

[ShoulderRoll]

How is 500k a flop?

The Pac tards claim that Floyd vs Guerrero was a flop and an embarrassment so if we go by their standards.......

And these numbers are from Arum so you have to figure they are inflated to make them look better. There is a possibility that the actual numbers are in the 300k to 475k range.

[BUNGALOWS]

The Pac tards claim that Floyd vs Guerrero was a flop and an embarrassment so if we go by their standards.......

And these numbers are from Arum so you have to figure they are inflated to make them look better. There is a possibility that the actual numbers are in the 300k to 475k range.

For where Floyd's status is, that is a flop.

Manny "just got KTFO" Pacquaio, going up against "human punching bag" Rios wasn't supposed to put up mega #s. It was a tune up fight, and it happened to be on PPV, because if you can sell 500k and up, you're gonna be on PPV.

It's really that simple.

[Biolink]

I just broke the number down, 550k PPvs equals 33 Million Dollars. 50% of it goes to the Cable Providers so there is around 16.5 Million left in the pot, the gate was 8 Million Dollars. Mannys purse was 18 Million, Rios 4 Million.

Bob lost a lot of Money on this event and no wonder he is pushing for a Mayweather fight now so he can cash out Manny.

Bob is no fool. I'm sure he knew he would lose money on this venture. It's a future investment that May or may not work out in the long run. The important thing for him is that Top Rank has planted a flag in China.

Also since it's Bob reporting these #s assuredly they are probably lower.

[V.WEBB]

No you have to be knocked out first. Then it's not a flop.

I see the pacmanics turned you RED!

[The Big Dunn]

Bob is no fool. I'm sure he knew he would lose money on this venture. It's a future investment that May or may not work out in the long run. The important thing for him is that Top Rank has planted a flag in China.

Also since it's Bob reporting these #s assuredly they are probably lower.

This is a really smart observation Biolink. Good post.

[Fetta]

For where Floyd's status is, that is a flop.

Manny "just got KTFO" Pacquaio, going up against "human punching bag" Rios wasn't supposed to put up mega #s. It was a tune up fight, and it happened to be on PPV, because if you can sell 500k and up, you're gonna be on PPV.

It's really that simple.

I was debating a Pac fan earlier who said that i must have lived under a rock cause no Pac fan or media or anyone thought Rios was "tune-up" or "punching bag" and that he was considered a solid dangerous opponent. But here we are back to "tune-up"\

And if he fought a "tune-up" how does that show he should be next for Floyd. I mean it was a "tune-up" against a "punching bag"

Oh look im back to red again. HAHAHA!