Comments Thread For: Pacquiao-Rios: Taking a Look at The PPV Numbers

[Slip Stream]

That's it 500,000 PPV or less...Pacman should retire if NO Mayweather fight!

This isn't a sign Manny should retire its a sign he can't. The guy's broke and needs a big fight just to pull even or to be less broke. He can retire but his creditors won't.

[rambov]

Shoulda taken the test

[Hamaru]

This is interesting since Floyd vs. Guerrero did an estimated 875,000 - 1M sells. Clearly Floyd has all the leverage if he does fight Pac.

[anonymous2.0]

It's just funny to me because everyone and their mom still thinks Floyd/Pacquiao would crush PPV records. it wouldn't, people for some rreason over rate these guys' dawing ability.

Even if Floyd/Showtime/GBP and Pacquaio/TR/HBO all agreed to fight they'd have a hell of a time figuring out the undercard especially whose the A side/B side of each fight. Even though they could stack it with Golovkin/Quillan, Lucas/Rios, Mares/Rigo the undercard negotiations would bog the whole fight down.

[blacksocks]

Let's face it, a lot of factors contributed to low ppv numbers in the US. However, a Floyd-Pac fight in Vegas will generate tremendous interest, most probably the same numbers it would have generated had they fought 2 or 3 years ago--if not maybe more because of the anticipation it has now. Hence, whatever the numbers for Pac's last fight did, it doesn't matter, the all-time record breaking numbers will still be generated by this fight. 60-40 is the highest Floyd should go for to make this happen. That's way way more he will earn than fighting Khan or anyone else.

So why not take Pacquiao now or hold your peace forever?