Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Mayweather Moved Too Much, Got Hit A lot

[HeroBando]

and then Floyd still made his $20 Million anyway:

If you include the $19 million-plus live gate (another record) plus millions more in revenue from foreign TV sales, merchandising, sponsorships and closed circuit sales, the fight will gross in excess of $150 million.

"It is mind boggling, but it goes to show you the hard work everyone put into the promotion paid off," De La Hoya told ESPN.com. "Everyone did a tremendous job."

Greenburg also credited the success of HBO's "24/7" reality show that ran in a coveted Sunday night slot behind the "Sopranos" and "Entourage" for three weeks leading up to the fight with helping sell both the public and the media on its worth.

De La Hoya was guaranteed $23.3 million and Mayweather $10 million for the fight. With the overwhelming success of the event, De La Hoya could take home upwards of $50 million with Mayweather earning around $20 million.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=2865349

It's kind of amazing that Floyd took a chance on himself, and beat a Jr. Middleweight at that, and now he's guaranteed $32 million a fight. Not only that, he broke his own record with Canelo. Bob Arum should've taken that chance. Like Arum said, "you gotta know when to hold 'em..."

He settled for half the guarantee he demanded of Arum

[Deevel916]

****BPP BANNED*** Post in master thread!!!

[malcolm]

To be intellectually honest, Floyd and Shane didn't fight immediately after. Shane went through two training camps waiting fit Berto and was on the shelf for like 16-17 months before fighting Floyd.

Don't be an **** probe. Shane fought Floyd next. Regardless if it was 2 months later or 12 months later. Shane was coming off a KO victory of prime Margacheato.

Floyd fought Shane in his next fight. If Margacheat had won then Floyd would have more than likely fought him. However, he proved to be a lesser fighter than Mosley. PERIOD!

[RightJabLikeZab]

25 pages of ****tional arguing. When both of these guys retire from the sport this forum and boxing will be a lot better off.

[MisanthropicNY]

Pacquiao vs Rios
Rios: 138 out of 502 - 27%

Mayweather vs Maidana
Maidana: 128 out of 572 - 22%

Mayweather got hit a lot

Floyd-worshipers would have to be this dumb lol... We're talking about clean shots that hurt a fighter in how Mayweather got "hit a lot." We're not talking about overall numbers... and that number is actually scary Pac only got hit 10 more times and Floyd clinched more than John Ruiz and Vlad W. combined lol...