Comments Thread For: Arum: People Are Getting Disgusted With Mayweather!

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No. F**k you Bob you disgusting POS.

[uniquehump]

I wonder if since Bob thinks Floyd's PPV numbers are slipping, would he be willing to go head to head with him? We all know the date of Floyd's next fight. I wonder if he would be willing to have Pac fight on the same night at the Venetian?

I wouldn't doubt that Floyd's PPV's are declining. But there are several factors. One could be that fight fans truly want to see him against Pac (including me). Another factor is the undercards. You must have a solid undercard in order to support the main event, especially when the main event does not come on until about 11:30pm Eastern Time or later.

Another big reason that people may not even considered and I don't think people talk about is the fact that Floyd's fights brings "Fight Parties". I have one in my home for all of his fights since he only fights twice a year. I had about 50 or 60 people at my house watching it, with a bartender and everything. Of those 60, I'm sure 20 or so would of bought it themselves if they didn't come to expect for me to have a Fight Party. I also know of two other people who also had a Fight Party for this past Mayweather fight. Although I'm not sure how many people they had at their party, I'm sure some of those people would of bought PPV. In comparison, I don't think Pac creates that Fight Party atmosphere. I've never had a Fight Party for any of his fights. Nor do I order all of his fights. The last fight Pac had, I ordered it and keep in mind, there was no invitations sent out and no bartender, but I did call, text and had my wife Facebook a few of her friends so them and their husbands/boyfriends come by. Only one person showed. I expected about 8 -10 people, but nobody was all that interested.

Also, how does PPV numbers factor in when the fight is being offered at the movies? Before my basement was finished, I saw one of his fights at the movies. I think me and my wife went for $16 a piece, while the fight was around the $60 range at that time. The theater was packed. It wasn't the big screen which is for when new hit movies first come out. It was the smaller room, but it was still a lot of people.

Lastly, I don't go to the bars anymore because I have my own bar at home, but I'm wondering about how packed the bars be when Mayweather fights, as opposed to Pac? Are they similar or what? I know that for Mayweather fights here in Saginaw, Michigan and surrounding areas, a lot of the bars advertise that patrons can watch the fight at their establishment. I also heard from a couple of people (don't know for sure) that Buffalo Wild Wings will charge $5 at the door when Mayweather fights. I've never heard of this for a Pac fight. Not that it doesn't happen.

I think they are both great fighters, but Mayweather is more appealing in terms of the entertaining aspect of it as a whole and not just in the ring. Regardless, if the two of them were to fight this coming up May or September, I will have to make sure that I get the other side of my basement finished because I would expect even more people to attend my Fight Party.

[MrRolltide91]

People are getting disgusted with Arum using Floyd to promote Pac's mismatches....people getting disgusted with the verbal back and forths between both sides....look man, Rigo fought Flash, BHOP fought Dawson and Frankenstein is on deck....Swift fought Matthysse and Nelo fought Lara....how come Floyd and Pac haven't mixed yet?!?....people are disgusted with both sides...period!!

Exactly.....

[Main Source]

Keep on trying.

http://www.boxingscene.com/espinoza-...numbers--79980

Maybe you should try and read the article again. The first fight did 900k, which is still more than Pacquiao has done in recent fights.

[puga]

Come on bobby, you aint exactly better than floyd in that category...if you go by percentage, these 2 premuim ******s have about the same amount of haters...if you go by head count floyd definitely has more....

[bigjavi973]

Lol, at Arum, it only bothers me because Arum acts like TR is doing something amazing over there over GBP, lol both promo companies have ****** it up this year tbh with you. Floyd may not be selling as many PPV's as he used to, but for Bob to say no one is interested should compare his numbers to GBP and Showtime's numbers lol, what a moron, I can't believe ppl interview this clown anymore

Seriously, you are acting like garcia-salka card was a good match up.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

I wonder if since Bob thinks Floyd's PPV numbers are slipping, would he be willing to go head to head with him? We all know the date of Floyd's next fight. I wonder if he would be willing to have Pac fight on the same night at the Venetian?

I wouldn't doubt that Floyd's PPV's are declining. But there are several factors. One could be that fight fans truly want to see him against Pac (including me). Another factor is the undercards. You must have a solid undercard in order to support the main event, especially when the main event does not come on until about 11:30pm Eastern Time or later.

Another big reason that people may not even considered and I don't think people talk about is the fact that Floyd's fights brings "Fight Parties". I have one in my home for all of his fights since he only fights twice a year. I had about 50 or 60 people at my house watching it, with a bartender and everything. Of those 60, I'm sure 20 or so would of bought it themselves if they didn't come to expect for me to have a Fight Party. I also know of two other people who also had a Fight Party for this past Mayweather fight. Although I'm not sure how many people they had at their party, I'm sure some of those people would of bought PPV. In comparison, I don't think Pac creates that Fight Party atmosphere. I've never had a Fight Party for any of his fights. Nor do I order all of his fights. The last fight Pac had, I ordered it and keep in mind, there was no invitations sent out and no bartender, but I did call, text and had my wife Facebook a few of her friends so them and their husbands/boyfriends come by. Only one person showed. I expected about 8 -10 people, but nobody was all that interested.

Also, how does PPV numbers factor in when the fight is being offered at the movies? Before my basement was finished, I saw one of his fights at the movies. I think me and my wife went for $16 a piece, while the fight was around the $60 range at that time. The theater was packed. It wasn't the big screen which is for when new hit movies first come out. It was the smaller room, but it was still a lot of people.

Lastly, I don't go to the bars anymore because I have my own bar at home, but I'm wondering about how packed the bars be when Mayweather fights, as opposed to Pac? Are they similar or what? I know that for Mayweather fights here in Saginaw, Michigan and surrounding areas, a lot of the bars advertise that patrons can watch the fight at their establishment. I also heard from a couple of people (don't know for sure) that Buffalo Wild Wings will charge $5 at the door when Mayweather fights. I've never heard of this for a Pac fight. Not that it doesn't happen.

I think they are both great fighters, but Mayweather is more appealing in terms of the entertaining aspect of it as a whole and not just in the ring. Regardless, if the two of them were to fight this coming up May or September, I will have to make sure that I get the other side of my basement finished because I would expect even more people to attend my Fight Party.

probably the dumbest ****ing thing i've read all month

[maguirre]

Maybe you should try and read the article again. The first fight did 900k, which is still more than Pacquiao has done in recent fights.

Espinoza never released any number. Keep on trying. Show me a link where it says he did.

[bigjavi973]

It is comical that Bob Arum claims to know the Mayweather-Maidana 2 PPV numbers 4 days after the fight aired on a rival network when it took Arum 1 month to release the Pac-Bradley 2 PPV numbers.

The fact also remains that Pac-Bradley 2 did 750-800K for a very anticipated rematch. Mayweather did 850-900K for Guerrero and Maidana I. I think Bob is more worried about the fact that Pac-Rios and Pac-Algieri are both going to come in at below 500K. That's 2 of Manny's last 3 fights.

Did you include the undercard fights? That also adds to the ppv numbers when you have a good undercard.

[bigjavi973]

You're joking right? Who else besides Hectari thinks it'll be a competitive fight and is even worth PPV. (And Hectari is trolling)

We know a crap fight when we see it, even if it involves Pacquiao.

Floyd fans would be like "Algieri a young hungry lion doe" "undefeated doe" "upset Ruslan doe" if May was fighting Algieri

Dont worry, if algieri somehow wins, floyd will magically forget about his problems with arum and take the fight. "pacquiao lost, why should he fight him doe" are gonna be the excuses.