Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao: UAE Group Releases More Details

[krazyn8tive]

The money is there and he's been offered to be the lead promoter.

What will Mayweather come up with next? As an excuse that is.

"I dont know how dey taxes situation is over der...but I don't pay no taxes in Vegas. Nawmsayin'...da money team don't pay no taxes hur."

Or something like that.

[twosweethooks]

For once!! You have a decent post the pressure is HEAVY on Floyd and im loving it. The part of ur post that is pointless tho is "Pac is calling Jr out!" because in all honesty IT DOESNT MATTER ONE BIT WHAT PAC SAYS, Bob has complete say so and control of Pac .when it comes to Boxing, PAC HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF HIS OWN CAREER and thats my only problem with Pac honestly. Floyd and Pac dont have to agree to the fight, its Floyd AND Bob who do period.

JUST ONE ????!!!!!!!

[Scipio2009]

Abu Dhabi is the site of the proposed record-setting Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao bout scheduled for the first half of 2015.

“Let there be no question nor confusion about the location of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight,” said M. Akbar Muhammad, a long-time boxing executive and one of the principals of the Abu Dhabi-based investment group which is funding the week-long event. “It will be Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.”
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The UAE offer has Mayweather Promotions and an Emirates investment group as the lead promoters for the event, with no mention of Top Rank being involved (beyond receiving their fight package and letting Mayweather run the show).

Before even going into the time logistics (fight would start 9am, Sunday morning in Abu Dabi to air 9pm, Saturday in Vegas; televised card would start 7am in Abu Dabi), the offer forces Top Rank to step aside.

If Arum agrees to step aside, the negotiations become real (personally doubt that Abu Dhabi ends up being the site, but the good-faith offer would force the site fee for AT&T Stadium in Arlington or Barclays Center in New York over $100m to host the fight).

doubt that Arum steps aside, though.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

These dudes always talk big about bringing some major fight to Abu dhabi but I have yet to see them actually put on a fight..

Believe it when I see it..

[Twako]

****** to say that the fight should only be in vegas. i mean cmon, what does it matter to you as a boxing fan where it will be held? or are you really a ******ed flom that you would just parrot what floyd would probably say?

[Scipio2009]

MGM with its 16,800 seating capacity is way too small for a fight of this magnitude. This fight can and will sell out an 80,000 seat stadium in hours!

Honestly doubt it, and here's why.

Mayweather-Alvarez, the current gate record, brought in $20m for their fight. If projection for the size and scope of Mayweather-Pacquiao is even close, they'd be looking at $30m-$40m from the gate alone.

Even if you charge $4000 for ringside seats, you're only talking about 500 -1500 seats if you're being unscrupulous. To make up the rest of the money over the other 75,000 seats, you're looking at an average of $300 a ticket.

Selling 40,000 seats for $3m in revenue at the gate doesn't work for either party.

[joseph5620]

The man himself is for real and his been around boxing for donkey's years, but the whole UAE investment group thing is about as credible as Trotters Independent Traders bringing the fight to Peckham.

Here's an article from him in 2011 giving the same patter - http://www.examiner.com/article/boxi...s-mosley-fight

Pretty much LOL.

[twosweethooks]

The UAE offer has Mayweather Promotions and an Emirates investment group as the lead promoters for the event, with no mention of Top Rank being involved (beyond receiving their fight package and letting Mayweather run the show).

Before even going into the time logistics (fight would start 9am, Sunday morning in Abu Dabi to air 9pm, Saturday in Vegas; televised card would start 7am in Abu Dabi), the offer forces Top Rank to step aside.

If Arum agrees to step aside, the negotiations become real (personally doubt that Abu Dhabi ends up being the site, but the good-faith offer would force the site fee for AT&T Stadium in Arlington or Barclays Center in New York over $100m to host the fight).

doubt that Arum steps aside, though.

Business is business, History records business being done by done by those who despise each other, they do the business and go back to hating.

I cannot fathom Jr turning this down to protect his O, its beyond my mind how anyone fighter could turn down this money and this great fight.

IF it happens NSB will explode !

If it happens many will tear up go away and be excoriated to death and many will say I have told you so for the past 5 years.

This needs to happen, Jr must come to the Plate , everyone else HAS !

[Twako]

Honestly doubt it, and here's why.

Mayweather-Alvarez, the current gate record, brought in $20m for their fight. If projection for the size and scope of Mayweather-Pacquiao is even close, they'd be looking at $30m-$40m from the gate alone.

Even if you charge $4000 for ringside seats, you're only talking about 500 -1500 seats if you're being unscrupulous. To make up the rest of the money over the other 75,000 seats, you're looking at an average of $300 a ticket.

Selling 40,000 seats for $3m in revenue at the gate doesn't work for either party.

they'll charge less. pac's fights at dallas brought in over 40k seats.

[twosweethooks]

come on James answer that question I posted to you mang.