Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao Shatters Record, 4.4 Million Buys

[marcogman]

I applaud not Pacquiao, but his ******ed die hard fans.

Right when I thought they realized they've been duped by supporting a B level fighter for most of his career, they storm back with excuses.

Pacquiao was schooled, looked lost in the ring.

48-0

Wow, I think you perfectly described the new meaning of the word

F L O M O

For real man. I give you a high 5 for that one my brotha!

LOL!!!

You say schooled, that's s#it for brains. Manny never once got hurt yet Mayweather was clipped twice and had to ball up a couple of times. But oh! yeah he schooled Pac! LOL!

Nice try but it aint gonna work man.

[Divine Hammer]

48-0 Deal With It. Pacfraud aka as Acne Back was exposed.

Your hero is a tag and run fraud who played it safe and cowardly against a guy smaller than him and with one good arm. Floyd is not loved by the public and never will be. Majority of the public won't look back and care about that fool ten years from now. Ali and Tyson will continue to be remembered and celebrated while Floyd gets mocked for the boring tag champ he is. Deal with that.

[gdub27]

Nope! facts ARE!! Facts! Undeniably!

LOL! Keepy trying to convince. Ain't happening. Manny clearly won!

The FACT is May has another win and Pac has another loss. Feel free to check boxing rec or google if you need to see evidence.

[marcogman]

4.4 million people paid good money to watch someone play tag while another guy tries to push the action and make the fight somewhat exciting!!! I'm sure almost all of them regret having bought into that joke fight.

--------------------------------- amen!

[R_Walken]

Your hero is a tag and run fraud who played it safe and cowardly against a guy smaller than him and with one good arm. Floyd is not loved by the public and never will be. Majority of the public won't look back and care about that fool ten years from now. Ali and Tyson will continue to be remembered and celebrated while Floyd gets mocked for the boring tag champ he is. Deal with that.

Keep the tears flowing Hammer, It puts a smile on my face

It's been a week and a half and still these irrational Pac fans still come up with Nothing but excuses , irrational thoughts , blatant lies , revisionist history and whatever else to discredit the win I guess whatever helps them cope with the pain in their hearts but I personally find it hilarious.

[Scipio2009]

Probably by 2 american heavyweights

If they build it up right, Deontay Wilder vs Anthony Joshua could make a run at that figure (also about five years away, to build the names up).

Both are towering guys, both can punch, both can talk, both are pretty charismatic individuals, and both handsome looking dudes with gigawatt smiles (pause).

You add that Wilder's participation with Premier Boxing Champions will have him featured and fighting on either Showtime (premium cable) or NBC (terrestrial TV) in the US, and Joshua, being the budding heavyweight star for Matchroom, will have him being featured on Sky Sports and Sky Box Office (with some of those fights likely even airing stateside through PBC) in the UK.

Both guys keep winning, while also staying out of trouble, and you'd have a license to print money come Kentucky Derby weekend 2017 (the first Saturday of May, regardless of what the actual date is) at the earliest.

[marcogman]

The FACT is May has another win and Pac has another loss. Feel free to check boxing rec or google if you need to see evidence.

NOPE! Just like history...

This country denies having a holocaust towards the natives of the US.
Just like getting a speeding ticket and you know you where not speeding.

There is too much data available to make those corrections and corrections have been made weather you like it or not. I dare you to watch the slow motion vid of the fight and count the "real punches" . If you are a F L O M O? You won't, if you are a realist you will recognize.

Facts are Facts.

44-4! For the rest of histories life.

[neoz]

I rather watch paint dry then another Mayweather fight.
Most know he sell mostly due to his unbeaten record.
He can lose and still win the fight on judges scorecards.

[Scipio2009]

I thought the $100 price point would turn people off and it would do May-ODLH numbers

The fight was hyped to no end and, instead of looking at the price point of $100 and being put off, remember that the vast majority of folks who watched the fight likely did so at a fight party, for which the cost of entertaining folks for the day was $100 plus whatever it was going to cost you on food/drink.

Mayweather-Pacquiao took what ODLH-Mayweather for the fight audience (the white sombrero and green/white/red color scheme used in Mayweather's attire showed the believed slant toward the Mexican/Mexican-American fight fan) and spread that across the general sports fan (and even some non-sports fans).

Mayweather-Pacquiao was a main topic for ESPN (honestly since the moment the fight was announced, but really ramped up for fight week), but it was also a topic discussed on Access Tonight, nearly all of the broadcast daytime TV shows at some point, on CNBC and basically every medium that you could imagine (sans maybe scripted TV).

Instead of just fight fans thinking of putting up the money to host a party, you got sports fans and non-sports fans, hearing so much about this fight, that they too start thinking of hosting a fight party for $100 and food (a cost that is reasonably recoverable in charging at the door or in the fun of having extended family and friends, all under one roof, enjoying a night together), regardless of race/creed/religion/origin.

So folks had a party, watched a guy that they likely hadn't ever heard of (Lomachenko) put on a good fight, watched the next guy (Leo Santa Cruz) put up a dud, saw the payoff that was the spectacle that was the event, watch Mayweather box beautifully (crowd in attendance went nuts when Manny landed in 4th and 6th round, though them reacting every time that Pacquiao threw a punch, which was entertaining to watch), and hung out with friends/family for another 1-3 hours.

all for $100 plus food.

[Pigeons]

Mayweather has the top 3, 5 of the top 6, 9 of the top 20, and 11 of the top 35 live gates in Nevada history.