Comments Thread For: Mayweather, Ellerbe Reject Talk of Event Being Failure

[b00g13man]

The event will do well enough. Since none of their wack fighters could beat Floyd in the ring they are hoping that the numbers flop so they can have a sense of self worth. LOL

Clowns.

Pretty much. They sure are talking a hell of a lot about it, considering they "don't care".

[bigdunny1]

The fights going to bomb. ESPN reporting thousands of tickets unsold with just a few days away. The combination of a horrible opponent who will be like a 100 to 1 underdog come fight night and the fans backlash over the Manny fiasco are why nobody cares about this. PPV buys which were already declining before the Manny fight will be really low for Floyd. I'm guessing half of what the Maidana fight did. And those numbers were not good which is why Showtime refused to release the official numbers. This fight just has no hype.

[bigdunny1]

People forget Floyd doesn't have that much of a fanbase. He started selling as he played up the villain card. Got the public to hate him. People bought his PPVs not to watch him fight but to root for him to get knocked out. Well it's impossible to play the villain in this promotion when the guy he is facing is such a weak opponent and massive underdog who most casual fans either don't know or care about. To play the villain you need someone the public can get behind as the hero to root for. Berto simply isn't it. The fight is a joke and public ain't buying it.

[Fetta]

The fights going to bomb. ESPN reporting thousands of tickets unsold with just a few days away. The combination of a horrible opponent who will be like a 100 to 1 underdog come fight night and the fans backlash over the Manny fiasco are why nobody cares about this. PPV buys which were already declining before the Manny fight will be really low for Floyd. I'm guessing half of what the Maidana fight did. And those numbers were not good which is why Showtime refused to release the official numbers. This fight just has no hype.

So don't watch

[Fetta]

People forget Floyd doesn't have that much of a fanbase. He started selling as he played up the villain card. Got the public to hate him. People bought his PPVs not to watch him fight but to root for him to get knocked out. Well it's impossible to play the villain in this promotion when the guy he is facing is such a weak opponent and massive underdog who most casual fans either don't know or care about. To play the villain you need someone the public can get behind as the hero to root for. Berto simply isn't it. The fight is a joke and public ain't buying it.

Wow it took you 2 long posts to drop info you don't know on a fight you don't care about

[ox805er]

Pretty much. They sure are talking a hell of a lot about it, considering they "don't care".

I really wonder if you guys were part of Flomo's bragging about how much HE sells and what numbers HE'S done on PPV... and now that HIS true drawing power comes to light... especially since it's HIS "last" fight.. nobody wants to see.. you seem to shrug it off..

As a business man I give him props.. fighting bonofied draws, and out pointing them in boring fights, but talked smack so people would hate him, was what sold.. he wants an easy fight thinking people really want to see him.. doubt it..

[bluebeam]

because rios is better than journeyman karass who is better than berto. it's really simple to understand. floyd farts like urself complain about rios fight when in actuality it's far better than berto fight. yet all u farts defend floyd vs berto. plus the rios fight was a tune-up. there is no real excuse for floyd vs berto. deal with it.

bradley vs rios is a poop fight but it's farrrrrrr better than floyd vs berto.

A tune up for what? A Bradley fight?

[2shameless]

Mayweather has fanboys who would pay to watch him fight cab drivers. Who have learned to love his boring, cheating, amateur style of boxing. This match up should prove that the majority of Floyd's ratings come from people hoping to see him lose. Since there's no chance of that happening here, they won't waste their time and money.

[imperial1]

Guererro is better then a "Club Fighter", But didnt Guererro just Struggle with a real "Club Fighter" on a bad night? I mean had Berto lost to Martinez, id agree with you, but thats not the case.. i Give Robert alot of Credit and Respect. Those eyes doe.

Lets be honest Gurrerro is suited for the lower weight classes..He'a becoming a journeyman at this current division ..I mean honestly who do you see him beating at 147 ? I don't think he beats anyone worth mentioning ..

[bluebeam]

I really wonder if you guys were part of Flomo's bragging about how much HE sells and what numbers HE'S done on PPV... and now that HIS true drawing power comes to light... especially since it's HIS "last" fight.. nobody wants to see.. you seem to shrug it off..

As a business man I give him props.. fighting bonofied draws, and out pointing them in boring fights, but talked smack so people would hate him, was what sold.. he wants an easy fight thinking people really want to see him.. doubt it..

So the man who was apart of 4 of the 5 biggest fights in boxing history has no fanbase?

Canelo biggest ppv without floyd- 350,000
Cotto biggest ppv without floyd-1.2 million
cotto never even did a million ppv's without floyd or pacquiao
Pacquiao biggest ppv without floyd-1.4 million
DE LA hoya biggest ppv without floyd-1.4 million

Floyd biggest ppv without canelo-4.4 million
Floyd biggest ppv without pacquiao-2.4 million
Floyd biggest ppv without de la hoya-4.4 million
Floyd biggest ppv without cotto 4.4 million

Mayweather vs pacquiao 4.4 million
Mayweather vs de la hoya 2.4 million
Mayweather vs canelo 2.2 million
Tyson vs lewis 1.9 million
Mayweather vs cotto 1.5 million

Top 5 ppv all time.

Guess who is the only fighter you see more than once.
but no fanbase huh?

Stop hating bro. If you don't like floyd, that's understandable. But you can't change facts.

He has sold more ppv than any fighter in the history of the sport.

How can a fighter with no fanbase do that?