Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter Rejects Talk of PPV Doing Poorly

[vitali1999]

Big drama show, I thought casuals love knockouts and only tuned in to see floyd lose? So they tuned in because he black and decisions everyone? Face it he not as hyped as y'all claimed he was taking over the sport as y'all claimed and going have to step up his competition and venture out that deada$$ mw division

Get a grip. It's the new world. You have to fight like a *** to be expected

[-PBP-]

Has anyone ever wondered why so many here are concerned with what numbers fights do? I thought you liked the actual fight because you're supposedly boxing fans. This is what this place has become.

Hell no. I'm not letting this slide. Golovkin groupies and hit team have been playing the numbers game for months now. Talking about how so and so isn't a big enough draw and how GGG is the next great PPV attraction. Now all of the sudden its "Come on guys, can't we all just get along and be boxing fans for once."? No sir. Dudes need to eat their crow and make better fights.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Loeffler's nickname might as well be "Damage Control"

[Cinci Champ]

Typical lowlife scum racism talk.

Where did GGG flop?

Cotto first PPV 60k

Golovkin first PPV 150k

Sold out MSG (20600) tickets, and all forums and boxingsites are full of GGG praise, and you said he flopped?

If you DKSAB then why do you even post? Look for another hobby.. or watch your hero Ward how he bullies some undersized australian schoolkid.

I am still laughing about Ward.

oh give me a break with this childish racism excuse most people who are tired of the hype are white

[Cinci Champ]

If Golovkin spray painted him self black and won all his fights by decision instead of knockouts then he would generate over a million ppv buys everytime. But he's not a sell-out. Poser. Hail to the new king

is that all u ggg fans think about is race? good grief

[IMDAZED]

is that all u ggg fans think about is race? good grief

They've been quite emotional upon realizing no one tuned into that **** Saturday night.

[Deevel916]

Whether it was 100k or 150k, I dont think anyone outside of GGG's team thought this would be a ppv hit. You have a Kazakh fighting an unknown Canadian for the first time on PPV.

I see people comparing it to Floyd's first ppv results. Lets not forget that Floyd's first ppv was against a very popular fighter in Arturo Gatti. I can still remember the promotion slogan for that fight. "Thunder vs Lightening. That fight did 350k buys. What GGG just did would have been the equivalent of Floyd facing a guy like Diego Chavez on his first ppv appearance. I can see that fight at that time doing similar numbers.

At the end of the day this was a fight that had no business being on PPV and hopefully they learned their lesson.

And just to clarify, this fight wasnt put on ppv because HBO thought it would be a big hit. It was a ppv bout in order to satisfy the purses of both parties involved.

[j0zef]

I love how all the haters in this thread are ignoring the fact that HBO vp said the event did fine and they didn't lose money.

Why are people arguing? Just read the op.

[Deevel916]

I love how all the haters in this thread are ignoring the fact that HBO vp said the event did fine and they didn't lose money.

Why are people arguing? Just read the op.

Well they have to say that. They're not going to say they lost money whether they did or didnt.

[ThatDude44]

http://www.secondsout.com/usa-boxing...th-cotto-judah

So maybe GGG will reach Cotto prime PPV status by the time he's 42. Good luck.