Comments Thread For: The Danger of The Crawford-Horn & Pacquiao-Alvarado PPV

[trainhard_187]

Well considering GGG vs Canelo is just another garbage money grab PPV. Top Ranks PPV is a little more appealing.

I say this because I thought GGG won clearly, a draw was straight robbery and a obvious rematch money grab... I dont see Canelo doing anything different other then trying to avoid GGGs pressure.

[jjsmyth87]

This is a complete bs article, nobody cares a out Pacquiao anymore really? He had the highest viewed match on cable last year, 4 million viewers against an unkown Jeff Horn. The 2nd highest ppv draw ever and still pulled in around 400k ppvs fighting Vargas Rios Algieri and Bradley 3 that werent much hyped at all. If he had a top opponent like Crawford or Thurman he could easily still get 1 mill ppv's. Hes still the 3nd biggest draw besides Canelo and Joshua. Worthless article. Crawford had the most watched fight on Hbo last year and Horn is a top welterweight as well, so how can anyone really believe this biased propaganda? Crawford is p4p #1 and Horn is a top 5 or so welterweight and Pacquiao abd Magdaleno are entertaining and so is Alvarado actually. Id much rather pay to watch this card than watch one of the bogus Showtime cards for free. How can you say the Thurman card is better when Thurman is fighting a nobody. Thurman is no Pacquiao and Alvarado is entertaining to watch. And Badou Jack and Stevenson are nowhere near Crawford in terms of Resume skills accolades and everything else. I see Jack and Horn on Jeff Horns level right now but even he has a better win on hos resume than Jack or Stevenson

[Dr.Cool]

The reason Crawford can't sell and is still mostly unknown to the U.S. is because of his opposition. Tell people this guy beat up Postol and Indongo, and when they have never heard of Postol and Indongo, it doesn't make a big impression. Crawford was weighing in 157 lbs. and more when he entered the ring for fights at 140.

Thurman has beat Porter and Garcia. Spence KO'd Brook in front of 30,000 Brook fans. G and Canelo are fighting a rematch. Loma just beat the only other 2 time Olympic champion. AJ KO'd Wlad in possibly the best hw fight in a decade or more. Mikey moved up to 140 to beat Broner. Ward and Kov fought each other twice. Then Lara-Hurd and Stevenson-Jack are both coming up. And fans are supposed to care enough to pay to watch Crawford?

Also, why would anyone think that having Crawford fight almost exclusively in Omaha would get him exposure? Or how about putting his biggest test, Postol on ppv despite this? I believe it got about 50k buys. Now he is fighting Horn, who has fought exclusively in New Zealand and Australia and isn't even a top 5 welterweight.

Crawford is that good. The problem is he fights some good opponents, but he outweighed them by a considerable margin and he has never fought an elite opponent. How about Bud fighting some of the top wws? Thurman, Spence, Porter, Garcia. Even Vargas is better than Horn. Sorry, but a rookie prospect, Prograis, is facing Bud's toughest opponent to date. That is why only hard-core fans even know the name Terence Crawford. Putting his fight with Postol and this fight with Horn on ppv is not going to have anyone see Crawford that doesn't already know him. Plus, he is fighting on the undercard. The problem isn't Crawford, the problem is that Crawford is with Arum and TR.

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300K at most.

[Dr.Cool]

This is a complete bs article, nobody cares a out Pacquiao anymore really? He had the highest viewed match on cable last year, 4 million viewers against an unkown Jeff Horn. The 2nd highest ppv draw ever and still pulled in around 400k ppvs fighting Vargas Rios Algieri and Bradley 3 that werent much hyped at all. If he had a top opponent like Crawford or Thurman he could easily still get 1 mill ppv's. Hes still the 3nd biggest draw besides Canelo and Joshua. Worthless article. Crawford had the most watched fight on Hbo last year and Horn is a top welterweight as well, so how can anyone really believe this biased propaganda? Crawford is p4p #1 and Horn is a top 5 or so welterweight and Pacquiao abd Magdaleno are entertaining and so is Alvarado actually. Id much rather pay to watch this card than watch one of the bogus Showtime cards for free. How can you say the Thurman card is better when Thurman is fighting a nobody. Thurman is no Pacquiao and Alvarado is entertaining to watch. And Badou Jack and Stevenson are nowhere near Crawford in terms of Resume skills accolades and everything else. I see Jack and Horn on Jeff Horns level right now but even he has a better win on hos resume than Jack or Stevenson

This is 2018. Nobody does care about Pac anymore. They used to. But not now.

I don't understand why you are getting all emotional over objective facts. It will be ok. Pac was a great fighter and will be in the hof. Crawford is a great fighter. Its just that the only people who watch Pac nowadays are Filipino's and the only people who watch Bud live in Omaha. It might be sad, but it is true.

[KillaMane26]

Arum killed Pacquaio stock with these lame ass in house fights....so many winnable fights out there against good opponents but nooooo. Bobbie has to ruin it

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I can't wait for this fight...

[jjsmyth87]

This is 2018. Nobody does care about Pac anymore. They used to. But not now.

I don't understand why you are getting all emotional over objective facts. It will be ok. Pac was a great fighter and will be in the hof. Crawford is a great fighter. Its just that the only people who watch Pac nowadays are Filipino's and the only people who watch Bud live in Omaha. It might be sad, but it is true.

Its not true actually. We can only go based off his last fight which pulled in 4 million viewers and was the biggest fight in Australian history. And the whole country of the phillipines still watches him yes, hes still a household name worldwide and like I said a fight with Crawford or Thurman would easily sell 800k or so ppvs so how can you say he isnt a draw. And Crawford is one of the biggest draws in boxing too you always say the dumbest things I cant tell if your a troll or what

[IMDAZED]

Its not true actually. We can only go based off his last fight which pulled in 4 million viewers and was the biggest fight in Australian history. And the whole country of the phillipines still watches him yes, hes still a household name worldwide and like I said a fight with Crawford or Thurman would easily sell 800k or so ppvs so how can you say he isnt a draw. And Crawford is one of the biggest draws in boxing too you always say the dumbest things I cant tell if your a troll or what

You’re making the case for it not being on PPV.

[jjsmyth87]

This card will easily do 500k ppvs