MGM Hints Ties With Arum May Be Over

[Ivansmamma]

Having fewer venues to choose from gives more bargaining power to the venues when your deal with them so it's not good news for Arum.

[Deevel916]

Don't forget Mikey Garcia filing a lawsuit against him too.

Mikey is going to end up shelving himself just like Ward.

[Ray*]

This would only hurt ONE person Arum, there is a reason why he ran back from Macau. You need companies like the MGM to back you period! You would rather have them with you than against you.

[Wizardsh]

This should have been handled weeks before fight and behind close doors. Not crying to the media and telling to boycott MGM

Come on be realistic MGM didn't give a fuk about removing the advertising. Very unprofessional of them. It's good that mgm got embarrassed in public and MGM has done this before not just for boxing events. They deserve the negative press that bob gave them. I bet MGM will think twice about promoting different events that are different then the one for that night from now on.

[ModernTalking]

I don't give a F if it's MGM or Mandalay Bay, if you're hosting a fight for someone but have advertisement for another fight...F U. That zhit is just wrong from a business stand point.

[Larry the boss]

MGM will be loyal to Floyd..he is the MGM and that is why when you drive by there you see his image..he his fights 2 times a year make them well over 100 million.and Floyd is loyal to them

[MaskedMurderer]

How many bridges can Bob burn before he dies? Is this on his bucket list or something?

He goes out with BANGS not POWS!

[Ivansmamma]

Come on be realistic MGM didn't give a fuk about removing the advertising. Very unprofessional of them. It's good that mgm got embarrassed in public and MGM has done this before not just for boxing events. They deserve the negative press that bob gave them. I bet MGM will think twice about promoting different events that are different then the one for that night from now on.

Yeah it's unprofessional what MGM did but so is antagonizing your business partner to the point of them not making business with you no more. Arum has a tendency to let his temper get the better of him.

[lfc19titles]

Lol this will only hurt mgm, not arum at all, just think about


Mgm should have apologized for being so unprofessional, putting up rival posters in a mega event, what a bunch of morons

[Mitchell Kane]

This would only hurt ONE person Arum, there is a reason why he ran back from Macau. You need companies like the MGM to back you period! You would rather have them with you than against you.

We'll see what happens with Macau.

From ESPN:

Back in the States, the Pacquiao-Rios bout will generate approximately 500,000 PPV buys, a mediocre number compared with the 1.15 million for Pacquiao's previous bout. No matter: Arum knew the fight went out to an estimated 300 million Chinese homes. Pay-per-view hasn't yet taken hold in these parts, but with time, Arum envisions a $5 to $6 PPV fee. That's paltry stateside, but 20 million buys (less than 2 percent of the Chinese population) would mean $100 million in revenue. "My goal now in Macau is a series of fights, one per quarter," Arum says. "We have to establish a fan base around Zou. Then hopefully bring Manny back next year. I'm committed to China now as well as Vegas."