So, apparently Pac-Diaz did 250 thousand buys

[Kev]

I'm not a boxing business junkie but that seems pretty decent to me, especially since Diaz was a relative unknown and the undercard didn't seem like a classic.

So is Pac becoming a real star here, is he all ready one?

I don't even know why I posted this, kind of a horrible thread, bored I guess. Just looking out for the Pac fans

I actually thought the undercard was one of the better ones recently with 3 very intriguing fights. 250,000 is ok I guess, certainly not bad for such small guys, and considering Pac is not even American.

I wonder how many the Cotto Margarito fight will generate?

[RozzySean]

So much for the theory that Pac isn't a PPV fighter.

[Taeth]

That's horrible numbers IMO, I mean didn't Mayweather make 400K buys against Baldomir and Judah? And that was before he became a star... I always thought Pacquaio was a lot more popular than just 250k buys.

[CutMeMick]

I agree with Taeth (for the 1st time in a looooong time) 250 is pretty dam low if you ask me. Considering the numbers of previous PPV events. Didn't Pac do as many sells when he fought Solis?
I think Vargas-Mayorga did better then this one...

Also 250 according to who? Who put that number out?

Don't quote me on this I'm just going by memory here but I think Cotto-SSM did something like 475K, Manny-JMM did 400K, PBF-Hatton 850K, Tito-RJJ 400K.

[CutMeMick]

This here CLEARLY proves that 1 fighter alone (unless your names ODLH or Mike Tyson) does not sell a fight.

[Fenster]

I guess it's not too bad for a "little" foreign fighter in a semi-mismatch - considering NO-ONE (well there's always a few) gave Diaz a chance.

Pavlik-Taylor 2 did only 225,000.

(For Taeth )
Floyd-Baldomir - 325,000.
Floyd-Judah - 374,000.

What surprises me more is ONLY 8,000 people in attendance at Pac-Diaz. So many big American fights seem to play to small audiences

[Rican]

With Pacquiao, I don't mind shelling out the money, since I know that his fights are awesome. But I do mind with de la Hoya, whose fights are usually stinkers. If Floyd were still fighting, I would still put Manny as number one pound for pound because he has been more destructive than Floyd throughout the rise in weight. I don't think Floyd has fought many hard hitting, natural welters, and we all know Floyd skipped through the toughies at 140. Manny has fought all the hardhitters of the wieghts he has fought in.

[Beanflicker]

This here CLEARLY proves that 1 fighter alone (unless your names ODLH or Mike Tyson) does not sell a fight.

Yup I think you hit the nail right on the head.

[Larryboy]

It's pretty good, especially for a fight where everyone already knew the winner going into it. Diaz vs Morales did about 100k. Winky Wright vs Bernard Hopkins featured two long standing American veterans, and still only did about 300k. Fernando vargas has been a draw for years and did about 150k for his fight with Ricardo Mayorga.