QUOTE (BGrif21125 @ Jun 16 2009, 11:39 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2361669
What makes me skeptical about the conspiracy theories is that I don't necessarily believe that poor tiquet sales would seriously hurt Floyd's negotiating strength when demanding a 50% or greater share against Pacquiao.
Obviously, slow tiquet sales against Marquez wouldn't help his case, but PPV buys account for the majority of a fight's revenue, not tiquet sales. And as long as Mayweather-Marquez could get more PPV buys than the ~400K that Pacquiao-Marquez II did last year (which I'm confident would happen, slow tiquet sales or not), then Floyd can show up at the negotiating table and state that Mayweather-Marquez did more PPVs than Pacquiao-Marquez, Mayweather-Hatton did more PPVs than Pacquiao-Hatton, and Mayweather-De La Hoya did more PPVs than Pacquiao-De La Hoya. And while Floyd is often guilty of making outrageous claims, in this one particular case he'd have a fairly valid point IMO.
I think slow tiquet sales for Mayweather-Marquez are due to the tickets being grossly overpriced at a time of the year (mid-summer) when people aren't itching to go to Vegas and spend several days in 110-degree heat. I do think there is a solid amount of interest in the fight from a $50 PPV standpoint.
BINGO! (bold statement) I would pay the money to watch the fight as I am sure many of us would. The bottomline for us as fans is that this fight not happening really sucks for us as it seemed we were going to have a spectacular year of fights and potential fights with all the big names fighting.
Why is September 19th the only next available date though to schedule this fight?
What makes me skeptical about the conspiracy theories is that I don't necessarily believe that poor tiquet sales would seriously hurt Floyd's negotiating strength when demanding a 50% or greater share against Pacquiao.
Obviously, slow tiquet sales against Marquez wouldn't help his case, but PPV buys account for the majority of a fight's revenue, not tiquet sales. And as long as Mayweather-Marquez could get more PPV buys than the ~400K that Pacquiao-Marquez II did last year (which I'm confident would happen, slow tiquet sales or not), then Floyd can show up at the negotiating table and state that Mayweather-Marquez did more PPVs than Pacquiao-Marquez, Mayweather-Hatton did more PPVs than Pacquiao-Hatton, and Mayweather-De La Hoya did more PPVs than Pacquiao-De La Hoya. And while Floyd is often guilty of making outrageous claims, in this one particular case he'd have a fairly valid point IMO.
I think slow tiquet sales for Mayweather-Marquez are due to the tickets being grossly overpriced at a time of the year (mid-summer) when people aren't itching to go to Vegas and spend several days in 110-degree heat. I do think there is a solid amount of interest in the fight from a $50 PPV standpoint.
BINGO! (bold statement) I would pay the money to watch the fight as I am sure many of us would. The bottomline for us as fans is that this fight not happening really sucks for us as it seemed we were going to have a spectacular year of fights and potential fights with all the big names fighting.
Why is September 19th the only next available date though to schedule this fight?