Mayweather Jr. Dominates Pacquiao in all Factors
Million Buys Confirms Who is King
By Andrew Lapachet
Primer Round Magazine
www.Profightnetwork.com
Floyd Mayweather proved once again who is King of this sport as he dominated Manny Pacquiao’s archrival Juan Manuel Marquez in a twelve round sparring match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A fight that was built on Floyd’s absence and Marquez’ skills took no part of what played out Saturday night. From the opening bell to the finishing one, Mayweather was on point like he never missed a day. If he wasn’t hitting Marquez with combos or jabs he was ducking five-punch combinations from Marquez making him look like an amateur. It was a brilliant return fight for the P-4-P Champion as he once again showed who was King of boxing.
Say what you want about the weight issue, at the end it really didn’t matter because Marquez couldn’t even land a punch. The same man who lost by one single point in a 24 round slugfest with the current #1 P-4-P fighter couldn’t even compete with Mayweather who entered the ring after a two year lay-off and injury. Weight takes away from power – not from skills and on this night Marquez looked nothing like the man once described as the best technician in the game. That title, as well as best fighter in the world, now belongs to Floyd Mayweather and he proved it in more ways than fighting.
HBO just announced this week that the fight hit the million buy mark on the PPV charts making Floyd the most dominant figure on the PPV market right now. In his last three fights, the Money Man has brought in over 4 million PPV buys to HBO and over 1 and half million PPV buys internationally. Mayweather/Hatton did over a million for Sky Sports who were also telecasting this fight. (The numbers haven’t been released for this event yet.)
Before this night, the buzz in the boxing world concerning Floyd’s rise in popularity was about the opponents he was being matched up with and not actually Mayweather himself. Many felt Pacquiao had become the bigger draw in the sport, when in fact the numbers show Mayweather, compared to any of Pac-Man’s super fights, always ends up ahead if not doubling his totals. In the Hatton fight, Pretty Boy beats Pac-man by a hundred thousand (+850,000/+950,000) and in both fights, Marquez (450,00/1million) and De La Hoya (1.2 mill/2.4 mill) show Mayweather doubles Pacquiao’s numbers.
A strong point was made this weekend on just how far the gap is between Manny and Floyd. First, look at the fight to see how Mayweather totally dismantled a style that gave Pacquiao back-to-back problems and secondly, HBO delivers PPV numbers Pacquiao/Marquez 2 could only dream of. Seriously, there’s not too much left in the arsenal for the Philippino Icon to stand on going into negotiations with the Money Man. He’s beat in almost every category and I’ll take it one step further: when you look at how much more money the Mexican fan base pays to see Mayweather rather than Pacquiao, is it even fair to call Pacquiao the Mexican Assassin? Remember, he lost to Morales and many believe he lost to Marquez twice, where Mayweather beat Hernandez, De La Hoya, Castillo, Corrales and now Marquez.
The scary part about this scenario is that the fight never gets made because neither side will budge on the money. In this case, I feel it has to be Team Pacquiao that gives a little in negotiating. Mayweather is undefeated, has beaten the same list of fighters that made Pac-man a star and did it with twice as many people watching. The Marquez and Dela Hoya fights stand out the most because now Mayweather can say he brings twice as many Mexican fans than Pacquiao and while the numbers would agree, I don’t know if team Pacquiao does.
If Pacquiao gets by Cotto in November, he’s going to have to make one of the biggest decisions of his career. Floyd made his statements through PPV and he’s going to stand behind those numbers all the way through. If this fight materializes, Pacquiao is going to have to come down considerably compared to the ridiculous initial offer of 60-40. I said it before and I’ll say it again: Mayweather won’t even step into the building at that start point.
No matter what happens on November 14th, if Pacquiao’s PPV numbers don’t match Mayweather’s buys – neither will their checks…that is, if they ever do fight.
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