StillUnknown Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/pacquiao-says-borrowing-typhoon-aid-110326798--spt.html I hope this isn't a serious issue for Pac. I've read other stories from people close to him that says he spends his money faster than he makes it. I would hate to see him fighting well beyond the point of reason simply because he needs the funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) http://sports.yahoo.com/news/pacquiao-says-borrowing-typhoon-aid-110326798--spt.html I hope this isn't a serious issue for Pac. I've read other stories from people close to him that says he spends his money faster than he makes it. I would hate to see him fighting well beyond the point of reason simply because he needs the funds. Tough to KO the Philippino IRS. Edited November 26, 2013 by mboyd784 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALEOVECHKIN Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Jesus Christ: Pacquiao said the tax office took the action because it believed he had evaded paying 2.2 billion pesos ($50.2 million) in taxes on his fights in the United States in 2008 and 2009 when he was at the peak of his career and earning tens of millions of dollars. I did notice in the lead up to this fight Dan Rafael and Arum were hyping up how Pacquiao's guarantee was tax free, now I see why. Hope he gets this straightened out and isn't like Shane Mosley, who is fighting at 3:30 AM in Australia on a Wednesday (tonight/tom morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Jesus Christ: Pacquiao said the tax office took the action because it believed he had evaded paying 2.2 billion pesos ($50.2 million) in taxes on his fights in the United States in 2008 and 2009 when he was at the peak of his career and earning tens of millions of dollars. I did notice in the lead up to this fight Dan Rafael and Arum were hyping up how Pacquiao's guarantee was tax free, now I see why. Hope he gets this straightened out and isn't like Shane Mosley, who is fighting at 3:30 AM in Australia on a Wednesday (tonight/tom morning). Freddie Roach said a while back that Pac basically has some MC Hammer in him. He's trying to care of too many people and its bleeding him dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Just watched Antonio Uber Tarver beat a dude by 3 knockdown rule on FS1. The first uppercut came from the other side of the world, no idea how that guy didn't go night night. Surprised to see Tarver still fighting. Will never forget the night RJJ's run was ended. Edited November 27, 2013 by d0ublestr0ker0ll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Just watched Antonio Uber Tarver beat a dude by 3 knockdown rule on FS1. The first uppercut came from the other side of the world, no idea how that guy didn't go night night. Surprised to see Tarver still fighting. Will never forget the night RJJ's run was ended. In other news, Sugar Shane Mosley lost again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Shane quit due to back spasms. His first KO lost. Didn't see the fight, but according to various articles, he was getting beat. Will check the video later. Hopefully, this quickens his retirement. No need for him to keep embarassing himself. His divorce cost him just about everything and he's fighting for peanuts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Kovalev might be the pound for pound hardest puncher in boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 That was a good KO. That guy didn't know what the heck hit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Kovalev is a killer, he has that rare power. He has to fight Stevenson next, provided Stevenson wins his fight in a few minutes. Stevenson has a damn good punch of his own, but he sounded kind of skittish last time out when asked about fighting Kovalev. If Stevenson won't fight him, I'd love to see Ward test himself and fight Kovalev at 175. There is nothing left for Ward at 168. Edited December 1, 2013 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Fireworks at Light Heavy! The Kovalev/Stevenson matchup should be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Dude does not want to fight Kovalev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Stevenson don't want Kovalev at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 That was a good stoppage. If it wasn't for the ropes, Bellew would be laying in press row. Stevenson did a lot of head hunting. It paid off in this fight, but I think Kovalev gets him. Can't wait for that fight. Ward does need to move up. The winner of Kovalev/Stevenson is a good fight for him. He will be looking for some big $$$ and PPV event soon. We'll see how HBO treats him. Or he can stay and fight Pasqual/Bute winner at 168. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 If you saw Stevenson's post fight interview, he won't be fighting Kovalev anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Chris MannixVerified account @ChrisMannixSI Bob Arum tells SI that Pacquiao-Rios pay per view numbers are somewhere between 500,000 and 550,000. Bradley/Marquez was said to be around 350k-375k. Thats a bad number for Pacquiao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I think the numbers are pretty much where they should have been. Rios is practically an unknown, plus the fight was in China. It didn't have that big Vegas style buildup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Looking more and more likely that Khan is getting Floyd next. ****ty fight for a PPV and the numbers will probably reflect it, unless they find a way to stack the undercard again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Looking more and more likely that Khan is getting Floyd next. ****ty fight for a PPV and the numbers will probably reflect it, unless they find a way to stack the undercard again. They'll stack the undercard with a great card featuring a major Mexican.fighter and Floyd will take all the credit if the PPV does good numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 They'll stack the undercard with a great card featuring a major Mexican.fighter and Floyd will take all the credit if the PPV does good numbers. As he should, there are all of 3 Mexican fighters who can move a PPV needle: Canelo, JCC JR, & JMM (and I'm stretching it with the last 2). None of those 3 will be on the undercard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 As he should, there are all of 3 Mexican fighters who can move a PPV needle: Canelo, JCC JR, & JMM (and I'm stretching it with the last 2). None of those 3 will be on the undercard. But he'll have someone like Garcia or maybe Broner on his undercard which will help his numbers. Call me crazy but I think Floyd is a bit overrated as a PPV draw. I do not put him in the class of Tyson or De La Hoya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALEOVECHKIN Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Rafael: As for Pacquiao's opponent in April, Arum said there are three names under consideration: a fifth fight with Marquez, a rematch with welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley (who claimed a highly controversial split decision against Pacquiao in June 2012), and newly crowned junior middleweight titlist Ruslan Provodnikov of Russia. Pac-Bradley, Pac-Marquez 642, Pac-Provodnikov are all solid fights (a trillion times better than Pac-Rios) but I think Pac-Marquez will be the biggest PPV draw by far. 500,000 PPV buys is pretty bad for the #2 draw in the sport. Hopefully these future PPVs take the Floyd-Canelo approach and stack the undercard. Helps build stars and makes the $60+ price tag easier to swallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALEOVECHKIN Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 But he'll have someone like Garcia or maybe Broner on his undercard which will help his numbers. Call me crazy but I think Floyd is a bit overrated as a PPV draw. I do not put him in the class of Tyson or De La Hoya. He's no where near Tyson as a draw, Tyson is in a whole different class IMO. Mayweather has had 6 fights draw a million buys and Pacquiao has 6 as well (going off of wiki numbers). DLH is hard to quantify because he didn't have too many massive million plus buy shows but money wise he's either #1 or #2 because he constantly drew against good competition. I think it goes Tyson, DLH, Mayweather, Pacquiao as all-time draws. I still think Mayweather-Pacquaio would be a ridiculously huge money making fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) I think Pacquiao fights Bradley. That fight makes the most sense plus it's probably the safest fight. Bradley says Provodnikov hits harder than Pacquiao, let's see him fight Pacquiao the same way he fought Provodnikov. Provodnikov would make the least amount of money PLUS it's the most dangerous fight out of the three. I believe Pacquiao would KO JMM if they fought again BUT anything can happen in a Pac/JMM fight. I'm sure they'd be some strict drug test this time around. Edited December 5, 2013 by DM72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) But he'll have someone like Garcia or maybe Broner on his undercard which will help his numbers. Call me crazy but I think Floyd is a bit overrated as a PPV draw. I do not put him in the class of Tyson or De La Hoya. I call you crazy for that one. Tyson was a different category, I doubt we see anything quite like that again in this lifetime. He's not Tyson, but he could end up next to DLH, and he's held the mantle for this era. All mega events require a good "B" side to make them a spectacle, something that reaches beyond the typical boxing crowd. There have been 2 PPV's to go over 2 million buys, and Floyd was a part of both. Against DLH, he was the "B" side, against Canelo, he was the "A". Edited December 5, 2013 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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