Sales from De La Hoya-Pacquiao produce boxing's second-biggest gate

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    Damn that DLH! He's a smart motherf*cker. "F*ck the hardcore fans who call this fight a farce". That's probably what he's saying.:lol:
     
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    "With Golden Boy, Top Rank and the MGM taking large chunks of tickets before the public sale, only a few thousand tickets were available."



    I don't understand. How do they come up with $17Mill in ticket sales if most of the tickets are comped?

    Are they just adding up the face value of all the tickets printed and throwing out a number to market the fight for the rest of us assholes?
     
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    The casino's purchase the tickets then give them to high rollers...the key is they PURCHASE the tickets. Plus, DLH and Pacquaio will get a block of tickets as well.

    Thomas Hauser wrote an article late last year or early this year regarding Mayweather-Hatton and how both guys got a huge alottment of tickets then sold above face value.

    Hatton got something like $3 million in tickets, raised the price by 30% then sold to his Brit fans...he pocketed the difference...very interesting article.
     
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    I wonder if the I.R.S. read that particular hauser articule?
     
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    I just found out that you have to have a $500 a hand average bet to get a comp ticket. wow.:bangh:
     
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    maybe you can get comped in the first 10 rows for closed circuit, small time
     
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    yeah $$ is tight...i just bought a 3k sq foot house in Henderson.
     
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    So, if the news is even remotedly accurate, this is a fight that people want. It is a crap event for sure, but top level boxing is entertainment business and nothing else, and this shows that people care more about events and stories than actual boxing.
     
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    Considering that Floyd has had tax problems in the past, I'm sure a copy of the article landed on the desks of more than a few agents.
     
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    Considering that Floyd has had tax problems in the past, I'm sure a copy of the article landed on the desks of more than a few agents.

    I wonder if they pulled episodes of "24/7" and checked to see if Floyd paid taxes on his gambling winnings he's so proud of.
     
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