Floyd Mayweather does $94M in PPV
They don't call Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Money" for nothing.
Mayweather's junior middleweight title victory against Miguel Cotto on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated a whopping 1.5 million pay-per-view buys and $94 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue, HBO Sports announced Friday.
The performance ranks as the second-highest grossing pay-per-view for a non-heavyweight fight in history.
Nike Urged To Drop Pacquiao For Anit-Gay Marriage Speech
One of the world's pound-for-pound boxing kings of this era, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, has dug himself a huge hole with his recent statements made against gay marriage. As it is a well known fact, Pacman is a highly religious individual. He kneels down in the corner of the ring and prays to God before and after every fight that he has. It is because of this that he voiced his opinion negatively against President Obama's recent announcement that he supports gay marriage.
Manny Pacquiao Not Happy With President Obama
Aside from being regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by some, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, is a member of the Philippines legislature, the host of a weekly TV game show, and owner of a vegetable business. Outside of all of those things, he is a very devout follower of the Christian faith. After President Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to publicly verbalize his support for gay marriage, Manny Pacquiao has verbally expressed his disgust in the President's support of gay marriage.
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