Pacquiao-Algieri brings in just over 300,000 PPV buys, says Glaser

By Chris Williams: In what has to be interpreted as terrible news for Top Rank and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs), his fight against Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) last month brought in just over 300,000 pay-per-view buys, according to boxing businessman Rick Glaser. The 300,000, if true, is the lowest pay-per-view number Pacquiao has brought in since earlier in his career.

The reason why it’s such a negative thing that Pacquiao brought in such a low figure for his fight against Algieri is due to Pacquiao wanting to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. If Pacquiao only brought in a little over 300,000 for the Algieri fight then it makes it difficult for him and his promoter Bob Arum to justify asking for a purse split of 60-40 or better.

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Pacquiao will defeat Algieri tonight

by Bob Smith1-Pacquiao_Algieri_weighin_141121_004a: For nearly a year and a half, your noted author has written informative and incisive articles and occasionally has even made predictions of upcoming matches, the majority of which were correct, with the notable exceptions of the Martinez-Cotto match up and the recent domination of Hopkins by Kovalev.

In researching the Pacquiao-Algieri fight, I came across a very insightful video that compared and contrasted Pacquaio and Mayweather, I thought very effectively.

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Live Stream: Pacquiao – Algieri Weigh-In – 7pm ET

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World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the officials who will work tomorrow, November 22, in the world title defenses of WBO champions Manny Pacquiao (welterweight) and Vasyl Lomachenko (featherweight), to take place at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort in Macao, China, in a Top Rank presentation.

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Roach concerned with Pacquiao’s huge entourage

roach777By Jim Dower: Trainer Freddie Roach was concerned with his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s huge entourage that boarded the plan this week to fly over to Macau, China to watch him fight Chris Algieri at the Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena.

Roach feels that many of the members of Pacquiao’s entourage are guys that he doesn’t know by name. Roach thinks that this large group of people could ultimately be a distraction for Pacquiao as he tries to relax and get ready for his tough title defense against Algieri.

Roach says he spoke to Pacquiao about his views about the entourage. The large group of people took two planes, and there were 380 people on those planes. Some of the people were part of Team Pacquiao. It’s unclear just how many of the members of the entourage are simply there to support him without having an official capacity.

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Pacquiao vs. Algieri – Will the Underdog Win Again?

pac995By Suleyman Can Sucu We are two days away from the Manny Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri fight on Saturday night in Macau, China and there isn’t that much hype about this much. Why is that? The main reason is not many people think Chris Algieri has a chance against the legendary Manny Pacquiao.

Everyone is already discussing who Pacquiao will fight next but not the possible outcomes of this fight. I do not agree with this. Algieri is in this fight and I believe he has a shot in winning this fight and proving all his doubters wrong.

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How will Pacquiao-Algieri pan out

pac553By Sam: Everyone has a chance to win any particular boxing match, but, if ring experience and IQ are considered, you can’t in any way say that Chris Algieri can beat Manny Pacquiao this Saturday.

You may have a gut feeling that Chris Algieri may win or you may want him to win because he is an underdog, but, if you have enough knowledge in boxing you will know that it is just restricted to that.

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Will Manny Pacquiao end his 5 year KO drought against Chris Algieri?

pac55By Gerardo Granados: Next Saturday at the Venetian Resort, Macau, China; the WBO welter belt holder Manny Pacquiao W56(38)-L5-D2 will fight against undefeated WBO light welter Chris Algieri W29(8)-L0-D0.

Meanwhile, Algieri barely survived the savage onslaught of Ruslan Provodnikov to win the light welter strap; Pacquiao defeated Tim Bradley by decision but once again was unable to win by KO or stoppage.

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Pacquiao: The aggressiveness is back

pac666By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs) claims he’s rediscovered his long lost aggressiveness that disappeared almost overnight five years ago in 2009 following a win over Miguel Cotto.

Since that fight, Pacquiao’s aggressiveness disappeared and along with it his knockouts. However, Pacquiao, 35, feels that his long lost aggressiveness will be all display for fans to see this Saturday night on November 22nd in his fight against Chris Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs) at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, in Macao S.A.R., China.

The Pacquiao-Algieri fight will be televised on HBO pay-per-view for those boxing fans interested in seeing the fight.

“We did our best in training and we’ve seen from the old days the speed, the power, the determination, the aggressiveness is back,” Pacquiao said via Fightnews.com.

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