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According to Sports Business Daily, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey HBO pay-per-view registered 700,000 pay-per-view buys with $35.3 million dollars in revenue. A crowd of nearly 51,000 boxing fans turned out to watch Pacquiao retain his WBO welterweight title by dominating Clottey for a twelve round decision at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg was very pleased with the number. He expected around 500,000-600,000 buys.

“We didn’t think Manny could carry the load to this degree. He’s attracting more than just the hardcore boxing fan," Greenburg.

That is great for no 24/7 and no dance partner.

Mayweather-Mosley will DESTROY that number... My guess is they come close to 2 million!

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Does anyone know how much Clottey made?

It makes sense to me that if the fight generated $20MM plus for Arum/Pac, that throwing Clottey $3MM with the idea that he wouldn't under any circumstances win the fight would have been a very wise business move.

There really isn't any other explanation for why Clottey was so unwilling to throw punches in those final rounds - because God knows he had the energy.

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Does anyone know how much Clottey made?

It makes sense to me that if the fight generated $20MM plus for Arum/Pac, that throwing Clottey $3MM with the idea that he wouldn't under any circumstances win the fight would have been a very wise business move.

There really isn't any other explanation for why Clottey was so unwilling to throw punches in those final rounds - because God knows he had the energy.

Actually there is another explanantion. Review some of Clottey's previous fights. The guy has a talenet for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. He doesn't have the killer instinct. He lets events dominate him despite his natural ability. In other words that crucial 80% mental toughness that he needs to win the big ones he doesn't have.

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Actually there is another explanantion. Review some of Clottey's previous fights. The guy has a talenet for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. He doesn't have the killer instinct. He lets events dominate him despite his natural ability. In other words that crucial 80% mental toughness that he needs to win the big ones he doesn't have.

The first thing is that I find it impossible to believe that anyone could rewatch/rescore the Clottey-Cotto fight and come away with the idea that Clottey didn't win AT LEAST 7 rounds.

Second, it is interesting to note that all 3 of his high profile losses (Baldomir loss was rediculous as he was up on all 3 scorecards) were against high profile Arum fighters (Pac, Marg, Cotto).

Third - Pac's face was pretty messed up for the number of punches Clottey threw. Clottey had to know his punches were heavier and cleaner than anything Pac had experienced before.

Fourth - unlike the Cotto or Marg fights, Clottey clearly could have gone another 3 or 4 rounds against Pac. His energy was obviously there when the bell rang.

Fifth - Clottey knew for absolutely damn sure that this would be his last big shot and his last big payday if he lost.

Finally - seriously, if anyone had told you that Clottey would be an opponent for Pac while Pac was waiting on a $25MM payday from Floyd, wouldn't you automatically question the logic/sanity of that decision on Arum's part? Doesn't it make sense to ask the question - particularly when the evidence is that Clottey played the role so perfectly?

The bottom line is that Clottey's punches were doing more damage than Pac's, Clottey knew it, Clottey had tons of energy left to mount the final attack, and HE DIDN'T EVEN TRY. I don't believe that a guy who goes from abject poverty in Ghana to the Bronx and spends every day of his life in the gym has a character problem of the magnitude required for him to just roll over when his whole life was on the line - unless he was paid off.