Dan Rafael: Cotto vs Canelo PPV surpasses 900,000 PPV buys

[Xi_]

If a side b side is more important to you than just making the fight, its ok. I think you're lame, but its ok. Do you.

Nobody gives a crap about what you think tbh.......having an a side and b side is pretty much tradition in boxing which goes all the way back to srr days and later..... you think that's going to change because some f@990t(such as yourself)on nsb doesn't think it's right? Gtfoh.

[Fetta]

Only 2 fights deserved PPV, this was one

[MrRolltide91]

Thats huge. When was the last time a fight that didn't include Mayweather or Pacquiao hit 1mil?

De La Hoya-Hopkins?

Let the new era begin.

Yea in 2004....

[MrRolltide91]

Besides a mayweather rematch and ggg, canelo doesn't have any superfights in the near future.

[Aztekkas]

What do you mean, there's 0 difference.

Give or take a few thousand, I reckon it's about as even as it gets.

[Aztekkas]

Besides a mayweather rematch and ggg, canelo doesn't have any superfights in the near future.

Right, same goes for GGG. Well, aside from Canelo.. What other choices does he have? No Floyd, No Cotto, No Andre Ward... David vs GGG II?

[Scipio2009]

You sad or something about Gi Gi bro?

Nothing to be sad about; just speaking facts.

Never in the history of PPV have projections for a show been disclosed even before the HBO/Showtime replay of the event. Spin it however you want.

[Scipio2009]

Besides a mayweather rematch and ggg, canelo doesn't have any superfights in the near future.

Canelo vs Chavez Jr is always going to be in the cue (especially if Chavez Jr can finally show the discipline to campaign at 168lbs)

[Don Pichardo]

why would it be awesome "for boxing" if Cotto-Canelo does over 900k? Cotto-Canelo wasn't really a fight that the public was thirsting for to begin with. Congrats for Oscar not seeing his company go under (which likely helped him feel confident enough to pull the Ring Magazine shenanigans), but that's about it.

Your post oddly answers itself. If a fight that the public was not thirsting for sells a million ppvs at 70 a pop then boxing is live and doing very well. That means boxing is doing "good".

[big_james10]

danrafael

No #CottoCanelo PPV figs yet. Will be few days but based on early satellite numbers, source involved told me it's a lock to do at least 900k

Dan Rafael's sources consists of promoters who inflate the numbers. So, what this really means is that the fight sold around 700,000 PPVs. That is a lot more than I expected, but neither one is threatening to surpass Mayweather as the PPV king.