HBO's Mark Taffet expecting Marquez vs Mayweather to do 1 MILLION PPV buys!(VIDEO)

I agree, that was actually a very good interview. She covered a lot and it was clear that she did her research beforehand. Sad that the same can't even be said for ESPN sportscasters, whose jobs are to... cover sports! How can you say it's beyond expectations when both Taffet and Schaefer are on record as stating it as a target number? I will say this - regardless of the final tally, Schaefer deserves all the credit in the world for going full throttle with this promotion. A skeptic will say that was motivation behind his thinking way outside the box, but the fact of the matter is that he hustled his ass off for this one. To her credit she did say she was a fan of boxing.

Yes, on the first night of the movie's release. It is an insane amount of money generated by these megafights, its just sad that greedy promoters and managers choose not to invest money back into the sport, but rather keep the 'now' money, and let the sport suffer ultimately. I think GB is putting money into the sport, look at the card this sat, iam sure its not the cheapest to put up. They invest alot of money on promoting the fight wich brings alot of attention to boxing.

she did do well. She asked some questions that haven't been asked on tv before. Espn should be ashamed of themselves!!

She did a great job with that interview. They sidestepped the question about going head to head with the UFC but it's expected. Why give them any additional mentions in the media? The figures for the fight revenue were pretty surprising. Each one of their "megafights" is bringing in as much if not more than some of the office blockbusters. Yes, on the first night of the movie's release. It is an insane amount of money generated by these megafights, its just sad that greedy promoters and managers choose not to invest money back into the sport, but rather keep the 'now' money, and let the sport suffer ultimately.

She did a great job with that interview. They sidestepped the question about going head to head with the UFC but it's expected. Why give them any additional mentions in the media? The figures for the fight revenue were pretty surprising. Each one of their "megafights" is bringing in as much if not more than some of the office blockbusters.

I would say it won't go over 200K PPV buys. give it a rest dog, kinda pathetic.

this fight had more promotion going into it than any other boxing match in the last 5 years. if it don't do 1+ million ppv buys that will be sad.

Really? Even with the amount of marketing dollars being pumped in promotion? It would seem like they have a large margin to get back. They definitely have their work cut out for them. We all know the the gate revenue fell far below expectations, that is a fact. There are still tickets available for this fight at this very second. I don't see this fight getting more than 500K buys honestly. The public seems interested in seeing Floyd Mayweather back, but they did not want to see him fight Marquez. I agree with Dana White in that they are giving us something we never asked for. I don't know anyone who wanted to see this fight happen.

Taffet and Schaefer look like they know what they're talking about and **** all the other interviewers that chick knows what she's doing. Anything over a 600k is a success. I would say it won't go over 200K PPV buys.

Taffet and Schaefer look like they know what they're talking about and **** all the other interviewers that chick knows what she's doing. Anything over a 600k is a success. I agree, that was actually a very good interview. She covered a lot and it was clear that she did her research beforehand. Sad that the same can't even be said for ESPN sportscasters, whose jobs are to... cover sports! I say around 600-700k 1 mill would be way beyond expectations How can you say it's beyond expectations when both Taffet and Schaefer are on record as stating it as a target number? I will say this - regardless of the final tally, Schaefer deserves all the credit in the world for going full throttle with this promotion. A skeptic will say that was motivation behind his thinking way outside the box, but the fact of the matter is that he hustled his ass off for this one.

Taffet and Schaefer look like they know what they're talking about and **** all the other interviewers that chick knows what she's doing. Anything over a 600k is a success. Really? Even with the amount of marketing dollars being pumped in promotion? It would seem like they have a large margin to get back.

I think this fight would not do more than 700k buys.

Doesn't go over 800k imo. I would predict lower but ticket sales to see the fight have been slow so I'm guessing people rather stay home and watch it.

Taffet and Schaefer look like they know what they're talking about and **** all the other interviewers that chick knows what she's doing. Anything over a 600k is a success.

600K would be a sucess. It ain't doing 1mill, I know that much.

I say around 600-700k 1 mill would be way beyond expectations

Like i said before i would be surprise if this fight do over 500K but with the hype the fight got over the last few days i wouldnt be shocked if it did over that.

It ain't doing more than 700K, but that in itself isn't really bad either,