We've gotten spoiled by the PPV numbers that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have produced over the last 3 years. Realistically, 500k buys is a huge success. Somehow, though, Mayweather and Pacquiao have put up insane PPV numbers in recent years.
So, we have to consider Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins in a different context. Jones did about 500k twice in his career, which is pretty good. He did 300+k another 4 or 5 times. Hopkins did 500+k twice as well and did 300+k another four times. So, I think the over/under on this being a successful PPV is about 250k. I think the fight will get there.
I doubt there'll be more than a few thousand people in the stands, but I think this is a fight people will pay $50 to watch on tv rather than make travel plans and shell out a grand or so to take a trip to Vegas to watch. I'm not saying people are happy about the fight being on PPV, but I think enough people want to see it enough to where it'll do ok on PPV.
The fact that Leonard is gonna be on there would make me more inclined to buy this fight. But I'd want to share the cost with my dad and he's not interested in it. And I'm not gonna pay full price for this fight. No way, no how. I haven't seen Leonard in a while now.
Who will be the commentator?
I gotta feeling its gonna be Col. Bob Sheridan as is the norm with these low budget PPV's, just hate his voice, the obese,senile retard.
Joe Tessitore I think with Sugar Ray Leonard and someone else I forget who.
Oh yea Doug Fischer
Who will be the commentator?
I gotta feeling its gonna be Col. Bob Sheridan as is the norm with these low budget PPV's, just hate his voice, the obese,senile retard.
This fight will do good.
300k is good for Jones-Hops
That would be great. They'll be lucky to get half that though. This show has the misfortune of being in between two bigger PPV's (Pac-Clottey & Floyd-Shane) and being on the same night as the NCAA basketball semis. Not to mention the built in problems like both of them being way past their primes and Roy coming off a first round TKO loss.