Floyd Mayweather - Ortiz PPV only generated 250,000 PPV
This is an inside scoop coming from the recently replaced HBO boss (name witheld).
Dela Hoya and Schaeffer's Goldern Boy Promotions have made a deal with the new HBO administration to not make public the paltry PPV about Floyd's latest fight so as not to tarnish Floyd's PPV drawing power.
Don't ask me for more details. This was a chat conversation I had with a friend who has existing connection with the previous and current HBO administration.
250,000 is it folks! No wonder why nothing was said about the PPV numbers. That cat is out of the bag.
Now Floyd fans, there's not much proof why Floydie is not the attraction, anytime anywhere! It is PACMAN.
I personally thought the 250,000 buys is low. On the other hand, there's a legitimate reason why they hid the numbers from the public. This never happened before, never in any of Floyd's PPV fights did HBO decide not to publish the numbers. The not so good news, this is permanent. HBO stroke a deal with Golden Boy to not publish it.
You may call the numbers low, super low, over low, below the belt. Call it as you may, no problem. The 250,000 buys stands like a shame. the bigger shame is to Floyd Mayweather's command price in his future fight. Golden Boy and Floydie no longer can demand even a 50-50 split if that mega fight with PACMAN happens, never. 250,000 is not in PACMAN's current buying rate.
The reason for hiding the numbers stands a mystery but it all has got to do with a very disappointing PPV buys of the Floyd-Ortiz, nothing more. Disappointing is still an over-priced word in this regard
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