Mayweather/Cotto PPV Buys over 2 million???? and $12 million dollar gate #5 all-time

the $12million gate is a great gate but could be a problem with may/pac since pac/cotto did less than $9million. I will wait for the official numbers 4 ppv since numbers always get put out b4 the actual number is released (wrestlemania 28 was rumoured 2 have done 1.9million but did 1.3million). Also didnt mosley/canelo/ortiz share a ppv b4 and only do just over 100.000 buys, so i dont think canelo can take all the credit.

It was Cinco De Mayo of course the ppv will sell, Mexico love their boxing, Sanelo and Cotto... Yes mexican fans love their fighters, but dont forget that it depends really on the competition.. Marquez did good with Pac, but what did he do PPV buy wise in his last fight, dismal at best...... I havent even seen any numbers.... So dont act like mexicans are buying the bulk of the PPV'S..... A GOOD PORTION, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM... ASK yourself what did Cotto Margarito 2 do?? With the hype about loaded gloves etc, what did it do????

Don't matter he's: Young undefeated mexican backed by oscar good looking(no homo) Could do very well if he started acting in telemundo soaps Mexicans love this kid already. HE WONT EVEN DO 500K BUYS BY HIMSELF THOUGH. This works two ways, canelo is getting exposure off the mayweather brand. Think about it, when FLOYD FOUGHT Ortiz, Canelo was there wasnt he??? Or the fight prior, now I ask you, how many people really know about Canelo or rather would know about canelo, if he wasnt on the PPV undercard of the biggest draw in boxing??? (FLOYD) Its a revolving door. You really think Shane vs Canelo would have sold a half million PPV'S? HELL NAW IT WOULDNT!!! But it was a decent addition to the card that already existed. Ring Kings was not really talking about Canelo, or Mosley or Vargas etc. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CANELO 24/7...... Stop hating dude.....

The red above has been done for the past few Floyd and Pac fights. I went to the store, and noticed that the Tecate promotion was not labeled, nor did I hear much about that. I felt that was a lost opportunity on CDM. Overall, I'd say the promotion was fine. Solid. But not particularly good. I don't know if Floyd fighting so soon after the Ortiz bout is a plus or a negative. On one hand, he stayed in the public eye. On the other hand, this promotion lost a sense of drama in the "Floyd's back!" sense. I don't recall them doing the 24/7 on multiple channel until after Manny bolted and they had to win him back or it might have been used with Floyd first when they were pulling out all the stops to outdo Showtime/CBS that year. For the Manny-Cotto fight I don't recall them using much of Time Warner's other properties, they have been doing that much better recently and is not new but I think there is a difference when comparing these two fights. I could be remembering wrong though. I think the Ortiz fight helped, the way it ended left people salty and unsure if Floyd still had it left, people dig mystery like that.

Of course he can and will take it. And, his fans will give it to him. However, Schafer is saying this. I'm sorry Schafer word is not gospel. It's no better than Arum throwing numbers out. I agree, Schaefer is known for talking sh-t.... I can see this fight doing 1.6 though.... In this type of economic climate, 2 million would actually be better than Floyd vs Oscar giving account to the economic climate...... But schaefer also said Ortiz vs Floyd was gonna do 2 million....LOL

One thing that stuck out to me, was I was watching WWE and they big upped the fight a lot in the build up to Wrestlemania. They had this whole angle about Big Shows embarrassing Wrestlemania moments and Floyd was on a bunch everytime they brough up the fight, how Floyd is one of if not the best boxer in the world, and how there was no shame in Big Show getting knocked out by Floyd with brass knuckles. Another thing was I saw 24/7 everywhere, HBO,TNT after the NBA games and on CNN. Plus using their sport properties to really promote both NBA and MLB which they have been doing but I don't think they did that as much with Manny-Cotto. I also saw this fight preview that was done for ATT U-Verse, it was kind of like the old HBO countdowns. I also saw mad commecials, I thought they were cheesy the one with the lion but I saw it both in english and spanish many times. The red above has been done for the past few Floyd and Pac fights. I went to the store, and noticed that the Tecate promotion was not labeled, nor did I hear much about that. I felt that was a lost opportunity on CDM. Overall, I'd say the promotion was fine. Solid. But not particularly good. I don't know if Floyd fighting so soon after the Ortiz bout is a plus or a negative. On one hand, he stayed in the public eye. On the other hand, this promotion lost a sense of drama in the "Floyd's back!" sense.

What elements of this promotion did you think were particularly good? I'd say that this 24/7 was Floyd's worst, and the other parts of the promotion (pressers, interviews, FaceOff, etc) seemed low-key and standard. One thing that stuck out to me, was I was watching WWE and they big upped the fight a lot in the build up to Wrestlemania. They had this whole angle about Big Shows embarrassing Wrestlemania moments and Floyd was on a bunch everytime they brough up the fight, how Floyd is one of if not the best boxer in the world, and how there was no shame in Big Show getting knocked out by Floyd with brass knuckles. Another thing was I saw 24/7 everywhere, HBO,TNT after the NBA games and on CNN. Plus using their sport properties to really promote both NBA and MLB which they have been doing but I don't think they did that as much with Manny-Cotto. I also saw this fight preview that was done for ATT U-Verse, it was kind of like the old HBO countdowns. I also saw mad commecials, I thought they were cheesy the one with the lion but I saw it both in english and spanish many times.

That figure was reported by Fat Dan like jro said, and you're the first person I've seen question it. It is factual. Cotto is a big draw as well. I did not see it so i`m not gonna believe nothing i did`nt see.And i know Cotto is a big draw as well.

F that *****,who the hell you think i am,i aint gonna believe anything till i see some sources.I don`t listen to no claims. That figure was reported by Fat Dan like jro said, and you're the first person I've seen question it. It is factual. Cotto is a big draw as well.

It was Cinco De Mayo of course the ppv will sell, Mexico love their boxing, Sanelo and Cotto...

I think Mayweather-Cotto was promoted much better, from what I saw anyways. What elements of this promotion did you think were particularly good? I'd say that this 24/7 was Floyd's worst, and the other parts of the promotion (pressers, interviews, FaceOff, etc) seemed low-key and standard.

Well I don't know what to tell you bro, it was reported on Tuesday or Wednesday. Fat dan reported it, other sources reported it as well. Threads were made. If you weren't paying attention or didn't read it I'm sorry. But, it's true and it is what it is. F that *****,who the hell you think i am,i aint gonna believe anything till i see some sources.I don`t listen to no claims.

It was reported on Tuesday or Wednesday. When all the reports of every fighters purse in the televised event came out. Use the search function or google and look at it. I did and i did not find no source that said Cotto got 35 percent of the PPV.

It will be interesting to see how "Floyd vs Cotto" compares to "Manny vs Cotto." Manny vs. Cotto: 1.25 mil PPV buys 15,470 attendance $8.85 million gate I think Mayweather-Cotto was promoted much better, from what I saw anyways.

"Manny Pacquiao's historic 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Saturday night did big business. The Top Rank-promoted fight generated 1.25 million buys and $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue, HBO announced Friday. If historical trends hold, the numbers will increase when all of the buys are officially audited. The 1.25 million buys, the most for a boxing pay-per-view this year, came from 650,000 from cable homes and 600,000 from satellite services. Cotto, who is from Puerto Rico, helped drive the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena to an all-time record for buys on the island with 110,000 units sold." EMMANUEL PACQUIAO vs. MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO MGM, Golden Boy, Top Rank, PPV 11/14/09 15,470 attendance $ 8,847,550.00 gate revenue It will be interesting to see how "Floyd vs Cotto" compares to "Manny vs Cotto." Manny vs. Cotto: 1.25 mil PPV buys 15,470 attendance $8.85 million gate

Yea Cotto got 35$ upside while Pac was offered a flat fee. In the bold I had that opinion already. I think they're perfectly fine in their mind if they never fight each other. But, they will fight one day when it just won't matter anymore. Where`s the source that says Cotto got 35 percent of the PPV?

Richard's problem is he never "low balls" the buy figure so that when the actual PPV buys surpass it you say it was a big success. Now if it does 1.6-1.8 people will say "Richard said it wuld be 2 mil! What a moron!" He did the same thing for the Floyd/Mosley bout. He predicted 3mil buys.

If you want to credit Floyd for every single ppv purchase, then you'd also have to say that he would do the same #'s fighting a guy like Devon Alexander along with a mediocre undercard with 2 non popular opponents.

Well, you have to thank the Mexican fans for buying it because of Canelo.

How many PPVs has Canelo headlined? Don't matter he's: Young undefeated mexican backed by oscar good looking(no homo) Could do very well if he started acting in telemundo soaps Mexicans love this kid already.