Rick Glaser: Canelo/Lara did 275-300k

To many damn ppv's this year in a row since March.

He's not active enough. Supposedly he's back in September. Yeah I saw it was delayed on here. It feels like he fell off the face of the Earth since he lost to Mares.

I think 300k is a great number on this fight since Lara is relatively unknown.

Those #s suck. Canello is a great b side opponent like JMM but he's not capable of starring as the ppv main guy.

:lol1: dud. And King Lara brought in half those buys, because he is a star and fans love that cuban style.

You're wrong. Mayweather's 2nd and 3rd PPVs were against Judah and Baldomir and he was the A-side in both. 375K and 325K respectively. I'm right about his first PPV coming at the age of 28 and him being a B-side. Canelo is way ahead of both Mayweather and Pacquiao when comparing like for like. Pacquiao of course had it tougher being neither Mexican nor American but he was very exciting and came to fight. He may be barely starting but his two PPV# aren't the best signs that his the next boxing star that could bring 1mil PPV buys by himself. Also Pac and Floyd didn't have the full support of a promotional company in a young age like what Alvarez have now. Give him a minute. He needs some exciting opponents. Kirkland is a good choice.

Not a bad number actually. All of the reasons provided by previous posters may contribute to the lower expected number. 1) Boxing Fans are PPV-fatigued (way too many) 2) Takes two marquee stars to make a blockbuster PPV (Lara doesn't draw) 3) Canelo is not drawing from the American PPV base (excluding Mexican-American) 4) World Cup Event 5) Summer generally not the best PPV draw season. For those of you who think this is a failure and that Canelo is not a draw, then look at Cotto-Martinez PPV. It did 350k. By that argument, Cotto is NOT a draw as well. I mean he fought Martinez for a MW LINEAL belt.

Look at the PPV cards so far this year. might as well pay that xtra $50-$70 per month on your bill. It seems like ppl are choosing which fights to pay for this year. March PPV - Canelo vs Angulo April PPV - Pacquiao vs Bradley May PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana June PPV - Cotto vs Martinez July PPV - Canelo vs Lara Aug PPV (none) Sep PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana II Nov PPV - Pacquiao vs Algieri Dec PPV possibly Cotto or another Canelo fight. Lets not hope Marquez vs Garcia gets made because that too might get thrown as a PPV. am I forgetting one? Marquez-Garcia? Where did you hear about that at?

mike didnt monetize his brand. s he should of went into merchandising his brand.. Mike monetized his brand... Mike Tyson's punch out Pepsi commercials He had a lot more major endorsement deals.. Floyd has none... All Floyd has is his tmt clothing, failed record label, failed soda company.. Mike just fell off because of the robin givens, Mitch green street fight, buster, rape conviction, ear biting, etc.. Floyd is squeaky clean compared to mike

Look at the PPV cards so far this year. might as well pay that xtra $50-$70 per month on your bill. It seems like ppl are choosing which fights to pay for this year. March PPV - Canelo vs Angulo April PPV - Pacquiao vs Bradley May PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana June PPV - Cotto vs Martinez July PPV - Canelo vs Lara Aug PPV (none) Sep PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana II Nov PPV - Pacquiao vs Algieri Dec PPV possibly Cotto or another Canelo fight. Lets not hope Marquez vs Garcia gets made because that too might get thrown as a PPV. am I forgetting one? You make a good point. I'm not buying anymore unless it's Canelo vs Cotto. Even if I make a decent living, I'm not going to spend that much on boxing every month.

Isn***39;t verified, but I***39;m hearing #Canelo-Lara PPV did only 275,000 to 300,000 buys! Will get an accurate number this week. #boxing #Showtime— Rick Glaser (@RickGlaser1) July 21, 2014 But we'll never know because it was under 2.4 and Espinoza only reveals if it's over 2.5 million, lolol Against someone like Lara, that's pretty good.

Canelo vs Cotto needs to happen now; only a fool believes they are getting the Cinco De Mayo date next May. Floyd has to die for that to happen; people already think he's fighting Manny in May and if Chino beats him the the 3rd fight becomes even bigger. My only thing with Canelo going forward as far as PPV numbers is once the Cotto's & Floyds of the world are gone which will be sooner rather than later and his insistance he's not going to 160. Who will fight on PPV to do big numbers? The Young Guns of the divison aren't ie Julian Williams or Errol Spence; The Charlo's aren't any bigger than what Lara is right now. Andrade numbers would be worse than the Lara fight unless one the 147 make a big name soon non of them are offer a huge event.

If that's true, the fight pretty much did what I felt would be the best case scenario. I thought 250k-300k would be amazing numbers, and I thought that would be tops. Some people thought it would do 350-400k for some reason. Not even DLH with the Hernandez's, Ruelas's, and Leija's of the world could do 350-400k. That was clearly all Canelo IMO. 250-300k is like Mayweather/Pac type numbers back when they were in there 20s as well(Mayweather age 28+). Canelo's numbers will get better, especially with Cotto, Mayweather II, Maidana(In some crazy scenario where he beats Mayweather), Bradley and possibly Golovkin on the horizon. I can see those fights doing 800-1million(Cotto), 1.5-1.8 million(Mayweather), 500-600k(Maidana), 500-600k(Bradley) and 350-400k (Golovkin).

If Froch vs JCC Jr gets made, I'm pretty sure thats gonna be on PPV Then boxing looks like the UFC this year.

Look at the PPV cards so far this year. might as well pay that xtra $50-$70 per month on your bill. It seems like ppl are choosing which fights to pay for this year. March PPV - Canelo vs Angulo April PPV - Pacquiao vs Bradley May PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana June PPV - Cotto vs Martinez July PPV - Canelo vs Lara Aug PPV (none) Sep PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana II Nov PPV - Pacquiao vs Algieri Dec PPV possibly Cotto or another Canelo fight. Lets not hope Marquez vs Garcia gets made because that too might get thrown as a PPV. am I forgetting one? If Froch vs JCC Jr gets made, I'm pretty sure thats gonna be on PPV

Look at the PPV cards so far this year. might as well pay that xtra $50-$70 per month on your bill. It seems like ppl are choosing which fights to pay for this year. March PPV - Canelo vs Angulo April PPV - Pacquiao vs Bradley May PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana June PPV - Cotto vs Martinez July PPV - Canelo vs Lara Aug PPV (none) Sep PPV - Mayweather vs Maidana II Nov PPV - Pacquiao vs Algieri Dec PPV possibly Cotto or another Canelo fight. Lets not hope Marquez vs Garcia gets made because that too might get thrown as a PPV. am I forgetting one?

Lmao at people saying Canelo is doing "good" with these numbers. The problem isn't that this was his first PPV, it was his 3rd which dropped off by 2 million buys from his first fight.

You're wrong. Mayweather's 2nd and 3rd PPVs were against Judah and Baldomir and he was the A-side in both. 375K and 325K respectively. So what? Canelo is still much younger and nobody considers him the P4P best like Mayweather was at that time. A better comparison is with a young DLH and he is doing around those numbers.

Low numbers but it looks like PPV numbers in general are taking a hit. Mayweather and Pacquiao's last fights couldn't hit a million, Cotto-Martinez relatively bombed and now the supposed next boxing star racked up some mediocre numbers. Guess people are tired of spending money on something you can get for free online (like I do). Youre probably right but I think there are still people who don't mind buying the PPV fights as long as they are worthy of PPV, we just don't see it much anymore. When you put garbage fights on PPV nobody wants to buy them and for good reason. Im not saying Canelo-Lara was a garbage fight but it shouldn't have been a PPV. Im not the type to care about PPV buys and stuff like that but I do like hearing the bad PPVs and the terrible matchups had low ratings, its the only way they will stop doing it, as long as people watch and pay for it we will continue to get **** fights.

My guy Glaser is at it again. He slowed Espinzoa's whole sh/t up when he hit us with the scoop on Mayweather Maidana doing 854k. He's got SHO shook scared to even talk about numbers now. Espinoza is going to put Canelo on regular SHO this winter. It makes the most sense to do so as well. Fighting a guy like Lara obviously hurt the PPV buys, but SHO isn't building any stars on their network at the moment. The only fighters getting showcased on a steady basis are old man Hopkins, and identity crisis/bum fighting Quillin. Canelo's in the perfect situation to be the network star, he just has to put some of his pride away and fight the next couple of times off of PPV before he goes back (i.e. Cotto, or other big name/big money fights)