Hatton-Pacquiao PPV sales disappoint...under 650K US buys.

[mellow_mood]

damn, i didn't know it that many people in the world! lol

thats only the uk area

[Breadbin]

650 is not bad. but what the hell was Arum talking about with 1.6 to 2 million or whatever he was sayin

It has sold over 1million in the uk.

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Watch the ****s revel in one of the biggest fights our sport has to offer not doing great numbers (if this is true) just to push their own agenda. Or shall we say, the agenda of their favourite fighter.

Shameful.

If there weren't agendas on both sides, those who have a special interest in the business end of boxing would just thread the **** up, discuss it and it wouldn't all be so touchy.


Pac and Mayweather are equally important to the draw if they fight. If some of the clowns on here would stop pretending otherwise for their own twisted-up reasons, allowing their personal feelings to warp reality to their liking, these tensions over some PPV stats wouldn't arise.

[QUISQUEYA]

It did NOT do much better at the gate than Cotto-Marg dumb ass! I was there, htowntexan was there, others were there and hey will all tell you how ****** you are! That place was PACKED! The energy was CRAZY! you are full of ****!!!! You're a dumb MOTHER ****ER!

Cotto-Margarito: Fewer than 11,000 people in an arena that holds 16,000.

[QUISQUEYA]

If there weren't agendas on both sides, those who have a special interest in the business end of boxing would just thread the **** up, discuss it and it wouldn't all be so touchy.


Pac and Mayweather are equally important to the draw if they fight. If some of the clowns on here would stop pretending otherwise for their own twisted-up reasons, allowing their personal feelings to warp reality to their liking, these tensions over some PPV stats wouldn't arise.

I never understand why people get so emotional.

Joe: "The Pac fight sold 1 million PPV buys"

Tom: "**** you, you f@g ***** ducker *****"

Sigh.

[QUISQUEYA]

It has sold over 1million in the uk.

How do you know that? Cause Arum said it?

[MJ406]

HBO and PPV. is it really cheap and why do they act like it

What I really dislike about these big HBO executives is that they fail to realize how ****** they can sound at times

"On the surface it might seem unlikely that many folks would drop $49.95 for a pay-per-view telecast of a boxing match when they’re failing to pay their mortgages, when they’ve lost 35 percent or more of their retirements because of the recent market collapses and are now faced with mounting credit card debts.

But people seek entertainment in even the darkest economic times and pay-per-view often turns out to be a cheap form of entertainment, said Mark Taffet, the president of HBO Pay-Per-View. Taffet said studies have shown that, on average, five to seven people share the cost of a pay-per-view fight.

I bolded what I did, because IMO when you put the pieces together it doesn't make sense take the following

1. a boxing PPV costs $49.95, which is 5 cents short of $50, and it's unlikely people would by them. Fair enough, I still find it a bit absurd boxing has PPV's but anyway.
2. People seek entertainment, very true.
3. Pay Per view is a cheap form of entertainment ... uh at $50 I wouldn't consider that cheap ... read the next thing I bolded
4. On average 5 to 7 people share the cost of a PPV fight

interesting how it's seen as cheap yet people have to share the costs ... why would someone have to share costs with other people if it's cheap?

and this is coming from the HBO president of PPV.

[blind4]

i guess u were Wrong

[QUISQUEYA]

i guess u were Wrong

Who was wrong??

[QUISQUEYA]

A bit of Arum fiction....

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=19825