Roach Says Mayweather-Marquez Will Bomb on PPV

[gopi11]

I actually think it will sell better than Pac-Cotto.

That must have been some good **** you smokin' right there man! Pass it please!

[$partacus]

That must have been some good **** you smokin' right there man! Pass it please!

We'll see, neither ones going to have massive numbers.

[gopi11]

mothaffker this PPV will not bomb. Floyd has always generated more interest and $ than PAC. The biggest fight PAC has ever had grossed around half the amount for Floyd's fight against Hatton. People want to see FLOYD fight and after COTTO ktfo of PAC, Bob Arum will be begging Floyd for the fight with PAC and he will be ready to take the 30%

You must be living in a dream world son, wake up! It's time to smell the coffee! LMAO!!!

[handler000]

[QUOTE=shortyG;5975147]What I can't understand is why Mayweather is all over WWE, just after he was supposedly injured and had to call off the fight with Marquez. Anyone got any ideas?[/QUOTE]

Yeah because he was injured in June and it's August...

[gopi11]

We'll see, neither ones going to have massive numbers.

I doubt that the Cotto/Pac fight bombs out, and even by strange luck you got lucky and it did flopped, it will still do better numbers than the Floyd/JMM fight.

[handler000]

mothaffker this PPV will not bomb. Floyd has always generated more interest and $ than PAC. The biggest fight PAC has ever had grossed around half the amount for Floyd's fight against Hatton. People want to see FLOYD fight and after COTTO ktfo of PAC, Bob Arum will be begging Floyd for the fight with PAC and he will be ready to take the 30%

[QUOTE=gopi11;5975572]You must be living in a dream world son, wake up! It's time to smell the coffee! LMAO!!![/QUOTE]


To be fair we really don't know how well the fight between Hatton and PAC did because Arum never officially released the PPV numbers. But it's a pretty safe bet that it didnt do as well as FMJ and Hatton are he would have released them already...

[peyk-peyk]

For the good of boxing, I hope the Mayweather/JMM fight will succeed and get an above average PPV buys. I think the success or failure of this bout will also reflect the financial outcome of the Pacquiao/Cotto fight.

The present economy will play a big factor in the success of both fights.

[Gabilan]

Roach is somewhat right, they're both counterpunchers. But I think this will be a good ol' chess-match. What's so bad about watching a real boxing fight with two intelligent fighters that are going to try to adjust and find a way to pull off a check-mate?

Hopkins vs Jones was a chess match and no one calls that boring, that's because two smart fighters in one ring make for a fun fight to watch.

Boxing matches don't have to all be action packed, this is not MMA. Boxing is a much more disciplined sport. I can't wait for this fight.

Sorry but Hopkins vs. Jones was boring. Another reason I have no interest in seeing a rematch.

[Gabilan]

It's Americas best boxer returning to fight Mexicos best, Americans and Mexicans are the biggest PPV buyers. Boxing fans that don't even like Floyd will be tuning in to see if he's lost a step. And mayweathers doing lots of publicity. I don't think it will do massive numbers but i think it will do a little better than Pac - Cotto.

Except that if you knew anything about the Mexican market you would know that Marquez is not much of a draw. It will get decent numbers but GBP won't make a profit.

[gopi11]

To be fair we really don't know how well the fight between Hatton and PAC did because Arum never officially released the PPV numbers. But it's a pretty safe bet that it didnt do as well as FMJ and Hatton are he would have released them already...

FWIW, here's the Floyd/Hatton numbers from different sources. Initial numbers said it was 850K buys:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mayweather%2Fhatton+ppv+buys&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

And here's an article about a Michael Koncz interview saying after all the numbers were in, the US ppv sales for the Pac/Hatton fight was 930k. I wouldn't give it much weight though since it could a bias statement but since the initial count after a day or two after the Pac/Hatton fight was 860k, so it could still be closer to the truth than a hype job.

http://philboxing.com/news/list.articles.php?aid=10&id=25788