Mayweather-Paul sold over 600k PPVs

[The Big Dunn]

There was so many people ordering the fight that the streaming service locked up and you couldn't get on it for a short period. I had to chat with somebody named Charmaine with Showtime to be told their technical team was working on it.

I saw this reported as well.

I don’t think only 600-650k would cause problems like that. Maybe so many illegal streams that it caused technical issues.

[GreatMalenko]

We will never know the exact Numbers but I'm sure Showtime will Embellish the Final Numbers and say it did over 1 Million Buys or something like all these Networks and Apps do

"Based on U.S. television buys, not including international or streaming"

Given popular the Pauls are with kids who generally don't have cable I can easily see the total being above a million when you include streaming and international.

[Bob Haymon]

If true that’s a huge loss. They were talking 3 million buys prior to fight. If Floyd was guaranteed $30M and Logan $20M, I’m not sure where it’s coming from. Even if it’s 700K buys at $50 each, that’s only $35 million.

Floyd was the one who claimed he had already made $30 million before the fight even took place. This was not his guaranteed purse however, it was what he was making from all the sponsorships. He was wearing all kinds of brands the day of the fight. He had an OnlyFans hat and he also had sponsorship from some ponzi scheme called EthereumMax. A lot of dumb people are investing in this EMAX coin so they can afford to pay him millions.

[GhostofDempsey]

Floyd was the one who claimed he had already made $30 million before the fight even took place. This was not his guaranteed purse however, it was what he was making from all the sponsorships. He was wearing all kinds of brands the day of the fight. He had an OnlyFans hat and he also had sponsorship from some ponzi scheme called EthereumMax. A lot of dumb people are investing in this EMAX coin so they can afford to pay him millions.

All I know is someone isn’t getting their slice of the pie. This is well below expectations for everyone involved. Cable companies, networks and promoters get a big chunk of this, it has to come out of someone’s end.

[creekrat77]

I'd say 1.2

[elfag]

I think they priced it too high.

Who is logan's fan base anyways and how old are they? the ones that dont watch boxing at all that only came from his fan base. are they teens or early 20s? are they really going to spend 50 bucks when they could just stream it? it should have been 25 dollars

[Divine Hammer]

There was so many people ordering the fight that the streaming service locked up and you couldn't get on it for a short period. I had to chat with somebody named Charmaine with Showtime to be told their technical team was working on it.

showtime just has trash servers.

[TMLT87]

650k would be a monumental failure.

[Ray*]

People think if you are on PPV then you are "massive"...... nope, PPV can be a failure, look at GGG, Wilder, Tank and Crawford as examples. Having to triple inflate what was sold to give the public a false sense of their worth.

[DaNeutral.]

Don’t forget the golden rule. If it is showtime, halve the number provided.