Mayweather vs Marquez goes above 1 Million PPV Buys

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A lot of websites are reporting that, and I thought the fight would do above 600k.

http://insidefights.com/2009/09/23/mayweathermarquez-goes-above-one-million-buys/

Mayweather/Marquez goes above one million buys
By Jeremy Botter September 23, 2009 Post a comment | Email the author

Consider this very good news for boxing in general: the Floyd Mayweather Jr./Juan Manuel Marquez bout from last Saturday pulled at least one million pay per view buys, and may go as high as 1.6 million when all is said and done.

That’s from Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, who reported the news last night.

The UFC is a privately owned company and does not have to release its pay-per-view sales, which it chooses not to do. Occasionally, we’re able to find out what a particular fight sold, but it’s not often. From what I’m hearing, though, the Mayweather fight had a convincing victory. I’m hearing the Mayweather-Marquez pay-per-view is going to come in at or near 1 million sales. I don’t have a verifiable figure for the UFC, but I believe it will be far lower than 1 million. The boxing number should be released by Thursday at the latest and perhaps on Wednesday.

We’re almost always able to find out what the UFC does on PPV, but it comes from the cable companies and not from Zuffa itself. But Kevin is absolutely correct about UFC 103; I would be absolutely shocked if it breaks the 600,000 buy barrier. I think a number around 450,000 is probably more accurate, which isn’t bad when you consider that the show was headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort in a non-title catchweight bout.

As I said above, this is very good news for boxing. It’s also very good news for “Money” Mayweather, who cements himself as one of the biggest PPV draws in combat sports.

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http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/9/23/1051389/mayweather-marquez-buys-could

Mayweather-Marquez buys could reach 1.6 million
by SC on Sep 23, 2009 9:38 AM EDT in News 29 comments



Reports are optimistic about the Mayweather-Marquez pay-per-view buys. Sources close to the numbers are saying it could reach as high as 1.6 million, with a million a "definite."

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As if Kevin Iole saying last night that one million buys was possible for Mayweather-Marquez didn't kick off enough of a strange, near-violent reaction, I did some asking around myself last night after being somewhat perplexed by the venom the very idea of this brought forth. In short, I went straight to the man who had the sources: Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports.

The number could go as high as 1.6 million, as Kevin Iole told me last night over some back-and-forth messaging. Iole told me that a million is "definite," and says that HBO will release the numbers either today or on Thursday.

Some will be skeptical, and I am, too. But when I compare this to how the Hatton-Pacquiao numbers came out, it's a bit different. You'll recall, probably, that the first numbers we heard for that fight were supposedly between 1.6 and two million buys, that being the number that Bob Arum threw out there. Arum had previously stated during the press build-up that he felt the fight could break the all-time PPV record, which is 2.4 million, as set by Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007.

That came down to about 825-850,000 buys in America when Dan Rafael of ESPN did some digging in the following days, after Arum, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed by his leap of faith coming down at about half of what he was saying, didn't want the numbers to be released, claiming it was nobody's business but that of the promoters and fighters. He did not address the fact that he was so giddy to proclaim massive numbers just days before, but that's another story for another time.

Golden Boy and HBO were not pleased with Arum's insistence that the fight's buys not be released to the public. They felt good about what everyone accomplished, but for Arum, it could have been seen many ways. Negotiating tactic with Mayweather and Pacquiao down the line, for one. That number didn't beat Mayweather's number with Hatton, and it sure doesn't look like it's going to beat this one.

This is, again, not official. But if this turns out as it looks right now, a lot of people may need to re-evaluate how they're looking at Mayweather as a draw. This fight may have seemed limp on paper to the diehards, but the casual audience didn't really know that.

This is not promoters throwing numbers around, like with Arum and the Hatton-Pacquiao fight. This seems like it's coming out much differently than that. We'll keep you posted on any developments, but for the time being, everything is looking very good for Mayweather-Marquez.

[DE100]

I thought it would do a little over 500K +

[Doctor_Tenma]

I thought it would do a little over 500K +

I thought 550K would be good and 600K being a success. 1mill...that was unexpected.

[Mick Jagger]

Once again Floyd shows that he is the main man people want to see in boxing, once again the realisms of the sport of boxing puts everything into perspective. i.e. The Boxing Scene forums are a total joke and HARDLY represent real boxing views.

OWNED.

[PAC-BOY]

WoWWee That many people got ripped off! Rip off people and rub it in there face...nice!

[PAC-BOY]

Once again Floyd shows that he is the main man people want to see in boxing, once again the realisms of the sport of boxing puts everything into perspective. i.e. The Boxing Scene forums are a total joke and HARDLY represent real boxing views.

OWNED.

oh really ... enjoy your stay!!!

[COACH WEBB]

2,000 post thread...FACT.

[Doctor_Tenma]

WoWWee That many people got ripped off! Rip off people and rub it in there face...nice!

[mikelovesfood]

WoWWee That many people got ripped off! Rip off people and rub it in there face...nice!

Exactly................