FAO: PPV Numbers

[Doctor_Tenma]

Arum didn't want the Pac-Hatton numbers to be released. Dan Rafael dug that **** up and embarrassed the bobfather who said Pac-Hatton would do more than DLH-Mayweather.

I do remember that, Arum not wanting to release the numbers. Gonna find the article.

[PensionKiller]

800K easy....10K given

Thanks Bud. When I make a mill I'll give you back maybe 100k That's if I don't get too greedy lol. I have been reading this forum a lot lately, but never joined Hope your basketball team does well lol. Forgot who it is cuz I'm from the UK and don't follow it


800k is a lot because I know GBP put in some hard promoting. Floyd also sold it well, and so did the piss drinking.

Cotto can't really speak english, and Pac neither, so it is not going to be hyped up by them as well as Floyd can. But to non boxing fans, this will be a great fight if Americans get a glimpse of how good it could be.

The reason I say 800k is because I guess Pac and Cotto aint stars in the US. I'm not sure on that though.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Read this:

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.

Nevermind, that is the one

It killed me because why wouldn't Arum want to reveal a very sucessful event?

[PensionKiller]

Sure...

Thanks man. One of the most level headed Floyd fans I have seen while just reading the forum. Maki is one of the most level headed Pac fans aswell.

Thinking about it, there's a lot of bias fans on here lol.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Read this:

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.

yea, i remember that...800K was a great number but way short of Arum's projection...perhaps i'll send an email to Rafael to dig the numbers for this one as well if there's a delay

You really didn't think it would do over 500K? I was guessing around 700 myself..

i thought it would do 550K tops...a million would be amazing

Thanks Bud. When I make a mill I'll give you back maybe 100k That's if I don't get too greedy lol. I have been reading this forum a lot lately, but never joined Hope your basketball team does well lol. Forgot who it is cuz I'm from the UK and don't follow it


800k is a lot because I know GBP put in some hard promoting. Floyd also sold it well, and so did the piss drinking.

Cotto can't really speak english, and Pac neither, so it is not going to be hyped up by them as well as Floyd can. But to non boxing fans, this will be a great fight if Americans get a glimpse of how good it could be.

The reason I say 800k is because I guess Pac and Cotto aint stars in the US. I'm not sure on that though.

i'd say PAC and Cotto are fairly known...it'll be interesting how they promote the fight...

welcome to boxingscene....happy posting fight fan