Mayweather vs Marquez Registers 1 Million Pay-Per-View Buys

[SceneSpectator!]

Mayweather, not Pacquiao generated the highest grossing PPV amount in 2009. PERIOD.

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Well, good for PBF, he have that leverage to over-price himself on his next negotiation. But wait, 2009 isn't finish yet and the next big fight would be on 14 November, let's see how this will perform first when it comes to PPV before counting the chicks, just after all the eggs hatched!

[MindBat]

For those of you who want to give JMM all the credit because the crowd was predominantly Mexican, consider that his last fight was on HBO against a Mexican-American champion in Juan Diaz.

Glad you brought that up.

[COACH WEBB]

My only issue with those who say it wasnt all floyd is that if the PPV bombed, it certainly would have been all on floyd without a doubt.

I cant send you green K because I have to spread it but you are right on point.

[Talisayen]

Marquez is the MAN!!!

Marquez fans made it possible to reach 1 million buys.

BRAVO Marquez!!!

[Xcusemymood]

CALM DOWN MAYWEATHER NUTHUGGERS! This wasn't all Floyd Mayweather. Golden Boy Promotions worked their a$$es off in promoting this fight and did a hell of a job, Juan Manuel Marquez has a good following (not "Superstar" status, albeit, but see who 80% of the live crowd was cheering for), it was Mexican Independence Weekend with a top Mexican fighter in the main event, the undercard was good, and we were coming out of a boxing-starved summer. All of these are factors that contributed to the success of this event. Mayweather deserves some of the credit for this success, no doubt about it, but it was a hell of a joint effort. Of course FM is going to take FULL CREDIT, while people with no common sense will also give it all to him.

I see this as more than Mayweather becoming a "Superstar", as follows:

1. GBP has now officially become a REAL PROMOTOR! We can no longer say that they are just an HBO booking agent with Oscar pulling bait-and-switches to get his way. Many props to them.

2. Great night for boxing. As a previous poster stated, Dana White can eat sh#t. The most "boring" fighter in boxing co-headlined a show and kicked his show's a$$. Can we now stop hearing about why fights shouldn't take place on such and such dates because UFC is holding their garbage on the same night???????

Haters will always find an excuse in anything.

[MindBat]

Props to Marquez for calling Floyd out. He knows where the money's at.

[mrlopez]

maybe so, but compare the numbers to marquez-pacquiao. do you think a another fight between pac-marquez would generate 1mill?

I really think that if you put Pac/Marquez on a mexican holiday and put as much promotion into it as they did for the marquez/fmj(<--ftp) farce of a fight, i really think it could pull in a millie.....especially since it would be the trilogy fight......and it would definitely be A HELLUVA LOT MORE EXCITING than the fmj(ftp)/marquez fight, and would probably have more exciting undercard fights as well...........

[Xcusemymood]

yes Floyd was a part of it, but he did sold the PPV alone.

Saying Floyd sold the PPV beause he is boxing biggest draw is bull****!!!!!!

^^^^^ #1 Hater.

I like Cotto ALOT but I hope Floyd beats the **** out of him just to shut you up.

[tantaran69]

Great for boxing, cheers for this guyz. One question, did they ever show the fight on the theaters, if so how it did and are they counting those tickets as ppv????

Anybody???????????????????

[SceneSpectator!]

Too bad.. 1 million regretting watching the mismatched PPV main event...