MAYWEATHER Ranked #4 ALL TIME Pay Per View Attractions !!

[Horus]

God,that's massive numbers for 6 fights!

Over 1 million people paid 50 bucks to watch floyd fight a guy that they knew and were told didnt have a chance and it was a mismatch.

So what does that tell you....
Floyd can do 1 million buys drinking orange juice !!

[kingdruid]

and that was for a fight of what magnitude?? of course people wont pay to see something like that...who has baldo beat? the match up was boring, and how many of the 325K do u think were supporting baldo? 1,000? lol...so for a boring OBVIOUS no contest mismatch fight floyd draws 325.. for a great matchup with a p4p counter part, of course more floyd fans would pay to see that..save that "it was ALL the other fighter" excuses.. ur reaching lol...A MILLION IN UR FACE....swallow it and sit down

You obviously didn't get the point.

[Horus]

Floyd is one of the biggest p.p.v stars of all time.
and the biggest NON HEAVYWEIGHT DRAW ever !!!! besides De la hoya.

Boxing's Top Pay Per View Attractions

1. Oscar De La Hoya - $610.6 million on 12.6 million buys (18 events)
2. Mike Tyson - $545 million on 12.4 million buys (12 events)
3. Evander Holyfield - $543 million on 12.6 million buys (14 events)
4. Floyd Mayweather $355 Million Dollars on 7.15 Million Buys (6 events)



(pre 9/19/09)
Floyd Mayweather $303 Million Dollars on 6.15 Million Buys (5 events)

(post 9/19/2009)
Floyd Mayweather $355 Million Dollars on 7.15 Million Buys (6 events)

PAY-PER-VIEW KING

Associated Press.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was once boxing's pound-for-pound champion, and now he's evolving into its pay-per-view king as well.

Mayweather's victory over Juan Manuel Marquez last weekend generated an impressive 1 million pay-per-view buys, HBO Sports announced Friday. The robust result confirms Mayweather's once-debatable superstar status in a sport that thrives on big names in big events.

The bout at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on Sept. 19 generated a remarkable $52 million in pay-per-view revenue at its $49.95 suggested price, making it the highest-performing event this year. It's just the fifth non-heavyweight event to generate 1 million buys on a list headed by Mayweather's split-decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, which had a record 2.44 million.

Most credited that performance to De La Hoya, the sport's top pay-per-view draw before his retirement this year. After leaving boxing for 21 months at the top of his skills, Mayweather appears ready to fill the void left by De La Hoya with a love-me-or-hate-me persona that interests even casual sports fans.

Still, 1 million buys even surprised HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg.

"I'm going to say it's unexpected, but there was always a side of me that knew it was crossing over," Greenburg told The Associated Press. "You have to give some credit to Juan Manuel Marquez's Hispanic fan base, but beyond that, Floyd Mayweather has established himself as a star in the sport. All his work with 'Dancing With the Stars' and the WWE and (HBO reality show) '24/7' has established an image that Floyd projects and that people are interested in."

HBO and Golden Boy Promotions attempted to reach new markets for boxing with a pastiche of Internet events, marketing tie-ins and public appearances. HBO also saw a ratings ****e for the four-part "24/7" series leading up to the fight, suggesting Mayweather's persona and fighting skills were the main draw for that surprising number of fans.

"There's no question he's got a little bit of that Muhammad Ali in him from the '60s," Greenburg said. "There were a lot of people that wanted to see his mouth shut as well, and you can't take your eyes off him."

Mayweather's previous fight against Ricky Hatton in December 2007 generated 920,000 buys before Mayweather took a break during which he danced on network television, pretended to wrestle on cable, and took endorsement deals that raised his profile — although nobody knew just how much until now.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer anticipated impressive numbers for Mayweather-Marquez on Thursday, saying the fight went "through the roof."

"It's big, very big," Schaefer said. "A lot of people didn't believe us. Maybe I've gained a little credibility with my predictions. Most importantly, I hope the world realizes when we release these numbers that Floyd Mayweather, love him or hate him, is today — without any question, no ifs, ands or buts — the No. 1 pay-per-view star in the world."
The pay-per-view sales apparently weren't even harmed by Golden Boy's decision to show the fight in 170 movie theaters around the country, a strategy that worried Greenburg. Schaefer said the fight played to about 80 percent capacity in theaters, which were once a regular site for closed-circuit boxing shows.

Mayweather-Marquez also scored what's likely to be a clear victory over the pay-per-view telecast of UFC 103, which is thought to have generated only a fraction of HBO's 1 million sales. UFC 103 was a fairly minor card on the league's calendar, yet the two so-called "combat sports" rarely go head-to-head on pay-per-view.





now somebody put pacquiao numbers up!

this is why they compare oscar to floyd..or vice vesa

[zalez787]

Who gives a **** , I bought mayweather-marquez hoping he was going to get whooped , u gotta consider he was fighting other people , some of those fans maybe wanted to see the other guy whoop him. And i do apreciate his skills as a boxer , but I also hate his ****y-coward ways , before people start talking. like I said , the only stat from mayweather I know for a fact is
HE IS THE BIGGEST ***** IN THE HISTORY OF BOXING . period.

[Spray_resistant]

Why do fans care at all about revenue and what boxers make? All I want to see is good fights and the best fighting the best. Who does what PPV numbers is their business, its their job to make me want to buy the PPV. What they make is almost totally unrelated to the quality of the fighter and his performances, which is all most fans really care about anyway.

[El Angel]

I like how you put besides De La Hoya in small letters.

[zalez787]

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[tesla_power]

this is why they compare oscar to floyd..or vice vesa

Kudos to Pbf for the PPV numbers. It will do well for his bank accounts. But seriously, I will not see even a cent of his money ... why would I bother. PPV news is good for small talk ... nothing more for me.

But why the bump? You do not need to shove it down our throats for us to take notice of Pbf. He is great. He is hated simply because of his choice of recent opponents and attitude. Please do take note that ... HIS CHOICE because he is the draw... people will always hold him accountable for that.

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