HBO 24/7 ratings are significantly down with Pacquiao/Cotto.

[Al Haymon]

Thank you!
I knew that two respectful and down to earth boxers would probably not bring in the numbers.
Why?
Because the truth is their characters are not exactly the most exciting, but their fighting makes up for all that.
I'm sure if Cotto and Pac threw hundred dollar bills at the camera and talked a whole bunch of crap, ratings would be up.
But they are just two good guys and true fans know whats up.::

Dondi,

Who is the target audience for 24/7?

Thanks.

[-Antonio-]

This is funny because if it were the other way around, and Floyd/JMM had low numbers these haters would be having ball with a 100 page thread.. But since its Cotto/Pac, no one cares because I guess no one is surprised lol

Because that's all JMM/Mayweather had to bank on because it was a **** fight.

[Al Haymon]

Because that's all JMM/Mayweather had to bank on because it was a **** fight.

Opinions vary.

Would you rather have seen Mayweather-Collazo?

[Dondi33O]

Dondi,

Who is the target audience for 24/7?

Thanks.

Does not matter and Ill tell you why.
Ratings for the 2nd game of the World Series was way down....So what.
If there is a game 7 ratings will be at their highest.
Point is the fight numbers are more important than 24/7.

[Al Haymon]

Does not matter and Ill tell you why.
Ratings for the 2nd game of the World Series was way down....So what.
If there is a game 7 ratings will be at their highest.
Point is the fight numbers are more important than 24/7.

And you don't think there's any correlation at all? Cool.

You won't mind if I bookmark this post and we can have this discussion on or about Nov 18th.

[-Antonio-]

Opinions vary.

Would you rather have seen Mayweather-Collazo?

**** fight in the ring. The "target audience" hated that fight. An entertaining 24/7 is all they could have hoped for, and it wasn't even that entertaining.

[AssasinKing]

THIS.

I've been saying this for ages. When Pac is on a HBO PPV and people try and discredit his buy numbers they are completely forgetting he is not from the USA.

Exactly...

2 American fighters...what do you expect

[Dondi33O]

And you don't think there's any correlation at all? Cool.

You won't mind if I bookmark this post and we can have this discussion on or about Nov 18th.

No problem.
Again Ill tell you why.
Because I will enjoy 24/7 and the fight.

[Al Haymon]

**** fight in the ring. The "target audience" hated that fight.

No, sir.

The target audience is not you. it is not me. There is very little they can tell us on 24/7 that we don't already know.

There are 130,000 members of BoxingScene. If every last one of us was in the US and all bought the fight, the fight would still be a miserable failure.

The target audience is the mainstream/non-fan.

And they enjoyed the fight.

[Al Haymon]

No problem.
Again Ill tell you why.
Because I will enjoy 24/7 and the fight.

Just don't backpedal on the sales numbers on nov 18th. Be honorable. So will i.

We will see who is right.