Mayweather vs Pacquiao PPV Buys: Comparison Side by Side

[GG Marquez]

Everybody knows that Oscar de la Hoya is the non-heavyweight PPV king. Mayweather and Paccquiao become famous through De la Hoya halo effect.*

Here's a side by side comparison of Pacquiao and Mayweather before De la Hoya made them more famous.


Mayweather's Highest PPV before De la Hoya:

Zab Judah - 374,000
Arturo Gatti - 365,000
Carlos Baldomir - 325,000

TOTAL : 1,064,000


Pacquiao's Highest PPV Fights before De la Hoya:

Juan Manuel Marquez Rematch - 400,000
Erik Morales 3rd Match - 360,000
Marco Antonio Barrera Rematch - 350,000

TOTAL: 1,110,000


* Halo Effect - a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is influenced by the perception of the former traits.

Marquez/Barerra/Morales >>> Baldomir/Judah/gatti as PPV attractions. Right?

In fact, Judah, Baldomir and Gatti all had their first PPV's with FMJ.

[Left Hook Tua]

I thought the Judah fight did 390k.
Also you had the ability to select PPV's from Pac when Floyd only had three.
Pac had two or three ppvs in the 200k range.

i've read judah fight did 325 , 374 , 377 and 390. it's all over the place.

best to just say 350-400k.



pacquiao fights with larios , solis and diaz did from 150-250k.

i don't know how the pacquiao-velazquez fight did but he shares that with morales. they did a pacquiao-velazquez and morales-raheem co-main event.

[shadeyfizzle]

I thought the Judah fight did 390k.
Also you had the ability to select PPV's from Pac when Floyd only had three.
Pac had two or three ppvs in the 200k range.

2 ppvs in the 200k range. But 1 was a certified stay busy fight outside of the US that wasnt even advertised until the week of the PPV

The other was a forced eliminator bout/stay busy fight even though Pac was already the mandatory challenger for the 130lb wbc belt because of the lawsuit Top rank and golden boy were having over pac's promotional rights and wouldnt let him jump right into his title shot against barrera.

[Left Hook Tua]

In fact, Judah, Baldomir and Gatti all had their first PPV's with FMJ.

is that true?

i can't remember that far back. judah and gatti had some big fights before mayweather though so i'm trying to think they had a ppv before.

[Zuma]

I thought the Judah fight did 390k.

From ESPN:

Mayweather's lopsided decision win against Zab Judah in April generated 374,000 buys and $16.8 million in revenue and his June 2005 destruction of Arturo Gatti to win a junior welterweight belt generated 365,000 buys and $16.5 million.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2657809

[Zuma]

Also you had the ability to select PPV's from Pac when Floyd only had three. Pac had two or three ppvs in the 200k range.

Are you telling me that Pacquiao had more PPV than Floyd?

[MANGLER]

These threads are old. Lets just hope they scrap.

[Zuma]

Marquez/Barerra/Morales >>> Baldomir/Judah/gatti as PPV attractions. Right?

In fact, Judah, Baldomir and Gatti all had their first PPV's with FMJ.

pacquiao does those numbers with 3 mexican legends/some of mexicos biggest names and floyd comes up a little short with 3 c level fighters and c level fame. good comparison i would like to see how mayweather would have done with them p4p.

Are you telling me that Pacquiao fought better opponents than Mayweather?

[Kevin Jesus]

Marquez-Pacquiao 400k
Marquez-Mayweather 1.1Mill

Hatton-Pacquiao 850k
Hatton-Mayweather 950k

De La Hoya-Pacquiao 1.6Mill
De La Hoya-Mayweather 2.4Mill

[Left Hook Tua]

Marquez-Pacquiao 400k
Marquez-Mayweather 1.1Mill

Hatton-Pacquiao 850k
Hatton-Mayweather 950k

De La Hoya-Pacquiao 1.6Mill
De La Hoya-Mayweather 2.4Mill

can you give me floyd's ppv numbers at 130 compared to pacquiao's ppv numbers at 130?