Early Talk: Mayweather-Mosley at 1.1-1.2 million buys

[BoxingFanFirst]

lol only 300-400k more than Pac-Clottey?

If this number is true, UFC is bigger than Boxing...

UFC is slightly bigger in the US. Worldwide there shouldnt even be a comparison though. Boxing by a mile.

[TEDetc]

What did i tell ya i knew this fight whud do about 1.2-1.5 MAX

Like I said two African Americans were in the ring which means only 1 community of casuals at large whud be buying it..it's just logic really.....

The **** are you on about?

[flipbjefrox]

Anything around 1.5 is a success. People forget Mosley has never been a superstar and sell millions of PPVs on his own.

Mosley not a ppv star but he was surely involved in a lot of big time ppv.
De la hoya vs. Mosley did 800k each
Mosley vs. Vargas did 400k each
Mosley vs. Cotto 250k

[Khalid X]

everyone should rejoice if it's around those number because the Pac vs Floyd fight has a better chance of happening

1.8 and higher = fight's not happening.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

everyone should rejoice if it's around those number because the Pac vs Floyd fight has a better chance of happening

1.8 and higher = fight's not happening.

NY Times reporting 1.7 Million.

[Radke]

What gave Richard Schaefer the idea that this fight was going to be bigger than Floyd vs. Oscar?

Hes dillusional.

i doubt it.......only because Bob wouldn't have promoted it right.....and had a ****ty card......

I think thats possible knowing that Pac/Clottey hit 700k w/o 24/7 episodes and clottey is a no name compared to SSM.

[hhs661]

UFC is slightly bigger in the US. Worldwide there shouldnt even be a comparison though. Boxing by a mile.

How is it bigger?? Floyd vs JMM vs UFC 103 was a disaster..Boxing killed UFC when they both had PPV on the same night.

UFC's best selling card was UFC 100 and that card had GSP, Brock and Dan Henderson..Even with those 2 superstars of UFC it only sold 1.1 mil...This isn't even more than a Mayweather-Mosley card(I think.) Boxing is still bigger in the U.S and the last few PPVs have shown that.

[War Dinamita]

The man has fought ODLH twice, Vargas, Mayorga, Winky, Margarito.

Mosley is a household name around these parts.

Whether or not he's been on PPV recently doesn't change the fact that he was the #1 WW and has been in the sport long enough to have name recognition.

To put it simple, he was a dance partner and Floyd didn't sell all those PPVs buy himself.

Whereas Pac carried the brunt of the PPV buys in Pac-Clottey because Clottey was not well known at all.

"Around these parts". Ask the casual fan about Mosley's career and a lot people wouldn't be able to tell you about his career.

Every time Floyd sells over a million is because he has a dance partner. The majority of his opponents never sold close to what they sold with Floyd and never made the kind of money they made fighting Floyd.

[el malo]

ok....but based on what logic.....i have people on this board trying to tell me SSM is a bigger draw than cotto???

If Shane was a big draw he wouldn't be fighting on ESPN.......his last PPV before Cotto was Winky (correct me if i'm wrong) and then SSM vs Marg didn't get a PPV, but Cotto vs Marg did excellent PPV numbers.


So again i will ask you with to provide me a rational argument with evidence taht suggests Shane is a PPV attraction.........he hasn't had buzz for a long time......and even against Hoya, the numbers weren't huge.

lol at shane being a bigger draw than cotto.