HBO releases official Mayweather-Mosley nums: 1.4 Million buys, $78 Million revenues

[And Still]

Updated: May 11, 2010, 3:32 PM ET


Mayweather win draws 1.4 million buys

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. calls himself "Money," and the welterweight star sure knows how to generate it.

Mayweather's lopsided decision victory against Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated 1.4 million domestic pay-per-view buys and $78.3 million in television revenue, HBO announced on Tuesday.

That makes the fight the second-biggest pay-per-view in history.

The buy total ties the fight with the 1999 welterweight unification showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. However, Mayweather-Mosley generated more money because the pay-per-view cost more. Trinidad-De La Hoya grossed $70.6 million.

Mayweather's 2007 decision win for the junior middleweight title against the now-retired De La Hoya, the reigning pay-per-view king in terms of total dollars, set the all-time pay-per-view record with 2.446 million buys and nearly $137 million in revenue.

The pay-per-view buy total for Mayweather-Mosley was derived from 740,000 buys from cable homes and 660,000 from satellite and broadband homes, HBO announced.

[swizz]

damn alot of people gettin owned right now some threads need to be bump

[restless_438]

Mayweather proves to be a pay-per-view draw

umm... a good pairing of two quality fighters proves to be a pay-per-view draw,

cause no casual fan could possibly know Shane Mosley, right?

[F l i c k e r]

Now Floyd can drop the OSDT, for a 85-15 purse.

[k1llu]

The face of boxing strikes again 14 hundred wow!! that impressive! 65 in favor of Floyd!!

[rskumm21]

"60-40, I'll woop yo ASS!!!"

[rizkybizness]

The face of boxing strikes again 14 hundred wow!! that impressive! 65 in favor of Floyd!!

14 hundred?

[patpatpts]

Dude is a certified troll these days. I think he sold his account to a *******, no, I'm serious.

damn that gif is crazy. where can i watch the fight where it look that **** clear as hell

[War Dinamita]

umm... a good pairing of two quality fighters proves to be a pay-per-view draw,

cause no casual fan could possibly know Shane Mosley, right?

Mosley is an A-side boxer? Mosley sold millions of PPVs on his own card being the A-side boxer?

The fact is Mosley is a good fighter with a small hardcore fan base and he's not a PPV draw.

[And Still]

Please look at this:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384081

I will expect to see a bunch of green for that, bitches.

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05-03-2010, 07:58 PM
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Early Mayweather/Mosley PPV buyrate projection is....

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...1.4 - 1.5 million buys.

I have a friend at a cable sompany. She works in the VoD group, but she always provides me with estimates.

She said the final nums were a bit softer than last week's projections.

She only has one region of the country, so they project nationals using a formula. It's an inexact science.

If the numbers went crazy in one region, or certain metro areas, it could be a bit higher...or a bit lower. But she said to expect numbers that are generally in line with Delahoya-Pacquiao.


Just some info. Don't ask me for a link. Ignore this info if it has zero credibility with you. No need for snarky commnets.... just sharing what I have.

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