Dan Rafael: "Marquez-Diaz II generated 150K to 200K PPV buys"

[SuckaPunch]

From Dan Rafael's 'QUICK HITS' column:

Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez's decision against Juan Diaz in their pay-per-view rematch of 2009's fight of the year last week generated between 150,000 and 200,000 buys, far exceeding what was needed to break even, Golden Boy's Schaefer told ESPN.com. "I think it has an opportunity to reach 200,000," Schaefer said. "We only have the satellite numbers, but they are strong. I'm very pleased. With the gate we did, $900,000, and the closed circuit, it shows that Marquez has established himself as a star in the United States. It also shows as well that an outstanding undercard created an event not only driven by the main event. I was very pleased with the way it was embraced."

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/not...ion-paying-off

[Left Hook Tua]

that's solid numbers.

i think they only needed to do 100k to break even.

[Deep Blue 1997]

From Dan Rafael's 'QUICK HITS' column:



http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/not...ion-paying-off

damn, so basically Mayweather generated 1 million in his fight against Marquez? the fuck?

[The Badguy]

damn, so basically Mayweather generated 1 million in his fight against Marquez? the fuck?

yup... Now watch mosleys ppv do less than that.

[S.G.]

Not too bad

[street bully]

Marquez vs Khan or someone he didn't destroy a year ago would have done better.

[onechance87]

Thats pretty good.

[Addition]

And Schaefer asked Arum for a 50-50 split for another JMM/Pac fight

[Left Hook Tua]

And Schaefer asked Arum for a 50-50 split for another JMM/Pac fight

that wasn't a real offer.

schaeffer just didn't want to give pac/arum a good fight option after pac-may talks fell apart.

gbp screwed jmm over.

[pistol whip]

5 years ago none of these fighters could to 50,000 PPV buys so hell yeah this looks good for boxing!