Mayweather-Ortiz only 850,000 PPV buys?

[IMDAZED]

honestly I think it's more a sign of the times than any one individual

I don't see Manny JMM III doing as well as people think. I would be shocked if it did 1 million buys

I don't think Pacquiao-Mosley did a million buys so I wouldn't be too shocked. And you're right, it is a sign of the times. Although if pac-Marquez doesn't too well, I doubt we know about it.

[jai mari078]

WOW!!!!That is truly pathetic based on how much push and hype this fight got!!! Looks like Mayweather isn't as much of a draw as only he likes to think!!!!

[Sifo]

By Dan Ambrose: The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz last month was supposed to have brought in huge numbers on pay per view, according to their promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions.

Schaefer predicted the fight would bring in between 1.4 million to 1.7 million PPV buys. However, Steve Kim is reporting that the Mayweather-Ortiz fight brought in only 850,000 PPV buys, which is rather sad given the popularity of Mayweather and all the hype and marketing that went into the Mayweather-Ortiz fight. HBO put together one of their 24/7 series for this fight, and it was advertised constantly on cable. If 850,000 is the best it brought in with all that marketing than it is truly sad.
Kim said this on his twitter: “I’ve heard as low as 850,000. Still no PPV figures released for the Mayweather-Ortiz yet, which is very telling.”

This isn’t good, is it? If all Mayweather vs. Ortiz brought in was a paltry 850,000 for this fight, it’s going to put Mayweather in a bad bargaining position with Manny Pacquiao, if he ever decides to fight him. With the exception of his fight against Joshua Clottey last year, which brought in only 700,000 PPV buys, Pacquiao has been selling over 1 million PPV buys for each of his fights since then.

It will be hard for Mayweather to ask for equal footing in the bargaining table if he’s bringing in low figures like that against a fighter as well known as Ortiz is with the casual boxing fans. It could be the economy in addition to the high price of the Mayweather-Ortiz card scared away a lot of boxing fans from buying the fight. Or it could be they just saw it as a hopeless mismatch and figured Ortiz didn’t have a chance and why pay to see a mismatch?

with the exception of his ortiz fight mayweather has been selling well over 1 million ppv buys

[Sifo]

i don't care about the money side. I just want to see fights.

last time i got excited about a mayweather fight is the hatton one. all the other fights have been trash

and you cried after it ended didnt you

[sallama232]

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[TOBYLEE1]

Name another fighter that does the same amount of buys that is not Pac or Floyd.

The December match up between Cotto/Marg with a better undercard might not even reach half the number and looks all around like the better fight with a drama comming in.

[x3_bazooka_x3]

just about a 40% drop if true

granted Ortiz is virtual unknown compared to Mosley but this was supposed to be bolstered by appearances of Morales and Canelo

I beleive they did help the PPV #s, one can only wonder how the numbers would look had neither been on the card. I just think the economy mixed with the fact it aint pacquiao.
People are just tired of it, they want to see that fight

[Eaner0919]

I beleive they did help the PPV #s, one can only wonder how the numbers would look had neither been on the card. I just think the economy mixed with the fact it aint pacquiao.
People are just tired of it, they want to see that fight

so you expect Manny to outsell Floyd Nov 12th if the 850k is indeed true?

[Eaner0919]

Name another fighter that does the same amount of buys that is not Pac or Floyd.

The December match up between Cotto/Marg with a better undercard might not even reach half the number and looks all around like the better fight with a drama comming in.

honestly I don't see Cotto Margarito II outdoing the first fight

[TOBYLEE1]

honestly I don't see Cotto Margarito II outdoing the first fight

Thats what I mean, economy and streaming also eats some numbers up.

But star power of Manny and Floyd is unmatched