Sports Illustrated: Mayweather-Ortiz 1.15M PPV

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from Sports Illustrated

Pacquiao tops Mayweather ... in the pay-per-view column

It has been over a month since Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Yet curiously, HBO, Golden Boy and Team Mayweather have been silent on the official pay-per-view numbers. Here they are: According to a source with direct knowledge of the Mayweather-Ortiz number, the fight did approximately 1.15 million buys. That's roughly 150,000 fewer buys than Pacquiao-Mosley, which, according to a source with direct knowledge of Showtime's numbers, did 1.3 million buys.

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uh-oh if true.. well but good numbers though.

[Kagami Taiga]

from Sports Illustrated

how is that topping mayweather? mayweather/mosely did 1.4 didnt it? i dont get the skewing.

[Hougigo]

Another "source" with "direct knowledge"

[big_james10]

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I am not sure if it was the night janitor or the day janitor that served as the SI writer's source, but I doubt the accuracy of this story. On another note, I am not sure if the writer or the thread started put the headline on this paragraph, but whoever did it has absolutely no credibility. The Pac/Mosley number has not been released by anyone associated with Showtime, not even someone speaking in confidence. It came from a promoter who has a history and a habit of lying. The fact that anyone would take his word for it when it comes to the PPV numbers is a sign that you either have no sense or are a total idiot.

I don't know what the numbers are for Mayweather/Ortiz, but if it is over a million PPVs, I am sure that they are twice as high as the numbers for Pac/Mosley. However, we will never find out the truth because Arum will never allow Showtim to release the numbers.

[Bobby No Sex]

Sports Illustrated are fawking liars and they dont like black people just like HBO. they just want to be negative to mayweather. they should be fired.

[RespekonMyName]

how is that topping mayweather? mayweather/mosely did 1.4 didnt it? i dont get the skewing.

Exactly. Mayweather-Mosley did 1.4 and was a way better event. Plus, it actually meant something.

[Evil Abed]

I see this nowhere on there website.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/?eref=sinav&sct=hp_nv_a

[Und1sputed619]

another "unnamed source" with "direct knowledge". who cares at this point.

[Evil Abed]

............Pure BS.