Comments Thread For: Mayweather vs Ortiz: 1.25 Million Buys, Record Revenue

[Manny P]

Pacquiao vs. Mosley did 1.3 million PPV buys - 50,000 thousand more than Mayweather/Ortiz - despite the fact that:

It wasn't fought during a major Mexican holiday.

It did not have a 24/7.

It had a very poor undercard - unlike Mayweather/Ortiz which had superstars like Canelo Alvarez and Erik Morales - all fighting during a major Mexican holiday.

It had two fighters that didn't do any trash talking.

Pacquiao fights twice per year unlike Floyd who ARTIFICIALLY pumps up demand by only fighting once every 14 months.

I am Manny fan but ******* like you should just die.

[-Johannes-]

1.25m for an expensive ppv event against a guy with no real fanbase? Damn PPV king!

[Tulisanto]

that's a really good number, too bad the fight ended like it did.

[Miguel Quiros]

Feel sorry for those paying that kind of money to watch a joke, mmmm, nahhh, not really, is not my money that they are giving away...Mayweather may be skilled but he doesn't fight the biggest fights, he should stop fighting little guys and fight real welterweights or light middleweights and take on Manny, he should stop looking for the easiest fights. Come on, don't tell me you rather see Mayweather take on those little guys than to take on fighters like Paul Williams, Alfredo Angulo, Miguel Cotto, Corneluis Bundrage, Lara, Martirosyan, Wolak, Trout, even Alvarez or fighters like Mike Jones, Berto, Sencheko and many more. Yet his looking down in weight class and fighting light welterweights, guys like Ortiz, Marquez, Hatton and now he wants to fight Khan, Bradley and all those little guys. If you paying to see a fight won't you rather see him fight a real fighter, I bet that the names mention above-first ones- will look more impressive on his record than the little guys names mentioned-second ones-, don't you think, I do.

[thatnickuh]

Well I guess we won't be seeing Mayweather v. Pacquiao anytime soon.

As long as people keep buying Mayweather's PPVs, there's no incentive for Mayweather to take the risk against Pacquiao. Why take a chance and end up losing a good thing?

You won't see Mayweather vs Pacquiao because Arum doesn't want that fight. Don't know why people an't see the obvious.

[WESS]

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Mayweather's PPV History:
Mayweather vs Gatti - 365,000 buys = $16.5 million revenue
Mayweather vs Judah - 375,000 buys = $16.8 million revenue
Mayweather vs Baldomir - 325,000 buys = $16.3 million revenue
Mayweather vs De La Hoya - 2.4 million buys = $136.6 million revenue
Mayweather vs Hatton - 920,000 buys = $50 million revenue
Mayweather vs Marquez - 1 million buys = $52 million revenue
Mayweather vs Mosley - 1.4 million buys = $78.3 million revenue
Mayweather vs Ortiz - 1.25 million buys = $78.4 million revenue

Total PPV fights: 8
Total PPV Buys: 8 million
Total PPV Revenue: $444.9 million

[UglyPug]

RIP Comedian's account. . . PRINCE, can I have a few hundred million of comedian's points please good sir?

[TOBYLEE1]

Assuming that figure is correct, (the gate was reported at $9 mill, making 87 mill.) The PPV people get 50% then EVERYBODY else has to be paid by the promoter, including Mayweather's $25 mill guarantee ($40 mill according to him) not to mention Ortiz and all the other fighters, and EVEYTHING to do with the event, even paying for the plastic cups and spoons, etc. I wonder if Golden Balls were out of pocket. They couldn't have made much-if anything. Mayweather's guarantee ruins any real promoter profit.

How about the revenue that the even brings? Sale of alcohol, Hotel rooms, food, etc. It goes both ways

[Doc Holliday]

can someone explain what the deal is with this comedian guy? I'm guessing he bet his account on the fight not breaking a certain number of buys

[Carpe Diem]