Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Cotto Generates 1.5 Million Buys, $94 Million

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Another way to look at it:

The #1 and #3 ppv draws had TWENTY PERCENT higher sales than the #2 and #3 PPV draws.

Cotto's drawing power has increased since he fought Pacquiao and Margarito again...

[JKidd2624]

Had the card had more appealing matchups, I'm sure the numbers would have been better. But, at $70 a buy, and the two main events you pretty much know the outcomes to (even though Cotto gave a hell of a show of himself as did Mosley in not folding up when punched), the low numbers aren't that expected, IMO.

[Gino Ros]

It's just so funny to see how emotionally hurt people are at Floyd's success.

When Floyd's success is good for the sport!

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

Have to say a little underwhelmed by these numbers. You have the #1 and #3 PPV draws and all they can manage is 300,000 more than the reported Ortiz numbers? Couple that with Shaefer saying just a few days ago it was trending toward 2mil and it didn't get anywhere close to that.
Can't say disappointing as they are still good numbers and it was an entertaining fight, just underwhelming for what many thought it would do.

Hey dummy.....the number three guy is not as big a ppv star as you claim he is.

Maybe 200-400 thousand watch Cotto PPV's.
Floyd brings 1 million ppv by himself.
Add another 50-100 thousand for canelo and you got 1.5

[-Spinal-]

What is Canelo's biggest PPV?

Canelo can draw, what, like 50 million viewers in Mexico?

Mosley has been in, 1.2Mill[Pacquiao], 1.5Mill[Mayweather], 900k[DLH], I think 600k with Vargas, and then the cheaper PPV's like 260k[?] with Cotto, don't know what he did with Mora, must've been bad.

Anyways, this was the first Mayweather PPV ever, to actually advertise an undercard fight in their promotions, fight posters, and commercials. I'm not surprised that Floyd did 1.5Mill with Cotto, that's not the disappointment.

It's that Canelo-Mosley was advertised like a mini main event PPV, and the fight itself actually did have a vibe like it was the main event. Yet, it didn't make the impact on the numbers that I thought it would do. 1.5Mill is something I would be expecting for Floyd to do by himself with no help of an undercard.

[4Corners]

Cotto's drawing power has increased since he fought Pacquiao and Margarito again...

But didn't Marquez drawing power increase after fighting Floyd on his first 1 million+ PPV???

[Gino Ros]

Cotto's drawing power has increased since he fought Pacquiao and Margarito again...

As evidenced by those massive Foreman and Cotto-Marg nums...right?

butthurt

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It's just so funny to see how emotionally hurt people are at Floyd's success.

When Floyd's success is good for the sport!

Surely the one showing emotion is the guy who has to blow up his font size and underline stuff

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

The only fight that will hit 2 million is........well you know

[WESS]

It's just so funny to see how emotionally hurt people are at Floyd's success.

When Floyd's success is good for the sport!

I got to see it first hand at the MGM. Grown men pissed off and nearly crying because they where so pissed that Floyd won. Then the fights broke out while I was trying to leave the stadium to make it to the Fat Joe concert at the LAX.. very comical.