ESPN's Dan Rafael: MAYWEATHER-Cotto Will "Blow Away" Pacquiao-Bradley

[Gino Ros]

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Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn

I dont think there is any doubt that @FloydMayweather's monster 1.5M PPV vs Cotto will blow away what Pacquiao-Bradley will do next month.
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Floyd Mayweather does $94M in PPV


They don't call Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Money" for nothing.

Mayweather's junior middleweight title victory against Miguel Cotto on HBO PPV last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated a whopping 1.5 million pay-per-view buys and $94 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue, HBO Sports announced Friday.

The performance ranks as the second-highest grossing pay-per-view for a non-heavyweight fight in history.



Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebrates after claiming Miguel Cotto's belt via unanimous decision.

No. 1 all-time remains Mayweather's 2007 victory against Oscar De La Hoya, in which he also claimed a junior middleweight belt. That fight generated all-time records for any weight class with 2.46 million buys and $137 million in pay-per-view revenue.

The 1.5 million figure for Mayweather-Cotto will grow once all of the numbers are accounted for, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who promoted the fight with Mayweather Promotions.

"The 1.5 million number is actual reported numbers," Schaefer told ESPN.com. "The final number will definitely be bigger than what it is now."

In nine HBO PPV main events, Mayweather has generated 9.6 million buys and $543 million in television revenue, according to HBO.

Mayweather-Cotto moved past Mayweather's 2010 victory against Shane Mosley, which did 1.4 million buys and $78 million in revenue. Mayweather's knockout of Victor Ortiz in September sold 1.25 million subscriptions and generated $78.4 million. The higher revenue for the Ortiz fight is because the cost of the pay-per-view was higher.

"Floyd Mayweather's numbers are getting bigger and bigger and this number shows you the kind of draw he is," Schaefer said. "He's a superstar and able to capture the interest of a large audience. He has broken out of the boxing following and now has a mainstream following that is unmatched in the sport. The numbers keep getting bigger and bigger."

According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Mayweather-Cotto also had the ninth-biggest gate in state history, generating $12,000,150 from 14,612 tickets sold.

HBO will replay Mayweather's decision victory against Cotto on Saturday night, along with junior middleweight titlist Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's decision win against Shane Mosley.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...-94m-ppv-sales

[Pacquiao'd]

Inb4fatboycalledf.l.o.m.o

But you know arum will give high unofficial numbers so it doesn't haha

[MindBat]

Controversy sells. Some people still don't understand the science.

[Gino Ros]

Inb4fatboycalledf.l.o.m.o

But you know arum will give high unofficial numbers so it doesn't haha

ARUM: "This is tracking very high. We think it's around 1.6 million. The official numbers should be out by 2015"

[LFC]

If Pacquiao/Bradley does over a million then Manny is a certified PPV king.

Bradley will take away at least 200k people from buying the PPV as soon as people see him on 24/7.

[Khalid X]

Of course it will as Bradley isn't even draw let alone a well know name in the sport of boxing (amongst casual fans)

I like to see how many buys Mayweather vs Williams (in his prime) or any tough fight (that isn't a known name) sells.

When you take tough fights, instead of worthless money fights (Pacquiao vs Mosley, Mayweather vs Cotto) then of course you take the risk of not selling a lot of ppvs.

The money doesn't benefit me, so why would anyone care about ppv's when boxing fans should be more concerned with the top fighters facing the best fighters.

Pacquiao vs Bradley respresents that........Mayweather vs Cotto doesn't (and was a blantant cherry pick).

[lacson]

That's a given. Cotto has a huge Puerto Rican following himself. Alvarez has a huge Mexican following. Mosley has some following. Plus May 5, always huge boxing Mexican holiday. Mayweather has some fans too. LOL.

Bradley has none. Pacquiao will have to carry that whole PPV. Not sure who the undercards are, maybe Arce will bring in Mexicans.

[treason1]

i garantee bradley vs pacquiao will be within a 100k give or take of the mayfeather cotto fight !!!!!!!! mayfeather had the luxury of canelo , and all of the mexican fans that tuned in on may 5th just to watch him !!!!!!! and mexican fans also tuned in to watch cotto also !!!!!!! manny will pretty much do similar number based off his own star power , because hes carrying this fight all by himself by taking a live opponent instead of just looking for a easy payday like floyd failweather !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Is this supposed to be newsworthy?

Pacquiao is fighting Tim Bradley

[lacson]

You need to look at the whole picture, it's really not too complicated even for simple minds. Don't just blindly think because it's a Mayweather fight that it's only Mayweather bringing those numbers up.

Think.

It's the same as when people goes around saying it's Mayweather's numbers against Dela Hoya. Guess what? Dela Hoya brought most of those numbers.