MayDay ShowPPV, less than 1M PPV buys?

[BoxingFollower]

Lol wait until Rios Vs Pacquiao, might not even hit 600,000.

[Rocky Rode]

So was Mayweather-Hatton unsuccessful at 920K???

If around 900K is unsuccessful, than Oscar wasn't that much of a PPV star, because only cracked 1 million 4 times.

Showtime lost money on this ppv. That isn't successful no matter how you try to spin it.

Just do the math. If it did 900k and showtime needed 1.1 million to break even they're 200k short. 200k*$70=$14 million short of breaking even.

[HeroBando]

So was Mayweather-Hatton unsuccessful at 920K???

If around 900K is unsuccessful, than Oscar wasn't that much of a PPV star, because only cracked 1 million 4 times.

It's unsuccessful if the break even point for the network is 1.1 - 1.2m. That means fewer fights on SHO, and GBP will have to find another outlet for their high priced roster

[Fetta]

Chris DeBlasio @DeBlaz 22m
@KevinI @danrafaelespn Guys, not sure who ur sources are. But this is OUR biz. Too few #s available to make meaningful predictions. #relax

ShowTime is dis*****g this, but we'll see what happens

I just read this but its floyd so who cares let the hate run free.

Why do you people care?

[_original_]

I predicted around 800k. Still relatively huge numbers but low for Floyd's standards post 2006. I'm sure Showtime was expecting one million buys and took a slight loss if this is true.

[LeG00N]

So was Mayweather-Hatton unsuccessful at 920K???

If around 900K is unsuccessful, than Oscar wasn't that much of a PPV star, because only cracked 1 million 4 times.

they needed to sell 1.1 Million to break even.
They lost money thus it was unsuccessful. Can you comprehend that?

[deanrw]

The PPV was way too expensive. Try to keep them under $50. $49 looks much better than 60 or 70.

[Rocky Rode]

Showtime bent over backwards for Floyd. TV specials, executive producer roles, $32M guaranteed per fight and he's about to beat up on a bunch of no hopers. Lol Floyd's the man!!!

Plus he refused to do interviews during the promotion of the fight. I don't get why Showtime let him get away with all that.

Bottom line is boxing fans should care because this might ruin Showtime's boxing budget for the year... Which means less fights for us.

[hectari]

I predicted 850k. We'll see where it tops out at.

Why such a low prediction? Leonard Ellerbe said Floyd is the cash cow and predicted it would break showtime records.

I thought this fight would do 1.1-1.25 ppv buys since it was his comeback bout.

But from what casual fans were telling they would say who cares? the Pacquiao fight is already dead.

Casuals and Mexican fight fans who love toe to toe action are the most important demographic they are the ones who bring the money not the few 1 percent diehards who many of them just watch streams online.

[Weebler I]

It would be higher than Hatton.

I get the feeling a lot of people are hoping that this ShowTime deal fails though for whatever reason.

Only on one side of the Atlantic. Hatton did over 1 million buys on this side too.

I'm not hoping the Showtime deal falls through, I am hoping it puts pressure on Mayweather to fight Canelo.