Showtime call BS on Iole and Rafael PPV "source"

[I Love Jesus!]

showtime and goldenboy are in full damage control mode since this fight was a bomb both numbers wise and entertainment wize ! no matter how you slice it the fans are not ****** and they will not put up with cherrypicking , and running against the cherrypicked opponent ! the fans saw through the smoke and mirrors and saw this fight for what it was a snooze fest !

I didn't watch that crappy 70 dollar sparring match but even a mayweather fan I know said it was boring and gayweather ran all night as usual. I know he is obsessed with that 0 but it must eat him up knowing everyone thinks he's a cherry picker.

[oc9979]

Note how they don't directly dispute the allegations.

Obviously I'll take it with a grain of salt. Never understood why it took so long to get the PPV numbers, do they count them by hand?

They get the numbers from different cable and satellites companies

[DoktorSleepless]

Kevin Iole had a pretty accurate figure for Martinez Chavez 3 day after the fight. He called it a "guess", but it was pretty obvious it was based on inside info.

https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/248116264160088064

[oc9979]

900,000 PPV buys *$60= $54,000,000
Let say 250,000 bought HD which is $10 more
250,000 * $10 = $2,500,000
$54,000,000+$2,500,000= $56,500,000
Sponsors (They all have to pay a fee)
Corona Extra
O'Reilly Auto Parts
AT&T
Star Trek Into Darkness
Valvoline

Gate estimate is about $9,000,000(those are the number from Ortiz which it should be similar)

Also the business like Hooters and other sport bars that order the PPV they have to pay a license fee. Which means more money than the $60-$70 that a regular household would pay.

http://www.ggsportstv.com/find-a-participating-bar.php

[3Sun2]

I didn't watch that crappy 70 dollar sparring match but even a mayweather fan I know said it was boring and gayweather ran all night as usual. I know he is obsessed with that 0 but it must eat him up knowing everyone thinks he's a cherry picker.

green k sent !!


if mayweather wants to change the public perception about him all he has to do is fight credible opponents ! the fans want to see him fight canelo ! but instead mayweather will choose devon alexander or danny garcia! the boxing public has spoken with their walets this time thats why showtimes ppv bombed so hard ! and something tells me their next event do worse than this one did , unless canelo or someone else thats legit is his opponent !!

[Weebler I]

Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn 5h
They coulda jacked up the PPV numbers had Floyd Sr and Ruben thrown down in a special parking lot fight co-feature.

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[daggum]

when reached for comment hbo said "lol!"

[bravestone]

This happens with pretty much every PPV. The numbers get under-reported, everyone goes crazy, then the actualy numbers come out much higher and oh my god its a big success? People need to just take a breather

[Grimgash]

I didn't watch that crappy 70 dollar sparring match but even a mayweather fan I know said it was boring and gayweather ran all night as usual. I know he is obsessed with that 0 but it must eat him up knowing everyone thinks he's a cherry picker.

I highly doubt anyone who's a mayweather fav found the fight boring. It's exactly like all his other fights where he puts on a boxing display. The fact you also used gayweather in your post makes you look even less believable. Everyone I watched it with enjoyed the performance regardless if they were Mayweather fans or not because first and foremost they boxing fans. You seem to be more of a mayweather hater than a boxing fan.

[I Love Jesus!]

I highly doubt anyone who's a mayweather fav found the fight boring. It's exactly like all his other fights where he puts on a boxing display. The fact you also used gayweather in your post makes you look even less believable. Everyone I watched it with enjoyed the performance regardless if they were Mayweather fans or not because first and foremost they boxing fans. You seem to be more of a mayweather hater than a boxing fan.

And you seem to be more of a butt hurt groupie then anyone I would care to listen to.