Comments Thread For: Schaefer: Mayweather PPV Will Do Over 1 Million Buys

[Grimgash]

And what makes u think Showtime won't release false numbers in order to save face after putting all of their eggs in one basket?.. I don't believe this PPV did over a Million buys regardless of what Showtime says.

Officially released numbers, are public record, thats why. There's a reason you can't view the numbers of pacs last 5 fights, they're not publicly released, just what Arum said and asked HBO not to release them.

[iloveboxing2]

Floyd didn't hustled GBP, GBP hustled Showtime. Fight may be a PPV flop but definitely better than just breaking even. A good number is 1.25 M PPV to make everybody happy.

Schaefer is pissed because no matter what the PPV lost money.

it needed 1.2 million buys to break even. so even if it had a million buys they'd be 200k short which means Showtime would have to make up for the $14 million those 200k buys would have been.

Schaefer can spin it however he wants but the PPV was a financial flop

that money will probably come out of the Showtime boxing budget which is probably around 28-30 million.

they've probably already spent 8-10 million already this year.

Danny Garcia got 1.25 million only for the Judah fight plus consider Canelo fought. when you consider all of the fighters purses and venue fees and operating cost 8-10 million seems about right.


Showtime might only have 6-8 million left for this year and they can't afford another Mayweather PPV that doesn't make money.

if Mayweather doesn't fight Canelo they'll be screwed

Mayweather hustled GBP which is hilarious

[switchsouthpaw]

All the reports seem to be consistent in one direction, the PPV underperformed.

[Cinci Champ]

And why does it matter so much? Are people here getting a cut?

because people have pretended for years no one buys floyds ppv for floyd and if the numbers on this ppv are big they are all for floyd and people dont like that

[maguirre]

Schaefer better be careful on this one. If he comes up with hard-to-believe numbers, people will demand proof.

[Kagami Taiga]

A better question is why ppl want this ppv to fail. It won't BTW. Floyd getting anywhere near a million us better than what 99% of the boxing world can do. That's not a failure. If showtime loses money, which they won't btw, who cares? They have plenty. Networks regularly waste millions on shows that bomb and get canceled. The fact us network execs are well aware of what they are doing with this. This isn't at all about ppv numbers. Its about branding. Pol on here just ding know how to look outside the box which is why the rich become rich

[Evil Abed]

Mayweather-Cotto's numbers got released on May 11th.

Just FYI.

[jso416]

Officially released numbers, are public record, thats why. There's a reason you can't view the numbers of pacs last 5 fights, they're not publicly released, just what Arum said and asked HBO not to release them.

Difference is HBO does not rely on Boxing alone to stay on top.. Out of 45 Million or so subscribers, boxing makes up about a Million and a half at most subscribers who are hardcore fans and are subbed for that reason alone. And HBO is not the ones who gave Mayweather the lucrative contract.. Showtime did. So I would not put it past them to put out false numbers.

[bravestone]

And what makes u think Showtime won't release false numbers in order to save face after putting all of their eggs in one basket?.. I don't believe this PPV did over a Million buys regardless of what Showtime says.

Because Canelo/Trout by a lot of accounts underperformed with the # they reported so they've shown no pattern of over-inflating any #s before. No reason to start

[SkillspayBills]

where did you get the figures that it needed 1.2mil just to break even?

The same place he got the "fight did under 1 million PPV buys" from. Pathetic.