Comments Thread For: Schaefer: Mayweather-Canelo Could Break PPV Records

[HeroBando]

It takes away some of the intrigue. But I'd be shocked if a lot of the fans going to the fight or ordering the PPV even know what a catch weight is. lol

I'd be shocked if they even know what the weight classes in boxing are.

You're 100% right about this. Heck, even here where CWs were an obsession for years, nobody even noticed a high profile FOTY contender like Ortiz Berto was at a CW.

[Zelong Dong]

Schaefer is one whiny Philly. Moaning and groaning all the dang time.

[Fetta]

You're 100% right about this. Heck, even here where CWs were an obsession for years, nobody even noticed a high profile FOTY contender like Ortiz Berto was at a CW.

S was Lucas v Peterson but that wasn't spoke of either after.

Anyway this fight will be a monster on Oscar v Floyd scale, which happens to be record, and I expect huge things. My phone exploded from casuals and hardcore about this fight the moment, moment, it was announced. This event will be massive!

[A-Wolf]

No. It won't. Not even close.

[Chex31]

The fight should do 1.5 easily.
Mayweather single handily carried the PPV for Guerrero and it did 1 million without a lot of support from the Mexican audience. With the Mexican audience it could probably do about 1.8~1.9.
Hopefully they do a better job of promoting the fight this time.

This

The promotion for Mayweather-Ghost was pretty bad (though there was no hype to begin with)

all access was terrible, they should bring back Fight Camp 360

[lopez36]

stop Floyd is the money man and Canelo weighed 153 last fight, he will be outweighed by 20 pounds on fight night if 22 year old kid cant lose 1 pound its bc he is not discipline, Bhop fought his whole career at 160 and when he fought Oscar he came in at 155lbs. 2 pounds isnt anything

If two pounds isnt anything then why ask for catchweight? Why not just go to 154? It does matter

[El Jesus]

I doubt it. Canelo has yet to headline a PPV himself. For Oscar/Floyd, Oscar was already a PPV juggernaut and Floyd was already known in the United States because of Dancing with the Stars. The only people who know Canelo are boxing fans and Mexicans. It'll do 1.5-1.8+ million but it won't go past 2 million. Only Pac/Floyd had the aura of beating Oscar/Floyd because both were PPV juggernauts.

dancing with the stars was the hatton fight. floyd got momentum because of 24/7. but before that hed been on ppv three times already successfully.

[sapak]

Any news on this?

[Hougigo]

Any news on this?

Schaeffer said early numbers show that breaking 2 million seems certain

[Hougigo]

if majority of the viewers were like me (knowing that canelo won't stand a chance), 2 million is impossible, 1.5, more likely!

It'll break 2 million at least