Is Mayweather Really a PPV Draw?

[FrankieBruno]

Ask youself:

1. How many PPV's did Canelo Alvarez sell prior to his fight with Floyd?
2. How many PPV's did Robert Guerrero sell prior to his fight with Floyd?
3. How many PPV's did JMM sell prior to his fight with Floyd?
4. What was De La Hoya's highest selling PPV prior to his fight with Floyd?
5. Is Miguel Cotto Mexican?
6. Is Shane Mosley Mexican?
7. Are Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana (his most likely next opponents) Mexican?


Answers:
1. None
2. None
3. 400,000 in one PPV fight against Pacquaio
4. 1.4 million vs Felix Trinidad compared to 2.4 million against Mayweather
5. No
6. No
7. No

My point: Mexicans opponents don't have a damn thing to do with the success of Mayweather's PPV events. His events are successful because of him and not his opponents.

Killin them with the facts

[troublesome96]

24/7

enough said

[Kuyukut]

the fact is, maximum pull by floyd the fraud on all of his ppv events, i'd say no less/more than 25% buys with the bigger chunk being pulled by his opponents.

[way2strong]

I understand where everyone is coming from but understand that people paying to watch him lose still equals him being the draw but yeah alot of us mexican(i never have) order his ppv's for that reason and that reason only

[jas]

Brian Kenny: "You think Marquez is a bigger draw than Shane Mosley?"

Floyd Mayweather Jr. : "He (Marquez) has a country behind him, a country, a country! And we know Mexican and black fighters have been dominating for years and you always get your biggest fights when you match the two together, and you know that."

[IronDanHamza]

That's Oscar de la Hoya mate, how old are you? 12?

Floyd's a draw, no doubt but he only draws BIG when fighting other legit names, Mosley, Cotto, Hatton and Canelo. Compare that to his buys when fighting guys like Guerrero and theres in some cases, a 400k difference.

Same can be said for Oscar though, no?

[IronDanHamza]

He needs good dance partners. And Floyd fight parties are the worst! By the time it's the 6th rd nobody is really into the fight anymore. We watch but we start talking bout a bunch of other stuff. He's not going to knock anyone out and watch we saw in the first half Is what we will see in the second half.

Who doesn't?

Every big draw needs a dance parter to do big PPV numbers.

The only time I can think of a big PPV with an unknonw(Relatively) opponent is Tyson-McNeeley and that was more to do with the fact it was Tyson's return.

[jcpryor]

the fact is, maximum pull by floyd the fraud on all of his ppv events, i'd say no less/more than 25% buys with the bigger chunk being pulled by his opponents.

Who is a bigger draw than Mayweather?

[ironmt]

If opponent selection doesn't play a vital role In the success of Mayweathers PPV events, then why did Showtime reportedly lose millions of dollars on the Guerrero fight and why doesn't all of his PPV'S generate Alvarez type numbers. There Is no doubt that Mayweather Is a draw, but opponent selection Is critical, that's why It was a slap In the face for him to offer Pacquiao a flat fee of 40 million dollars with no PPV revenue. Mayweather would do 700,000-1million buys against your average type fighters, such as Guerrero but would most likely do 2-2.5 million buys against a fighter the calibre of Manny Pacquiao. So yes, again, Mayweather Is a draw, but needs a quality name on the bill also, just as any other top name big PPV star.

[tangalog2200]

It seems to me he always just attaches himself to a popular MEXICAN on a MEXICAN holiday

Arum himself said blacks, asians and whites don't by PPV, it's all about the MEXICAN's

I really doubt there are Mexican families sitting around saying "I can't wait to watch that negro again!"
They're obviously buying to watch their brothers

the difference between gbp and tr is that gbp stacks up their fight cards more....

tr is more on riding on the main event principals drawing power....