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Typically it takes about 4 days for PPV numbers to come out. But by the way it has been delayed for the last expensive PPV boxing, it says something that the PPV numbers did not do well. I could not quite get it how the PPV revenues are split up, I heard the networks get half of the PPV receipts, or if the fighters purse are taken from PPV receipts or promoter's investment or gate receipts.
Either way if the PPV numbers have to reach 1 million buys even to get even, I think Floyd was getting paid too much and it was a mistake. I'm not even sure who loses money, but for sure Floyd runs away with his money and shows up on NBA playoffs courtside from east coast to west coast.
If you were a business you would not continue if you end up losing money. And for sure something has to change. I don't know if Floyd's contract with Showtime is public, but I think Showtime would continue bleeding money if it can't dictate who Floyd should fight next. Right now if Showtime indeed lost money on the last fight, their CEO would surely say that this will not happen again, or risk the anger of its shareholders. Maybe the delay in releasing the PPV numbers is timed when stock market conditions are favorable.
I stayed away from buying this last fight even if I could afford it, because for me it just was not worth it. People from Showtime should learn from boxing fans buying patterns, if we don't like the merchandise, we will take our money elsewhere. Then I saw the fight later after a week for free on Showtime, and I confirmed it was not that good.
Either way if the PPV numbers have to reach 1 million buys even to get even, I think Floyd was getting paid too much and it was a mistake. I'm not even sure who loses money, but for sure Floyd runs away with his money and shows up on NBA playoffs courtside from east coast to west coast.
If you were a business you would not continue if you end up losing money. And for sure something has to change. I don't know if Floyd's contract with Showtime is public, but I think Showtime would continue bleeding money if it can't dictate who Floyd should fight next. Right now if Showtime indeed lost money on the last fight, their CEO would surely say that this will not happen again, or risk the anger of its shareholders. Maybe the delay in releasing the PPV numbers is timed when stock market conditions are favorable.
I stayed away from buying this last fight even if I could afford it, because for me it just was not worth it. People from Showtime should learn from boxing fans buying patterns, if we don't like the merchandise, we will take our money elsewhere. Then I saw the fight later after a week for free on Showtime, and I confirmed it was not that good.
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