Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Maidana: Highest Selling PPV Of 2014, But…

[Holywarrior]

How is Showtime screwed when they get half?

[MRCHOKEaMF]

So Floyd has sold over 3MILLION PPVS IN TWO FIGHTS AND YOURE SAYING CBS IS LOSING MONEY?..............

[Lalaland]

Khan fight would generate a lot of PPV revenue.

Everyone from the Uk would tune in plus if they promote it well it'll do pretty decent in the US also.

I think Khan needs a 1 more win then its On.

[MC Hammer]

Showtime will be pushing for a canelo rematch

Probably will, and the murderer's row hes putting himself through may earn him the fight

[Lalaland]

Probably will, and the murderer's row hes putting himself through may earn him the fight

You seriously think a Canelo rematch would generate the same amount of interest as it was in their first fight?

[ßringer]

You seriously think a Canelo rematch would generate the same amount of interest as it was in their first fight?

It absolutely could given the right circumstances.

Those circumstances being that Canelo beats the piss out of Lara (which I expect) and then goes on to fight and beat the Cotto/Martinez winner.

Canelo's camp could easily sell that rematch to the world based on the narrative that Canelo wasn't fully matured when he first fought Floyd and that now he was and was going to fight him differently.

[Bronx2245]

so they must be losing out on a lot of money then if the fight only sold 900k in ppv? and their paying floyd a guarantee of 32mil? LOL

I don't know how the network is doing, but I know Floyd is doing very well (way better than any other boxer, now or ever).

[Bronx2245]

I hope you're being sarcastic. 900K is actually a great number for a fight that was viewed as one-sided and boring by the general public. It failed to reach a certain goal only because the bar is set so high for Floyd.

Atrocious? Not even close. It will still stand as the highest PPV number throughout the year, most likely beating out Canelo-Lara and Sergio-Cotto (I'm assuming these are both PPV events, I have not checked to be sure).

As for materializing a stacked card and taking advantage of holidays, isn't that purely smart marketing? That's the bulk of Mayweather's success. Don't tell me Pac and Arum don't use the same formula. I recall they tried to take advantage of the Asian market in Macau (with Pac being Asian and all). How'd that turn out? I don't remember hearing about an impressive number for the Pac-Rios fight.

Pac vs. Rios barely did 500,000 PPVs.

[Evol]

I don't know how the network is doing, but I know Floyd is doing very well (way better than any other boxer, now or ever).

oh im not trying to argue about that. i know floyd is doing well, but the network? investing 32mil in floyd and only getting 900k in ppv in return? it'll be interesting to see what their next move is..

[Evol]

Whether they are losing money, or whether they are making money, Showtime, nor HBO, would not even come CLOSE to going bankrupt over the lucrative Mayweather deal. And that was the whole point of my response, that no way in hell could they go bankrupt over it.

i never said they'll go bankrupt over it but if they keep it up they might very well be LOL.. either way they're hurting if their paying floyd 32mil and only geting 900k in return for ppv and that was my whole point of quoting u in the first place