Cotto/Martinez underperforms, does 350,000 buys

**Hougigo** · 06-23-2014, 10:11 PM

What I've been hearing and way less than I thought.

Too bad

"The numbers were not great," said Arum, who is rehabilitating in Los Angeles after having knee replacement surgery last week. "All the numbers boxing has been getting on pay-per-view have been terrible. It's not disappointing; it just is what it is. There are too many (pay-per-view cards).

Let's see how the rest of the year plays out, Canelo/Lara up next

**.:: JSFD26 ::.** · 06-23-2014, 10:13 PM

Oops.

Looks like Cotto will have to bow down to Canelo's demands if they do fight. I hope Canelo pulls out every diva demand in the book.

**UTEP** · 06-23-2014, 10:13 PM

When did PPV numbers become a big deal to boxing fans?

**GoToTheBody** · 06-23-2014, 10:13 PM

How many events over 1 million in 2014 so far?

Any fights over 1 million buys yet in 2014? which ones?

**MELLY-MEL...** · 06-23-2014, 10:14 PM

Da *** cares

**DannYankee** · 06-23-2014, 10:15 PM

Not such great A side after all...damn that's sad I thought this would do a lot better.

**Bardock** · 06-23-2014, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by UTEP

When did PPV numbers become a big deal to boxing fans?

when floyd started talking about it. "men lie, women lie, numbers dont doe."

**ThePrince** · 06-23-2014, 10:16 PM

Bob is spot on here:

"The numbers were not great," said Arum, who is rehabilitating in Los Angeles after having knee replacement surgery last week. "All the numbers boxing has been getting on pay-per-view have been terrible. It's not disappointing; it just is what it is. There are too many (pay-per-view cards).

"Pay-per-view was always designed, as was closed circuit back in the day, for true super fights, not just very good fights. There have been pay-per-views every month and people resent the fact that they're asked to pay extra for anything halfway decent. Boxing pay-per-view numbers are down. Look at the (recent) numbers for the (Floyd) Mayweather and (Manny) Pacquiao fights. The UFC pay-per-view numbers are also down."

Been saying this for a while now. This year has gone way overboard with the PPV. Many of them are Boxing after dark/Show Box calibre matches. I'm glad these cards are flopping. PPV should only be for real superfights.

That being said, Bob needs to lay off the morphine if he tries to push Pacquiao-Algieri after saying all that.

**FrankieClutch** · 06-23-2014, 10:16 PM

I was expecting ~600K for this fight, but 350 isn't bad. I think Canelo vs Lara will pull ~500k

Cotto/Martinez underperforms, does 350,000 buys