Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Maidana II Highest Selling PPV Event of 2014

[chepe009]

Pretty much this.. Even if the numbers are true, nothing special or groundbreaking was done here. The bigger story is Mayweather failed to do over a million buys once again even while being a lightning rod of controversy all over the internet and mainstream sports media. To top that off, the event being the dud that it was does nothing for future buys unless Floyd fights another huge PPV star.

Considering the other two ppv stars canelo and pac are struggling to get 600k buys, I consider over 900k a success. No one is doing "groundbreaking" numbers but he still clearly is top dog

[Pigeons]

3.1M PPVs sold in 2013. 1.825M PPVs sold in 2014. 4.925M PPV buys over 4 fights in 2 years with SHO. Floyd Mayweather is an anomaly. A horrible person and usually a boring fighter, yet he draws such astronomical numbers. Good for him.

Just to put this in perspective for the Golovkin fanboys, about 150K more people paid $75 for this Mayweather fight than watched Golovkin's last fight on regular HBO. Reality check.

[ThePrince]

Representatives from Showtime declined comment when asked for confirmation of the projected total.

So Showtime won't confirm or stand by this number? Where is this 925K 'projection' coming from exactly?

[PAC-BOY]

Cable and satellite tracking trends are suggesting a projection of 925,000 units sold...

i hope this many people didnt get ripped off.

[joseph5620]

The biggest crowds are always drawn when A. There is a Mexican holiday. and B. When there is a latin fighter


Let it be known here. As much as you guys want to believe Mayweather's B.S.


It has nothing to do with Mayweather. If it did he would fight at other dates against non latin fighters. And still do his so called "breaking numbers"

He has fought on other dates against non Latin opponents with big ppv numbers. Ever heard of Ricky Hatton or Shane Mosley ?

[HAY-B]

I see Arum lied again when he said that May-Chino II sold less than Pac-Bradley II

[ThePrince]

Cable and satellite tracking trends are suggesting a projection of 925,000 units sold...

That's some Arum bull****

Is that really where they're getting the 'projection' from? I remember when Uncle Bob said cable and satellite tracking suggested Pac-Cotto did over 2 mil buys and Pac-Margarito was on track for 1.6 mil.

So when Bob does it people are (rightfully) skeptical... but when GBP or whoever is feeding news outlets this number does it, and Showtime declines comment... then it's legit?

[Sugar Booger]

The numbers are still crap for the budget.

"by nature of our deal, no outcome is possible where Showtime suffers significant losses."

-Stephen Espinoza on the possibility of Mayweather not cracking a million buys.

[Sugar Booger]

Cable and satellite tracking trends are suggesting a projection of 925,000 units sold...

i hope this many people didnt get ripped off.

You really are a pacquiao semen eater aren't you. You're a pathetic little midget Asian

[mercenario]

Posted this in the other thread.

If my memory serves me correct... Floyd-Oscar was $55 And this fight was $75.

That's a 36% increase in revenue per buy.

Which means if we put it on the same scale, Mayweather-Maidana pulled in around 1.258M PPV buys worth of revenue based on a $55 buy rate.

You are not taking into account that Maidana isn't and never will be as popular or talented as DLH. So what will be the revenue of Oscar vs Floyd if the fight was sold at 75$? You are comparing oranges and apples. DLH was a ppv attraction on his own, Maidana has a lot of heart and strength but he was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Maidana was the Guerrero, Algiery the Rios type of fighter.