Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Confident Cotto-Canelo Sells 1.5 Million PPVs

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

It's been six months since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao collided in the highest-grossing event in boxing history. The industry is still stuck in recovery mode, based on ratings, attendance and overall interest in the sport through the second half of 2015.

If there's a single bout that fans can point to a savings grace, it's the November 21 headliner between World middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and former super welterweight champ Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The pair of boxing superstars collide at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, with HBO Pay-Per-View to televise.
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[Larry the boss]

I don't see it breaking a million...hope im wrong because this is a damn good fight

[Hougigo]

Oh dear god... they are setting themselves up for failure.

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Oh dear god... they are setting themselves up for failure.

Oscar just has to.

[Eastcoast]

I'm thinking they might be getting half that if they're lucky.

[ostinato]

I'm predicting no more than 600,000 buys. Casuals will not go back to the well for a while with the memory of May/Pac still fresh.

[doom_specialist]

I personally feel that it's in the promoter's best interest to be a little more subtle about predicting numbers, and simply promote the event. Saying that you're predicting that a ton of people give you money seems like it would work against you, at least IMO

[Johnwoo8686]

I don't see it breaking a million pay per view buys either. One guy doesn't speak English and the other barely speaks it. Also this is a fight between two GOOD fighters not two great fighters. It probably does half a million buys. I thought Cotto Martinez would do a lot better than it actually did, the same with Canelo and Lara.

Watch people try to blame the numbers on Mayweather Pacquiao lol.

[BOXEO _]

It's probably going to do half of that.

[MrRolltide91]

at least 800k