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HBO said they will not be releasing official PPV numbers for Canelo Khan, that is quite surprising, the numbers must be extremely low and would possibly interfere with the Canelo GGG negotiations and would put more pressure on Canelo. Oscar, when asked before the fight, claimed the PPV would do "a million buys".
Rick Glaser now posted on his facebook page
Badlefthook also made a story today:
http://www.badlefthook.com/2016/5/11...-rumored-to-be
A couple hours later Golden Boy reported that it did just "below 600k buys".
1.) They have a reason to lie, to not weaken Canelos starpower and negotiation power in his future fights, specially against GGG.
2.) 332k is below 600k.
Even if 322k is wrong and the real number is about 400-450k, then this number speaks a clear message.
You have to listen to the fans, they will only pay for fights they ask for!
They want Canelo vs GGG not Canelo vs another handpicked welterweight.
Also the May Pac fiasco hurt the PPV model endlessly. Fans waited 6 years for this fight and it came way too late, both guys old and out of their prime, one supposedly injured.
Boxing fans will never put up with that again.
Who knows if the PPV model will ever recover. Let's see how many PPVs Canelo vs GGG can generate. If it does less than Canelo vs Cotto then the model is dead.
Hopefully this all sends a clear message to Golden Boy to make Canelo GGG in September.
Rick Glaser now posted on his facebook page
HBO said today they are not going to announce a PPV buy number for Canelo-Khan, but we have the humber, 332.000 buys and that is horrible, that's why the "no announcement".
Badlefthook also made a story today:
http://www.badlefthook.com/2016/5/11...-rumored-to-be
Now, you don't have to trust this, but (1) he's really got no reason to lie, and (2) no one's going to prove him wrong, either. This is, for now, the number we're working with. ESPN.com or someone else will also float numbers they've heard this week, from sources in the cable and satellite industries, and HBO and Golden Boy will either be silent or will deny the claims, without providing a number back. We've seen it happen before, such as Showtime Sports balking at claims that Mayweather-Guerrero did around 800-850,000 buys in 2013, without releasing anything official. They also didn't confirm the low buys for Mayweather-Berto in 2015, or the sub-one million buys for the two Mayweather-Maidana fights in 2014.
But let's go deeper than just blaming Amir Khan's lack of star power or questioning sources and numbers that are out there. HBO saying they won't release the number, passing the buck to Golden Boy, who are unlikely to release the number, is enough of a sign that this pay-per-view was a dud. Whether that means 332,000 or 400,000 or 450,000 is not really important.
What is important is that Canelo Alvarez alone cannot sell a pay-per-view, at least if you're putting it on him to go above 300,000 without a good matchup.
But let's go deeper than just blaming Amir Khan's lack of star power or questioning sources and numbers that are out there. HBO saying they won't release the number, passing the buck to Golden Boy, who are unlikely to release the number, is enough of a sign that this pay-per-view was a dud. Whether that means 332,000 or 400,000 or 450,000 is not really important.
What is important is that Canelo Alvarez alone cannot sell a pay-per-view, at least if you're putting it on him to go above 300,000 without a good matchup.
1.) They have a reason to lie, to not weaken Canelos starpower and negotiation power in his future fights, specially against GGG.
2.) 332k is below 600k.
Even if 322k is wrong and the real number is about 400-450k, then this number speaks a clear message.
You have to listen to the fans, they will only pay for fights they ask for!
They want Canelo vs GGG not Canelo vs another handpicked welterweight.
Also the May Pac fiasco hurt the PPV model endlessly. Fans waited 6 years for this fight and it came way too late, both guys old and out of their prime, one supposedly injured.
Boxing fans will never put up with that again.
Who knows if the PPV model will ever recover. Let's see how many PPVs Canelo vs GGG can generate. If it does less than Canelo vs Cotto then the model is dead.
Hopefully this all sends a clear message to Golden Boy to make Canelo GGG in September.
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