Comments Thread For: Canelo-Khan PPV Buys: Multiple Sources Point To 460,000

[Teetotaler]

Kinda expected. His fight with cotto did 900k and cotto is a way bigger name than con. Kinda bad for boxing

[PK3434]

so its hundreds of thousands more buys than GGG's ppv?

of course. there are 26,000 Kazakhs in the United States

There are over 34 Million Mexicans in the United States.

[Triple Genius]

It's a decent number but GBP and HBO was looking for more. I think 70/30 with GGG is fair.

[turnedup]

so its hundreds of thousands more buys than GGG's ppv?

Comparing a guy who was part of the second/third best selling ppv fight ever to a guy on his first ppv...that makes sense.

[bosdurgen]

Horrible numbers for the "face of boxing" and a Mexican fighting on Cinco De Mayo. The whole reason they chose Khan was because they thought he would bring star power to the fight. As it stands, Canelo has done 2.2 mil as the b side against Floyd in a losing effort. 300,000 against as the A side against Angulo. 900,000 as the b side in a win against Cotto and only 390,000 to 600,000 against khan on cinco de mayo??? Where were all the buys that were supposed to generated by the huge Mexican fan base??? Gtfoh

[TheCell8]

These are not great numbers, if true. Let's not dismiss Khan. Many thought the would get smoked, but he still has a name and is quite popular. This is bad news for Canelo because if he can't fight GGG or Mayweather, any other opponent is likely going to produce even smaller numbers than these. Fights with Curtis Stevens and Lemieux will do way less than 460K.

So the pressure is now mounting on the so called 'Ca$hnelo' to face Golovkin.

[-Kev-]

I expected 650k, but 460k is not terrible

[Larry the boss]

not bad...

[Jubei]

Oscar and his lies. Never trust a drug addict.

[thack]

Kinda expected. His fight with cotto did 900k and cotto is a way bigger name than con. Kinda bad for boxing

Mismatches always are and Khan Conned his way in .Hatton in vegas did 1.3 million PPV's at 4am in England ...Khan fighting a proven ppv star in Vegas and sky sports did'nt want to know.Con no fans, no chin.

If this had been a success HBO would be falling over to tell us instead they don't want to.I like most smelt a rat and that rat came in the shape of Amir king 'con'