Why did Mayweather vs Berto do such terrible PPV numbers?

[Luilun]

Because the Mexicans didn’t buy the fight

[Longhaul]

Because maybe Berto was a complete bum who had no chance in hell of making it a competitive fight .

[Floyd is TBE]

I remember certain fans belittling Floyd's "terrible" numbers, but then boxing's new great hope only managed to do 97k versus David Lemieux. That put 400k into perspective. Those numbers were actually pretty damn good considering the circumstance.

But to answer your question, Showtime barely promoted this fight. Choosing Berto as opponent was Floyd doing the bare to fulfill his six fight deal with Showtime

[kingstip9]

Because it was a completely useless, stay busy, low sought after fight that was not a pay per view worth watching. The end

[Combat Talk Radio]

But wait.... Conor was obviously a no hoper as well, but that fight did great numbers.

But why did mayweather/mcgregor do so much better?

Surely Berto had a much better chance at winning?

The casual fan doesn't know who Berto is. They know who McGregor is. Plus you had Dana White trying to help sell the fight with his "peanut brittle hands" comments.

It's why more people dialed in to watch KSI vs. Logan Paul - two non-pros - on a YouTube event where they saw this:

[Ray*]

Well sure, but this is Floyd. And this is Floyd's 3rd lowest PPV ever & the 2 that beat it were the first two PPV's he did.

So it definitely did terrible numbers for Floyd.

Still shows are those terrible number beats the supposedly greatest HW fight of our era. If he have those numbers now we would all be crying tears of joy.

[pasawayako]

floyd-berto did only 300k buys.

[Eff Pandas]

Still shows are those terrible number beats the supposedly greatest HW fight of our era. If he have those numbers now we would all be crying tears of joy.

Canelo vs GGG did 2.5x-ish those numbers last year. Wut the f#ck are you talking about?

Hell Wilder vs Fury & Spence vs Garcia DID do good numbers. Sh^t man anyone doing 250k+ is doing pretty f#cking good. And anyone doing 1M+ more than once is a superstar in boxing.

So again Floyd vs Berto was good numbers for a regular PPV, but garbage numbers for a Floyd PPV cuz Floyd is a superstar.

[Ray*]

Canelo vs GGG did 2.5x-ish those numbers last year. Wut the f#ck are you talking about?

Hell Wilder vs Fury & Spence vs Garcia DID do good numbers. Sh^t man anyone doing 250k+ is doing pretty f#cking good. And anyone doing 1M+ more than once is a superstar in boxing.

So again Floyd vs Berto was good numbers for a regular PPV, but garbage numbers for a Floyd PPV cuz Floyd is a superstar.

Did I compare Mayweather/Berto to Canelo numbers? No, I compared it to Wilder/Fury. The shitest Mayweather number still beat the HW with all the hype (2.5m PPV projection by Team Wilder). So I don’t know why you getting your knickers in a twist.

[IronDanHamza]

550 k with Berto who was unranked is not a terrible number infact it shows how big of a draw Floyd is.