The Great Mystery- How many bought Mayweather vs. Ortiz

[4Corners]

We don't know at this point. We had "sources" say 850k, 800k, even 700k. We had other "sources" say 1 million and 1.3 million.

The only "official" anything we've heard from Golden Boy or Schaefer is that the numbers are over 1 million, and still being counted. Even if it did only 850,000, it still beats when Manny fought Clottey and initial reports were that fight only sold 600,000 but they somehow ****ed that one to 700,000. I can't see this fight doing less than 1 million, when Mayweather-Marquez even did 1 million PPV's.

[johnm is...]

The greater mystery... why do so many people care?

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

Get off Floyds D-ck damn

[toyboy33]

I flew out to the fight along with a hottie I only knew from talking boxing online. We had a blast as it was both our first pro live fight. Met Roger and Jeff Mayweather, Emanuel Stewart, Mike Tyson, Thomas Hearns, Joe Frazier, Leon Spinks, Kenny Bayless, Ken Norton, Devon Alexander, Jean Pascal and some others. Not sure how many tickets were given away but the arena was packed and people were lined up outside trying to buy tickets. I can't wait to do another major fight like that. The atmosphere for a boxing fan was crazy. People yelling, fighting in the stands, side bets and beautiful chicks everywhere. Chick I was with was nice though.

[Shogunofharlem1]

The greater mystery... why do so many people care?

[flipbjefrox]

We don't know at this point. We had "sources" say 850k, 800k, even 700k. We had other "sources" say 1 million and 1.3 million.

The only "official" anything we've heard from Golden Boy or Schaefer is that the numbers are over 1 million, and still being counted. Even if it did only 850,000, it still beats when Manny fought Clottey and initial reports were that fight only sold 600,000 but they somehow ****ed that one to 700,000. I can't see this fight doing less than 1 million, when Mayweather-Marquez even did 1 million PPV's.

this ppv lost money.. the only source that said 1.3 is floydhype which is the least credible website out there

[flipbjefrox]

This is according to Michael Marley

"Hearing "real numbers" of 650,000 and then 777,0000 so I'd say K9 Kim had it about right at 850,000, we shall never know. but it's not a good sign for boxing."

[Spoon23]

We don't know at this point. We had "sources" say 850k, 800k, even 700k. We had other "sources" say 1 million and 1.3 million.

The only "official" anything we've heard from Golden Boy or Schaefer is that the numbers are over 1 million, and still being counted. Even if it did only 850,000, it still beats when Manny fought Clottey and initial reports were that fight only sold 600,000 but they somehow ****ed that one to 700,000. I can't see this fight doing less than 1 million, when Mayweather-Marquez even did 1 million PPV's.

lol pls remember, pac clottey had no 24/7.. Floyd Ortiz brought in 24/7 all the drama with there boy hood and Floyd arguing with there dad.. So Floyd Ortiz should be bigger than Pac clottey. Should be compared to Pac Mosely.

Mosely was washed up so people don't see the glimmer there, pac brought in 1.3m with a washed up boxer.. While victor is a strong fresh champion more hype can be made there. Anything less than 1.3m is a failure..

I have a feeling with the refunds and fans being tired of the mayweather antics.. 800 buys is pretty accurate..

[dosepulgada]

Just want to orient Floydiots about the statistics...

Who has the better numbers?

Manny Pacquiao Pay Per View History since 2005


1. Erik Morales I (2005) 350,000
2. Erik Morales II (2006) 360,000
3. Oscar Larios (2006) Unavailable
4. Erik Morales III (2006) 350,000
5. Jorge Solis (2007) 200,000
6. Marco Antonio Barrera II (2007) 350,000
7. Juan Manuel Marquez II (2008) 400,000
8. David Diaz (2008) 250,000
9. Oscar De La Hoya (2008) 1,250,000
10. Ricky Hatton (2009) 850,000
11. Miguel Cotto (2009) 1,250,000
12. Joshua Clottey (2010) 700,000
13. Antonio Margarito (2010) 1,150,000
14. Shane Mosley (2011) 1,300,000 ???
15. Juan Manuel Marquez (2011) ???

TOTAL (2011 AND LARIOS FIGHT not included) 7.46M

Floyd Mayweather Pay Per View History since 2005


1. Arturo Gatti (2005) 340,000
2. Zab Judah (2006) 350,000
3. Carlos Baldomir (2006) 320,000
4. Oscar De La Hoya (2007) 2,400,000
5. Ricky Hatton (2007) 940,000
6. Juan Manuel Marquez (2009) 1,050,000
7. Shane Mosley (2010) 1,400,000
8. Victor Ortiz (2011) 700-1.3M ???

TOTAL (2011 not included) 6.8M

Summary of PPVs since 2005 (per Year)

Pacquiao:
2005 - 350,000
2006 - 710,000++
2007 - 550,000
2008 - 1.90 M
2009 - 2.10 M
2010 - 1.85 M
2011 - far better numbers than Floyd

May:
2005 - 340,000
2006 - 670,000
2007 - 3.34 M
2009 - 1.05 M
2010 - 1.40 M
2011 - far worse than Manny


Conclusion:

1. In the last SIX YEARS, Pac's PPV is better than Floyd except in 2007 when May fought Hatton and ODLH in the same year.

2. Even without the Larios fight, PPV Numbers of Floyd was surpassed by Manny Pacquiao since November 2010.

3. This year, it is safe to say that PPV lead of Pacquiao may reach between 1M-2M depending on the outcome of the JMM fight.

4. Manny can reach 10M ppv buys this year since 2005. I think he can be placed at #4 all-time in PPV buys. But please inform me if Im wrong (in #4). If this is true, he only needs roughly less than 3 million PPV fights so he can surpass Tyson or Holyfield (12.4-12.6M) in the All-time list. If he still has 3 fights left, then he needs to reach at least 950K PPVs per fight on the average. Not mentioning the Mayweather fight which can easily push him up as the undisputed PPV King All-time.



Note: my numbers aren't too accurate because it has been since 2005 only.


Data Sources:
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-an...tory-hard-data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view

[PAKYO]

This PPV was sold here for around $10 only but the boxing afficionado crowd i know who usualy make bets did not bought it. That alone says a lot....

floyd is gay.