Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. PPV history & purse split

By estimates, the actual pot may be bigger than 100 million.

 

40+ million to fight Mayorga. That is ****ing crazy, ODH laughed his ass off all the way to the bank on that one.

 

So the same people that thought Mayweather Mosley could hit 4 million ppv buys?

De La Hoya was by far the biggest ppv we've had and they only split a pot of $77 million I believe, so I don't think there is any chance of them splitting a $125 million pot which would make your comparision in the OP correct.

Plus you have to factor in Arum's share of Pacquiao's revenue which is 28.5% I believe.

 

Not saying this is the reason, but just stating that Mayweather's first 3 ppv buys generated more then Oscar's first 3 ppv buys. And his next 5 buys(8 total) after Oscar blows Oscars first 8 buys out of the water.



Mayweather earned every % as he promoted the hell out of that fight personally.



40mli though is basically 20mil guaranteed and 20mil of ppv money rolled into one. To say he isn't getting any back end money is false as its tied into the 40mil. They probably estimated that there will be 100mil to share so Mayweather offered 40mil expecting to take home 60mil.

 

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What do you guys think would be a fair *guarantee and split* for Pac?

 

you do realize that comparing ppv puys that are a decade apart it is beyond laughable. in 1995 you had very few ways to get ppv, through your cable or satellite dish. now you can get them via phones, computers and laptops, PDAs , and almost any bar these days for the bigger fights..
and back then not all cable providers offered all ppv, they were selective...
and floyd wasnt going up against mike tyson, holy vs bowe, george foreman to mention a few names....like oscar was.... its just an all around stupid thing to look at numbers like they tell the whole truth of whatever it is trying to be proved

 

It was just a general statment which is why I stated before hand that I wasn't saying it was the reason why he got the split he got.

Reguardless Mayweather helped Hoya generate more money in there one fight then Hoya's last 3 combined in 04 & 06 so they both knew what they were doing at the negociation table when it came down to the split.

 

So DLH and Mayweather split a pot of $77 million doing 2.4 million buys but you think Mayweather vs Pacquiao can possibly hit 3 million buys, so that extra 600k is going to generate an extra $48 million?! Even with the rise in ppv cost it's not going to generate $250 million.

Talk of the split being that wide is ridiculous to be honest.

 

Lol, did you bother doing the figures? 600k x $55 would have added an extra $33M revenue. Add to that PPV's being more expensive today, inflation on PPV numbers, that 600K turns into alot more

If HBO can price a **** fight like Mayweather-Ortiz at $60, $70HD.. Pac-Mayweather will be $70-75 or more.

$70-75 x 3M buys = $210M-$225M... and that's just on the PPV, gate will be over $20M, there will be other revenue streams like sponsorship dollars and arena sales...

That figure is not out of the question. It's not out of the question that the fight can do 3.5M-4M buys..and that's why % of PPV is so critical to a fair deal...if Mayweather lowered his gauranteed purse offer, say $35M and offered Pac a 45-55 split on the PPV, that would be a serious offer.

Right now his offer is a joke as Mayweather gets all the benefit for the fight doing well, Pac gets nothing, zero, nada, despite him bringing half of the interest for the fight

 

From the $33 million HBO have their cut which is either 45 or 55%, so lets say 50% for arguments sake, that adds another $16.5 million to the pot. Not a lot more is it?

This fight won't be doing 4 million buys!

Between 2.2 and 2.7 max.

 

Back then Oscar made the rules, and that is what he allowed floyd and floyd. Based off of Floyds numbers, he is in a position to make the rules and he generates the most. He made an offer to manny, who didnt Have to accept, and he didnt. Fair enough.

Do i think that floyd should make that offer? Not necessarily but i can see why he made that offer. Anyway, that should answer your question. (if you want it too)