Ellerbe: Mayweather vs. Mosley does 1.4 million buys

How about factual proof they failed

fail·ure (flyr)
n.
1. The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/03/schaefer-predicts-3-million-ppv-buys-for-mayweather-mosley/

No. of buys estimated around 1.4 according to leonard ellerbe and 1.1 according to espn.

Failure. Cold hard truth.

 

I don't know what he was expecting, like i said i have no access to the internal predictions of GBP, none of us do, we just have to take a man on his word and in this game we know how much a word actually means.

Bob Arum 'yesteray I was lying today I'm telling the truth.'

That being said I cant see how 75 percent of the forum predicted 1.5-1.6 yet someone as professional as Schaffer would predict 3 million.

I guess we should be doing his job.

Also that the first i heard about record setting for promotion. Is that more spin or facts? I don't know just asking.

 

It brought in more money on the gate than Pacquiao vs Clottey did it not?

Also can you link me up to the thread where people were raving about it shattering records?

 

Shcaefer predicting 3 million was promotion.

By saying it will get 3 million people. People look at that and go, ****, 3 million people are going to watch this? I better tune in.

 

LukeO your right, 1.4 million buys is a failure. So does that mean that Pac/Cotto was a failure too?

 

again, you do not know what their desired # was!
you are obviously a sucker for a good promoter, though. You really shouldn't believe many things that come out of their mouths.

 

What has happened to the search function btw?:huh

It's a pile of wank going through google.

 

It depends on how serious your prediction was. Saying 3 million buys was stupid and put a cloud over the real buys but I'm sure it was more a promotion strategy than a real sales target. It's happened before and will happen again.lol But I don't know why yall are arguing over a technicality. Yeah the fight "failed" to get Schaefer's ridiculous buys prediction but overall it was a big success. End of story.

 

Oden has his own thread saying it'll be around 2.

Here is leon saying what will happen if it hits 3 million buys.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=221285&highlight=mayweather+buys

There is a poll with a bunch of people predicting around 2 million.

 

Which fight is the most promoted fight in the history of boxing?

 

atsch

 

Did it do what it was projected to do?

 

Man, promotion is an easy game, I'm gonna get into it.

 

ummm...3rd my man...oscar tito did 1.9:thumbsup

 

GBP has only been around a handful of years and they by far pour more into promotion than any other outfit ever has and will continue to do so. If this was the most heavily promoted it looks like money well spent.