I still think it's a bit early to be trusting any ppv numbers, they aren't usually this quick. Still that's about what I expected, I couldn't help but think people were going way over the top with 2-3 million estimates, if De La Hoya vs Mosley only got about a million when both were at their peaks. I wouldn't be suprised if the numbers for the Marquez fight were higher than a fight of that caliber would usually be because a) Mayweather was returning and people were caught up in the hype and b) Marquez is Mexican, and the hispanic market is very reliable.
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To my understanding there is no such thing in regards to people. That is what made the quote kind crazy. That is just a fat asian kid.
Why, do you think you would pass?? Idiot! Are you the idiot who started questioning why people consider Hatton not a 147 pound fighter? Infact, you even started a thread about it. If that does not tell us something about your IQ, I don't know what will! Floydettes have one characteristic - they are a bunch of morons. Give them a slightly deeper discussion like demographics and economics and they start interpreting it as an insult to Mayweather.
Is this supposed to be dissapointing? Those are very good numbers for a fight that had a 4 to 1 underdog in it. I'm pretty sure MMA has NEVER done those types of numbers and somehow that's bad? You *******s are aptly named. Not to mention those aren't even the real numbers. I think it'll be more like 1.5 million but we'll see when the REAL numbers come out.
In finance there's GROSS vs. NET. Below 1.4 to 1.5M is a break even. Judging by how both sides marketed, promotions and hyped this fight, with all the shows, entourage, ads, guestings, camps, the guarenteed money for both fighters, plus Schefer / ODLH and the full force of Golden Boy Promotions focussed their energy the past quarter of a year on this fight - very little attention/business was done outside this fight in the last quarter. 1.2Million and below is a loss. I will be surprised if this goes below 1.7M. Pac vs. Clottey's 750k and 51k gates are next to being ALL NET income due to next to very minimum expenditure on promotion (while promoting Cotto deal and the rest in his stable), though most of the money is in Arum's pocket.
I agree. I actually know more people who bought this fight to scout "Pacquiao's next opponent" than the Cotto fight. I expect this to go over 1.5 mil buys.
1.2m is a very good figure, DLH is the biggest name Floyds faced and that did 2.4, it was never going to get near that because Mosley doesnt draw like Delahoya. Hatton and JMM were arguably bigger draws than Mosley and they did around 1m. 1.2m is in line with this, its just this on paper was the better fight so we expected it'd sell better. The man in the street though doesnt necessarily know Mosley is a bigger challenge than JMM Then you have to remember, black on black fights havent drawn the public attention, other than Tyson-Holyfield and Tyson-Lewis. Floyd said 'Shane Mosley is not a PPV attraction, Marquez has a whole country behind him'. So based on that, 1.2m is good Lets remember though the source is Idole, who doesn't seem to like Floyd and the real numbers wont be out for a while. Given this is Mosleys last payday, he hasnt made as much and has just got blood sucked in a divorce and he just took a beating, I hope it sells more
i'll be disapointed in that figure. to be honest i was expecting somewhere in the region of 1.7-2 million PPV buys. i know in england we got to see the fight for free.