Ellerbe: Mayweather vs. Mosley does 1.4 million buys

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  1. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/05/...-earns-40-million-against-shane-mosley/#cntnt

    According to Leonard Ellerbe, The Mayweather/Mosley fight did 1.4 million buys. The total will probably go up after everything is tallied, which would make this the second highest non heavyweight ppv of all time. The only one that did better was Mayweather's fight against DLH. Boxing is still alive and well when a ppv can put up those numbers despite one contestant being a 4/1 underdog.
     
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  2. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    That would make more sense. Hopefully it's true.
     
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  3. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Good numbers. Hopefully it doesn't go up to much, so there isn't another factor to deal with.
     
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  4. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    UH OH. I can see trouble brewing. 50/50?
     
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  5. Irelandsthebest

    Irelandsthebest Active Member Full Member

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    If this is true then the split could really become a problem in the Pac negotiations.
     
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  6. BigBoiBoricua

    BigBoiBoricua Active Member Full Member

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    they should agree to a 60/40 split with the most money going to the winner
     
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  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Elerebe is biased I'll wait for the official numbers from HBO...thanks.
     
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  8. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    If it's not 50/50 floyd is pricing himself out to get out of the fight.

    No question about it.

    50/50 of the biggest fight in history is more than he will ever make again.
     
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  9. dodong

    dodong >>PACQUIAO Full Member

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    Was he the same guy that counted 1,000 punches from Floyd in 90 sec.? :lol:

    to topic...I think GBP/Floyd's team are still disappointed. Deep down, I think they were expecting at least 2 mil.
     
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  10. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Days ago, a high ranking HBO executive stated that the fight should do around 1.4 million buys. Ellerbe is Mayweather's advisor and is the C.E.O of Mayweather promotions who co-promoted this bout. He's privy to all the numbers, so his word is pretty reliable in this case.
     
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  11. whoupicking?

    whoupicking? Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why would floyd team be disappointed?

    If anyone is disappointed it will be Golden Boy.
     
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  12. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    There has only been one non HW fight that has done better than this fight. Mosley was also a 4/1 underdog and is not a PPV attraction. 1.4M is a damn good number. There's no way that GBP and Team Mayweather aren't happy with this figure. Keep in mind that most people projected this fight to do around 1.5 million buys. Now if Mayweather/Pacquiao were to do 1.4M, that would be a dissapointment.
     
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  13. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    You do realize they were pitty pat punches right?
     
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  14. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    It's a failure for the most heavily promoted fight in history to do 1/3 or 1/4 of it's projected sales.

    It's a good number, not nearly as good as was being touted.
     
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  15. dodong

    dodong >>PACQUIAO Full Member

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    Higher share of PPV revenue, perhaps?...or just ego, especially with all the reference to himself as the cash cow.
     
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