People will be suprised how well Golovkin vs Lemieux does on PPV!

The other thing you have to remember is that HBO would normally be planning on paying these guys a couple million each anyways. And they`d normally be expected to come up with a pre-fight production like road to Golovkin-Lemieux or whatever....so if they see a means by which to establish a guy as a capable PPV player (i.e. in preparation for a future match-up with the Cotto-Canelo winner) then I can see them accepting a loss that would otherwise be within their normal operating budget. I`m not saying they`d follow this logic but its a thought.

 

Pretty sure that it will do around 200k ppv buys.then worldwide rights for TV and ppv will be huge.remember when GGG was in Monaco it was shown all around the world.some TV and some ppv..

 

This gonna be ppv, good. It's about time we see if people are willing to pay to see three G, this will let us know where he really stands as an attraction. I think this does about 250k between $30-50 dollars. If that's price with a decent card, yes, I think I will be one of the people purchasing.

 

Mzonke Fana?

If we are including low-rent PPV's, then a few of Tua's and Holyfield's main event b-sides of 8 years back. (Saul Montana, Lou Savarese)

If we stick with major big - budget events, we may not have to go back quite as far as Fana. I'm of the mind that Victor Ortiz never belonged on PPV, or in the ring with PBF (who thoroughly outclassed him every second despite the gaggle of haters claiming Ortiz had "early success")

 

I'll be buying this ppv.

It might do less than 100k though. 70-100k if you're being generous. Still very good numbers for his first ppv.

 

I will be surprised if it hits 200k TBH. At least based on what we hear so far. A really great undercard could bump that figure up.

If it does 200k its a success though, everyone will still make money. If it hits under 150k that will be a disappointment.

Also, all you GGG haters should be hoping the PPV does well. Because as well as a GGG-DL PPV does or doesnt do, a PPV would Ward would do even better. And the guaranteed purse totals for a potential Ward PPV matchuo will be based on... yeah you guessed it... Golovkin's PPV performance vs DL.

 

Oh, well, Canada yeah. Canada and US PPV numbers are always tallied and reported seperately... I was talking US numbers.

I am aware than most high profile matches with a Canuk on the card end up PPV there. I am also sure than if they get DL as the opponent, US + Canada PPV is how they managed to pay him enough to take that risk. (DL will be getting all Canada PPV revenue most likely, plus a good portion of US)

But in the US.. especially after Ward fights on HBO again, a GGG-Ward PPV would do better. Few people get excited about Ward himself, but his credibility as an opponent is as high as anyone in the sport.

 

Lemieux is experiencing a nice renaissance with beating Guerrero, Rosado and HNN consecutively bug if we're being honest you only need to go back 14 months to when he would have been considered a complete and utter joke opponent for a middleweight titlist in even a regular HBO or Showtime main event, let alone PPV. 14 months ago there were only a half dozen meaningless W's (the best of them being Torres, which is an ESPN level W...the rest far worse) separating him from back to back humiliating losses that completely erased his prospect shine and saw most file him under "low ceiling" or "lost cause".

Guerrero, a damaged goods former unbeaten hype machine prospect himself, no longer had the confidence to match his onetime seemingly expansive potential and talent. A lot of people saw Lemieux bashing him up coming.

Rosado had been good-boyed already, now semi-retired in real boxing and hacking out a living in BKB. Not to mention, even aside from all the punishment he's taken (a large share versus Golovkin, but more beyond that) he was kind of a tweener - stuck in divisional limbo. I wouldn't call him a "blown up 154lber", as he was big for that weight, but he always thrived on his edge in size there and has no such edge at middleweight.

HNN is the lone W that puts Lemieux in the conversation.

...and we're talking about headlining a PPV, again, not even just a Showtime or HBO regular main event.

 

I said I thought this fight would do Barrera/Fana numbers right after my post.

I guess there are actually a good several: Sergio Mora vs. Mosley, Chris Algieri vs. Pac, Ricardo Mayorga vs. Cotto

If you feel Ortiz too, then you can lump in a bunch more: Brandon Rios vs. Pac, Robert Guerrero vs. Floyd, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio, Roy Jones vs. Hop in the rematch

And to go along with the Holyfield and Tua low budget PPVs, there would be a near infinite: Adamek PPV opponents, Viloria PPV opponents, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. PPV opponents (not Sergio).

 

I think this is a test PPV. If it's successful, hopefully GGG can get some good fights after.

 

Agreed.... making high profile fights becomes a LOT easier for all parties if its PPV. Even 200k buys at 60$ HD puts twice as much money in the US TV pot as the highest profile HBO WCB card.

 

It's not listed as a PPV fight on my guide. Who's charging?

 

Reported that the GGG/Lemieux fight will be under 60$.