Perspective Please.

One, there are no official numbers. Fight Hype is a biased website with a clear agenda, so keep that in mind.

Now, please keep in perspective the following:

- Lemieux is an absolute no name and was unknown by casuals

- HBO spent literally zero promotion on this fight. There was only one 15 minutes "Road To" and then a 15 minute face-off. That is it. Now, compare that to Canelo/Cotto who are getting face-off, 24/7 hr-long series, etc.

- This is the first non-Mayweather or Pacquiao PPV since fans were ripped off from May 2nd, which has severely hurt the market. Proof, refer back to Mayweather/Berto's buys.

I've had a feeling it'd hit around 200K, and I still think it will.

For a Khazak who still is on the cusp of breaking mainstream in his first PPV debut against an unknown star after little promotion and the May 2 rip-off... you have to keep it in perspective. Mayweather and Pacquiao literally killed the PPV market, and it'll be a good amount of months until it is forgiven.

With that said, I'd like to add:
1) If you bought Mayweather/Berto and didn't buy GGG/Lemieux while calling GGG's "non-PPV worthy" please do the world a favor and drive off a cliff.
2) Keep in mind Pacquiao did only 200K buys against Diaz and that was way into himself being a star.
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: I don't care about the PPV buys, because at the end of the day IT HAD TO BE ON PPV FOR THE FIGHT TO HAPPEN. Lemieux wouldn't get in the ring unless it was for ridiculous money (1.5 million), and with that kind of purse and HBO's budget, they had to put it on PPV to cover the expenses. So, stop complaining. It wasn't PPV worthy. It was PPV necessary. And if you want to support Golovkin into continue getting unification bouts, then you should've bought the fight because it's only that type of money that will entice opponents to get in the ring with him. GET IT?

I've always said Canelo/GGG will be the fight to send the winner into PPV-star mainstream. I think after Canelo's domination of Cotto, fans will be coaxed into being more willing to buy PPV again. So, Canelo is already known. Then GGG who's receiving a lot more exposure. Add those two and Canelo/GGG will definitely be the fight that sends the winner to become the new face of boxing. :thumbsup

 

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Everyone is just taking word off Fight Hype right now. And TStreet Controvery? Wait for ESPN, lol.

 

No, it had to be a on PPV. This has already been said. Do you realize how much money was offered to Lemieux? GGG was paid 2 million, Lemieux was paid 1.5 million. That's ridiculous. That's an incredible amount of money that had to be compensated through PPV.

 

That makes sense. Cotto and Martinez may have respectively brought in 150,000 each. Golovkin brought in 150K by himself, lol. Add in a relatively well-known opponent with him that'd be competitive, and it'd probably do about 300K. GGG/Ward would do about that much. Maybe a little less.

 

Lemieux had a belt. That's the best product GGG's team could've received other than the WBC champ.