S.I. : Mayweather-Maidana PPV buys estimated at 900k.

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it did 800 buys even if by some chance it did 900 000 that was **** hhahahah 1.5 mill to break even

 

What are their sources? Not that I dispute them, but hearsay is just that.

 

Interesting to see if Showtime confirms or stays quiet, indeed.

I'm guessing the "estimate" is a little high and Showtime will not confirm, as was the case for the most recent HBO PPV.

Either way, people shouldn't be surprised.

Guerrero fight did 870K PPV buys. Maidana is comparable with his lack of fan base in the United States... Also, Mayweather vs. Maidana, for some dumb reason believed by dumb asses was thought to be an epic mismatch which wouldn't produce worthy entertainment. Those people were wrong, but if ESB is any gauge, those people all elected not to buy the PPV for those reasons.

Anyone who thought the PPV would do more than 1.1-1.2 M were pretty off their rocker anyways.

 

only people who are more off their rocker are people who say they have to do 1.5 to break even....its unreal...i dunno where some of these guys come up with some of this ****

 

no kidding, some on here are ignorant to epic proportions...
even paq flop in maucca did NOT "LOSE" money. some of these clowns are phucking ******ed....

fellas, he is some knowledge for the morons,
everyone involved in these ppv's with money, canelo paq and even cotto and chavez jr are MAKING bank before the fight even takes place.
the PPV's are extra icing on the cake..

GET A PHUKING CLUE

 

Stamina, I agree, the fighters are making money, but that doesn't mean the promoter or network is. Sometimes projections fall short. I've promoted events that were catastrophic and were well below expectations. **** happens. But the attractions, in this case boxers, always got paid.

 

Showtime confirmed the ppv numbers after a week for the Mayweather-alvarez. it's almost a month and no confirmation from Showtime about the Mayweather-maidana ppv numbers.

 

Clearly because they weren't as high as they had hoped for...

 

I still think it was an epic mismatch, but I did end up buying it. Floyd chose to fight in a way that was entertaining and dangerous. My hat's off to him, but I believe Floyd could have made it the boring obvious mismatch if he wanted, but he's trying to get future numbers up with the lack of future superstar opponents, and looking vulnerable does that; raises ratings. It's a lot like they way Bradley opted to fight Provodnikov to make it exciting and put on a show for ratings (and got fight of the year because of it). Bradley went out and started trading with him right off the bat, to the chagrin of Diaz. Anyway, the real dumbasses are the ones who believe Maidana beat Floyd and is on Floyd's level.

 

I agree with all of that...

 

That's bull****. If they were losing money like that you would see folks getting fired like crazy.

SD was 65 and HD 75 so looking at about 63,000,000. You act like that was the only source of income to pay the bills. They also made money off of the gate, souvenirs, licensing/trademark, etc. Showtime is making money off of these fights.

 

Yea I didn't expect this one to do any better than Mayweather-Guerrero, but a rematch sure would. 1.3-1.4 million ppvs with a decent undercard.

 

Was expecting $1.1m-$1.2m tops. Still $900k isn't a bad number considering Maidana was given zero chance and completely overlooked by everyone.