showtime are in to make money not to draw even.

Can anyone explain how they would need to do 1.5 million buys to break even? That doesn't seem to make much sense.

 

Don't bother. I have a quote from Espinoza saying that isn't true and they (******* Nation) claim he's lying. Can't make this **** up.

boxing_idiot has more information than Espinoza apparently.

 

That's fine. Could you please explain how 1.5 mill is the break even point?

 

Espinoza isn't always upfront. However, I just don't see how they would need to do 1.5M buys just to break even. Very few fights in history have ever done that many PPV buys.

 

That article doesn't explain anything. Nowhere does Tim Smith explain how he got to that number.

 

He said the rumors of needing 1.1 to 1.3 million buys were completely untrue. That would seem to imply their break even point is below 1.1 .. Espinoza said it was 900k in the Guerrero fight to break even. I'll naturally assume the true number is between 900k and 1.1 million PPV buys depending on event costs.

Not in ******* world though. It's 1.5 million to "break even" and be damned what Espinoza or Showtime says....

 

Did you see the money on that contract? Mayweather is getting paid a ton, Showtime is running commercials, and undercard fighters, expensive ones like Khan and Broner, need to be paid.

The Floyd fans are acting like everything is fine and Showtime never expected Floyd to bring in big numbers. ****, HBO made a fine business decision. So far, it looks like this contract is just a big bust, if the 800k speculated PPV buys is true.

 

You, nor anyone else has on here has seen the contract. You have no idea how it's structured. And you're telling me that Showtime is covering all of the advertisement costs as well as the undercard fighters? Exactly what costs is GBP covering?

Of course they expected Floyd to bring in big numbers. His three fights with Showtime will do in the 4M buy range. However, how could anyone draw up a contract where they would need to do 1.5M buys just to break even? Does that sound reasonable to you?

 

The TS is probably just trolling. However, I'm not sure how anyone could see 1.5M as a break even point and not question it. I can't say for sure what the break even point is, but it would be pretty insane if it were 1.5M buys.

 

They are idiots and trolls.

Mayweather averaged 1.4 million PPV buys for 6 fights prior to his Showtime contract. Yet these idiots would try to have people believe that they signed him for a contract, that would require 1.5 million (100k more than his previous average) just to "break even."

Dunces.