Thread: Anyone hear anything about the Taylor/Pavlik PPV numbers?

I never heard a word about it, which makes me think it did not do as well as hoped.

Can anyone out there verify?

I heard it did around 250K buys, which is sort of middle of the road.

I know that there was poor ticket sales.

Well that is not too bad considering they got about 3 mil each, so it was still a money maker even with the under card and gate money in consideration.

Pavlik is not really mainstream yet so it will take a while before he is well known to the casual fan I guess.

Disappointing considering these are the world's two premier middleweight fighters and that it was a rematch to one of the best fights of 2007

I expect Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir did double that and that seems wrong

Originally Posted by bilbo

Disappointing considering these are the world's two premier middleweight fighters and that it was a rematch to one of the best fights of 2007

I expect Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir did double that and that seems wrong

It is quite incredible that more people chooses to buy Mayorga-Vargas and Roy-Tito than to buy this fight.

Don't be surprised if Pavlik (or Calzaghe) goes after the above mentioned guys. Obviously it makes good sense business wise.

Mikkel K,that is what is wrong with fans of today. I've been moaning quite alot but rightfully so. This is a rematch to a FOTY of the year contender and a MWmatch,to show us who really is best at 160.

Vargas-Mayorga and Tito v Jones-fights involving guys who can't make their own weight/coming out of retirement or going into it. Trust boxing fans to opt for the second fights rather than the first.

I read it did about 225,000, which was a disappointment for Arum. I think Arum made a mistake in putting the fight in Vegas and on PPV. It should have been a fight closer to Ohio and on regular HBO, like the first fight.

Yeh,smart posting Pea,that's why Arum DOES NOT want a Winky fight next. It won't be exciting and doesn't mean that much at the moment,hence it won't increase Kelly's popularity. They are looking for guys who'll make exciting fightsuddy,Lorenzo OR fights with meaning:Sturm for his title etc. Winky does not fit into that.