Thread: floyd-mosley early ppv buyrate indicates 1.1 to 1.2 million buys

sources as quoted by yahoo's kevin iole. if it's only 1.2m ppv buys, it's a good number already but still considered a failure since this fight is the most heavily advertised and promoted fight in recent boxing history.

I think it's good for the port in the long run. Pac drew 1.3 vs Cotto, Mayweather 1.2 lets say Vs Mosley 50/50 Split, 14 day cut off, Cleto Reyes for Pac, Grant for Floyd, standard ring lets have a fight already

if it's only 1.2m ppv, floyd-mosley fight promotion is not earning much.

my own general estimates:

revenues:
1. ppv ------ $70m (1.2m ppv buys x $56)
2. live gate -- 11m
3. other revenue -- ??
rough total = $81m

expenses:
1. floyd purse -- $22.5m (minimum guaranteed)
2. mosley purse -- 7m (minimum guaranteed)
3. hbo 24/7 ------ 4m
4. other expense -- ??
rough total = $34m

1.2 mil? Damn that's shockingly poor if it's true.

The two best American fighters in the world make less sales IN AMERICA than a Phillipino and a Peurto Rican?

They will be very disappointed.

Originally Posted by toe2toe

if it's only 1.2m ppv, floyd-mosley fight promotion is not earning much.

my own general estimates:

revenues:
1. ppv ------ $70m (1.2m ppv buys x $56)
2. live gate -- 11m
3. other revenue -- ??
rough total = $81m

expenses:
1. floyd purse -- $22.5m (minimum guaranteed)
2. mosley purse -- 7m (minimum guaranteed)
3. hbo 24/7 ------ 4m
4. other expense -- ??
rough total = $34m

47 million isnt much?

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by toe2toe

if it's only 1.2m ppv, floyd-mosley fight promotion is not earning much.

my own general estimates:

revenues:
1. ppv ------ $70m (1.2m ppv buys x $56)
2. live gate -- 11m
3. other revenue -- ??
rough total = $81m

expenses:
1. floyd purse -- $22.5m (minimum guaranteed)
2. mosley purse -- 7m (minimum guaranteed)
3. hbo 24/7 ------ 4m
4. other expense -- ??
rough total = $34m

47 million isnt much?

for fight of this magnitude. it's a good number already but expectations for this fight is high. 2 most known and highly rated american boxers fighting in america.

as one poster mentioned above, a filipino and a puerto rican fight was doing a bit better.

Originally Posted by toe2toe

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by toe2toe

if it's only 1.2m ppv, floyd-mosley fight promotion is not earning much.

my own general estimates:

revenues:
1. ppv ------ $70m (1.2m ppv buys x $56)
2. live gate -- 11m
3. other revenue -- ??
rough total = $81m

expenses:
1. floyd purse -- $22.5m (minimum guaranteed)
2. mosley purse -- 7m (minimum guaranteed)
3. hbo 24/7 ------ 4m
4. other expense -- ??
rough total = $34m

47 million isnt much?

for fight of this magnitude. it's a good number already but expectations for this fight is high. 2 most known and highly rated american boxers fighting in america.

as one poster mentioned above, a filipino and a puerto rican fight was doing a bit better.

Anything official yet?

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by toe2toe

Originally Posted by eagle

47 million isnt much?

for fight of this magnitude. it's a good number already but expectations for this fight is high. 2 most known and highly rated american boxers fighting in america.

as one poster mentioned above, a filipino and a puerto rican fight was doing a bit better.

Anything official yet?

none yet. it's the early ppv buyrate as clearly stated.

Early Talk: Mayweather-Mosley at 1.1-1.2 million buys - Bad Left Hook

if it's true, one good thing out of it is it makes the pac-floyd negotiations a little easier when it comes to purse split.

At least now that the hype is over for the promotion, the numbers are coming out of the clouds and into the mountain tops. It's a number that is through the roof as Schaefer would say. Oops! he did pull a Bob Arum and used something cosmic like 3 to 4 Million.

Typically anything over 300k is a success for a big fight, but the hype spent on this fight was way over the top. So I would expect the budget to be close to 750k PPV buys. At 1.2 Million PPV buys I would think GBP/HBO are still making a nice profit. I wonder if there will be some spats over who gets the tax deductions.

If the numbers do come in at 1.1-1.2 Mr. Mayweather would be a wise man to reconsider using Cowboy Stadium as the marketing.