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MAYWEATHER-HATTON DOES 850,000 PPV BUYS IN THE U.S.
Mayweather-Hatton pay-per-view a smashing success
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: December 17, 2007, 12:15 PM ET
The numbers are in, and pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather lived up to his new self-given nickname of "Money" Mayweather.
Mayweather's 10th-round knockout of England's Ricky Hatton to retain the welterweight championship Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated a whopping 850,000 domestic pay-per-view buys and $47 million in television revenue, HBO PPV's Mark Taffet said Monday.
That makes the fight the biggest pay-per-view fight in history that did not involve Oscar De La Hoya or heavyweights Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.
"Mayweather-Hatton was one of boxing's most memorable nights of the past decade and was the perfect ending to a resurgent year for the sport," Taffet said. "Also, in becoming the highest-grossing PPV fight ever in which neither a heavyweight nor a Latino superstar was featured, Mayweather-Hatton blazed a new trail, which opens new doors and bodes very well for the future."
Mayweather-Hatton, which generated 520,000 subscriptions from cable homes and 330,000 from satellite homes, was the second-biggest boxing pay-per-view fight of the year. But Mayweather was also half of the biggest one.
His decision victory against De La Hoya on May 5 generated numerous records, including 2.4 million PPV buys and $134 million in PPV revenue.
With a second blockbuster pay-per-view event this year, Mayweather earned about $50 million in purses. :)
The fight also capped a record-breaking year for HBO PPV, Taffet said. Its eight boxing events sold 4.8 million units and generated $255 million.
That breaks the 1999 record of 4 million buys and $200 million.
Dan Rafael covers boxing for ESPN.com.
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With a second blockbuster pay-per-view event this year, Mayweather earned about $50 million in purses. :)
:o :o :o So I take it the Money Mayweather persona aint goin anywhere any time soon ;)
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:o :o :o So I take it the Money Mayweather persona aint goin anywhere any time soon ;)
You should probably warm up to that. Sorry to say.
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id say Mayweather is major box office now
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Well done by both, I'm sure they'll both take a nice cut from that revenue. :)
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
This just proves oscar's superstar status, he got 925,000 buys from just the mayorga fight which provided no 24/7 show or a brilliant opponent. also oscar still made 5 million more than floyd throughout this year. with this floyd should stop saying that everyone gets their bigpaydays through him, it is the other way around. through his opponents, floyd gets his big paydays
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it now looks like Mayweather is only gona fight the best now so he carrer should end with some massive PPV's
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Originally Posted by chamiley
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was
Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
99% of the people in the US had absolutely no clue who Ricky Hatton was before this fight. In the US, Mayweather's presence was a much bigger factor in the PPV numbers than Hatton's. People in the US knew Mayweather from the Oscar fight and from Dancing with the Stars.
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Originally Posted by chamiley
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was
Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
99% of the people in the US had absolutely no clue who Ricky Hatton was before this fight. In the US, Mayweather's presence was a much bigger factor in the PPV numbers than Hatton's. People in the US knew Mayweather from the Oscar fight and from Dancing with the Stars.
Exactly. That's 850,000 Americans ("domestic" pay-per-view buys).
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I was pretty close,think I said 750k,I definitely didn't think it would do 1mill but dam good numbers. Mayweather is earning some SERIOUS $$$,why the heck can't he just fight for his legacy and fight guys like Cotto,Williams etc!! He's got enough $$$ surely?
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Originally Posted by El Gamo
I was pretty close,think I said 750k,I definitely didn't think it would do 1mill but dam good numbers. Mayweather is earning some SERIOUS $$$,why the heck can't he just fight for his legacy and fight guys like Cotto,Williams etc!! He's got enough $$$ surely?
Did he say that he'll never fight those guys? Because I must have missed it. Last I heard he just fought a week ago.
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How about rest of the world figures? the UK would be nice to know.
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
This just proves oscar's superstar status, he got 925,000 buys from just the mayorga fight which provided no 24/7 show or a brilliant opponent. also oscar still made 5 million more than floyd throughout this year. with this floyd should stop saying that everyone gets their bigpaydays through him, it is the other way around. through his opponents, floyd gets his big paydays
Exactly! Oscar fought someone who is not exactly the same as, say, Hatton and still managed to sell 925,000 buys and without the 24/7 shows. Oscar makes more money than Mayweather but we don't hear Oscar opening his mouth to say all kinds of crap about his money, does he? So Floyd looks a bit silly talking about money with Oscar in the same room.
Get Oscar to fight a journeyman and have Mayweather do the same and let's see who brings out more PPV numbers and ticket sales.
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Originally Posted by chamiley
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
This just proves oscar's superstar status, he got 925,000 buys from just the mayorga fight which provided no 24/7 show or a brilliant opponent. also oscar still made 5 million more than floyd throughout this year. with this floyd should stop saying that everyone gets their bigpaydays through him, it is the other way around. through his opponents, floyd gets his big paydays
Exactly! Oscar fought someone who is not exactly the same as, say, Hatton and still managed to sell 925,000 buys and without the 24/7 shows. Oscar makes more money than Mayweather but we don't hear Oscar opening his mouth to say all kinds of crap about his money, does he? So Floyd looks a bit silly talking about money with Oscar in the same room.
Get Oscar to fight a journeyman and have Mayweather do the same and let's see who brings out more PPV numbers and ticket sales.
I must be missing the post where someone claimed that Mayweather was as big of a draw as Oscar.
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I'm just glad to finally get my money's worth.......
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I'm just glad to finally get my money's worth.......
I never:
I seen my favourite fighter get KNFO
Daniel Ponce De Leon at his very worst
A Lacy v Manfredo matchup which I would of got more enjoyment by putting a dab of paint on the wall and watching it dry.
Still, At least I never paid for it.
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I think Cotto Vs Mayweather can do over a mil
I think that Williams Vs Mayweather would do around 400,000
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Thing is Cotto v Mayweather is the one all the boxing fans want to see but as far as the general public are concerened............
Put it this way, it wont even make PPV over this side of the Atlantic. Not sure wheter to be happy about that or not ???
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was
Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
99% of the people in the US had absolutely no clue who Ricky Hatton was before this fight. In the US, Mayweather's presence was a much bigger factor in the PPV numbers than Hatton's. People in the US knew Mayweather from the Oscar fight and from Dancing with the Stars.
are you telling me that there is absolutely no british people living in the States? also I said the numbers were a combination of Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show averaging 4.5 million viewers, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle.
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Originally Posted by chamiley
are you telling me that there is absolutely no british people living in the States? also I said the numbers were a combination of Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show averaging 4.5 million viewers, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle.
So, you are essentially saying that Floyd's appeal/popularity/notoriety had no impact on the big nums. Interesting.
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Just curious, how many PPV buys did Baldomir/Mayweather bring in?
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Just curious, how many PPV buys did Baldomir/Mayweather bring in?
I believe it was around 375,000-400,000.
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Thanks Sweet Pea; I was always curious about what kind of #'s that brought in.
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Originally Posted by chamiley
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
id say Mayweather is major box office now
not really. a huge contributing factor was
Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle. I am shocked it did so low, I thought it was going to smash the Delahoya-trinidad record of 1.4 million buys because the build up was so good plus the 24/7 show which averaged of 4.5 million viewers.
99% of the people in the US had absolutely no clue who Ricky Hatton was before this fight. In the US, Mayweather's presence was a much bigger factor in the PPV numbers than Hatton's. People in the US knew Mayweather from the Oscar fight and from Dancing with the Stars.
are you telling me that there is absolutely no british people living in the States? also I said the numbers were a combination of Hatton's popularity, 24/7 show averaging 4.5 million viewers, the whole USA vs UK angle, plus the whole 2 undefeatead fighters in their prime angle.
Are you really suggesting that British ex-pats had more than a negligible impact on the PPV numbers? Give me a break. You need to take "Hatton's popularity" out of the equation when you talk about U.S. PPV buys. Mayweather vs. anyone would do better U.S. PPV numbers than Hatton vs. that same fighter. You can't possibly believe otherwise. You better believe Hatton vs. ODH wouldn't do 2.4 mill.
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Just curious, how many PPV buys did Baldomir/Mayweather bring in?
Mayweather's PPV numbers weakest of three cardsBy Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Floyd Mayweather's shutout victory against Carlos Baldomir to win the world welterweight championship last Saturday night in Las Vegas generated 325,000 pay-per-view buys, HBO announced Friday.
The fight, which cost $49.95, generated $16.3 million in television revenue, but was the weakest performing of the three cards Mayweather has headlined on HBO PPV.
Both of his previous HBO PPV fights, which cost $44.95, did more business.
Mayweather's lopsided decision win against Zab Judah in April generated 374,000 buys and $16.8 million in revenue and his June 2005 destruction of Arturo Gatti to win a junior welterweight belt generated 365,000 buys and $16.5 million.
Mayweather's weak number probably won't bolster his case during ongoing negotiations to fight junior middleweight titlist Oscar De La Hoya in May. De La Hoya, who has given Mayweather a Monday night deadline to accept an offer, has been a box office star for years.
He generated a surprisingly high 925,000 buys when he beat Ricardo Mayorga in May.
