Awesome numbers,more than Manny did with EM or MAB. I'm not saying JMM is a massive draw but he certainly must be quite big for numbers like that to come through!
Awesome numbers,more than Manny did with EM or MAB. I'm not saying JMM is a massive draw but he certainly must be quite big for numbers like that to come through!
I'm happy for JMM finally getting the recognition. It's either that or Pacquaio is getting more and more popular.
I think Erik and Barrera were clearly washed up so people werent expecting a good fight but this Marquez fight did good numbers probably due to it being considered a toss up pre fight .
Ya, that was a very impressive showing to get 400K. The Pac-Morales fights were all about 350-360 I believe.
In addition to being a highly anticipated fight, Pac-Marquez also benefitted from good timing. There hadn't been a big PPV since Pavlik-Taylor II a month earlier, and there isn't another HBO PPV until 5/31 with Mosley-Judah.
All the fights coming up... Cotto, DLH, Calzaghe-Hopkins, Margarito-Cintron II, they're all free. So people were more willing to drop the $50 on Pac-Marquez.
Bilbs,
SSM-Zab wont flop you wanna know why?
Because Zabs the 'new' Tyson.
People just wanna see him fight. They don't care that he's past it they just know he's good for the entertainment. They know he'll go in there do well for the 1st few rounds and then he starts getting beat.
It's entertainment, it's worth the people dollars and that's why they'll pay.
This is brilliant match making. SSM & Zab both have lost to Cotto. Zab caught Cotto with some good shots and looked alive for a total of about 2 and half maybe 3 rounds. That alone caused people to keep Zab in the talks. SSM did very well against Cotto and kept it a close fight. So now we have them both fighting. This is a great pitch and far as entertainment value goes and people will buy it cause they wanna see Zab wreck. I said this in 2006 Zab will be the 'new' Tyson and he has become just that.
Guess what he'll loose to SSM and then in 5, 6 months he'll be back again and some Network will pick him up. Why? Cause he's worth the investment
and the networks know it.![]()
So you think this will sell?
I really don't see it even hitting 200,000.
I think Cotto Judah got 200,000 buys I'm thinking this will get less than that.
I actually think it will be a good fight, but seriously a non title fight, between to fighters coming off of loses, neither of whom is a big box office attraction.
I think this will do very poorly in PPV buys.
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