Anyone hear anything about the Taylor/Pavlik PPV numbers?

[Deanrw]

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

Can anyone out there verify?

[Lance Uppercut]

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

I know that there was poor ticket sales.

[Deanrw]

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.

[Kev]

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

[Mikkel_K]

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.

[El Gamo]

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.