Mayweather vs Alvarez PPV priced at $75

[jon09]

I love boxing but that is a steep price to pay. What recession?

[Spicoli]

Ok I'll start early....anyone have a link I'll pass and look forward to the HBO replay unless the undercard is very healthy

[p4pking]

MAkes sense I guess, it's really an inelastic demand when it comes down to it. People who will buy a PPV wont mind shelling out a little more, people that will whine to the heavens about it would've never bought it in the first place. I fall into neither category for the record, just hope I can find a good stream

[walrus]

If the undercard are good I guess that is not a horrible price. If you get a group of friends together and kick in a few bucks it is a good time. I don't have many friends interested enough to get the fight so I'll watch it on Showtime a week or two after the fight. Anybody know what Canelos take for this fight is. I would guess he is getting close to two million but that is a guess

[toe2toe]

Ok I'll start early....anyone have a link I'll pass and look forward to the HBO replay unless the undercard is very healthy

You will see nothing on HBO replay. Mayweather-Alvarez is on SHOWTIME.

[Onetime]

If the undercard are good I guess that is not a horrible price. If you get a group of friends together and kick in a few bucks it is a good time. I don't have many friends interested enough to get the fight so I'll watch it on Showtime a week or two after the fight. Anybody know what Canelos take for this fight is. I would guess he is getting close to two million but that is a guess

I'm guessing 5 million guarantee, Cotto got 8 million, Guerrero and Ortiz got 3 million dollar guarantee. I think 10 million is possible for Canelo. I feel lucky to be in Texas the house was packed for Floyd's Ortiz and Cotto fight and the JMM-Pac fights.

[Spicoli]

Ok I'll start early....anyone have a link I'll pass and look forward to the HBO replay unless the undercard is very healthy

You will see nothing on HBO replay. Mayweather-Alvarez is on SHOWTIME.

Keep forgetting he jumped ship, but for that bank they'll show it. Now if either gets a dramatic eye popping ko...I'll be po'd.

[walrus]

If the undercard are good I guess that is not a horrible price. If you get a group of friends together and kick in a few bucks it is a good time. I don't have many friends interested enough to get the fight so I'll watch it on Showtime a week or two after the fight. Anybody know what Canelos take for this fight is. I would guess he is getting close to two million but that is a guess

I'm guessing 5 million guarantee, Cotto got 8 million, Guerrero and Ortiz got 3 million dollar guarantee. I think 10 million is possible for Canelo. I feel lucky to be in Texas the house was packed for Floyd's Ortiz and Cotto fight and the JMM-Pac fights.

Wow, I wasn't thinking the numbers would be that big. Good for Canelo, young guy, seems nice. If he has a good showing the sky's the limit. If he could make this rematch worthy, that would be the shit.
You are right. Nice having a house full of friends watching a fight together. To me, it blows away the Super bowl, I know that sounds extreme but it's true

[Diane]

They are charging that much, because the dumb asses at Showtime gave a guaranteed contract to Mayweather for his fights. They lost money on his last fight, because it didn't even do a million buys, so they need to make sure they make money, and recoup some of their losses from the last fight.

That's probably why the fight ticket prices were so high, and they raised the closed circuit ticket price from the normal $50 to $100. They will probably charge more if they show it in movie theaters as well.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Hey Diane, wsup sweetie if you want me to take u to the theatre to watch the fight, let me know.. We can feed each other popcorns and all that girl. Just make sure to keep my beers cold in your bag nawm saying and we straight.

Anyway, I heard that Garcia-Mythesse might get on this card and if that's the case, he'll yea $75 is well worth it..

[Boxer4life]

I love boxing, im paying, i dont care what they charge

Sometimes I think people prefer complaining to watching boxing.

if they spent less money on broads that arent give them any, maybe theyd be willing to pay for the ppv. I mean come one guys, like it or not, this is a superfight, cuz people who dont give a shit about boxing will be watching.

[Fenster]

Canelo is on a reported $12m if the PPV breaks 1.6m

Floyd is on a $40m guarantee regardless ()

[Master]

Canelo is on a reported $12m if the PPV breaks 1.6m

Floyd is on a $40m guarantee regardless ()

I do not think that is true, if Floyd is guaranteed $40 million he would have taken an easier opponent at welterweight, it must have something in the contract that depends on PPV buys.

PS

The fight should be free on NBC sports

[Onetime]

Canelo is on a reported $12m if the PPV breaks 1.6m

Floyd is on a $40m guarantee regardless ()

I do not think that is true, if Floyd is guaranteed $40 million he would have taken an easier opponent at welterweight, it must have something in the contract that depends on PPV buys.

PS

The fight should be free on NBC sports

Floyd signed a contract that guaranteed him 32 million regardless of who he fought, he made that when he fought Guerrero that's why Showtime lost 12 million despite the fight making over 45 million. Showtime probably guranteed him 40 million because they have a chance to make 20 million dollars or so if the fight sales over 1.5

[p4pking]

Canelo is on a reported $12m if the PPV breaks 1.6m

Floyd is on a $40m guarantee regardless ()

I do not think that is true, if Floyd is guaranteed $40 million he would have taken an easier opponent at welterweight, it must have something in the contract that depends on PPV buys.

PS

The fight should be free on NBC sports

Yeah I would imagine the guarantee is without taking into account how many PPVS sell, although Mayweathers share of that revenue must be considerably less than it would be otherwise . Either way considering that Showtime lost money on the Guerrero fight, I'm sure some of the top men over there had ways to make this fight happen. It always struck me as absurd that they gave Floyd that kind of contract regardless of who he fights, they must have made sure there were some strings attached.