Quote Originally Posted by LEGION
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.