Mayweather vs. Marquez PPV on Sky, with Hatton Promotions UK Bill

[Kirkland Laing]

I don't see how this does much business. Matthew Hatton isn't exactly PPV worthy and he's going to be the best-known British fighter on the bill. It looks like the American promoters and Sky have looked at the Hatton money from the Mayweather/Manny fights and thought what a nice new revenue stream. If they come anywhere close to breaking even on the British costs of selling the PPV it means all big fights from the States will now be PPV.

I totally agree with internet streaming id be suprised if this fight did over 50k buys.

If it does that many once Sky get their cut it leaves a few hundred thousand to pay for the Hatton bill and UK promotional costs and share out the rest between the promoters. They'll probably make next to nothing but if they do break anywhere near even it'll only encourage them, any future Mayweather/Manny fight or future US superfight will have a supporting UK card and be on PPV.