Mayweather's PPV numbers are looking good

[ElTerribleMorales]

so much for Pac being the bigger draw, IMO PPV numbers tell more bout the fight, than how fast the fight sells out, cause you have no idea how many of those seats are bought by the promotional company to begin with

[kingfrnk]

i really gotta know if this a 100% true.

[generalbulldog]

So does anyone have a link or source? I clicked on one of the links but it was a twitter one. Sure would like to know the numbers. If it's true good for boxing.

[iwng100]

This would be an excellent thing for boxing but I have some doubts, I don’t know how much reliable are those sources, let wait until it will be officially announced… even then we can’t be sure this is truth.

[Truth]

No way this fight did a million buys.

[Gandalf]

No way this fight did a million buys.

Agreed. I will be very surprised if it did.

[brucelee]

The story is probably not true. The link is dead and I can't see this estimated PPV numbers from happening.

My estimate runs around 500-600 buys.

[killersheep]

All I can say for sure from my experience is this is the first PPV boxing event ALL of my casual boxing fan friends bought since Hatton/PBF. It was weird having people bring up boxing to me saying things like "I hope pee pee mouth wins." or "What the hell was Mayweather's dad saying on 24/7"

I hope it did do that well, because it shows a growing interest in boxing and it actually created a few potential story lines the general public can grab on to. This story line going forward projects more interest into the Cotto/Pacquiao matchup and puts Mosley back into public attention.

[Rican]

I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes something official.

[Youngblood]

lol much as I want to know the numbers, it is even more fun watching the speculation around it. I had 2 friends buy it for their first ever PPV sports buy. so it prob. like 1.4 mill. Give or take a million.

[jon09]

I just hope it beat out that UFC card and shut Dana White up about boxing being dead and Floyd not having drawing power.

[HattonTheHammer]

I just hope it beat out that UFC card and shut Dana White up about boxing being dead and Floyd not having drawing power.

UFC is followed by those who watch a combination of WWE, jackie chan and more often than not people who take themselves way too seriously. How many times have i read stuff along the lines of on a UFC forum...

"i train for MMA and could easily kill a man with 1 finger to the temple"

Boxing is a mans sport. If you like beer, women and have a large social circle of friends you tend to be a boxing fan. If however you find yourself spending your friday evenings online chatting about the latest episode of dragonball z and can list at least 20 shaolin movies then your a faggy UFC wannabe!!!!!!

[Nameless]

I thought I did post here, so either my post has been deleted or like a dumbass, I forgot to press "submit reply" and closed the window.

Personally, I think that 1.6 millions is overspeculation, especially when the only person saying it is an analyst from Yahoo who isn't that much of an insider. Pure speculation and I doubt Mayweather did drag so much attention for 2 reasons:

1) the crowd was more or less 80% Marquez supporter at the fight.
2) they had to postponed the fight because it wasn't selling enough. I can imagine and agree that the 24/7 did a lot to boost the interest but from there to make it a total flop to the biggest success thinkable... I really doubt so.

My personal pick would be around 500 000 buyers, not much than that. WE will have the official numbers in the meantime but I am absolutely certain, personally, that the number will convince anybody that Mayweather doesn't deserve half of the purse, especially when Manny (which I am not a fan, by the way) is the one dragging audience and attention.

[Violent Demise]

i really gotta know if this a 100% true.

I need confirmation as well. But I do know Iole has never been shy about criticizing Mayweather in the past. i seriously doubt he would lie or post false information that would some how benefit him