Mosley-Mayweather in at 1.4 million buys
by Scott Christ on May 11, 2010 2:57 PM EDT
in Boxing News Analysis
Email
Print
Leonard Ellerbe of Team Mayweather told FanHouse's Lem Satterfield yesterday that the May 1 PPV bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley came in at 1.4 million buys, with Mayweather pocketing $40 million.
For those who (as always) assume the numbers a lie or whatever, it doesn't seem at all like that would be the case here. 1.4 million still pales in comparison to the ridiculous claims by Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer that they were targeting four million homes, and is well short of the highest upside most people figured it could pull, which was about two million. I was guessing 1.5 million personally, and this is right on target there.
Ellberbe also expresses serious joy that Mayweather now was part of the two highest-grossing fights in boxing history that were not heavyweight bouts.
Oddly, Schaefer offers this quote:
"Love him or hate him, the guy is a superstar," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, which also co-promotes Mayweather. "He did double the pay-per-view numbers that De La Hoya did [in his loss] to Pacquiao. That's a fact."
Because 1.4 million is not two times more than the reported 1.25 million sold for Oscar-Manny.
I said at 1.1-1.2 million, the early rumored number, that it was a success when you strip away the bloated and downright crazy "expectations" that Golden Boy had floated. 1.4 is a success, a huge pay-per-view, and the highest number since Floyd's fight with Oscar de la Hoya in 2007. "Money" cashed in with the highest total revenue of his career with this fight, and Mosley made his most money ever, too. It was a tremendously big fight, and the numbers bear that out.
23 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
It outsold Pacquiao-Cotto
Which will make things tough on negotiations.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
There’s no way Pacquiao gets 50-50 this time. That fight is not going to happen. I’m of the view that people should get used to that immediately. And I’d still rather Manny just retire and be a politician if he’s not going to fight Floyd.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 11, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree.
Arum isn’t going to like the idea of Manny taking less and certainly not if he has to accept a more stringent drug testing regime. Frankly, Nevada has the ability to end that issue once and for all and mandate this type of testing in major bouts (I don’t want it to hinge on whether one of the alpha-belts are at stake). Boxing is too dangerous a sport, where the express intent is to cause bodily harm to another person, to not have the most stringent and effective testing regime that is consistent with the realities of boxing (i.e., making weight).
not even if Floyd stands to make $60-$70 million?
Inhale deep, like the words of my breath—I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
by Anthony Pace on May 12, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope. The egos in this situation — all over the place, in both sides — are enormous. Pacquiao will not budge from 50-50, I don’t guess, and I don’t think Mayweather is going to be willing to give it to him again.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 13, 2010 6:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Which is actually quite right
As much as I would hate an issue over the split to ruin this fight, I believe that Floyd is fair to demand a slighty higher share.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on May 13, 2010 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions
They both have fair enough arguments. Pacquiao can easily just say, “Where else are you going to make this kind of money? There’s nobody left.” And Floyd can just go with the fact that he just drew twice what Pacquiao did against Clottey on PPV.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 13, 2010 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions
There are only five fighters that even slightly intrigue me if this fight doesn’t happen. And those are Berto, Williams, Martinez, Bradley, and Alexander. The latter two are for Pacquiao. I guess Berto could be for Pacquiao too, but he definitely won’t fight Williams and Martinez. If Pacquiao-Mayweather doesn’t happen, fights of Berto/Williams/Martinez-Mayweather and Berto/Bradley/Alexander-Pacquiao would be pretty good. I think Bradley would beat Pacquiao, but that’s just me. Either way, there are options out there if The Fight doesn’t happen.
I actually wanna see Williams-Mayweather and Bradley-Pacquiao. Or have a little eliminator with Berto-Williams and Bradley-Alexander. Winner of the first one fights Mayweather and the winner of the second one fights Pacquiao. The wild card is Martinez. No one is out there for him right now. A rematch with Williams would be the obvious choice but Williams might have to rematch Cintron first. On top of that, I wonder if Berto-Mosley will happen now.
Twitter: @FlyByKnite
Martinez-Mayweather at 155.
I think this is a distinct possibility and would be a very entertaining fight, where Floyd was definitely at risk of losing. Martinez (and his story) would get some much needed exposure via 24/7 and both would probably get their highest purses to date.
If Schaefer had predicted 4 million buys for Mayweather-Pacquiao, I still would have laughed at him. That said, I think it’s very possible for Pac-May to do double this number. It is a possibility, at least. A 50/50 split on that fight would likely net more than any other two fights mentioned for either guy.
Will it happen? At this point, I’m leaning towards “no, probably not.” It will join the list of fights that should’ve happened, but never did.
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
:)
And I’m one of those buyers.. It was a sick fight. Money May showed awesome boxing skiils in that fight.
by LJchamp on May 11, 2010 4:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
curious
Mayweather now was part of the two highest-grossing fights in boxing history that were not heavyweight bouts
Does anyone have a list of the highest-grossing fights in boxing history (in terms of PPV buys)? Heavyweights included?
nevermind
It took some work, but I figured it out. Not that anyone else asked, but here’s the (old) list that I found:
1. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, May 2007 – 2.4 million PPV buys
2. Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield (rematch), June 1997 – 1.99 million PPV buys
3. Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis, June 2002 – 1.97 million PPV buys
4. Mike Tyson vs Holyfield (1st match), November 1996 – 1.59 million PPV buys
5. Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley, August 1995 – 1.55 million PPV buys
6. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad, September 1999 – 1.41 million PPV
7. Evander Holyfield vs George Foreman, April 1991 – 1.40 million PPV buys
8. Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno, March 1996 – 1.37 million PPV buys
9. Pacquiao vs. De la Hoya, December 6, 2008 – 1.26 million PPV buys
10. Pacquiao vs. Cotto, November 14, 2009 – 1.25 million PPV buys
We'll see where the live gate numbers come in as well
I heard they got over $10 million, which despite not selling out, would still put it in the top 10 live gates in Nevada history.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Tyson - McNeeley
Seeing that as a top 5 PPV of all time just makes me laugh. I know it was Tyson’s first fight back from prison, but still…
folks is gullible
Tyson-Bruno II at 1.37 mil also gives a clear idea of just how incredibly powerful a draw Mike Tyson was. Whatever it was about him (and it was a lot of things, good and bad), he fascinated the American public.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Mayweather v Williams would be somewhat intriguing because of Williams’ height but when watching him versus Cintron and previous fighters, I noticed he exposes himself too much. He’s a big man that fights small. He bends over when he throws that right. If he fought Mayweather, he would have to live on that jab and his long reach like Lennox Lewis.
The other think I noticed in that fight was all the empty seats. That guy couldn’t draw flies if he covered himself with syrup.
Every fighter has a game plan until he get's punched in the mouth.
-Mike
Schaefer's comment
Was in reference to PBF-DLH sales, which of course were 2x Manny-DLH.
Wait…
“He did double the pay-per-view numbers that De La Hoya did [in his loss] to Pacquiao. That’s a fact.”
Ohhhh, I see. Yeah. They’re now trying to say that Mayweather was responsible for the draw in the Oscar fight. I see. I see. OK.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2010 2:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Bad Left Hook
Related FanShots on Bad Left Hook
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
