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I v seen this yesterday on the MMA hours. Big numbers has expected.

How many will be refunded?

I knew it would break records.

Cloutov wrote:I v seen this yesterday on the MMA hours. Big numbers as expected.

I'll wait for the official stats and it's still a little early for that...and I'm not sure Dana White alone is a reliable source.

I swear many of the experts here,
you know the smart ones with 8000 posts,
used to tell me I was stupid because I thought Floyd was the PPV draw.

They used to swear he wasn't an attraction, just his opponents.
They had that opinion until fairly recent.

Most people should take a 10 year hiatus talking about Floyd.
Maybe after that time, they'd be able to see past their bias.
He'd be 50 by then.

Rafael's sources telling him that it's well under 6.5 and probably wont break the record

Jay [via mobile]

Over/Under 6 million PPV's last weekend?
Dan Rafael, The Boxing Guy (12:08 PM)

Way under. No official numbers yet but my industry sources said it will not break the record. It may be slightly over 4M but it won't break the record they say. We'll have to wait and see.

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:I swear many of the experts here,
you know the smart ones with 8000 posts,
used to tell me I was stupid because I thought Floyd was the PPV draw.

They used to swear he wasn't an attraction, just his opponents.
They had that opinion until fairly recent.

Most people should take a 10 year hiatus talking about Floyd.
Maybe after that time, they'd be able to see past their bias.
He'd be 50 by then.

You are stupid. It's always been a joint effort. When has Mayweather broken a record by himself? What were the Mayweather/Berto numbers?

I always thought when they talked PPV figures they spoke about the US PPV maybe Dana is talking worldwide?

I wouldn't doubt those figures are around that. The fight was huge enough to crash servers in Florida and California. When was the last time something like that happened?

Mexi-Box wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:I swear many of the experts here,
you know the smart ones with 8000 posts,
used to tell me I was stupid because I thought Floyd was the PPV draw.

They used to swear he wasn't an attraction, just his opponents.
They had that opinion until fairly recent.

Most people should take a 10 year hiatus talking about Floyd.
Maybe after that time, they'd be able to see past their bias.
He'd be 50 by then.

You are stupid. It's always been a joint effort. When has Mayweather broken a record by himself? What were the Mayweather/Berto numbers?

Joint effort, yes ... but there is someone's star power carrying the event.
Dudes used to say the majority of PPV buys were because of guys like Hatton and Floyd's other opponents.
There was always a reason beyond "Floyd is the most popular fighter".

You don't understand what I'm saying, but you still took the time to insult me. Thanks.

Showtime is a MUCH more reliable source than Dana White (who suckered Sports Illustrated into putting Ronda Rousey on their COVER as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World" )!!

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... egor-fight

Conor McGregor's improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather was a box-office smash.

The fight reached between 4 million and 5 million pay-per-view sales with an estimated 50 million people watching in the United States alone.

According to preliminary numbers by Showtime PPV, the fight threatens the 4.6 million benchmark set by Mayweather's 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao. At $99.95 a buy, the fight is tracking to generate more than $450 million in television revenue, much of which will be shared by the two fighters.

Best Coast wrote:Showtime is a MUCH more reliable source than Dana White (who suckered Sports Illustrated into putting Ronda Rousey on their COVER as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World" )!!

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... egor-fight

Conor McGregor's improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather was a box-office smash.

The fight reached between 4 million and 5 million pay-per-view sales with an estimated 50 million people watching in the United States alone.

According to preliminary numbers by Showtime PPV, the fight threatens the 4.6 million benchmark set by Mayweather's 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao. At $99.95 a buy, the fight is tracking to generate more than $450 million in television revenue, much of which will be shared by the two fighters.

Even then, I trust an independent source like Raefal more who says it won't come close to breaking the record.

Mexi-Box wrote:

Best Coast wrote:Showtime is a MUCH more reliable source than Dana White (who suckered Sports Illustrated into putting Ronda Rousey on their COVER as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World" )!!

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... egor-fight

Conor McGregor's improbable challenge of Floyd Mayweather was a box-office smash.

The fight reached between 4 million and 5 million pay-per-view sales with an estimated 50 million people watching in the United States alone.

According to preliminary numbers by Showtime PPV, the fight threatens the 4.6 million benchmark set by Mayweather's 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao. At $99.95 a buy, the fight is tracking to generate more than $450 million in television revenue, much of which will be shared by the two fighters.

Even then, I trust an independent source like Raefal more who says it won't come close to breaking the record.

Independent

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

Mexi-Box wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:I swear many of the experts here,
you know the smart ones with 8000 posts,
used to tell me I was stupid because I thought Floyd was the PPV draw.

They used to swear he wasn't an attraction, just his opponents.
They had that opinion until fairly recent.

Most people should take a 10 year hiatus talking about Floyd.
Maybe after that time, they'd be able to see past their bias.
He'd be 50 by then.

You are stupid. It's always been a joint effort. When has Mayweather broken a record by himself? What were the Mayweather/Berto numbers?

Joint effort, yes ... but there is someone's star power carrying the event.
Dudes used to say the majority of PPV buys were because of guys like Hatton and Floyd's other opponents.
There was always a reason beyond "Floyd is the most popular fighter".

You don't understand what I'm saying, but you still took the time to insult me. Thanks.

Mayweather of course has big appeal, but when he does truly big numbers, it is a joint effort. When he has opponents that have big following and big appeal

Hatton, Pacquaio, de la Hoya, canelo, mcgregor

it's 6,5 milion in the USA or around the world?

..except for an obvious fact that all parties concerned received nice paychecks, I'm still struggling to fathom the significance of these and other PPV numbers..

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

Mexi-Box wrote:

Best Coast wrote:Showtime is a MUCH more reliable source than Dana White (who suckered Sports Illustrated into putting Ronda Rousey on their COVER as "The Most Dominant Athlete in the World" )!!

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/2 ... egor-fight

Even then, I trust an independent source like Raefal more who says it won't come close to breaking the record.

Independent

When did he start working for Showtime?

Ossyrules wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

Mexi-Box wrote: You are stupid. It's always been a joint effort. When has Mayweather broken a record by himself? What were the Mayweather/Berto numbers?

Joint effort, yes ... but there is someone's star power carrying the event.
Dudes used to say the majority of PPV buys were because of guys like Hatton and Floyd's other opponents.
There was always a reason beyond "Floyd is the most popular fighter".

You don't understand what I'm saying, but you still took the time to insult me. Thanks.

Mayweather of course has big appeal, but when he does truly big numbers, it is a joint effort. When he has opponents that have big following and big appeal

Hatton, Pacquaio, de la Hoya, canelo, mcgregor

Why the need to debate ?
Any idiot recognizes that even a superstar like Mayweather will draw better against another star.

Would you spend all day arguing whether Ali was a true box office attraction because his epic closed circuit bouts against Frazier and Foreman outdrew his battles with Rudi Lubbers and Juergen Blin?

Simplicity has never been so obvious.

Mayweather still managed to lure about 500,000 buys for Berto fight. A terrific number for anyone not named Mayweather.

How many buys would Golovkin attract if he fought Berto? Maybe 50,000 on a very slow Saturday night.

He's supposedly some sort of star, yet his PPV numbers are meager.

Golovkin should thank the good lord and all his disciples tghat Canelo Alvarez exists and that he can finally earn a credible payday.

As for Mayweather, quit looking for ridiculous reasons to tear him down. He's only one of---if not THE---the biggest boxing stars of the past generation.

And yes, he's also been the sports biggest attraction. His bulging wallet is testament to that.

SenorPipino wrote:

Ossyrules wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote: Joint effort, yes ... but there is someone's star power carrying the event.
Dudes used to say the majority of PPV buys were because of guys like Hatton and Floyd's other opponents.
There was always a reason beyond "Floyd is the most popular fighter".

You don't understand what I'm saying, but you still took the time to insult me. Thanks.

Mayweather of course has big appeal, but when he does truly big numbers, it is a joint effort. When he has opponents that have big following and big appeal

Hatton, Pacquaio, de la Hoya, canelo, mcgregor

Why the need to debate ?
Any idiot recognizes that even a superstar like Mayweather will draw better against another star.

Would you spend all day arguing whether Ali was a true box office attraction because his epic closed circuit bouts against Frazier and Foreman outdrew his battles with Rudi Lubbers and Juergen Blin?

Simplicity has never been so obvious.

Mayweather still managed to lure about 500,000 buys for Berto fight. A terrific number for anyone not named Mayweather.

How many buys would Golovkin attract if he fought Berto? Maybe 50,000 on a very slow Saturday night.

He's supposedly some sort of star, yet his PPV numbers are meager.

Golovkin should thank the good lord and all his disciples tghat Canelo Alvarez exists and that he can finally earn a credible payday.

As for Mayweather, quit looking for ridiculous reasons to tear him down. He's only one of---if not THE---the biggest boxing stars of the past generation.

And yes, he's also been the sports biggest attraction. His bulging wallet is testament to that.

If that's a direct reply to me you have your wires crossed. I'm responding to a guy whose said Mayweather carried PPV with his star appeal, but as you rightly point out, it takes 2 to tango to get the truly big numbers.

I'm not tearing him down either don't get emotional