Floyd Mayweather/Juan Manuel Marquez PPV Numbers Released

I dont get it, I honestly believe that if the ufc showed only a handfull of ppv a year that they would blow these numbers away.. can you even imagine how stacked the cards would be if only a few per year were set up.. hell i would have no problem dropping 50-60 bucks a card. I just dont like how “money” figures that he is the king of anything.. He was dominant but i didnt expect anything less with who he was fighting. Im suprised it went to a boring 12 round decision.. oh well im not trying to compair and say which is better, i just hate how mayweather runs his mouth and everyone makes such a big deal saying boxing is not dead..

i saw it at the theatres and the place was packed-sold out. as a matter of fact it said “sold-out” while i was standing in line 15 minutes before showtime. i thought i drove 40 minutes, si screw it i was going to try any way. got up to the ticket booth and was told it was sold out. i asked her if she could check and make sure that there was not at -least 1 seat left and viola! 5 people just cancled abd i was in. the crowd was racous and what alot of people are forgetting to mentio is that there were 3 other very solid undercard fights, probably the best undercard for a ppv fight that i’d seen. iv’e read alot of peoples statement s that the theatre they saw it was packed as well, so i think they will make a nice buck off that too. also, i loved it! only $15 and on the giant screen. peole seemed to get more out of max kellermans(who is excellent) interview with floyd who doged every tough question he asked (about missing weight, would he fight paqiaou, who’s next) i would love to see boxing do this on a regular basis(arum has already said "hell no!! to pac-man-cotto as well as the ufc. i know that everyone is dying to see floyd-pac-man, but after sat nights fight, i see that as a mismatch too. pac is on an even par with marquez an some even think marquez is slightly better, so i can’t see pac-man winning at all. i prefer to see floyd fight shane mosley next, b/c i think he can match floyds speed (almost) and is definetly just as big and probably stronger. zab judah gave floyd fits for about 5 -6 rounds, but was never mentally tough enough. shane is. i’m kinds thinking pac-man might not get past cotto (who is at a much better point in his career, than oscar and hatton was when he fought him), and even if he does, maywether and arum wont do a 50/50 split even though that would be fair, to much ego. shane fights for odlhp and they seem to be able to get along (i use that term loosely) with arum and maywether. i think shane would take a 60/40 split or maybe a little less if the money is right, just to get a chance at floyd. congrats to floyd and marquez for hitting that milllion mark. we may have to wait another year to see floyd fight again, which sucks.

I wonder if Dana ran UFC 103 simply to siphon off enough potential boxing viewers so that UFC 100 would remain the biggest event of the years.

For those of you mma fans who were intrigued by boxing and PBF last weekend – you should try to catch the Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Arreola heavyweight bout on Saturday night. It could be one of those fights that an up and coming slugger/brawler (but one with good accuracy and skill) forces an elite “boxer” to go into the trenches and makes for a pretty exciting HW slugfest.

There’s a possibility of the first ever Mexican-American HW champion in big Arreola. It’s really going to come down to how in shape Arreola is – he’s a high paced, HEAVY hitter with great finishing ability – but he’s been coming into fights progressively heavier and not in a good way. His weight has weight has been going from mid 230s to around 250lbs and little of this is good weight. He has to come in around 230-240 so that he can press and push Vitali, but if he’s coming in in less than top cardio shape – he’ll allow Vitali to dictate the pace of the fight and pick him apart with a steady diet of hard jabs and get finished in the later rounds.

I honestly believe if they would stop using the spoiled brat mayweather as boxings poster boy, they would MAYBE gain some more fans. but how do you gain fans with a guy like him

yes by the ring, which counts the most, but yahoo has floyd at #1. hard to argue when floyd just absolutley dominated a fighter to whom many consider manny’s equal, in jmm. best way to settle it is for them too fight. good luck witht one huh?

Some of the best ppv numbers ever have come recently and there is multiple boxers who can headline a ppv and draw a million buys or more. Boxing is doing just fine, and anyone who says its dead is a brain dead mma fan or just an uneducated observer.

Floyd will beat pac man and that’s why Arum probably wont make the fight…

a million buys is excellent. HBO cut down their ppv’s to like 3 a year which was a smart move because it forces fighters to make the most of it… unfortunately in this case Mayweather didn’t.

This doesnt bode well for retention. Its better long term to make more competitive fights and get less buys than milking the starving fans by orchestrating another sparring session because you will retain most of the viewers and increase it moving forward.

Mayweather just wants to make money now… he could care less about the long term prospects of the sport… this is why MMA should never become “all about the fighter”.

Yeah boxing looks like its still has legs and if you look at some numbers it looks like those legs are stronger than ever… what you have to keep in mind is right now 1 out of 2 americans is over 50 years old. The baby boomers have reached an advanced age and statistically this is when they spend most of their money (whatever wallstreet didnt spend for them)… so demographically speaking this SHOULD be the best market situation for Boxing. The bad news is this is also the PEAK. The baby boomers will die… Boxing isnt getting any bigger than it already is in Mexico…

And regarding the monster demo that is the latino/mexican market… UFC’s numbers on mexican TV beat out national soccer and boxing

The indoctrination of the last great boxing demo has begun and its surprisingly successful.

The sub markets of England, Germany, etc… is being attacked as well.

Boxing looks like its doing just fine because the baby boomers are coming of age where they spend the bulk of their money but the numbers that really count is the production of “NEW” fans.

1 out of 2 americans right now are over 50 years old… If boxing isn’t doing great now where 50% of americans grew up watching it then when? Because the kids from the past 2 decades haven’t been growing up watching boxing.

so any word on how many buys the UFC card got