[adamcanavan]

Going around now that it apparently did well under 1 million buys.

Has floyd lost his touch? Was it just underpromoted? Or did the pacquiao loss indirectly cause less interest in mayweather
Either way its a nightmare if true, shotinw need 1.1-1.2 million to break even.
This is just the word going round, no official figures yet i dont think.

 

[Roe]

The price ($70), general lack of interest about Roberto Guerro and it being on a different network to usual probably didn't help much. I know Showtime's contract to Floyd was big, but I struggle to see how they wouldn't have at least broken even though.

 

[Chatty]

No surprise- no one knows who guerrero is and those who do knew it was a mismatch. No pacquiao fight to garner general interest and on a lower channel. Cost to much and a boring build up

 

[Lunny]

I think Guerrero was always going to be hard to sell in this fight.

 

[Wallet]

Bad news.

 

[JamieC]

Not surprised now the Pac fight has lost interest. Guerrero's style wasn't going to provide much of a test

 

[anklespanker756]

He needs to fight Canelo.... Now that would draw some interest. I presume it would do some pretty amazing numbers in terms of PPV buys too

 

[adamcanavan]

The price ($70), general lack of interest about Roberto Guerro and it being on a different network to usual probably didn't help much. I know Showtime's contract to Floyd was big, but I struggle to see how they wouldn't have at least broken even though.

Like i said, they needed over 1 mil to break even.

No surprise- no one knows who guerrero is and those who do knew it was a mismatch. No pacquiao fight to garner general interest and on a lower channel. Cost to much and a boring build up

Yeah it may really have been a combination of everything

Not surprised now the Pac fight has lost interest. Guerrero's style wasn't going to provide much of a test

I have to say i thought guerrero would do a bit better than he did. Maybe i just fell for the ppv build up

 

[Batkilt]

Didn't Pacquiao/Mosley underperform? Pretty sure Arum hasn't threatened to take any of his big names to Showtime PPV since.

 

[JamieC]

I have to say i thought guerrero would do a bit better than he did. Maybe i just fell for the ppv build up

I thought he'd do better as well, but i couldnt think of a way for him to win tbh

 

[adamcanavan]

Stephen Espinoza now shooting down anyone saying this and saying the rumours arent true, still no official figures though. Theyre certainly going to be interesting to see

 

[SimonTemplar]

I wouldn't be surprised if it were true - I didn't see any way that Floyd was going to lose this once, plus it was expensive, plus Pacquiao slipping has slightly caused interest in Floyd to wane, as all great villains need an arch-nemesis. Floyd is now without one, so immediately appears slightly less relevant.

 

[Noonaldinho]

I wonder if the TV newtwork have much say in the opponent of the next 5 fights on this deal? If so could be a good thing from the fans point as they'll want fights that will make the money now

 

[Nyanners :sad5]

Stephen Espinoza now shooting down anyone saying this and saying the rumours arent true, still no official figures though. Theyre certainly going to be interesting to see

He's in denial.

 

[adamcanavan]

He's in denial.

Thats what i though, why would he go iut of his way to adamantly state that its wrong when he knows its wrong (if it is) he doesnt need to prove anything to anyone til the figures come out

 

[sim_reiss]

I really hope the PPV numbers are terrible. If it does really well the future matchmaking would reflect this - the likes of Garcia, Alexander, Khan. If, however, better opponents can provide a great upside to the numbers that's the only way Floyd might take on fighters like Alvarez, Martinez, Matthyse

 

[Bryn]

I really hope the PPV numbers are terrible. If it does really well the future matchmaking would reflect this - the likes of Garcia, Alexander, Khan. If, however, better opponents can provide a great upside to the numbers that's the only way Floyd might take on fighters like Alvarez, Martinez, Matthyse

Hope so mate.

 

[Vano-irons]

I thinks it's great news if this has done poorly. It will be a clear indication to both Showtime, and more importantly, Floyd, that they cannot get away with crap, thinking the public will swallow it.

Showtime will push for Canelo in September

 

[Scotty]

We'll see where it ends up. It was rumoured that Floyd v Ortiz only done 850k PPV buys but it ended up making more money than any Pacquiao fight.

 

[Noonaldinho]

Even after 2 defeats the Pac fight is the biggest fight out there, Superfight!