Could Mayweather-Marquez reach 1.6 Million Buys?
September 23rd, 2009
By Chris Williams: If the latest news reports are too believed, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight could go as high as 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, if you believe the early reports. All I can say is that if these numbers aren’t bogus, like I think they are, there’s a lot of casual boxing fans who have no clue about the sport.
I really hope not. I don’t want to see Mayweather fighting shrimps for the rest of his career, taking on the likes of Vic Darchinyan, Ivan Calderon and a whole slew of other little fighters in pay per view fights. If Mayweather can fight pretty much anyone he pleases and still bring in big numbers, what’s to stop him from continuing to fight the little guys without end?
Who needs Shane Mosley when there’s always another lightweight out there begging to get thrown around for a couple of million. If the casual boxing fan is willing to pay for almost any slop that they throw up that has Mayweather’s name on it, then boxing is in trouble. We the boxing writers have to report it like it’s a real story, even if it Mayweather coming into the fight looking like a middleweight taking on a bloated lightweight who can barely fight at the higher weight after having put on a pounds to make the division.
Like I said in my earlier article on this subject, I’m very distrustful about any PPV numbers that are leaked to the press pertaining to the Mayweather-Marquez affair because it was a fight that wasn’t selling well in the weeks leading up to the fight. Naturally, the promoters want to put the best spin on this as possible so they can come across as having put on a show that the people wanted to see.
But honestly, this was a terrible fight to arrange in the first place, and the outcome of the fight said all there is to say about it. Mayweather dominated a smaller, older and slower fight from start to finish. What did you expect? I know Mayweather lovers hate hearing the truth about this mismatch, but that’s what it was. You can’t say it any plainer than that. Any time you go hunting down a fighter two divisions smaller than you, you’re looking at a mismatch. This is why I wasn’t going to pay a dime to see this monstrosity.
If all it takes to sell a fight is to create a HBO 24/7 series on it, then they might as well forget all about matching big stars against each other from now on. They can just get a couple of fighters from different weight divisions and then have them go at it for 12 rounds until the little guy is toppled over.
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It’s all about the benjamins baby!
Floyd is numero uno with no question about it..
PAC vs JMM was close fights because they are on the same weight limit and JMM is fast and strong on that weight..now for FLOYD vs PAC,, it depends on how strong PAC is on welter..if PAC can ko cotto, then FLOYD vs PAC will be good fight..it will not be like FLOYD vs JMM..
you are the fraud..who else dominated jmm like that ?? speaking of PAC,jmm already beat him twice , everone saw that ..nuf said
what?!?!?!? 1.6 million? i didnt know PPV price was lowered to $9.95! Sh**!!! i could have bought!!!
mr. williams, are you a publicist from HBO or mayweather?
all pbf are idiots…yes he is a good boxer…but he is also the biggest coward in sports history…not just boxing but all sports…if he really thinks all these guys are a walk in the park…then why not make the big fights happen…he picked marquez so he can look good…well id like to see him look like that against paul williams or shane mosley then ill shut up…see pac dont care who he fights…he just fights…i cant believe this guy actually has fans besides his retarded uncle and and father
IF, and that’s a BIG IF, Pacman can get by Cotto, and he’s not fazed by the size difference, then he should fight Mayweather. However, if Cotto proves that Pac doesn’t belong in the welterweight and he should stick to Jr. Welterweight, then I don’t think Mayweather would have the balls to go after Cotto.
excuses excuses !! ricky hatton WAS a big puncher and he walked around a heavier guy , why didnt you bring up this bigger guy stuff then ?what happened in that fight ??
I’m sure those numbers are fabricated, so he can hold out for a bigger percentage versus pacquiao.
chris williams u are an idiot and you wer wrong face it…it did better than you thought because people appreciate great boxers.
also mayweather does more numbers he deserves more money if he fights pac,he did like double of what marquez vs pac did.even if it was on the lower end of the numbers given
HOLD ON A MINUTE,HOD ON GUYS….before the fight everyone was like,oh PBF is scared of Pacquio and why did he not fight him before marquez or why did he not wait for the winner of Hatto v Pacquio..BUT now that you see how good he is after the fight,you dont want him to fight Pacquio…WHY?…lol.cause pcman would get murdered by Floyd..as for Mosley,he says Floyd is picking small fighters if Floyd picks Pacman but at the same time Mosley says he wants to fight Pacman or Floyd so whats the problem for FLoyd to go after Pacman..anyway,I hope Pac man beats Cotto bad so that you fools will think Pacman can do that to Floyd then the truth will be seen…You Pac man fans give me joke…you scared now,aint ya…lol..
to be fair though,Marquez was just a tune up..and I will admit that the only fighters Mayweather should fight now are Pacman,Mosley,Cotto..I would love for him to fight P Williams just to test himself and prove all critics wrong but Williams does not bring enough money to the table,HENCE WHY MOSLEY WONT FIGHT HIM OR IS MOSLEY SCARED????I hope at the end of Mosleys next fight,Paul Williams comes in the ring and offers Shane out,then we will see what Shane has to say then..lol
If its 1.5 M buys then be ready for the IRS.He he.
MAN! What’s not too believe! If U hate Mayweather, Ur gonna pay to see if he loses. If Ur a Mayweather fan(LIKE I AM!:) UR gonna pay to see him do his craft! I dont believe any of U writers or MayweatherHATERS that say they didnt pay to see the fight! If Ur a TRUE BOXING FAN U WATCHED THAT FIGHT! If u didnt, U watched it at your Homeboy’s House! And ALL of U got a Dose of Realality! Now all the Pacquaio fan’s are scare, but for good reason!:)
And what’s with the Floyd coming in over the weight limit. This guy is a cheater, he bought out Marquez for $600,000 to guarantee his win even though he already has the advantage. And these lemmings call him great?
It’s amazing these Mayweather lemmings don’t have a clue what Floyd is doing. All that matters to them is the win regardless who the opponent is. This writer is right if it’s true that they had a 1.6M buy, then there’s a bunch of fools out there who just want to see Floyd beat up boxers 2 divisions lighter than him. And what’s amazing is they consider him a great fighter, what a joke.
true big mismatch but then you got 3 other exiting fights,then again a few guys get together ,pitch in a few bucks and drink beer away from the wives, $49.99 just might be worth it!!!
no way in hell does this fight reach 1.6 million buys…aren’t these numbers supposed to get audited for verification, because if it were up to Golden Boy, I’m sure they would inflate the numbers as much as possible.
So When is going to be publish the real numbers of the PPV audience?
it’s funny how can a fan accused of someone hating mayweather when the obvious is right in your face..alot of boxing writers not just the ordinary boxing fans think and correctly pointed out that the fight was mismatched a welterweight versus a bloated and slowed down lightweight.. just stating the facts.. no hating.. just the facts..
learned my lesson..I will never buy a mismatch fight.. heck I should have known the day before the fight mayweather did not keep his contract at 144 lbs.. bad deal for marquez he was sold out.. golden boy sold him out… the penalty should have been at least $ 1 million per pound
Hey if these reports are true, I’m sure it will be verified by the taxman.. ka-ching, ka-ching for IRS.
what makes you think that the ufc and boxing share the same crowd. I would say ufc and wrestling share the same audience not boxing. People I talked to didn’t even realize ufc was on at the same time.
this fool sounds like a hater…hi hater
I agree no disrespect to mayweather but his style of boxing is boring. the last ten seconds of the last round marquez was coming after him in desperation, all he did was to run away from marquez. yes mayweather was clearly the much bigger fighter than marquez.. why did he hide his actual weight on the fight night?!!! hmm hmm..maybe if he is fighting the the natural welterweights he would be given more respect…peace
you never give mayweather any credit always negative reports people need to just face the facts……He’s good