Early estimates put the Mayweather vs. Mosley fight on Saturday at 1.1-1.2 million pay-per-views; Mayweather says that he doesn’t need Pacquiao to make $20-$30 million in a night. Mayweather is fourth in the all time list of pay-per-view revenue earners, according to a CNN report.
BoxingNews24.com reported that Kevin Lole of Yahoo! reported Monday that according to “good sources,” Saturday night's fight of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley did an estimated 1.1-1.2 million buys on pay-per-view (PPV), and this would put the fight at the largest fight of the year so far.
Overall that number is good, but just a little higher than Mayweather’s fight last year with Marquez. Estimates were at least 1.5 million in PPV’s. Golden Boy has predicted the PPV numbers at 1.5-2 million.
Many boxing fans want to see Pacquiao and Mayweather fight, but a disagreement over blood testing issues have prevented that fight from happening. But that fight may be the biggest fight ever in the history of boxing, according to some experts. Pacquiao’s March fight with Clottey brought in around 700,000 PPV’s.
Mayweather said this about Pac’s PPV numbers: "He needs to learn how to do numbers like I'm doing," Mayweather told Boxingscene.com.
"He needs to step his game up. I'm not worried about this [Mosley fight]. I know I'm going to do crazy numbers. I should walk away with about $40 million. With or without Pacquiao I'm going to be able to go out and make $20 million or $30 million a night."
To see highlight photos of the Mayweather vs. Mosley Saturday fight, click here.
In Salt Lake City, Utah boxing fans were able to see the Mayweather vs. Mosley fight live at several theaters around the city, while other boxing fans gathered at homes to watch the biggest fight of the year with friends.
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Comments
Pacquaio vs Clottey - 51K Seats + 700K PPV
No HBO 24/7
Very limited time to promote
Clottey is unknown
Mayweather vs Mosley - 15K Seats + 1.1 PPV
With HBO 24/7
Lots of time to promote
Mosley is known
Spent a lot of money on promotions especially on commercials
YOU DO THE MATH. lol.
LoL. May doesn't need pac that for sure. LoL Tired of all these pac fans making excuses. Tell you boy to stop taking roids and fight. LoL
Tell PacMan to stop taking those steroids and take the test, so Money can shut up him up too.
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DW thats not apple to apple, look at the cash Mayweather vs Mosley made VS PAC vs Clottey
PAC CLottey-51K seats+ 700K PPV- PAC walks with 10 mil
Mayweather vs Mosley - 18K + 1.2 mil- Mayweather 30+ mil and mosley walks with about 10mil. Whos the winner
Pacquiao didn't have an HBO 24/7. Also, Clottey doesn't have a big following such as Mosley. The crowd was chanting MOSLEY MOSLEY and cheered as Mayweather's knees buckled. Mayweather should fight a boxer with little following such as Martinez and without an HBO 24/7...just so we can see how many people actually order PPV to see Mayweather fight. MOSLEY-MOSLEY-MOSLEY.
They should schedule a Pacquiao vs. Mosley fight for 2015. 5 years from now, when Mayweather is 38-years-old and Pacquiao is 36-years-old. I'll choose the younger boxer to win, Pacquiao.
a dw you couldn't get in the mayweather fight for 20 bucks like you could mannys fight i don't think manny got 11 million at the get
If its true that Mayweather vs Mosley only made 1.1 million to 1.2 million PPV buys, that will be a big disappointment. Pacquiao vs Cotto did 1.25 million buys, so if the much ballyhood battle between the "super" welterweights (a decade level class) goes short between the Pac/Cotto . . then, Pac will have strengthened his case as the better PPV attraction (even with an unknown Clottey, he drew 700k . . Mayweather vs a more popular Zab Judah only got around 350k, half of that) . . naks naks. Money Floyd . . better change that monicker to "almost Money" Floyd.
Now come on who really ends up on top money wise? Did we forget the lawsuit pending on Mayweather, especially if he keeps up with this none boxing commission drug test?
Money talks, bullshit walks. Manny gon have to settle for something like 60 - 40 coz May bringing the flies baby. I'm really tired of Manny fans. They have even made me dislike the boy and i can't wait till Money shuts them up.
how is their a source that has the ppv numbers when they havent even finish counting them yet golden boy said in the post conference that it will be in the range of 1.3-1.9 so this source which nobody knows knows more then hbo and golden boy..they havent even finishing counting so how do they know the number wait to offical numbers come out because last time a source said mayweather was gettin 10mil and he got 23...last time a source said mayweather marquez did 400k then they did 1.05 so if someone says source ignore it wait till they say facts
manny clottey took 3 weeks for numbers to come in. domestic sales for mayweather mosley should be around 1.3 to 1.9 world wide is way over 2 million. will take a while for numbers to come in. manny clottey sold 400,000 domestic and 700,000 all together. so domestic floyd mosley will double or triple that. world wide sales will crush it into the ground. ppv definetly over 2 million. so stop hating and wait. and promotion was payed for by sponsers. so didnt cost hbo golden boy or mayweather promotions anything.
Yes there was a 24/7 for Pac/Clottey please don't slant facts to make a point
I love all the roid accusations you idiots keep barking. Floyd is a coward that almost got knocked out by an old man. He likes to talk tough and then send his boys to shoot at people. I can't wait to see Manny Pacquiao knock that wangsta out. Level playing field? The only person shooting anything up is Gayweather.LOL Him and those brittle hands.hahahaha
you fool! how can you fight another fighter when you can't even fight the pac?
Ok..Ill do the Math..Pacroid makes peanuts compared to Mayweather...Arum takes most of Pacroids money. He is just another tipical fighter with no business sense...He goes out..gives the fans what they want by swinging 1200punches and landing 200;;lol.....Mayweather should not even fight pacman..Anyone with any sense knows pacman is going to get beat...Its gonna be so sad...I can hear it now..Mayweather was bigger than Pacroid thats why he won....You freaking dumb not boxing fan idoits..lol....Bottomline is Mayweather will destroy Pacman weather it be out boxing or olf fashion azz whoopin..you guess it as good as mine....Pacman is a over hyped joke! If you think Morales beat up on that little chump because of blood test...lol ...wait to Lil Floyd gets a hold on him...lol...its gonna be so funny...I just cant wait to hear the excuses....Let me guess...He is gonna be too weak to beat Mayweather because of the blood test he will agree to take....LOL...clown!!!
lol..oh yeah...And Mayweather is making over 30 mil a fight without Pacroid...He really dont need that cheating chump...Why take a fight 50/50 with Pacroid when he can take a 85- 15 cut from another fighter and make the same easier....Pacman is the one who has never made 20mil in a fight,,,he is the one that needs it...lol...dont hate Floyd because he is smart.....Dont hate him cause he is 41-0...dont hate him because he is a good business man and understand that theres more to life to getting punched in the face and letting your promoter get all the money....Poor Pacroid,,,I think he is a good fighter..But no way in the world does he even get Floyd a challeging fight...
I see this wannabe "pacfan" actually fears mayweather fighting pacman ROFL. It's okay, no need to write 2 HUGE paragraphs trying to explain how mayweather is better than pacman LMAO. The bottom line is mayweather is freakin' scared to fight pac when he started demanding olmypic style testing... that's "the only truth" ROFL!!!!
@WB There was no 24/7 For Pac-Clottey.... Get ya facts straight. There was 1 episode of "The Road to Dallas"...Thats it. Everyone talks about these guys PPV #`s...So what? Were not getting any of that Money, Who cares who sold more PPV`s? Make The Pac-May fight happen and Thats all people care about. Floyd fans worry about his Money and He throws half of it away while we all bust our ass going to work each morning, and as far as Pacquiao is concerned, He might make less than Floyd but when he brings that Money home to the Philipines its worth a Tenfold of what Floyds Money is worth here. Like I said, Who Cares, Just Make the Fight happen already.
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