Mayweather-Marquez does one million PPV buys
Posted Sep. 25, 2009 at 10:57am
By RingTV.com editors
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The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez fight on Saturday did one million pay-per-view buys, HBO has announced.
That makes it biggest pay-per-view event of the year and the fifth time in boxing that a non-heavyweight fight reached seven figures. The other four involved Oscar De La Hoya. The record for any weight is the $2.4 million generated by De La Hoya-Mayweather in 2007.
“Sept. 19 was an event that connected with sports fans across the country,” said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. “Floyd Mayweather has clearly reinforced his standing as a top attraction and fans are excited about his return to the sport.”
The one million buys translates to $52 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue. The buys include 525,000 by cable customers and 475,000 by satellite customers. An estimated 75 million had the capacity to buy the event.
“Sept. 19 was an event that connected with sports fans across the country,” said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. “Floyd Mayweather has clearly reinforced his standing as a top attraction and fans are excited about his return to the sport.”
Mayweather returned from a 21-month hiatus from boxing to defeat Marquez by a one-sided decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The fight will be replayed this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on HBO. It will be paired with the live heavyweight title fight featuring Vitali Klitschko and Cristobal Arreola from Los Angeles .
That makes it biggest pay-per-view event of the year and the fifth time in boxing that a non-heavyweight fight reached seven figures. The other four involved Oscar De La Hoya. The record for any weight is the $2.4 million generated by De La Hoya-Mayweather in 2007.
“Sept. 19 was an event that connected with sports fans across the country,” said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. “Floyd Mayweather has clearly reinforced his standing as a top attraction and fans are excited about his return to the sport.”
The one million buys translates to $52 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue. The buys include 525,000 by cable customers and 475,000 by satellite customers. An estimated 75 million had the capacity to buy the event.
“Sept. 19 was an event that connected with sports fans across the country,” said Mark Taffet of HBO Pay-Per-View. “Floyd Mayweather has clearly reinforced his standing as a top attraction and fans are excited about his return to the sport.”
Mayweather returned from a 21-month hiatus from boxing to defeat Marquez by a one-sided decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The fight will be replayed this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on HBO. It will be paired with the live heavyweight title fight featuring Vitali Klitschko and Cristobal Arreola from Los Angeles .
