Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Timothy Bradley takes on Juan Manuel Marquez on HBO PPV via Top Rank. Bob Arum recently indicated some PPV predictions including the one for this fight which is priced at $64.95 (HD).
Arum speaking to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports and Ryan Burton of BoxingScene.com had predictions for Bradley-Marquez and Pacquiao-Rios which happens in late November. Arum indicated that he thinks that Bradley-Marquez would draw between 350,000-450,000 PPV buys. Arum indicated that if it does 350,000 buys it will be a successful event.
On the other hand, he predicts Pacquiao-Rios to do 750,000-800,000 buys. We’ll talk about this later as that fight draw near.
Payout Perspective:
With the $64.95 price tag, we see the influence Floyd Mayweather has had on Boxing PPV. One could expect Pacquiao-Rios to be priced at $64.95 or $69.99 HD. It’s hard to say that Marquez-Bradley is worth $64.95. Here, HBO/Top Rank is hoping that Mexican fans of Marquez are willing to spend the extra money for the PPV. It is an intriguing matchup but not sure if the price tag is worth it.
Will Saturday’s fight hit 350K PPV buys as Arum predicts?
John S. says
That the Bradley-Marquez event can be successful at 350,000 while guaranteeing the headliners over $10.1 mil should give us an idea how profitable some UFC events are.
mmaguru says
Would be a major success if it does. I don’t think it will get over 250K buys.
lee stott says
I rekon this fight will do ni lower than 400 000 but no higher than 600 000 which is a good buy even 350 to 400 is a good buy gutted tat juan lost i had it 115 113 but he,s had a great career so good luck to bradley he fought a great fight n game plan was spot on,,,,
lee stott says
why has,nt arum released the buyrate yet surely it cant ov done no less than 350 wiv all ov jmm,s fans n the other 50 000 ov bradleys.lol,evry fight jmm has had on ppv hes done big numbers over4mil in his ppv bouts,,arum is a fraud always has been ,,liarrrrrrrrrrrr
lee stott says
Apparantly the reports are that the fight done about 380 000 to 450 000 buys which is a good succesfull event,,thats bout well over 20 mil in buys which even arum said 250 wud be a sucsess,,so he,ll be well pleased with the 400 000 ,,
lee stott says
Apparantly the reports are that the fight done about 380 000 to 450 000 buys which is a good succesfull event,,thats bout well over 20 mil in buys which even arum said 250 wud be a sucsess,,so he,ll be well pleased with the 400 000 ,,
lee stott says
Apparantly the reports are that the fight done about 380 000 to 450 000 buys which is a good succesfull event,,thats bout well over 20 mil in buys which even arum said 250 wud be a sucsess,,so he,ll be well pleased with the 400 000 ,,
lee stott says
Apparantly the reports are that the fight done about 380 000 to 450 000 buys which is a good succesfull event,,thats bout well over 20 mil in buys which even arum said 250 wud be a sucsess,,so he,ll be well pleased with the 400 000 ,,
stotts01 says
Rekon the pac rios will do around 800 000 maybye just under a mil,,bout time rios can get a nice payday hes earned it,,,its gona be a toe to toe fight from the 1st seconds ,,cant wait,,,,
stotts 01 says
Haha cain n junior done bout 360 at the most n there 2 ov the best mma fighters out there the prompotion probs cost the ufc about 100 000 buys in ppv coin ,,boxing dead is it thats why they get 4 n 6 mil each ,,plus bradley isnt no ppv boxer,,lol,,same as gus jones wtf 350 000 haha,,,dont get me wrong a like ufc but compared to pac rios martinez broner floyd even harrison haye sold 700 000 in the uk,,all them do big numbers the maidana broner fite will do arounf 350 000 maqybye higher n neither hav been in a ppv fite lets see how the gsp jonny h ppv buys does ,,n o higher than 550 to 600 000,,n gsp is a canadian superstar ,,,mma will never do close to wat floyd alvarez done,,,,imagine if floyd fought 4 times a yr averafgin about 1 400 000 a fight,,it makes me laff wen mma g,s say boxings dead ,,,,