Mayweather vs Mosley brings in 1.1-1.2 million PPV sales; Mayweather doesn’t need Pac -- Examiner

By Marci Stone, Examiner.com

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."
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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