Andre Berto Slams Floyd Mayweather Over Record Low Pay Per View Numbers Of Their Boxing Match

Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto

Andre Berto has been taking jabs at former opponent, boxer Floyd Mayweather, blaming him for the less than usual pay-per-view numbers of their fight last week. Mayweather vs. Berto drew between 400,000 to 500,000 pay-per-view viewers, which is a record low for Mayweather, who made it his last fight (which should have created even greater public interest).

Mayweather usually averages at least three times that amount in pay-per-view numbers. Mayweather's May 2, 2015 fight against rival Manny Pacquiao set a pay-per-view record of 5,000,000 viewers. So what happened? As the Judiciary Report stated over a month ago, when the Mayweather v. Berto fight was announced, most people did not know the latter and shied away from buying tickets and ordering the accompanying pay-per-view showing. It was anticlimactic.

Berto blames the record low pay-per-view numbers on Mayweather's evasive boxing style, but it never hurt sales in the past. Berto stated, "It’s definitely Floyd's fault, He left a sour taste in everybody’s mouth because of the Pacquiao bomb shell. I knew if he had the chance he would run around and make it boring, but I tried my best to not let that happen and disappoint the people. They deserve excitement."

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Amir Khan Wins Bout Against Boxer Chris Algieri And Wants To Fight Floyd Mayweather For The Undefeated Pugilist's Last Match

Khan v. Algieri

This is a follow up to the April 6, 2015 article "Amir Khan Dodging Boxers Kell Brook And Timothy Bradley" where the Judiciary Report stated, "If Khan loses to undefeated Brook, his chances of fighting the retiring Mayweather or resurgent Pacquiao are greatly diminished. They will seek to fight Brook instead. Fighting formerly undefeated Algieri is less of a risk. Pacquiao gave a roadmap on how to beat Algieri in his recent win against him and Khan will use that blueprint."

Chris Algieri and Amir Khan

So said, so done. Two months later, Khan used Pacquiao's blueprint and beat Algieri in a unanimous decision this past weekend in New York. The fight was watched by 1,200,000 viewers on the Spike cable channel in America. It's not pay-per-view, which is far more lucrative, but it is still a large audience for a smaller transmission fee in television rights.

Amir Khan

Khan is once again seeking to fight Mayweather, who has one fight left before retirement. However, a bout with Khan would not be the most lucrative for Mayweather's last fight (unless he decides he is not going to retire, as he is still in top physical condition and fighting well). A rematch against Filipino boxing star, Manny Pacquiao, would be the most lucrative bout, garnering another huge payday, after Mayweather won during their first outing in May. Still, one can't blame Khan for trying.

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Floyd Mayweather Flaunts His Wealth And Manny Pacquiao Jokes About It In The Lead Up To Potential May 2, 2015 Fight

Floyd Mayweather

In a recent item uploaded to Instagram, the wealthiest boxer in the world, Floyd “Money” Mayweather, posted a photo of himself posing in front of his private jet, valued at $25,000,000, comfortably perched behind a row of his fleet of luxury sports cars worth $3,000,000. Mayweather‘s top rival, boxing star, Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, posted a contrasting photo of himself in front of a fire waiting for Mayweather’s call regarding their highly anticipated fight. 

Manny Pacquiao

BoxRec posted an item on their website stating Mayweather v. Pacquiao is scheduled to take place on May 2, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Could this be the moment fight fans have been waiting for. One thing is certain, if the fight goes off, Mayweather and Pacquiao would make a fortune. A sporting event of this magnitude would contain multi-layered marketing deals regarding ticket sales, merchandising, pay-per-view and internet rights. As stated on the site previously, if the rights encompass China, where Pacquiao is very popular, it could turn into a $1 billion dollar event. As both men bring something to the table, the split should be even.

Could Floyd Mayweather And Manny Pacquiao Become The First Billionaire Boxers As Promoter Plans $1 Billion Dollar Fight To Include The Lucrative Chinese Market

 "Fight Of The Century"

 

The Daily Mail is reporting, Top Rank, promoter, Bob Arum, is planning a $1 billion dollar fight between his very popular boxer, Manny Pacquiao and fellow pugilist, the undefeated reigning champ, Floyd Mayweather. This would be the most lucrative fight in boxing history and welcomed by sports fans the world over. Television rights in territories such as China, is expected to greatly boost revenues. The Daily Mail reported, "This bonanza is being made possible by the prospect of the first pay-per-view fight broadcast in China."

 

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao

While we wait for the fight, Manny Pacquiao has done a funny commercial for footlocker, where he overhears a piece of a conversation between two men and wrongly believes based on their statements that Mayweather has agreed to fight him in the ring. The commercial has received a lot of attention online. No word on Mayweather's opinion of it.

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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: The Billion Dollar Fight moves a step closer... so will they finally get in a ring together and make the richest event in sporting history?  

Published: 08:50 EST, 17 November 2014 | Updated: 02:55 EST, 18 November 2014 - the Billion Dollar Fight – no, not a movie, the actual promotion – will come closer to reality if Manny Pacquiao wins in Macau on Saturday night. Say it slowly: One. Billion. Dollars. That is the mind-blowing value now being placed upon the boxing match the world has long been desperate to see.

Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather can become the single richest event in sporting history and the enormity of the prize will surely be enough to break down the barriers which have prevented it from taking place thus far. This bonanza is being made possible by the prospect of the first pay-per-view fight broadcast in China.

Promoter Bob Arum is predicting a subscription television audience in the People’s Republic in excess of 100 million. That would generate double the $300million which is being projected as the US pay-TV value of the Fight of the Century...   

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Marcos Maidana v. Floyd Mayweather on May 3, 2014

Top grossing boxer Floyd Mayweather is facing a conundrum. His latest numbers from his May 3, 2014 fight against challenger Marcos Maidana, is said to have done 800,000 to 900,000 in pay per view sales. This is less than half the figures from his previous fight against Canelo Alvarez, which received over 2,000,000 pay per view buys in America alone, with additional purchases in Mexico. Despite the lower pay per view numbers, Mayweather still made $70,000,000 from the fight.  

Floyd Mayweather

A few things contributed to lower sales. Many Americans did not know who Maidana is and skipped paying the hefty $70 pay per view fee for a fight with a largely unknown challenger. Roughly an hour after the fight, people had already ripped and uploaded it to YouTube, using Twitter to alert people to the external free link for the bout. Within 24 hours, one free YouTube page alone had 25,000 views of the fight. Digital rights management did not do a sufficient job in quickly removing links and fans knew to expect it. 

 

Manny Pacquiao

Another factor is people wanting and waiting for him to fight fan favorite, Manny Pacquiao, in a bout that has been repeatedly delayed. Pacquiao is ready to fight Mayweather. It is now up to Mayweather to make the fight happen. The fight has the potential to break pay per view records and go down in history as one of if not the top fight to date.