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Last update: 11-18-2009 Read more by Ronnie Nathanielsz

Pacquiao-Cotto Beats De La Hoya-Trinidad in Puerto Rico

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By Ronnie Nathanielsz
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The pay-per-view numbers for the "Fire Power" showdown between pound-for-pound phenomenon Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto may reach 1.5 million buys.
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That�s the view of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum after the early numbers came in for last Saturday�s fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas which Pacquiao won by an impressive 12th round TKO.
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Puerto Rican reporter Rey Colon of "El Vocero" claimed the mega-fight drew approximately 2 million buys and around $120 million in revenues.
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Arum said he had "pretty much the final numbers" for Puerto Rico alone which he said "set a record" by surpassing the previous record of 80,000 for the Felix "Tito" Trinidad � Oscar De La Hoya fight. Arum said the Pacquiao-Cotto fight did a little bit more than 110,000.
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Stating it was only a guess, Arum figured the fight would do around 1.3 million although he said there were no numbers from New York, Pennsylvania which are big points, adding that he didn�t even have any California numbers although he had the figures for San Diego and Hawaii "which were good numbers."
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Arum recalled that the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight last December did 1.25 million and in the East "so far we are doing 40 percent better and in the West we are doing about 10 percent less."

The astute Top Rank promoter said "we are happy because we did well over a million homes and I think it will be closer to 1.5 million."

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on 11-19-2009 by Ch@mpBox@PR

[QUOTE=pacman777;6711310]no one is disputing that even pac mayweather would... :lol1:[/QUOTE] You bet that Mo FO will!!!! Dude is butthurt because Pacs legacy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> His!!!!

on 11-19-2009 by pakfuk

Here is the fact: (I'm not latino or Asians) Puerto Ricans or Mexicans will afford to buy $45.00 ppv but can't afford to go to Las Vegas and pay live fight. Asians has tons of money and they populated the seat in Mandalay. They will spend $300. per seat beside gamble the rest of their mon...

on 11-19-2009 by pacman777

[QUOTE=Ch@mpBox@PR;6711087]Yeap, thats common fukking sense. Pac sell the west and asians, Cotto sell the east and Latinos. Pac is a great fighter and he has proven that, but he didnt sold this PPV alone!!!![/QUOTE] no one is disputing that even pac mayweather would... :lol1:

on 11-19-2009 by Ch@mpBox@PR

[QUOTE=Pounding;6693045]The Cotto factor. Once again proving that Cotto brought most of the Latinos and East coast ppv buys. I guess Pacquiao did not carry the PPV like many of his fans want you to believe. Is a shame Cotto got only 35% of the purse split.[/QUOTE] Yeap, thats common fuk...

on 11-19-2009 by Jay856

[QUOTE=livedj1;6697566]All This means is that more Puerto Ricans saw Cotto get his ass handed to him than saw Trinidad steal a decision from De la Hoya.[/QUOTE] ha ha ha ha .........