Boxing’s Pacquiao remains the PPV king

[Espada]

Top 10 PPV shows of 2011 (estimated figures for Dec. 30 Lesnar vs. Overeem are not available)

1. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Nov. 12; 1,410,000 buys
2. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz, Sept. 19; 1,250,000 buys
3. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley, May 7; 1,100,000 buys
4. UFC 129: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields, April 30; 800,000 buys
5. UFC 126: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, Feb. 5; 725,000 buys
6. WWE WrestleMania 27: Headliners John Cena, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Miz, April 3; 680,000 buys
7. Boxing: Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito, Dec. 3; 600,000 buys
8. UFC 133: Jon Jones vs. Rampage Jackson, Sept. 24; 520,000 buys
9. UFC 128: Jon Jones vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, March 19; 490,000 buys
10. UFC 140: Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, Dec. 10; 480,000 buys.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slu...acquiao_010412

[Bombs]

Damn!! Again Manny was the greatest of all time and current era by far and now he is also the PPV king. The media is right when they said floyd would get exposed sooner or later. Now his career is ruined, he is the joke of the sport and going to jail for god knows how long for beating a woman. Probably will be sentenced again who knows. God bless Manny he deserves everything and the world. My prayers with him.

[Nulle]

i wont be surprise if Arum push the 4th fight w/ Marquez, those are great numbers.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Cotto wouldn't of even been in the top 10 if it weren't for Margarito.

[Chups]

What do you mean "remains". Are you saying Pac was PPV King last year??




Anyway congrats!

[ИATAS]

so hopefully people can realize boxing & ufc can co-exist perfectly fine.

[Chups]

[TR vs. GB]

These statistics are actually pretty inaccurate. Boxing only counts PPV Buys (HBO) for North America whereas UFC,WWE count all international sales together. UFC is also a private company and these figures are only projections from sources on how they sold. For instance Pacquiao vs. Cotto was trending towards 1.8 million buys sources believed after the fight but it only received 1.25 million buys because HBO is a publicly traded company and they only release true accurate figures.

[trainhard_187]

I think the low numbers for MMA are due to the number of PPVs they put out in just a short time. Theirs like 1 everyone month it seems like..

[Kenny MF Powers]

Top 10 PPV shows of 2011 (estimated figures for Dec. 30 Lesnar vs. Overeem are not available)

1. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Nov. 12; 1,410,000 buys
2. Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz, Sept. 19; 1,250,000 buys
3. Boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley, May 7; 1,100,000 buys
4. UFC 129: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields, April 30; 800,000 buys
5. UFC 126: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, Feb. 5; 725,000 buys
6. WWE WrestleMania 27: Headliners John Cena, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Miz, April 3; 680,000 buys
7. Boxing: Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito, Dec. 3; 600,000 buys
8. UFC 133: Jon Jones vs. Rampage Jackson, Sept. 24; 520,000 buys
9. UFC 128: Jon Jones vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, March 19; 490,000 buys
10. UFC 140: Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, Dec. 10; 480,000 buys.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slu...acquiao_010412

Another very compelling reason why Pac will never fight Floyd, or why Arum will never let it happen...