If Pacquaio can do 350,000 buys with Algieri in Macau why wouldn't he be able to do at least 400K vs. Crawford in the U.S.? Pac/Algieri was considered a non-competitive fight going in and was not well promoted in the States, due in part to the fight taking place in Macau.
Pacquiao vs. Rios was a somewhat similar situation (though Rios is a bit more well-known and was thought to have a slightly better chance) and that fight sold around 500K.
Here, Pacquiao is fighting a legit pound-for-pound guy who has a very real chance to beat him. Fight is being advertised as Pac's last fight and will likely take place in the U.S. (so will involve promotional tours and likely be more heavily promoted). If Pac/Bradley II just last year could do around 800,000 buys this fight could conceivably approach those figures and at minimum sell more than the 400K buys Floyd/Berto got.
The disappointment with the May/Pac PPV will affect PPV buys to some extent and I think Pac lost credibility postfight even from some who supported him with the injury claims and this "saltwater" nonsense but bottom line I'd expect Pac/Crawford - assuming the promotion is decent - to sell a bit better than Mayweather/Berto...
Pacquiao vs. Rios was a somewhat similar situation (though Rios is a bit more well-known and was thought to have a slightly better chance) and that fight sold around 500K.
Here, Pacquiao is fighting a legit pound-for-pound guy who has a very real chance to beat him. Fight is being advertised as Pac's last fight and will likely take place in the U.S. (so will involve promotional tours and likely be more heavily promoted). If Pac/Bradley II just last year could do around 800,000 buys this fight could conceivably approach those figures and at minimum sell more than the 400K buys Floyd/Berto got.
The disappointment with the May/Pac PPV will affect PPV buys to some extent and I think Pac lost credibility postfight even from some who supported him with the injury claims and this "saltwater" nonsense but bottom line I'd expect Pac/Crawford - assuming the promotion is decent - to sell a bit better than Mayweather/Berto...
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