Pacquiao's fight draws 1.4M buys

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/344725/pacquiaos-fight-draws-14m-buys By NICK GIONGCO December 13, 2011, 9:53pm MANILA, Philippines — Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said Manny Pacquiao’s hotly-contested win over Juan Manuel Marquez drew 1.4 million buys, making the Nov. 12 rubber match in Las Vegas the biggest Pacquiao headliner yet. “They’re still computing but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair. Pacquiao’s previous best was posted when he beat Shane Mosley last May when the subscription reached 1.3 million aside from registering huge numbers when he faced Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. And in the event a fight starring Pacquiao and Mayweather pushes through next year, it is expected to shatter all attendance and pay-per-view records owing to the magnitude of the matchup. Arum is in fact coming over to Manila in early-January to discuss with Pacquiao their plans for 2012. In case a Mayweather fight doesn’t happen, Arum still has several attractive options for the Filipino pride: a fourth fight with Marquez, a rematch with Cotto and a faceoff with unbeaten Tim Bradley. Both Marquez and Cotto are angling to be given another chance at Pacquiao. Marquez said he’d rather retire than be passed over, while Cotto believes that the acquisition of new personnel in his camp will help him achieve payback. Pacquiao, celebrating his 33rd birthday in General Santos City this Saturday, said he will hang up his gloves at the end of 2013.

Comments (8)

TyrantT316

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14y ago

SCEN3RY

I would like official numbers from pac/mosley, floyd/ortiz and pac/marquez....honestly, I kind of put the blame of lack of sales on Mosley. You see, after floyd-mosley, the paying public couldn't be sold a Mosley PPV and that's what Arum did, went and put him in with Pac, that was likely to fail. And again, after floyd-mosley, people weren't going to be excited about floyd-ortiz, they expected, assumed it to be "another boring Mayweather fight" (when in reality it was Mosley who didn't come to fight). Of course, I could be reaching, and it probably has more to do with the economy. I did expect pac-marquez to at least crack a million, but I dunno anymore.

14y ago

rambov

Anything that begins with "Bob Arum Says" is a lie. He said so himself.

14y ago

RL_GMA

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14y ago

Kagami_Taiga

lol...besides the hypocrisy (we all know wat im talking about), good for boxing!

14y ago

The_Big_Dunn

“They’re still computing but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair. :lol1: :lol1: ACcording to pac fans its only legitimate when then HBO releases the numbers, not the promoter. So if they are correct, manny has 2.7 mil unofficial ppv sales.

14y ago

2501

No HBO announcement, no official numbers.

14y ago

IMDAZED

“They’re still computing but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair. :lol1: :lol1:

14y ago