De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao: 1.25 Million Pay-Per-View Buys

[VERDUGO]

Not bad...considering alot of fans thought this fight is a joke and our economy is weak.

[supRa]

thats goodddd

[Xplosivo]

Without the Delahoya effect is if Mayweather never fought Delahoya. Hatton v. Mayweather had the Delahoya effect. Just like it will with Pac now that he beat Delahoya.

So how come Mayweather-DLH twice more buys then DLH-Pacquiao?

[-Swizzy-]

The major reason why it's only 1.25 mil is because one household would buy the fight and invite a bunch of people over and tell them to either pay a small fee or bring food over. That's what I did. I paid for it while a several of my family members went over and brought food. And I know since the economy isn't going so well, many other people did the same thing.

yes, and thats how it is and has always been since the beginning of boxing ppv's. everyone realizes that the actually viewer number is well over 10-15million but there is no way of judging that so everyone goes by the ppv buys.

[Jairus-Z]

lol @ you dumb ****s talking engaging in a discussion about PPV numbers. Bunch of economists in here bickering this **** like like rap album sales

[El Jesus]

Did the Hatton-PBF break 1 mil?

na, but to be fair, hatton doesnt really have a fanbase here, however it definately broke 1mil back in england, either way, 1.25mil for this fight is outstanding, and i hope pacman is countin that cash because he deserves it.

[Da Hammer]

i thought it would do around 1.8 but i gotta admit that was being "hopeful" with how ****ty our economy is. Not bad PPV numbers at all im sure HBO is pleased especially after the horrible PPV numbers from the last couple PPV's. I'm really interested to see how Pac/Hatton does in the summer especially if there is any type of improvement in the economy even if its slight...

[Double_L]

Do these numbers include UK buys?

[Fearless BONG]

1M buy in PPV means blockbuster at all.

everybody love the fight anyway and proved the world watch the fight anyway.

[xcaret]

if it was someone popular like hatton or trinidad it would of done 2 mill... pacquiao isnt known that very well here.