HBO PPV Exec Estimates 850k Buys for Pac-Hatton

[cupcrazy01]

Arum must be floating the combined US/UK numbers when he gloats about this fight doing 1.5-2 million.

According to an HBO PPV executive (sorry, no link as this was a personal conversation, but I hope you guys will trust this regardless), the fight did approximately 850k domestic PPV buys. HBO is still waiting on official numbers from Comcast before they can finalize a total, they have the numbers from DirecTV, Cox, et al.

Looks like it will miss the 910k done by Mayweather-Hatton...but a huge success nonetheless.

[cupcrazy01]

Looks like only a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight has a chance to break the 1 million buys barrier. There is no bigger fight in boxing...that one could probably do 1.5 million, maybe more.

[THE REED]

Considering Jones-Trinidad did 500k... that's not really good...

[BetterCallSaul]

Well, why wouldn't Arum combine the us/uk numbers?

[Bullet Bill]

Well, why wouldn't Arum combine the us/uk numbers?

because he has nothing else to do

[cupcrazy01]

Well, why wouldn't Arum combine the us/uk numbers?

Now, he may have qualified his statement to ensure he was including them, but the domestic record is 2.5 for DLH-PBF, and when he is saying the fight did possibly over 2 million, it makes it look like his man (Pac) is the new DLH. It's just misleading, that's all.

I'm sure he doesn't really care, he makes plenty of cash either way.

[M.I Truth ?]

Considering Jones-Trinidad did 500k... that's not really good...

I think just putting the names Roy Jones and Felix trinidad on the same sheet of paper would have had a decent draw no matter the year. Still good numbers for Pac and Hatton. May allow Floyd to play hard ball though.

[m00ks]

Given the economy those are more than respectable numbers

[BetterCallSaul]

Now, he may have qualified his statement to ensure he was including them, but the domestic record is 2.5 for DLH-PBF, and when he is saying the fight did possibly over 2 million, it makes it look like his man (Pac) is the new DLH. It's just misleading, that's all.

I'm sure he doesn't really care, he makes plenty of cash either way.

oh, seen........

[-EX-]

Good, but not groundbreaking...probably cuz ppl already saw Hatton get knocked out...