Pacquiao-Cotto Generates 1.25 Million Pay-Per-View Buys

[Zhaakal]

LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The fight not only made the top 10 of best-selling pay-per-view boxing events, but beat the 1.05 million figure notched by Mayweather for his September comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.

HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg said Friday the fight grossed $70 million, with 650,000 buys coming from cable television homes and 600,000 from satellite television viewers. It was helped by a record 110,000 buys from Puerto Rico, Cotto's home.

The biggest PPV fight was in 2007 -- Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, which was sold to 2.4 million homes.

Cmon Floyd.. Make the f'in fight happen

ESPN.com

[Doctor_Tenma]

These are the official numbers?

[CrackYourJaw]

Pacquiao-Mayweather is gonna be ****in' huge.

[Doctor_Tenma]

If this is true, Mayweather might not accept 50/50

[S.G.]

1.25m is roughly what i expected after seeing the numbers Floyd v JMM put up.

Impressive but not conclusive in the "bigger draw" argument - in fact if anything I'd say Mayweather's Numero Uno numbers are the more impressive.

[PAKYO]

I think that's the real numbers now...

FLOYD IS STILL A FRAUD!

[p4p-champ]

1.25m is roughly what i expected after seeing the numbers Floyd v JMM put up.

Impressive but not conclusive in the "bigger draw" argument - in fact if anything I'd say Mayweather's Numero Uno numbers are the more impressive.

I expected it to be higher, Cotto is a draw. so, this doesn't exactly help Pacman in the negotiations all that much.

[PAKYO]

1.25m is roughly what i expected after seeing the numbers Floyd v JMM put up.

Impressive but not conclusive in the "bigger draw" argument - in fact if anything I'd say Mayweather's Numero Uno numbers are the more impressive.

LOL

You *****s never fails to amuse and look ******.

[pac oww]

i expected more

[Doctor_Tenma]

I expected it to be higher, Cotto is a draw. so, this doesn't exactly help Pacman in the negotiations all that much.

Exactly what I'm saying.