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Pacquiao earns $13M to $15M from Clottey tiff
Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
March 24, 2010 03:14:00
MANILA, Philippines—Manny Pacquiao’s earnings from his March 13 fight against Joshua Clottey may be less than in any of his three previous fights but the Filipino ring icon will still rake it in when the entire pay-per-view figures come in.
The Clottey fight lured a sellout crowd of 50,994 to the Cowboys Stadium and drew about 700,000 PPV hits at $49.95 each.
Given a big chunk—70 percent, according to ring pundits’ estimates—of the $35 million PPV revenues, Pacquiao’s earnings are expected to breach his guaranteed $12 million purse.
Estimates of Pacquiao’s extra income from the PPV varies from a low of $1 million to a high of $4 million, which would put his earnings in the range of $13 million (about P598 million) to $15 million (P690 million).
These figures pale, however, when compared to the $20 million Pacquiao reportedly earned against Oscar De La Hoya (1.25 million PPV hits at $49.95 each), $15 million against Ricky Hatton (850,000/$49.95) and $17 million against Miguel Cotto (1.4 million/ $54.95).
For averaging over one million PPV hits in his recent fights, HBO senior VP Mark Taffet has called Pacquiao a PPV superstar.
Pacquiao’s showdown with Clottey drew the third biggest indoor crowd in American boxing. Muhammad Ali’s victory over Leon Spinks in their 1978 rematch drew 63,350 fans to Louisiana Stadium while Pernell Whitaker’s controversial draw with Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez lured 59,995 fans to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in 1993.
Pacquiao earns $13M to $15M from Clottey tiff
Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
March 24, 2010 03:14:00
MANILA, Philippines—Manny Pacquiao’s earnings from his March 13 fight against Joshua Clottey may be less than in any of his three previous fights but the Filipino ring icon will still rake it in when the entire pay-per-view figures come in.
The Clottey fight lured a sellout crowd of 50,994 to the Cowboys Stadium and drew about 700,000 PPV hits at $49.95 each.
Given a big chunk—70 percent, according to ring pundits’ estimates—of the $35 million PPV revenues, Pacquiao’s earnings are expected to breach his guaranteed $12 million purse.
Estimates of Pacquiao’s extra income from the PPV varies from a low of $1 million to a high of $4 million, which would put his earnings in the range of $13 million (about P598 million) to $15 million (P690 million).
These figures pale, however, when compared to the $20 million Pacquiao reportedly earned against Oscar De La Hoya (1.25 million PPV hits at $49.95 each), $15 million against Ricky Hatton (850,000/$49.95) and $17 million against Miguel Cotto (1.4 million/ $54.95).
For averaging over one million PPV hits in his recent fights, HBO senior VP Mark Taffet has called Pacquiao a PPV superstar.
Pacquiao’s showdown with Clottey drew the third biggest indoor crowd in American boxing. Muhammad Ali’s victory over Leon Spinks in their 1978 rematch drew 63,350 fans to Louisiana Stadium while Pernell Whitaker’s controversial draw with Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez lured 59,995 fans to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in 1993.
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