You will have to take my word for it about the big white house that I have for sell. As for the PPV numbers being a lie, that is an opinion, just like every other comment on this site.
However, I can give you a couple of FACTS that have been reported on this site and others: 1) Arum claimed that the Cotto/Pac fight did 1.6 million. When HBO released the numbers, it was 1.2 million; 2) Arum claimed that Pac/Margarito did 1.5 million PPVs. When HBO released the numbers, it was actually 1.1 million; 3) Bob, "I was lying yesterday; today, I am telling the truth" Arum has a long history of lying; 4) Showtime has not released the official PPV numbers for the Pac/Mosley fight.
Based on those facts, it is my opinion that Arum is lying about the numbers. The reason I say that is for two reasons: 1) Mosley has never been a major PPV attraction. His fights with Cotto and Margarito were on HBO Championship Boxing, not PPV. He has always been the B-side of a PPV event. If he had fought Pac right after he beat Margarito, I could see Pac/Mosley selling 1.3 million PPV. However, he fought him after he had his ass handed to him by Mayweather and fought a draw against Mora. I do not believe that 1.3 million people would pay to see this washed up fighter against Pacquaio, especially since Pac's biggest selling PPVs (both selling 1.2 million) have been against guys who do draw well on PPV (De La Hoya and Cotto); 2) When one of the networks refuses to release PPV numbers, that has traditionally been a sign that the fight bombed on PPV.
What is sad about this situation is that it appears that no one in the boxing media has bothered to try to get the official numbers from Showtime. They have all just accepted Arum's claim as fact and report it as fact like they did in this story.
I was under the impression 1.3 mil was the "official" number released by Showtime??
Great for Boxing In General as well as the BOXING FANS!
Props also to GBP for actually trying to LOAD UP THE CARD for the fans by trying to Put Alvarez and Morales on the card, hopefully they will be fighting GOOD Opponents!
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