Pacquiao's fight draws 1.4M buys

[abdul-jakul]

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/344725...draws-14m-buys

By NICK GIONGCO
December 13, 2011, 9:53pm
MANILA, Philippines — Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said Manny Pacquiao’s hotly-contested win over Juan Manuel Marquez drew 1.4 million buys, making the Nov. 12 rubber match in Las Vegas the biggest Pacquiao headliner yet.

“They’re still com*****g but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair.

Pacquiao’s previous best was posted when he beat Shane Mosley last May when the subscription reached 1.3 million aside from registering huge numbers when he faced Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

And in the event a fight starring Pacquiao and Mayweather pushes through next year, it is expected to shatter all attendance and pay-per-view records owing to the magnitude of the matchup.

Arum is in fact coming over to Manila in early-January to discuss with Pacquiao their plans for 2012.

In case a Mayweather fight doesn’t happen, Arum still has several attractive options for the Filipino pride: a fourth fight with Marquez, a rematch with Cotto and a faceoff with unbeaten Tim Bradley.

Both Marquez and Cotto are angling to be given another chance at Pacquiao.

Marquez said he’d rather retire than be passed over, while Cotto believes that the acquisition of new personnel in his camp will help him achieve payback.

Pacquiao, celebrating his 33rd birthday in General Santos City this Saturday, said he will hang up his gloves at the end of 2013.

[IMDAZED]

“They’re still com*****g but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair.

[U.ncleSam]

“They’re still com*****g but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair.

lol @ imdazed self proclaimed boxing fan but he post only to bash pacquiao..

[2501]

No HBO announcement, no official numbers.

[The Big Dunn]

“They’re still com*****g but it’s going be about 1.4 million,” Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas lair.

ACcording to pac fans its only legitimate when then HBO releases the numbers, not the promoter. So if they are correct, manny has 2.7 mil unofficial ppv sales.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

so they can get the Cotto-Tony 2 totals in 2 days and here we are over a month later and these ****ers are still counting??

[Kagami Taiga]

lol...besides the hypocrisy (we all know wat im talking about), good for boxing!

[RL_GMA]

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[ИATAS]

so they can get the Cotto-Tony 2 totals in 2 days and here we are over a month later and these ****ers are still counting??

there still counting cotto-margarito too.

floyd-ortiz weren't official for a long time and people were making threads saying "floyd only did 750,000 ppv!" and ****** stuff like that, but in the end it turned out exactly as reported initially.

[rambov]

Anything that begins with "Bob Arum Says" is a lie. He said so himself.