Pacquiao vs Bradley ppv buys 950k-1.1 million, Chavez/Lee draws over 2 million on HBO

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

Manny would sell 1 million PPv fighting you or me lol.

[Primera]

I don't believe this.

Other reports had it at 800k. That's more of a realistic number.

[-Kev-]

I don't trust these numbers.

Better marketing opportunities today though too. Internet being huge.

Internet kills boxing actually. Illegal streams.

Every one I know personally, streamed Bradley-Pacquiao. Including me.

People think illegal cables ruined boxing PPVs back then, but ignore illegal streams now. Illegal streams probably takes away more PPVs than illegal cable. Not every one had illegal cable, some people were scared to have it. Every one has access to illegal streams by using google.

[Russian Crushin]

I don't trust these numbers.



Internet kills boxing actually. Illegal streams.

Every one I know personally, streamed Bradley-Pacquiao. Including me.

People think illegal cables ruined boxing PPVs back then, but ignore illegal streams now. Illegal streams probably takes away more PPVs than illegal cable. Not every one had illegal cable, some people were scared to have it. Every one has access to illegal streams by using google.

People that stream fights are those people that wouldn't pay for the fight anyway

[brick wall]

People that stream fights are those people that wouldn't pay for the fight anyway

exactly...with or without internet they won't pay to watch unless their mommas will pay for the ppv which is quite unusual.

[Mr. Philadel]

cool....dudes want our sport to die but it aint going no funkin' where!!!

[borgata]

Kevin Iole @KevinI
@tagamalangkaw Not released yet. I am hearing approx 950k but they haven't officially released it.

Kevin Iole @KevinI
So @jcchavezjr1 did his highest rating + most viewers ever Saturday. Dont have final numbers yet, but he did 1.88 m in Feb. Probably 2+ m


I cant remember the other source but it said Pacquiao/Bradley just cracked a million and did just a handful more than a million it looks like.

I will wait for HBO to announce it, if they dont, it's buuuuuuuuuullllllllllllll

good job by JCCjr, I can see those numbers being correct.

[Big_L]

dlh at his peak wasn't doing 1 million + buys every fight and he was supposed to be the last big star in boxing. now we got 2 guys who do at least a million every time they fight. not bad for a dead sport.

[croz]

Chavez has now broken the 2 million mark boxing hasn't been able to reach for quite some time now. Only the K bros have managed to break 2 million viewers on HBO in recent years.

However, his last fight against Rubio was watched by close to 100 million between the Philippines and Mexico alone. Sorry dudes, but there are not many sports getting those kinds of numbers in any country, yet boxing is doing this all across the globe. I vote boxing be considered a top 5 sport from here on out.

[AndNewChampion]

Those are great numbers if true. Actually anything over 700k is a great success in my eyes, but people have come to expect crazy numbers from Pac and Floyd it's getting ridiculous.

I remember people thinking that Floyd-Cotto's 1.5 numbers weren't good enough. lmao

Great numbers for Jr as well.

1.5 is great but with Shaffaer predicting 2 million, it was short by quite a bit.

This fight, if 1 Mil is reached, it has surpassed expectations. Bradley didn't have any PPV before and heck he honestly had like 3 loyal fans on here. LOL.

I saw Bradley at some shopping centre and he had quite a huge crowd. What band wagoners there are. The crowd that wished him fair well was like 15 people.