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I believe it did 1-1.2 million buys.... not as big as the shane-floyd fight the year before but still did big money.... -
That goes without saying. Do you have a source you could point me to that has the 1.2 million figure?Originally posted by Sugar Adam Ali View PostComment
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no official numbers released as are none of pacs fight, I still think its for tax reasons lol
your only bet is google and boxing sources, fat dan blogged 1.3m-1.4m ppv
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao's lopsided decision victory against Shane Mosley on May 7 generated more than 1.3 million pay-per-view buys -- Pacquiao's best box office performance yet -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com.
Pacquiao's previous best pay-per-view total was the 1.25 million generated by his eighth-round knockout of Oscar De La Hoya in a big upset in December 2008. Four of Pacquiao's last six fights -- Mosley, De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto -- have topped 1 million buys.
The total was the second-best pay-per-view performance for Mosley, whose lopsided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May 2010 sold 1.4 million units.
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Arum said Pacquiao-Mosley generated more than $75 million in television revenue with about 700,000 buys coming via cable systems and about 600,000 coming from satellite services.
Pacquiao retained his title in the fight, which took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and generated a live gate of $8,882,600, the 14th-highest gross in Nevada history from 15,422 tickets sold.
All of Pacquiao's and Mosley's previous significant pay-per-view fights had been handled by HBO PPV. However, Arum made a deal for this fight with Showtime PPV in exchange for wide exposure of the bout on sister network CBS.
The reason Arum gave for the lag in getting pay-per-view numbers and for why he is unsure of more precise totals is because Showtime, largely out of the pay-per-view business in recent years, does not have the kind of database and expertise to extrapolate numbers like HBO does.
"We know we have a little over 1.3 million," Arum said. "What we don't have are some of the smaller cable systems. What I'm saying is I know we go to the bank counting a little over a 1.3 million. I know we'll go up from there. How much up, I have no experience in this. This was all done for us in the past by HBO, which had experience, charts and all kinds of data from past fights to compare the fight to. Showtime can't do it because they haven't done this in so long. They don't have the database that you need, but I'm feeling very, very happy because I know I've done at least 1.3 million.
"How far over we are remains to be seen, and I have no way to make a prediction. Obviously, on the outstanding systems we did something. So that will determine how much above 1.3 million. But I don't think we have enough outstanding numbers to say we will be over 1.4 million, so I think we will wind up somewhere between 1.3 and 1.4 million."
Pacquiao is next scheduled to fight Nov. 12 against rival Juan Manuel Marquez, against whom he is 1-0-1 in two controversial decisions, at the MGM Grand. Marquez has to first win a July 16 tune-up bout.
Which network will be awarded the rights to Pacquiao-Marquez III has not been determined, Arum said.
"We're on the clock and we're discussing it with of them now, how we're going to do it and which network we're going to do it with," he said.
Arum said Showtime had the right of first negotiation based on the deal for Pacquiao-Mosley.
"We worked out how we would do that first negotiation and everybody is happy with the procedure," Arum said. "But we are also discussing it with HBO."
Arum said he was in no rush to make a decision. The national media tour to promote Pacquiao-Marquez III won't begin until late August, so there is time for Arum to make a deal.
"I've got more than a whole month to get that done, so we're not going to agonize," Arum said.Comment
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Does anyone with any sense believe that shane and manny sold more than odh and manny or odh cotto? Come on whether you hate another fighter or love another fighter that isn't believable.Comment
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I never said it did that manny ppv buys, all I said was that you have no official numbers and it is guess work.Originally posted by Big Dunn View Post
My personal opinion is that the fight did around 1.1m ppv buys imo but again its just guess work
I don't think it really matters, with the huge guarantees fighters get, you just need a ppv to be semi successful for them to get a good ppv bonus to top their earnings to 30m+ whilst the rest of the undercards are paid littleComment
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Espn had articles on it,,, you can probably google it and come up with some boxing articles,,, I was just going off memory from the reports i heard at the time.....Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostComment
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No, they were never released. Nobody has nothing official here.Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostComment
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Let me use some common sense on you Big Dunn, because you aren't using it clearly.Originally posted by Big Dunn View Post
Pacquaio faced Mosley after destroying Oscar, Hatton, Margarito and Cotto, they all gave him even more fans from his performance, so more people tuned in to watch him face Mosley because beating the previous were contributions to his stardom. Mosley is also a big name too.
Makes perfect sense.Comment
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