Arum- Pacquaio/Rios sold between 500,000-550,000

[ironmt]

I think the sales would have more to do with who Pac was fighting, not where he was fighting. I could be wrong but unless you are a fan that follows the sport closely, I'm not so sure that people would even know who Rios was. His biggest win was against Mike Alvarado. Again I may be wrong on this one and maybe I'm not giving Rios enough credit but picture Rios headlining a PPV card. How well would It have sold.

[DAZED 2.0]

That means it did 350,000.
Hbo won't release the real numbers.

Basically.

[Dinamita 03]

that's crazy...550K people tuned in to see Billy Dib...cash cow

I only bought the ppv to see the Mexican Russian destroy Billy Dib so I think he deserves more credit and to be recognized as the A side cash cow

[mrlopez]

Not bad

for 2 guys coming off losses, but adding to the fact that this fight was not in the U.S. hurt it as well.

[Rapid Counter]

The $27-29 mil he would be left with out of the $40 mil is a more than the $18 mil plus bulk of the ppv he got for Rios.

Still great money to fight a guy who had zero chance of winning but it seems even the casuals knew this and thats why the numbers are so low

[fabie]

What wasn't mentioned was that in ASIA, they can have a house full of watchers, say about 20-30 from one TV so that only counted as 1 subscription. I've heard that in the regions affected by the typhoon for example, they projected the fight on a big screen, perhaps 100s or 1000s watching, again under 1 subscription.

My brother alone invited probably 30-40 people in the house with two large screen TVs...one in the basement and one in the living room. Again, 1 subscription.

I think that the Chinese are pretty much like that too...

And so this isn't an exact science as to why many people didn't watch the fight, on the contrary LOTS OF PEOPLE WATCHED IT. So for half a million, perhaps there's actually 5-10 million watchers at least! hahaha

[BUNGALOWS]

How is 500k a flop?

The dude just got KTFO, his brand name went considerably down, and he was fighting Rios. A guy that wouldn't sell 20k in PPVs by himself.

You guys overreact way too much.

[mrlopez]

Manny's last 3 fights combined appear to have sold about as much as floyd v canelo.

thats pretty sad. The fight reminded me of mayweather fights tbh, BUT Manny was WAY busier than May

[artfuL_]

That's actually positive numbers for people tuning in to see Manny work the heavy bag.

[DoktorSleepless]

It was free in China, not PPV.

The extra money that came from China was from the site fee paid by the casinos.

Why do you guys keep noting that it was in China? We know that. The fight was on HBO PPV and aired at the normal time here in America. The fight being in China has nothing to do with the poor number "if true".

It matters a lot for marketing purposes. The buzz isn't as big if it isn't in the US and media coverage suffers.