Chris Mannix (SI): Pacquiao-Bradley Gets 775-800K Buys

[Frank Ducketts]

Those are decent numbers.

[Oxn]

that didn't need to post ******** pics to promote the fight

You are just on fire these past few days

[Mitchell Kane]

You want to know what is the most telling portion of the article?

"HBO, which produced and distributed the pay per view, declined comment."

and "according to multiple sources"

The only times a network will decline comment is if the numbers being stated are incorrect. They aren't allowed to release the numbers. They can only confirm when their client releases them first. When they decline comment; the numbers aren't correct.

Bob waited so long to inflate the f--- out these numbers.

These aren't official. Im gonna wait for Dan Rafael to correct them like he did for the Rios fight. Bob tries to inflate numbers to increase leverage.

Realistically, this fight did around 500k to 650k Nothing better. Wait for it. It'll come.

We'll see if they're changed.

Kevin Iole was going with similar numbers (800,000-to-825,000) to these a couple weeks ago.

[MindBat]

Unofficial numbers. If Manny continues to take the less aggressive fighter approach in his next fights, his numbers will likely be about the same or lower.

Looking like his best option is Pac vs Marquez 5. But how will that do?

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[Francis M.]

PAC vs Marquez is a guaranteed million......

PAV vs Ruslan would do 800K to 900K depending on how greedy bob promotes it.

[Hougigo]

Ruslan fight could be bigger if they let ruslan grow on HBO. Don't rematch bradley, that'll derail provo

[deanrw]

I'm surprised it even did that. Pacquiao lost some luster after the Marquez fight. It looks like he is gaining back some of the buyers again.

You have to remember that about 2/3rds of PPV buyers are Casual Fair Weather Fans. It takes a lot of work to keep them interested.