Pac-Vargas prelim buys estimated at 225-250K buys

[BennyBlanco]

The final, real buy number for Pac-Bradley III was 300K. Pac-Vargas did significantly less.

Based on satellite and telco buy numbers (which were available Wednesday), and some very preliminary estimates from a couple of cable systems, Pac-Vargas will not exceed 250K.

Considering the lack of marketing support, I think 250K is a victory for Top Rank.

Over/under on Top Rank's public estimate is 400K.

[b00g13man]

Source? Not that I wasn't expecting buys in that range.

[Bullrider]

And how many times do we have to repeat boxing is dying?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I'm a Pacquiao fan but good. **** them. Maybe they'll get the idea and stop pricing bull**** fights at $70.

[Citizen Koba]

And how many times do we have to repeat boxing is dying?

At least for another 100 years. Hopefully PPV is dying though.

[Larry the boss]

well the fight had almost 0 advertisement

[SCEN3RY]

I guess the question is, do these numbers negate the need to fight on hbo ppv? Is there incentive enough for Top Rank to produce their own Manny ppvs?

[Mike D]

250-ish is about what I expected.

And how much whiskey did Arum consume when he was speculating about 600K plus buys prior to the fight?

[BennyBlanco]

And how many times do we have to repeat boxing is dying?

This is not evidence that boxing is dying.

This is evidence that boxing fans are smart enough to refuse to pay for an uninteresting mismatch that isn't marketed well.

Coming into the fight, Pac had lost 3 of his last 7 fights, and his popularity has fallen significantly. Factor in that he was fighting a no-name, and you get 250K buys.

Not a dying sport, but a fading star in a mismatch.

[BennyBlanco]

Source? Not that I wasn't expecting buys in that range.

Sources were in the original post. Satellite, telco and cable companies.