Top 10 North American PPV buy rates, 2008

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, PPV #: 1,250,000
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, PPV #: 1,010,000
3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul “Big Show” Wight, March 30, PPV #: 670,000
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, PPV #: 625,000
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, PPV #: 600,000
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, PPV #: 540,000
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, PPV #: 530,000
8. Boxing: Felix vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, PPV #: 500,000
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, PPV #: 480,000
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, PPV #: 475,000.

And MMA is not given boxing a run ??DISCUSS !!

 

where is pacquiao-jmm? i think it made somewhere between 425k~525k buys not sure.

 

I didn't know that fight did that well can anyone confirm this ?

 

Who cares about the US? Europe is the mecca of boxing.

 

Maybe in live gate but how big is PPV in the UK ?

 

Umm no Cotto vs Margarito , they reported about 500k ppv right.

 

I thought they did around 400k

 

See... Here is the proof!
Boxing is alive and beats the UFC because De La Hoya is King!
(uh-oh you say that he is shot and should retire...er...well ...we have a problem)

 

Can John Cena box? Lesnars their biggest star by a mile WOW. That gimmick should die down, but why do we want boxing PPV's to compete with the UFC?
If HBO and Showtime loaded all their best fights onto 10/12 cards a year they's thrash the UFC but whats the point? Hopefully boxing has less PPV buys next year not more, as they keep fights off that format. But if you're doing a PPV for crying out loud stack the cards like King use to.

 

Surprised Jones v Trinidad was the 2nd highest boxing event.

 

nope official 400,000 buys

 

JMM/Pacquiao II did over 500K buys
Cotto/Margarito did over 500k buys

 

Deadset who buys this? Does that garbage actually have a legit following in the states? People don't get made fun of for throwing their money at that sort of thing?

Unbelievable.

 

Official was over 400,000, boxing is definitely taking a backseat to MMA.



1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, PPV #: 1,250,000
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, PPV #: 1,010,000
3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul “Big Show” Wight, March 30, PPV #: 670,000
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, PPV #: 625,000
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, PPV #: 600,000
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, PPV #: 540,000
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, PPV #: 530,000
8. Boxing: Felix vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, PPV #: 500,000
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, PPV #: 480,000
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, PPV #: 475,000

 

HBO, Arum, GBP they all lie about sales. The actual numbers can be 10-30% lower than the numbers they say to the public.

I certainly don't believe PacMan-DLH did 1,25M, but if they say this, maybe I'm close when I predict reality is somewhere around 1-1,1M.

They are giving average numbers anyway, 600k could mean 567.331 as well as 612.432, but I doubt they are telling the truth. Why would they go public at all? What I don't understand is why they are giving out false numbers, it just doesn't make sense. So they say PacMan-DLH did 1,25M. Will that make me buy their next PPV? Hardly...