Pac-Hatton PPV numbers?

PATSYS · May 5, 2009

Source:

http://queensberry-rules.com/2009/0...ject-of-the-reportedly-stellar-pacquiao-.html

Considering how many casual readers who catch my occasional post think I walk around and stomp around like I could care less about a little something called "facts," the facts, as reported in this case, are difficult to dispute. I thought Pacquiao-Hatton would do about 750,000 buys. Neither boxer is American, and we Americans often like to see American athletes here in America. I also thought Hatton would bring the bulk of the money to the table with British ppv buys, based on the numbers he did against Mayweather in 2007. Top Rank's Bob Arum, a lifelong boxing promoter prone to exaggeration (not badmouthing him, it's in the job description), predicted more than a million buys, and Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer, relatively new to the boxing promotion game having come from a conservative banker background, predicted more than 500,000. To me, that suggested 750,000 buys, and those kind of numbers would have been very good business. Instead, early indicators are that Pacquiao-Hatton could do as many as 2 million buys, although the range starts at 1.6 million. The source for those figures is Arum, based on figures from cable companies, but Arum, in my experience, has usually been very accurate in POST-fight estimates of unofficial ppv numbers

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1.6 mill? If it even comes close, wow! :shock::shock::shock:

Stinky gloves · May 5, 2009

there was probably 1 mil Pinoys in there.

PATSYS · May 5, 2009

Stinky gloves said: ↑

there was probably 1 mil Pinoys in there.
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Which proves that Pac was indeed the bigger draw and indeed deserved 52% of the split.

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