Same reason that Floyd V Oscar did more then Oscar V Tito/Oscar V Mosley combined. Floyd Mayweather. Pure and simple.
The big bunch of viewer came from very patients pinoys who prefers to watch super-delayed and advetisement-packed free telecast Too many livestreams in the net Though Manny is an Asia's boxing hero, boxing is not the number 1 sports in most Asian countries. Infact, Thai boxing is more popular in Thailand, Singapore, Korea, China and India.
it passed 1 mil cause its still oscar dlh & manny pac. but this fight didnt do 1 mil cause it was such a good fight, it did 1 mil cause it was boxings 2 biggest stars
well, only die hard fans of dlh's are ppl who really dont keep up with him anymore & remember him for what he used to be, women that thinks hes handsome & celebrities. Pac was the only one that had diehard fans buying this fight to see him win.