Will Pacquiao break the tie w/ Mike Tyson for most number of 1 million PPV buys fight

Probable.

 

Pacquiao's last fight against Bradley did 850K buys. So that fight might not get it done. He'll almost certainly eclipse 1M if he fights Marquez.

 

More than likely.

 

Course

 

Pacquiao V Bradley 2 is a completely different fight than the first. Bradley has been in a war, made himself a bit more marketable, has the belt and a big backstory to what happened to him after the Pacquiao fight.

Pacquiao is coming off the first big KO loss as the Pacquiao the world knows, is very much the challenger and no one know what to expect now

I think it's fair to say Pacquiao V Bradley 2 should do over 1m

 

It's not fair to say at all. Expecting an additional 150K to buy that fight is far from a forgone conclusion. Getting knocked out cold and almost losing to a no name does not raise your stock. Now it is a rematch, and the odds would be closer. However, it's far from a certainty that it would top 1M buys.

 

Fair enough, I just think the rematch would be easier to market in many respects

If Mayweather lost to Guerrero for instance, I'm sure the rematch would do more numbers

 

No, considering most of the numbers were made up by top rank. When was the last official time Pac's numbers were released?

 

how many has floyd? i think he will if he doesn't retire.

 

Top Rank hasn't released the official numbers for his fights in years. I don't know how you can even have this conversation based solely Arum's word about how well the event sold.

 

Five.

De La Hoya: 2,450,000
Marquez: 1,100,000
Mosley: 1,400,000
Ortiz: 1,250,000
Cotto: 1,500,000

Hatton did 920,000.

 

Surprising that his comeback fight against marquez did less than the other bar Hatton, also thought Hatton would of brought in a lot more.

 

Tyson's:

Ruddock II: 1,250,000
McNeeley: 1,550,000
Bruno II: 1,370,000
Holyfield I: 1,590,000
Holyfield II: 1,990,000
Lewis: 1,970,000