Last Week, Arum was insisting that the Pacquiao/Hatton PPV would not only do “much better than expected,” but that it could very well break the Top 3 all-time list and possibly even reach the 2 million mark.
Well, now that the dust has settled and real, trusted industry sources have had a chance to get their hands on the numbers, the real buy rate is likely between 800,000 and 900,000. Still above expectations, but well below the top events of all-time and even behind Mayweather/Hatton in ’07.
The BTBC apologizes for taking Bob Arum at face value…It won’t happen again.
Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.
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