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Chavez Jr-Martinez Draws 475,000 PPV Buys

September 21, 2012 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, September 15th’s Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pay-per-view from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas generated 475,000 buys and brought in about $24 million in revenue.

Confirmed by Mark Taffet of HBO, the numbers are especially positive considering Showtime was running a competing, non-PPV card at the same time, featuring Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

The Showtime card, which brought in about 1.04 million viewers, set a ratings record for boxing on the network, but apparently didn’t have much of an effect on the sales numbers of the Chavez Jr.-Martinez event.

The most obvious option for Top Rank is to pit Chavez Jr. and Martinez in a rematch, but given Martinez’s knee surgery and Chavez’s positive drug test for marijuana, a Cinco de Mayo return bout may be hard to make.

One thing is certain, though. Like it or not, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. just may be on the verge of becoming a legitimate PPV player. Remember, drawing power is not necessarily related to talent or accomplishment. Controversy and name recognition bring sales.

As for Martinez, without a Chavez rematch and unless he somehow lands a fight with a Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, or Canelo, expect a return to regular HBO. The middleweight division is starting to heat up and there are several interesting possible match-ups down the line. Among them, IBF/WBA champ, Daniel Geale and power-punching paper champ, Gennady Golovkin.

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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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