These are terrible numbers.
Marquez vs. Bradley almost did as many and even though Mayweather vs. Guerrero didn’t crack a million it was over 900k. Then of course Mayweather vs. Canelo did 2.2 million.
Pacquiao simply isn’t a huge PPV draw anymore unless he fights Marquez or Mayweather. Anyone else at this point will produce these type of numbers.
More info coming in on #PacquiaoRios PPV: Multiple sources say the number is UNDER 500K buys. Somewhere between 450K and 500K.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) December 4, 2013
Bob Arum being the smart promoter he is got the Chinese to pay him a bunch of money up front, so at least from his perspective he made money, don’t know about anyone else.
That number doesn't mean the fight was a failure. Top Rank got a huge site fee in China. Arum says Pacquiao will be going back soon.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) December 4, 2013