Boxing is dead indeed
http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...VgOlTXmmP.html
350,000 buy Pacquiao-Morales!
Wednesday, November 29 2006
HBO Sports reported today that the Pacquiao-Morales 3 fight generated 350,000 buys and $17.5 million of PPV revenue, making it the highest grossing lighter-weight fight in HBOPPV's history. With the strong performance of the third and deciding fight, the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy generated 1,060,000 buys and $49.4 million in PPV revenue. With its year now complete, HBOPPV reports that its boxing events in 2006 generated 3.7 million buys and $177 million in PPV revenue, making it the 2nd-biggest year since HBOPPV's inception in 1991, second only to 1999 when 4 million buys were generated in a year highlighted by De La Hoya-Trinidad, De La Hoya-Quartey, and Holyfield-Lewis I and II.
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HBOPPV's Mark Taffet said, "We're very pleased with the performance of Pacquiao-Morales 3. It was a very exciting fight for boxing fans, was the highest-grossing fight we've ever had in the lighter weight classes, and concluded a memorable trilogy in which over 1 million buys and nearly $50 million of PPV revenue was generated by two fighters weighing a combined 260 pounds. Boxing fans showed great support of the sport in 2006, and we are looking forward to another exciting year in 2007."
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and this is just HBO, not counting Showtime. While i hate PPV and feel it hurts boxing (far more people would watch if fights were free) this is nice to see. Hopefully more great fights are advertised, since the current advertising situation sux ass. Very few casual sport fans will kno about Cotto-Quintana this weekend unless they live in NY or Jersey.