After Manny Pacquiao
’s and Floyd Mayweather’s fights against Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez both did a million plus pay per view buys in the fall, the first time that the magic one million buy rate was achieved with two consecutive boxing events, industry insiders as well as fans raised their expectations regarding pay per view sales. Some people theorized that cable and satellites were more prevalent in homes throughout the United States than they had been during De La Hoya’s career or even Mike Tyson’s, which would invariably lead to a consistent and dramatic increase in the numbers. That along with Pacquiao’s new found fame which included two nights with Jimmy Kimmel and a segment on 60 Minutes had industry insiders expecting the Filipino legend to shatter pay per view records every time out.
’s and Floyd Mayweather’s fights against Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez both did a million plus pay per view buys in the fall, the first time that the magic one million buy rate was achieved with two consecutive boxing events, industry insiders as well as fans raised their expectations regarding pay per view sales. Some people theorized that cable and satellites were more prevalent in homes throughout the United States than they had been during De La Hoya’s career or even Mike Tyson’s, which would invariably lead to a consistent and dramatic increase in the numbers. That along with Pacquiao’s new found fame which included two nights with Jimmy Kimmel and a segment on 60 Minutes had industry insiders expecting the Filipino legend to shatter pay per view records every time out.
So when the news came out that Pacquiao’s fight with Clottey did 700,000 buys, it was viewed by many as a disappointing figure, but it shouldn’t be. Even though Clottey is held in high regard throughout the boxing community he doesn’t have very much commercial appeal and most casual fans viewed him as a non threatening participant, especially in lieu of how Pacquiao has completely obliterated a number of quality fighters, all of whom were well known by the general public.In analyzing the career of boxing’s all time pay per view attraction, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao’s numbers in the Clottey bout compare favorably. During De La Hoya’s career he was on pay per view nineteen different times. Out of those nineteen events, only four of De La Hoya’s bouts ever hit the one million pay per view marker and those were his mega-bouts with Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, and FelixTrinidad. And eleven of those nineteen events never reached the seven hundred thousand buy rate that Pacquiao did with Clottey. So even though fans and insiders may have been expecting more, the numbers for the Pacquiao-Clottey are actually pretty damn good.
Below is a list of Oscar De La Hoya’s pay per view buys that was put together by Andrew Eisele at about.com
Oscar De La Hoya's Pay-Per-View History
1. Rafael Ruelas (5/95) 330,000 buys = $9.9 million
2. Genaro Hernandez (9/95) 220,000 buys = $6.6 million
3. Miguel Angel Gonzalez (1/97) 345,000 buys = $12.1 million
4. Pernell Whitaker (4/97) 720,000 buys = $28.8 million
5. Hector Camacho (9/97) 560,000 buys = $22.4 million
6. Wilfredo Rivera (12/97) 240,000 buys = $9.6 million
7. Julio Cesar Chavez II ( 9/98) 525,000 buys = $23.6 million
8. Ike Quartey ( 2/99) 570,000 buys =$25.7 million
9. Felix Trinidad (9/99) 1.4 million buys = $71.4 million
10. Shane Mosley (6/00) 590,000 buys = $29.5 million
11. Javier Castillejo (6/01) 400,000 buys = $16.0 million
12. Fernando Vargas (9/02) 935,000 buys = $47.8 million
13. Yory Boy Campas (5/03) 350,000 buys = $17.5 million
14. Shane Mosley II (9/03) 950,000 buys = $48.4 million
15. Felix Sturm (6/04) 380,000 buys = $19.0 million
16. Bernard Hopkins (9/04) 1 million buys = $56.0 million
17. Ricardo Mayorga (5/06) 935,000 buys = $46.3 million
18. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (5/07) 2.15 million buys = $120.0 million
Totals: 12.6 million buys = $610.6 million
Source: examiner.com
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