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.
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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