It's been a banner year for boxing at least on the blockbuster fight/pay-per-view front. HBO PPV chief Mark Taffet predicted just before the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight that 2009 would be the first year where two fight cards would exceed the 1 million buy threshhold. He was right. Pacman's win turned in 1.25 million buys domestically. Who knows how viewers that really means. Worldwide it may have been in excess of 10 million. HBO reported that in Puerto Rico alone, there were 110,000 buys made. The fight was broadcasted across the Philippines for free.
Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole spoke with HBO's Ross Greenburg and Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum about boxing's latest home run and what could be coming in 2010.
source: http://sports.yahoo.com/box/blog/box_experts/post/HBO-reports-that-Cotto-Pacquiao-does-1-25-millio?urn=box,203998
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