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Arum: Pac-Bradley III PPV numbers ‘terrible’
- Updated: April 20, 2016
5:53 PM ET
If welterweight Manny Pacquiao’s unanimous decision victory against Timothy Bradley Jr. in their third fight was indeed the last of his career, as Pacquiao said it was, he went out with a whimper, at least commercially.
Pacquiao-Bradley III, which took place April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, generated between 400,000 and 500,000 HBO PPV buys, a very disappointing result, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday.
“It will be somewhere between those numbers, 400,000 and 500,000. It’s all being added up, but it will be closer to 400,000 than 500,000. Terrible,” Arum said.
Some in the industry say they think Arum is being optimistic and that when everything is counted, the fight might not even reach 400,000.
The third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. generated between 400,000 and 500,000 HBO PPV buys, a very disappointing result, Top Rank …
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